Apple iTunes Norway - End of April?

[MacRumors]

Forbruker.no reports that according to a Norwegian music industry magazine (Faro Journalen), Apple will be launching iTunes in Norway on April 28th.

The editor of Faro Journalen, claims he has confirmation from four music industry insiders, three of them naming April 28 as launch date for iTunes in Norway, and the fourth saying it will be available in that time period.

Another article with the same information can be found at dagbladet.no.

[liketom]

good news if true - more the better

[BornAgainMac]

iTunes anniversary coming up. More countries will look good on the resume.

[Zaty]

It looks like April 28 will be good day for many countries. Hopefully, Switzerland will also get its iTMS on that day.

[mcadam]

If norway gets it but not Denmark I'll be pissed. It's a promising rumor though - would make sense if they introduced it to all of scandinavia in one go.

A

[gekko513]

I'm sure this also means iTunes Sweden and Denmark, at the very least. Oh, and I forgot to say that I think this is great. Finally I can stop buying CDs.

[Poff]

This is great news. For those who wants a translated version of the article, head over to clickety.

tranexp.com is used to translate it, but tranexp atleast wouldn't let me use their free web-based translation directly from their site (Safari on 10.2.8) so I coded a small web-page to make it work.

[Diatribe]

I mean I can understand you all get excited but I never quite get the point behind the greatness of iTMS. Sure it's nice to have a place where I can buy a track without the CD but ONLY buying from the iTMS???
Besides the often talked about quality issue of 128AAC the lack of songs is a big downer. I'd buy there more often for the occasional song but they are lacking so much.
700,000 sounds like a lot but in reality it really isn't. Double that and you could actually find ALL the stuff you want.

Anyway, nice for the people that actually use it, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you guys.

[JFreak]

Originally Posted by mcadam

If norway gets it but not Denmark I'll be pissed. It's a promising rumor though - would make sense if they introduced it to all of scandinavia in one go.

scandinavian itms already exists as finland already has it - it is only the rest of you who are still waiting

[audunr]

Originally Posted by JFreak

scandinavian itms already exists as finland already has it - it is only the rest of you who are still waiting

If Finland was a part of Scandinavia, that is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia

"These alternative meanings are considered incorrect in Scandinavia, and occasionally some people may take offense by such usage in English."

None taken. :-)

Have a nice day,

Audun

[MacsRgr8]

Originally Posted by mcadam

If norway gets it but not Denmark I'll be pissed....

Eh... are you one of those who actually rated this as "negative"?

[Windowlicker]

Originally Posted by mcadam

If norway gets it but not Denmark I'll be pissed. It's a promising rumor though - would make sense if they introduced it to all of scandinavia in one go.

A

Not all of Scandinavia.. Finland already has iTMS! (sorry)

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Originally Posted by Windowlicker

Not all of Scandinavia.. Finland already has iTMS! (sorry)

We've already established that Finland is NOT part of Scandinavia...

[dakis]

Originally Posted by Zaty

It looks like April 28 will be good day for many countries. Hopefully, Switzerland will also get its iTMS on that day.

Hi,

It's looking more and more like other non-EU or non-Euro countries in Europe will soon be getting a store. It's already been confirmed by Apple Switzerland and Apple Europe that Switzerland will have its store by the end of the year - why not launch it together with Norway on the 28th?
As you know, I've never really been a believer - but now I'm starting to think that it's actually going to happen for us Swiss pretty darn soon.

dakis

[curmi]

Currently, if you go to "Choose Store" on iTMS, you get a display with all the flags of the current iTMS countries. There are 15, displayed as 5 rows x 3 columns.

Apple is rumoured to add Australia - making 16 countries. This can be displayed as 4x4 - though everything has to shrink a bit to fit 4 across. 8 x 2 or 2 x 8 will not look pleasing to the eye, and require scrolling, or really small fonts.

Apple is rumoured to add Norway - making 17 countries. You can't make a symmetrical grid from that, so the "Choose Store" page won't look as pleasing to the eye. No way!

So, Apple has to add a third store. That makes 18 countries. 6 rows x 3 columns.

QED.

Ideally that third store should be Japan. There is a serious lack of Asian content in the iTMS (like - none), and Japan is a very big market for Apple. But no rumours of Japan, so this is unlikely.

I really wish Apple could organise things so we could buy from any country. Once we get the Australian iTMS, that will be great. But I would love to be able to buy J-Pop stuff from the Japanese iTMS rather than having to import CDs from Japan.