Saturday, September 13, 2008

iTunes App Store Gifting

Dear Cupertino,

I'm a huge fan of the App Store. Lots and lots of great quality apps are found there, but there have been the odd one or two...

One thing that is missing, though, is the ability to gift apps. Dear Cupertino, if we can gift movies, TV shows, entire TV seasons, and any music track we desire, along with custom playlists, I'm at a complete loss why we can't gift apps to friends who deserve good quality iPhone/iPod Touch apps.

Don't get me wrong, the App Store is a huge part of the iPhone/iPod Touch OS, and it's confusing why you're not letting us give the gift of a great app.

I'd love the option to gift App Store apps.

Thanks,
Benny Ling

Editorial note: If you're wondering why National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets is more for me than it is for you, it's because I'm Australian. For The Win.
While I don't have a US iTunes account, I'm fairly sure that doesn't allow App Store gifting either.

5 comments:

Ryan M said...

I love the idea of gifting playlists.. Absolute genius! Great post!

Love,

Ryan

Benny Ling said...

Hey Ryan,

You can already gift custom playlists...

Check out this page for more info.

Cheers,
Benny

Ryan M said...

Wow are you serious that's my bad.... You learn something everyday don't you... :)

Anonymous said...

I just discovered you can't gift apps too, when I wanted to give my sister Katamari Damacy for her new iPhone to go with the PS2 I gave her for her birthday ... :(

Unknown said...

How to Gift an App using iTunes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMwKYl2ed3E