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I honestly have no idea what Google could meaningfully do about their tablet problems. Here's my simple suggestion: make Android Market gift cards. iTunes gift
by GavinB 15y ago
I honestly have no idea what Google could meaningfully do about their tablet problems.
Here's my simple suggestion: make Android Market gift cards. iTunes gift cards are HUGE sellers and have become a standard gift, especially for people you don't know well.
Someone with an Android Market gift card will be motivated to figure out how to use the market and will get used to the idea of paying for apps. To me, the lack of a gift card shows a lack of commitment to the Market ecosystem.
- ctide 15y agoYou really have to back that up with something substantial. I can't see how any logical person would make the connection that android market gift cards being available would suddenly cause people to start buying android tablets. The android tablet problems are far more fundamental than 'not being motivated to figure out how to use the market.'
- cstejerean 15y agoI'm guessing here about a possible connection, although it's certainly not sudden (nor guaranteed to work): Android Market gift cards => more money being spent buying apps => more incentive for developers to write apps => more great apps => more incentive to buy an Android Tablet.
- Splines 15y agoBut why would I buy someone (let alone someone I don't know well) an Android Market gift card? It has a high probability of being useless to them. Unless there's something I'm not seeing - there's a chicken & egg problem here.
- tomjen3 15y agoI general you shouldn't buy gift cards at all. Cash can be spent in any place.
- Splines 15y agoThere's a legitimate use-case for people who don't or can't use a credit card. We sometimes give iTunes credit to our son as a gift. He can buy whatever he wants, but his iPhone is not connected to our credit card so he has to limit his spending.