The $50 Wolfram Alpha iPhone app is $2 because now they want people to actually buy it — from gizmodo.com

The  Wolfram Alpha iPhone App Is  Because  Now They Want People to Actually Buy It

Wolfram Alpha has decided it’d be good if people actually use the supercalculator on their phone, so its famously $50 iPhone (and soon to be iPad) app will be $2. And, they’re legitimately making the mobile site better.