Google Play $25 Credit Amps Android Downloads

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.