iTunes Music Store Ireland Opens

MacRumors · 07:33 PM

Several members have alerted us that Apple has quietly opened the iTunes Music Store in Ireland. Price: €0.99 per song.

The iTunes Music Store opened in the U.S. on April 28, 2003 (story, press release), along with the release of iTunes 4, with a price of $0.99 per song and a catalog of over 200,000 songs.

Apple released iTunes 4.1 for Windows on October 16, 2003 (story, press release).

The iTMS expanded to the U.K., France, and Germany on June 15, 2004 (story, press release), using iTunes 4.6 (released a week before), with a price of £0.79 and €0.99 per song and a catalog of over 700,000 songs.

The iTMS added the European Union countries of Austria, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain on October 26, 2004 (story, press release), along with the release of iTunes 4.7, with a price of €0.99 per song. iTMS Ireland was notably absent, as were Australia and Japan.

After missing their promised November 2004 deadline, Apple opened the iTMS Candada late in the day on December 1, 2004 (story, press release), with a price of $0.99 CDN.

ChrisH3677 · Jan 6, 2005, 05:47 PM

Hopefully this bodes well for an Australian launch next week

oingoboingo · Jan 6, 2005, 05:47 PM

Once again, iTunes is appreciably more expensive outside the United States. Must be all the postage and packaging to send those CDs international mail. Oh wait...

bigandy · Jan 6, 2005, 05:48 PM

and hopefully it'll give my irish friends a reason to shut up for a few days

Doctor Q · Jan 6, 2005, 05:49 PM

They managed to iron out the details to open this store before MacWorld Expo, which will make one more accomplishment they can boast about (even though many consider this store opening "late").

Note: "Vertigo" by U2 hasn't yet fallen off Apple's Top 10 Songs list. It's number 9.

nagromme · Jan 6, 2005, 05:51 PM

Yes, Vertigo has been on the iTMS charts for a long time... Not to mention that the huge BOX SET was the top-selling album for a while!

iChan · Jan 6, 2005, 05:55 PM

all i can say... truly underwhelming.

DPazdanISU · Jan 6, 2005, 05:56 PM

they should also send digital guiness pints per song to help make the irish feel more at home

Eaon · Jan 6, 2005, 05:57 PM

I feel so Polish.

DPazdanISU · Jan 6, 2005, 06:00 PM

Apple needs to RELAX. Sometimes I think they do this to all the mac nerds to help increase our heart rates so we don't die off and in return they keep the mac faithful. We still got next week to lose 5 more pounds of armpit sweat!

johnnyjibbs · Jan 6, 2005, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oingoboingo

Once again, iTunes is appreciably more expensive outside the United States. Must be all the postage and packaging to send those CDs international mail. Oh wait...

Actually, it's only €0.99 a track, and the tax is included, unlike in the States. It's marginally more expensive because of the strong Euro and weak US dollar.

Good news for Ireland. Another bit of red tape obviously sorted out.

yoda13 · Jan 6, 2005, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DPazdanISU

Apple needs to RELAX. Sometimes I think they do this to all the mac nerds to help increase our heart rates so we don't die off and in return they keep the mac faithful. We still got next week to lose 5 more pounds of armpit sweat!

an image I surely didn't need.....

However, I am happy for all the Irish Mac users

dontmatter · 06:14 PM

good, now the irish can buy local music in the form of the U2 boxed set, instead of just a bunch of americas....

on a more serious note, anybody know the list of countries itunes serves, and the list served by napster, M$, etc? Nobody compares to apple in countries total, for sure, but is apple's range covered by at least somebody PC based/ are there any major countries served by international music stores that itunes hasn't yet reached?

plastree · Jan 6, 2005, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oingoboingo

Once again, iTunes is appreciably more expensive outside the United States. Must be all the postage and packaging to send those CDs international mail. Oh wait...

My god, I'm so sick of you people who whine about the price of songs every time Apple opens the store up to a new country. For the last time, the prices reflect the unique economic situation of the affected country, not deliberate profit wrangling!

Daveway · Jan 6, 2005, 06:19 PM

This is great news but how did this get past us?

rikers_mailbox · Jan 6, 2005, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daveway00

This is great news but how did this get past us?

Maybe all this talk of iWork, iPhones, flashPods, and headless iMacs was just a diversion from the *real* secret. . iTunes iReland.

coolfactor · Jan 6, 2005, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oingoboingo

Once again, iTunes is appreciably more expensive outside the United States. Must be all the postage and packaging to send those CDs international mail. Oh wait...

Incorrect... Canada's 99 cents per song makes it the cheapest iTMS running. Not sure how they pulled it off, but they did, and we're loving it.

ASP272 · Jan 6, 2005, 06:31 PM

Oh, the luck 'o the Irish! Congratulations!

b-randomly · Jan 6, 2005, 06:31 PM

I'm sure by MacWorld they'll easily boast of all the countries they've added -- and probably add Japan and Australia as well. I'm actually very surprised that Japan hasn't gotten iTMS yet. Considering their society, it would be such a blockbuster hit there, I'd think (along with the reported iPod micro).

ASP272 · Jan 6, 2005, 06:33 PM

Now if they could just get Evanescence, Metallica, and Fu-Schnickens on iTunes it'd be a perfect world.

Oh yeah, and add all those other countries that are missing out, most notably Australia.

rory2002ie · Jan 6, 2005, 06:40 PM

Well about time....

Although Apple has a large presence in the south of Ireland and they run a very large call centre and tech support operation in Cork, its really difficult to buy an apple or accessories in Ireland

there are very few places to buy a mac, O2 the mobile operator sells Ipods, iBooks and iMacs only in there retail stores but they wont sell G5 Powermacs and most of the staff are completely useless...

PC World used to carry some mac stock but they no longer carry any.. and the Apple Shop run by compustore went out of business too...

In most cases the small resellers are more expensive than the online apple store.

Jimmni · Jan 6, 2005, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plastree

My god, I'm so sick of you people who whine about the price of songs every time Apple opens the store up to a new country. For the last time, the prices reflect the unique economic situation of the affected country, not deliberate profit wrangling!

LOL!! Yeah, right

oingoboingo · Jan 6, 2005, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plastree

My god, I'm so sick of you people who whine about the price of songs every time Apple opens the store up to a new country. For the last time, the prices reflect the unique economic situation of the affected country, not deliberate profit wrangling!

Steve, shouldn't you be doing a run-through of your MWSF keynote presentation, and not wasting time counter-trolling on Mac rumour boards? You might accidently get sued by your own legal department!

Avicdar · Jan 6, 2005, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oingoboingo

Steve, shouldn't you be doing a run-through of your MWSF keynote presentation, and not wasting time counter-trolling on Mac rumour boards? You might accidently get sued by your own legal department!

LOL!

fatfish · Jan 6, 2005, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oingoboingo

Once again, iTunes is appreciably more expensive outside the United States. Must be all the postage and packaging to send those CDs international mail. Oh wait...

It beats me how someone from the land of Oz can winge (is that how the Ozzies spell it) about the price of songs in other countries. Being from the UK, I believe we pay more than most and I ain't complaining. Songs cost what they cost, don't moan about it, take it or leave it. I'm quite happy to take it.

Jan 6, 2005, 05:45 PM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	iTunes Music Store Ireland Opens Several members have alerted us that Apple has quietly opened the iTunes Music Store in Ireland. Price: €0.99 per song. The iTunes Music Store opened in the U.S. on April 28, 2003 (story, press release), along with the release of iTunes 4, with a price of $0.99 per song and a catalog of over 200,000 songs. Apple released iTunes 4.1 for Windows on October 16, 2003 (story, press release). The iTMS expanded to the U.K., France, and Germany on June 15, 2004 (story, press release), using iTunes 4.6 (released a week before), with a price of £0.79 and €0.99 per song and a catalog of over 700,000 songs. The iTMS added the European Union countries of Austria, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain on October 26, 2004 (story, press release), along with the release of iTunes 4.7, with a price of €0.99 per song. iTMS Ireland was notably absent, as were Australia and Japan. After missing their promised November 2004 deadline, Apple opened the iTMS Candada late in the day on December 1, 2004 (story, press release), with a price of $0.99 CDN. Last edited by Doctor Q : Jan 6, 2005 at 07:33 PM.

Jan 6, 2005, 05:47 PM	#2
ChrisH3677 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Victoria, Australia	Hopefully this bodes well for an Australian launch next week __________________ Computer:iMac Core Duo 2GHz Windoze switcher: August 2003 Other Macs: Wife's: iBook 366Mhz clamshell; Kid's: eMac 800Mhz

Jan 6, 2005, 05:47 PM	#3
oingoboingo macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Once again, iTunes is appreciably more expensive outside the United States. Must be all the postage and packaging to send those CDs international mail. Oh wait... __________________ - 24" 2.8GHz iMac / 512MB nVidia 8800GS - 15" 2.4GHz MacBook Pro - 20GB 4G iPod

Jan 6, 2005, 05:48 PM	#4
bigandy macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Soho, London	and hopefully it'll give my irish friends a reason to shut up for a few days __________________ "any day that involves cat pee is a really bad day" - iBlue ǝןƃooɹɯ

Jan 6, 2005, 05:49 PM	#5
Doctor Q macrumors god Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: at the table with countless relatives	They managed to iron out the details to open this store before MacWorld Expo, which will make one more accomplishment they can boast about (even though many consider this store opening "late"). Note: "Vertigo" by U2 hasn't yet fallen off Apple's Top 10 Songs list. It's number 9. __________________ "You've just been abducted, of course you need crepes!" -- Walter Bishop

Jan 6, 2005, 05:51 PM	#6
nagromme macrumors 601 Join Date: May 2002 Location: Blinking blue dot	U2 Yes, Vertigo has been on the iTMS charts for a long time... Not to mention that the huge BOX SET was the top-selling album for a while! __________________ nagromme Would you like a treatment?

Jan 6, 2005, 05:55 PM	#7
iChan macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Dublin, Ireland.	all i can say... truly underwhelming. __________________ nah.

Jan 6, 2005, 05:56 PM	#8
DPazdanISU macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Near Chicago	they should also send digital guiness pints per song to help make the irish feel more at home __________________ What I like to say to PC fans that rip on Macs is this: Buy a Mac, use it for a year, and come back to me. Then if you still don't like Macs then at least you have supporting evidence, however I doubt that will be the case! mac mini 1.42mhz/512mb on 61" HD Television

Jan 6, 2005, 05:57 PM	#9
Eaon macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Calgary, AB	You forgot Canada! I feel so Polish.

Jan 6, 2005, 06:00 PM	#10
DPazdanISU macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Near Chicago	Apple needs to RELAX. Sometimes I think they do this to all the mac nerds to help increase our heart rates so we don't die off and in return they keep the mac faithful. We still got next week to lose 5 more pounds of armpit sweat! __________________ What I like to say to PC fans that rip on Macs is this: Buy a Mac, use it for a year, and come back to me. Then if you still don't like Macs then at least you have supporting evidence, however I doubt that will be the case! mac mini 1.42mhz/512mb on 61" HD Television

Jan 6, 2005, 06:11 PM	#13
dontmatter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: SEATTLE, BABY! (or a nice little liberal arts college campus in the middle of nowhere...)	good, now the irish can buy local music in the form of the U2 boxed set, instead of just a bunch of americas.... on a more serious note, anybody know the list of countries itunes serves, and the list served by napster, M$, etc? Nobody compares to apple in countries total, for sure, but is apple's range covered by at least somebody PC based/ are there any major countries served by international music stores that itunes hasn't yet reached? __________________ Insert witticism here. Or spelling correction. Last edited by dontmatter : Jan 6, 2005 at 06:14 PM.

Jan 6, 2005, 06:19 PM	#15
Daveway macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New Orleans / Lafayette, La	This is great news but how did this get past us? __________________ Spare me my life. MBP 2.2 glossy, Alu Macbook 2.4, iMac G5, iPhone3GS 32gb white, iPodz

Jan 6, 2005, 06:31 PM	#18
ASP272 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Nashville, TN	Oh, the luck 'o the Irish! Congratulations! __________________ "It was a bug, Dave."

Jan 6, 2005, 06:31 PM	#19
b-randomly macrumors newbie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ithaca, NY	I'm sure by MacWorld they'll easily boast of all the countries they've added -- and probably add Japan and Australia as well. I'm actually very surprised that Japan hasn't gotten iTMS yet. Considering their society, it would be such a blockbuster hit there, I'd think (along with the reported iPod micro). __________________ PowerBook: 12" 1.33GHz 768MB RAM 4G iPod 20GB I may look like a newbie, but I'm really just a lurker who comes too late to threads to make an interesting remark.

Jan 6, 2005, 06:33 PM	#20
ASP272 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Nashville, TN	Now if they could just get Evanescence, Metallica, and Fu-Schnickens on iTunes it'd be a perfect world. Oh yeah, and add all those other countries that are missing out, most notably Australia. __________________ "It was a bug, Dave."

Jan 6, 2005, 06:40 PM	#21
rory2002ie macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2005	Woo Hoo Well about time.... Although Apple has a large presence in the south of Ireland and they run a very large call centre and tech support operation in Cork, its really difficult to buy an apple or accessories in Ireland there are very few places to buy a mac, O2 the mobile operator sells Ipods, iBooks and iMacs only in there retail stores but they wont sell G5 Powermacs and most of the staff are completely useless... PC World used to carry some mac stock but they no longer carry any.. and the Apple Shop run by compustore went out of business too... In most cases the small resellers are more expensive than the online apple store.

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