(Cross-posting this to fundraising mailing list, as I suspect not many Fundraisers read Wikitech-l)
Summary: WMF is going to release an Android Wikipedia app shortly (other mobile OS will get an app, too)
On 10/07/2011 03:25 AM, Tomasz Finc wrote:
One good question that Brion just asked me was when we plan to release this app to the Android market.
How about making a free version and an (identical!) "Support Wikipedia" version that has absolutly the same features, but costs $2 that go to WMF as a donation? :) Why we should do this: It's an extremly simple way for users to donate money. No entering of credit card or bank account information necessary, just select one app instead of another.
Very rough estimate: 20M total downloads, 0.5% download the "Support Wikipedia" version for $2, that's $200k.
Sounds like something we should experiment with.
-- Tobias