$20 Upgrade without iTunes Store in EU

No iTunes Account!!!!!

Dam you apple...

I Have the same problem, except I live in South Africa, soo I cant open an iTunes account...

 

I have same problem in Slovak Republic (Slovakia)


I'm really disappointed
- I have money
- I want to buy
- Apple doesn't want my money

 

Why don't you sell your iPod on eBay and buy an EU approved product from the top EU owned mp3 player maker

 

Yes, this is really bad of Apple. Discrimination of customers.

I don't know how they plan to distribute applications developed from the coming SDK, but it is clear that all applications that will be sold on iTunes Store will be inaccessable to us. And since they refuse to allow us to manually visit an Apple Store/Reseller and update the iPod for us, we are left with no options.

I am really upset about this. I expect they will do something about it soon, otherwise why should I stay as an Apple customer? But yeah, I guess they don't care. They just want us to buy a new second iPod touch...

 

Look at this thread here -
http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26464

There's a link there for ituneshop.net which may be a way around the problem.

 

There is a link that I followed (will post it once I can find it), that explains how to set up a US account without a credit card, then all you have to do is find a seller on ebay that sells US gift cards (there are loads of them) they will send you the redemption code by email once you have paid. I did this yesterday and now I have all the apps. I know it is a bit of a pain, but now I can buy movies and TV shows if I can be bothered to purchase more gift cards.

 

Do you mean Itunes gift cards ? please post the link !!!!!!

You will do many Europeans very happy

Saludos from Spain

 

...Or just jailbreak it and get all the FREE apps you want

 

Here is the link which I used to set up my US account:

http://www.winandmac.com/tips/free-itunes-account-no-matter-where-you-live/

As for ebay, just find anyone that sells gift cards and sends the codes via email, there are plenty of them there, I use ones that do 'Buy it Now' mainly as itis easier and faster.

Hope that helps..no jailbreaking, no worries about a bricked phone and it's legal

One thing to note: You can only use gift cards that are from the country you set the account in, so US account = only US gift cards etc.

 

It's out of Apple's hands. Unfortunately, music does not come under the free trade between EU countries, it's still bound by territories. It's a problem with copyright and royalties.

 

technically software upgrade is nothing to do with music or trade between countries. for example, you can buy quicktime pro version through apple online store. why didn't apple set the same way? of course, anything through itunes sounds much easier. but it's only the story for countries which have itunes stores.

by the way if you bought ipod touch less than 15 days, you can return it for demanding new touch.

 

I think that considering they made the AppleTV a free update and that the iPod touch also helps their rental sales, they should make the touch update free too.

 

Hey guys! I have the solution to your problem. OK so i live in Chile where we dont have an itunes store, but my way around it was that i had a itunes store account in the u.s. and i have a friend in the u.s and i wire him money and he buys itunes store cards for me, so thats it get an itunes store card!

 

Yup, currently the only way it works. I have a few friends across the Ocean I do this with.

 

Ofcourse you can always buy iTunes Gift Certificates on eBay very easily... I did this and got my code in my inbox 10 mins later. And the 25$ card only cost me 23.99$ (Yay! hehe)

Just thinking though... Why reccomend jailbreaking now? The SDK is just around the corner (1 month)... I never jailbroke and probably never will.