Apple did make several moves to ensure many people would have iTunes accounts to purchase apps. When I updated my firmware (on my ipod touch) from 1.0 to 2.0 (with apps), it cost me $10. I hear that to update to 3.0 will cost me another $10.
a) this provides a pretty handy cash injection b) this ensures that I have an iTunes account, and therefore my credit card info is stored in their system and i can purchase apps I have not purchased any apps, yet they have my credit card simply because i wanted the update. Who knows, maybe i will buy an app someday... It just makes it so simple, so seamless that I don't have to worry at all about my account/credit card. I would suggest that this tactic of paid updates would fail miserably on the android crowd. Instead, I would suggest launching a promotion to all g1/g2 owners (and get them to see it) to give them a free app (give them an free 'coupon' for another wise paid app) or lets say $10 towards their account to purchase apps. This would give the users an incentive to register their cards, and hey, I bet even app developers would agree to give some copies of their paid apps to increase users actively purchasing/using the android market. Any other ideas? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
