Simply placing a QR code to the URL onscreen will cut this process down drastically.
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#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apple has done this. "iTunes in the Cloud" causes purchases made on any device (Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad) to be downloaded automatically on all devices which automatic downloads have been enabled on. Purchases that are automatically downloaded include music, apps, and books. http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/
> any device Any Apple manufactured device, which constitutes about 30% of all devices I own and use. It's probably why I rarely download new apps on my iPad, if I can't trigger a download from any web browser I'm not going to even bother looking unless I need/want something specific.
Correct, an app with a binary compiled using the iOS SDK will not run on your Android device, if that's what you're implying. Is that surprising?
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apple has done this. "iTunes in the Cloud" causes purchases made on any device (Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad) to be downloaded automatically on all devices which automatic downloads have been enabled on. Purchases that are automatically downloaded include music, apps, and books. http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/
iCloud definitely seems like the Right Way, going even further than the Android model. Doesn't this make the method the article talks about redundant - or is the author not using iCloud? [edit] Oh wait, does that mean iCloud works from any device but not from a browser? That seems like an odd omission.
iTunes purchases can currently only be made from inside of iTunes.app, not in the browser. Apple does offer the ability to link to apps or music in the browser, and a track list, description, screenshots, etc will be displayed inside of your browser. iTunes can be launched to make the purchase.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
> any device Any Apple manufactured device, which constitutes about 30% of all devices I own and use. It's probably why I rarely download new apps on my iPad, if I can't trigger a download from any web browser I'm not going to even bother looking unless I need/want something specific.
Correct, an app with a binary compiled using the iOS SDK will not run on your Android device, if that's what you're implying. Is that surprising?
That's not what he was implying... he wants to trigger a download from a non-Apple device (say, Chrome on a Linux PC) and have it download (or readily available to download) on his iPad.
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#15There is something a lot more clever about this than you realise. By offering you the convenience of sending it to you via email they are collecting your address. Great way to gather conversion information and market to people who have never downloaded their app.
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#16We did it a bit different, you can take a picture of the screen with your phone and open it on the AppStore!
Check it out, ripeapps.com
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#17App.net does this on its app pages, email or sms link
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#18Simply placing a QR code to the URL onscreen will cut this process down drastically.
downvotes, really? for me it's the quickest way to get IRL material onto my phone.
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#19I love the Android / Amazon model - hit the store on a desktop browser, select a device to send the content to, hit buy, and relax knowing that the app or content will be downloaded to said device within seconds. I'm genuinely surprised Apple haven't done this.
iOS5/iCloud works in this use case, actually. You download an app anywhere, including desktop iTunes, and your devices automatically download it too. It is a bit of a bandwidth waste and it asks for your password, but it's smooth enough. You can download every iPhone app on the iPad too, unless it requires GPS/camera/compass (not sure). The only missing use case is downloading iPad apps when on the iPhone. They canno…
The appealing option, people in this thread are espousing, would be the ability to identify the app while browsing on a desktop web browser (preferably desktop OS ambivalent).
Personally, I would prefer iCloud run from an app (or several daemons?) on the TimeCapsule supporting multiple devices, and Apple just provided encrypted, off-site back-ups from the TimeCapsule (thus, making TimeCapsule the "center" of my cloud). If Apple could handle my dynamic IP address issues, and my firewall/NAT issues, I could just use my always connected, 250GB-bandwidth/ month (and 1mbps-delivering/ <80ms latency) home connection to ensure security and robustness, I'd be more inclined to buy their hardware. As it stands, I've bought an ipod Touch, only; simply because I'm too cheap to buy a phone from a big-telco (instead: metroPCS, Leap Wireless, and MVNOs like Republic Wireless or StraightTalk are things I advise people to look into).
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#20There is something a lot more clever about this than you realise. By offering you the convenience of sending it to you via email they are collecting your address. Great way to gather conversion information and market to people who have never downloaded their app.
>By offering you the convenience of sending it to you via email they are collecting your address. "
That's a great point, and the more I think about it while also considering about the noted sponsor for the post, SwellPath, whose stated purpose is to, "[...] merge measurement and performance-led marketing to make digital campaigns actionable and accountable," the more I wonder at how careless people are with their email addresses and other personal information.
Convenience is quite seductive, and even utilizing Occam's Razor I can't fathom a respectable position for one to espouse the ideas same as this post.
Disclaimer: I could easily be accused of tinfoil-hat-syndrome, so I apologize if I offend(ed) you.