Wow, that was intense! We received tons of tweets with reasons why you want the new iPad from us. Some were really touching, some were hilarious, honestly we didn’t expect so many replies.
I always say that our stargazers are the best. Thanks everyone for participation.

So, now it’s time to announce the winners.

With the new iPad coming out in a few hours we decided to run a huge giveaway! Tweet why you want to have the new iPad and get a chance to win it from Star Walk :)

1. Follow official Twitter account of Star Walk® @StarWalk;
2. To enter, tweet why you want the new iPad; Your tweet must include the words “I want the new #iPad from @StarWalk stargazing app” with the link to official landing page http://bit.ly/wOiuc5
3. Multiple entries are acceptable. Each tweet which includes “I want the new #iPad from @StarWalk stargazing app” will count as an entry.
For example: I want the new #iPad from @StarWalk stargazing app, so I can stargaze my sorrows away!

Among our prizes – the new iPad, iTunes gift cards and promo codes of Star Walk, Solar Walk, and Geo Walk.
Use your chance!
Please read official rules here.

Being astronomy geeks as we are, we just can’t help ourselves: this Valentine’s we are happy to share our favourite love story, story of Andromeda and Perseus.

The legend says that Cepheus and Cassiopeia, the king and queen of Ethiopia, had a daughter called Andromeda, who was very beautiful. Cassiopeia was proud of her daughter and even said that Andromeda was more beautiful than all the daughters of Poseidon, the sea god. Poseidon decided to punish Cassiopeia and sent a sea monster to flood the coast and attack her land. In order to calm Poseidon down, Andromeda was to be sacrificed to the monster. She was tied to a rock on the shore and left to be eaten by the monster. Luckily Perseus happened to be flying by on the winged horse, Pegasus. He was carrying with him the severed head of the Gorgon, Medusa, that had snakes for hair and was so ugly that any creature that gazed directly at it was turned to stone. Perseus saw Andromeda, swooped down and uncovered the head of Medusa, pointing it straight at the eyes of the sea monster. The sea monster turned to stone and Andromeda was rescued. The legend then says that Andromeda and her hero fell in love and were married.

To celebrate and share the holiday spirit we invite you to take part in Valentine’s Day Contest. All you have to do is to vote what your favorite love story is and the lucky someone will get a super romantic (aka absolutely impractical) surprise prize with estimated value of $400 :)

Yes, the 2011 Best App Ever Awards started already and Star Walk is nominated as the Best Augmented Reality App! We are so proud, even though our other apps Solar Walk and Geo Walk couldn’t make it this year. Anyway, thank you guys for your help and please vote for Star Walk if you didn’t do it earlier :)

The loudest shout out goes to you, our dear friends. Xmas Giveaway was a big success this year! I mean we say it every time when we summarize results. But this time (I swear!) you guys just killed it. We never had so many participants, I am talking about thousands of people tweeting every second what they just noticed in the night sky.

So, it’s time to announce the winners.