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Free Mobile Game Downloads Gaining Traction in North America and Europe as Reported in Greystripe's "GameJump.com Mobile Game Consumer Insights".


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SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden  -- Greystripe, Inc., the creators of the world's first free, advertising-sponsored mobile games portal, GameJump.com, has released results of the world's first free mobile games study, identifying the top ten most popular games along with user demographics The attributes of people in a particular geographic area. Used for marketing purposes, population, ethnic origins, religion, spoken language, income and age range are examples of demographic data.  and behavior trends.

The report, GameJump.com Mobile Game Consumer Insights, analyzes a random sampling of over 50,000 GameJump.com players and includes statistics from GameJump.com's registered users and Greystripe's AdWRAP ad network.
              Top Ten Games Played on GameJump.com

Rank   Game                            Publisher            Genre
1.     Texas Hold'em                   Ozura Mobile         Casino
2.     Adventure Boy in Zooloo Land    Handy Games          Adventure
3.     BlackJack                       Ozura Mobile         Casino
4.     Aqualife                        Bogee Interactive    Action
5.     SuDoKu                          Greystripe           Puzzle
6.     Baja Buggy                      Fugu Mobile          Action
7.     Ghost Hunter RPG                Ozura Mobile         Adventure
8.     Townsmen 3                      Handy Games          Adventure
9.     Brick Annoyed!                  Mobile Vision        Puzzle
10.    1941: Frozen Front              Handy Games          Adventure
Source: Greystripe, Inc. October 2006


Mobile Game Consumer Insights

Excerpts from the report include:
Top Five Geographic Regions
  -- GameJump.com is most popular in the United States, the United
     Kingdom, India, South Africa and Indonesia.

Favorite Genres
  -- Based on measured game plays, the most popular game genre on
     GameJump.com is adventure, followed by action, puzzle, sports,
     and casino.

Age Breakdown
  -- Nearly seven out of 10 players on GameJump.com who download games
     are between the ages of 18 and 34.
       -- 36% 18 - 24
       -- 31% 25 - 34
       -- 15% 13 - 17

U.S. Gender
  -- Only slightly more males (59%) than females (41%) download games
     from GameJump.com.

U.S. Carrier Distribution
  -- Cingular and T-Mobile make up nearly 70% of the wireless carriers
     for U.S. GameJump.com players.
       -- Cingular (39%)
       -- T-Mobile (30%)
       -- Sprint Nextel (25%)
       -- Boost Mobile (5%)
       -- Qwest (1%)

International Gender
  -- Outside the U.S., GameJump.com is more popular with males (79%)
     than females (21%).

Advertising Click through Rate
  -- The average worldwide click through rate for Greystripe ads with
     actions in GameJump games is a remarkable 15%.


"It is exciting to see the explosive worldwide popularity of GameJump.com and at the same time to provide advertisers with measurable results and statistics that will help them plan their ad campaigns more effectively," Michael Chang Michael Te-Pei Chang (張德培; Pinyin: Zhāng Dépéi; born February 22 1972, in Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American former professional tennis player. , founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Greystripe, said. "We are thrilled that the quantitative data we have gathered to date is in keeping with our anticipated targets for consumer use and geographical reach."

Greystripe's mobile in-game advertising In-game advertising (IGA) refers to the use of computer and video games as a medium in which to deliver advertising. 2005 spending on in-game advertising was USD$56 million, and this figure is estimated to grow to $1.  network has the ability to measure, track and deliver ad campaigns based on user, geographic region, game genre and ad actions. The AdWRAP system provides advertisers with complete control in managing and monitoring their campaign targeting and real-time performance.

About Greystripe

Greystripe is the world's first ad-supported mobile game and applications distributor. Greystripe's AdWRAP system enables publishers to gain advertising revenue by serving ads through their games, while advertisers reach a new mobile audience and consumers download great games for free. The AdWRAP system currently serves ads into 160 game titles from 25 publishers supporting over 800 handset models. Greystripe reaches millions of mobile game players through its online portal GameJump.com, through the mobile web (gjmp.tw) and through its AdWRAP Catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C.  Partner Program. Greystripe was recently named one of FierceGameBiz's Fierce 15, an award which recognizes companies that are leaders and innovators innovators

people who will try new things.


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 Juniper juniper, any tree or shrub of the genus Juniperus, aromatic evergreens of the family Cupressaceae (cypress family), widely distributed over the north temperate zone. Many are valuable as a source of lumber and oil.  Research. Visit Greystripe at www.greystripe.com.
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