Gifting Apps from iTunes (Mac) to iPad?

I recently tried gifting an App from iTunes on a Mac to a friend that has an iPad. They received the e-mail on the iPad referring to the App gift, but they couldn't claim the gift. When they tapped the Redeem link in the e-mail they got the message "can't connect to iTunes Store".
Can iPads redeem Apps that have been gifted to them? I assumed that they could. Perhaps they can't?
Message was edited by: Reuben Feffer

Is there a solution to this? I tried to redeem a gifted app, but the link in the email doesn't allow me to connect with the itunes store. I can actually connect with the store through the app store link, but there seems to be no way to find my "gift" in order to redeem it. How can I redeem my gifted app?
I did notice that just after I was gifted, I received a password reset notice from Apple...and I had never requested one. I thought at first that locked meout of my account or something, but like I said, I can indeed get into my account, get into the app store...I just can't get to the place where I redeem my gift, as the link in the email doesn't allow me to enter the store that way.

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