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Some people elect not to join open feint as uploading scores is worthless to them, this is not a very accurate measurement of piracy.
Posted by: realityloop |
August 24, 2010 7:44 PM$1.99 for an iPad app is cheap. Most are $3+ and that is after having bought the app on an iPhone or iPod. I have never pirated software as I have too much repect for the devs who produce such great work, but we were sold an iPad that would run the apps we'd already purchased. While not quite an outright lie, it certainly was not the truth. Again, it sounds like this dev is charging a decent price for his product. Other developers who have tripled or quadrupled prices for iPad have created a feeling of distrust. When people feel ripped off, they are far more likely to 'return the favor' by downloading another app for free when given the chance. This situation will only worsen if people are asked to buy their apps a third time for Apple TV. Especially since the iPad is 100% capable of sending it's signal out to a TV but is blocked from doing so (except for a handful of video apps) by Apple. Yes the idea of running some of the apps and games presently on your iPhone or iPad on a large screen TV sounds great, but it should be possible to do so without buying the same products (hardware and software) over and over and over again.
Posted by: Sue |
August 24, 2010 7:52 PMI think Sue makes some great points. While I don't own an iPad, I think I'd be a little upset if I had to pay for an app again (assuming I'd already purchased it for my iPhone), or pay a lot more for the iPad version, especially if the iPad version didn't offer any more functionality than the iPhone version. In instances like that I could definitely see where piracy rates could be higher for the iPad app.
In order to install pirated apps you first have to jailbreak your iDevice though, so if the piracy rate on the iPad really is higher, does that mean the jailbreak rate on the iPad is also higher? Or maybe that iPad jailbreakers pirate more apps than iPhone jailbreakers? Or both? (fwiw, I've not jailbroken my 3GS, though I did jailbreak my old unactivated 3G using jailbreakme.com, just to see what all the fuss was about).
Posted by: Jason W. |
August 25, 2010 7:07 AMTheir idiots.
Maybe I liked the game and handed it to one of my friends, who registered for the game leaderboard seperately
Posted by: your mother |
August 25, 2010 8:14 AMPiracy could actually destroy some of these app developers which would mean there would be fewer apps on the app store.
Posted by: iPad |
August 25, 2010 11:53 AMGood post ! it certainly was not the truth. Again, it sounds like this dev is charging a decent price for his product. Other developers who have tripled or quadrupled prices for iPad have created a feeling of distrust.
Posted by: Buy guild wars 2 gold |
August 26, 2010 2:35 AMGimmick? No. Drawings and contests to attract prospects have been around for centuries. So, why pick on the iPad as a hot new gadget to generate leads? It's cool and companies that associate themselves with something that cool no doubt will be seen by many as cool, too. The better questions to ask revolve around your strategy and how a drawing of any kind will help grow your business:
1) What do you want - why hold a drawing or contest? To generate sales leads, butts in seats, buzz?
2) Who do you want to attract? Be sure to promote the contest in the places that will generate leads for your ideal client.
3) Tie the iPad promotion into something specific about your business - is there an app, information or activity that will help contestants learn more about your business so they become prospects or a customer?
4) What now? Once you've got all these new leads, do you have a plan to follow-up? A drip marketing campaign? A sales call? Capture them in your CRM?With a strategy in mind, it's not a bribe - it's brilliant.
Posted by: Rick L'Amie |
August 22, 2010 7:38 PMUsing an iPad prize to bring attention to something is probably effective, but I would guess that anyone who knows of the prize probably already knows about the event. So the question is: Does the prize translate into new conversions, or simply reward the people who were already converted? More often than not, I would bet the latter.
Posted by: ParkerWest |
August 22, 2010 7:54 PMApple is famous for their outstanding products, and do you want to promotion the Earth Film via them? the way that I can relate films with ipad is video converter maybe dvd ripper, do you want to offer an tutorial with winner about "how to convert ***to ipad"? handbrake is free, but I use ifunia all the time.
Posted by: stonee |
August 22, 2010 8:39 PMWhy not offer an Android smartphone like the HTC EVO. All the fAndroid nerds think they're the ultimate shizzle and far better than any iPhone. Haha.
Posted by: LaughingBoy48 |
August 22, 2010 9:39 PM@Laura - thanks.
Posted by: Adrianne Jeffries |
August 22, 2010 9:55 PMWell, Ipad is cool and companies that associate themselves with something that cool no doubt will be seen by many as cool.
Posted by: Susan |
August 23, 2010 3:00 AMApple's iPad is the modern equivalent of the coveted 2G USB flash thumb drive in 2004.
Seriously. :)
Go back through your old email archives and dig up what passed for getting traffic for seminars and webinars back then.
It makes you wonder what 2016 will be like if/when "iPad" is considered a $6 commodity item you can buy at a gas station.
Posted by: Jay Cuthrell |
August 23, 2010 3:36 AMSo people want an iPad but just don't want to spend the money.
Posted by: John Ford Parker |
August 23, 2010 4:29 AMWell, someone will probably say that I'm crazy, but I don't want an iPad for free, moreover, I don't want an iPad even if someone paid me for getting it.
Posted by: lady a. |
August 23, 2010 4:46 AMGiving away an iPad for free for promotional purposes is really an effective gimmick.
Posted by: Showbiz Galore |
August 23, 2010 6:11 AMI wonder how long it will keep up, and would it work just as well if they had given away netbooks or something else?
I run a laser engraving biz and specialize in iPads. I've engraved a dozen or so used for giveaways now. Seems like a great idea since it keeps your name out there after the iPad is gone and the contest over.
Posted by: Sara |
August 23, 2010 7:45 AMFwiw, when Alcatel-Lucent gave away iPads at the last ReadWriteWeb Summit, people LOVED it. It was an awesome prize, and I'll never forget the DIY rocket scientist turned real-time web hacker who won one and would never have spent the money to buy one himself. He was elated, like a little boy, it was beautiful.
Posted by: Marshall Kirkpatrick |
August 23, 2010 8:07 AMin next month, i hope i can get the ipad, ipad is wonderful..
Posted by: anna |
August 23, 2010 8:53 AMThe biggest advantage of using iPods or iPads as giveaways is that most people know about them and want them. On www.showtribe.com we were initially planning to give away a harmony universal device since it's more in line with what the website is about. But then we decided on an iPod touch for reasons mentioned above.
Posted by: CJ |
August 23, 2010 4:15 PMWhen I win my 1st iPad, I shall frame it and put it on the wall, above my framed Kindle.
Posted by: S |
August 23, 2010 5:01 PMI think using an iPad in a giveaway would be very effective because all apple products are so popular
Posted by: iPad |
August 24, 2010 8:34 AM
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