Owners of Google's recently released Nexus 7 are cashing in the $25 Google Play store credit that comes with the device and, as a result, downloads of some Android apps are taking off.
The offline reading app, Instapaper for Android, is one example. Since the day people starting getting their awesome 7-inch tablets, the app has seen a 600 percent jump in downloads at the Google Play store.
According to TheNextWeb, before the Nexus 7 hit the scene, Samsung devices were responsible for the lion’s share of Instapaper for Android downloads, in this order: Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Note, and the Galaxy Tab 10.1. And even though it’s only been shipping for a couple of weeks, already the Nexus 7 has beaten the number of downloads to those—and other—devices.
You’d expect people to throw down a few dollars for Instapaper for Android—it’s a fantastic app priced at only $3 at the Google Play store. Too cheap to pay for in-flight Internet service? While you wait to board, Instapaper for Android lets you save copies of all the interesting news stories you want to read; you can then pull them up on your device once you’re in the air without a signal.
But can the Nexus 7 supercharge the Android market? If Google keeps giving out those free $25 Play credits, it most likely can.
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