Apple iTunes Australia - Oct 3rd?

[pmoeser]

And suddenly it was over

We finally get the damn store, and then the contracts run out in 6 months!
The record companies decide they don't like making money by doing nothing anymore so they try and shut it down with a fight over pricing.
Steve is right.
If the prices shift too far up, people will return to piracy.
Then everyone loses.
I would accept a tiered pricing scheme based on quality of the download.
.99US might be cheap to the record companies, but it is not the same as a full audio quality cd.
Charge a buck fifty for full quality downloads.
Let the market decide what they want to buy.
I would also suggest that Apple come up with a way of selling songs in other formats.
Maybe a licencing fee on top of the .99US if a customer wants to download a song for a player other than an iPod.
One dollar for iPod and $1.50 for other devices?
That might get Sony on board and also keep regulators off their backs.
(And give the record companies a bit more to chew on)
It still makes the store an incentive to buy an iPod because the tunes will be cheaper.

 

[broken_keyboard]

Oct 3rd is a public holiday in Sydney, which is where Apple's Australia headquarters is. Seems an unlikely day to launch...

 

[pmoeser]

Ho hum here we went again

At least the ISPs made money from our bandwidth
The record companies can't even claim that!
Why do I do it to myself.
Let it pass
let it be
Maybe when George Jnr. has finished, I'll move to the US...
I went to Brisbane California once, I can do it again.

 

[DJY]

Well its 9 am on 3 Oct here in Aust.
Not that I expected it.. but just had a look in iTMS to see if some miracle had happened... and nothing still.

 

[Nermal]

Maybe on Tuesday 🙄

 

[tizza]

Sigh ... the day has arrived ... think it's time to get my one friend in the US to buy me a gift certificate!

Apple Oz - I've given up waiting 🙁

 

[aswitcher]

People are saying INXS release their single tomorrow (Ok tomorrow Aus time 😉) and that seems like a good thing to launch the store with downunder...

 

[Chundles]

Sigh ... the day has arrived ... think it's time to get my one friend in the US to buy me a gift certificate!

Apple Oz - I've given up waiting 🙁

Not the 3rd here, the third there, so tomorrow might be the goods.

 

[pmoeser]

Tuesdays?

Not the 3rd here, the third there, so tomorrow might be the goods.

Would I be right in saying that I have read somewhere that most Apple announcements are made on Tuesdays?

(both US and elsewhere?)

Or is it Tuesday here because it is Monday Cupertino time?

Either way, maybe we should all get a new music player and buy songs from T**stra

At least that way it's legal.

 

[Chundles]

Would I be right in saying that I have read somewhere that most Apple announcements are made on Tuesdays?

(both US and elsewhere?)

Or is it Tuesday here because it is Monday Cupertino time?

Either way, maybe we should all get a new music player and buy songs from T**stra

At least that way it's legal.

No idea if it's even being released.

And yes, Telstra is a swear word. I hate them sooo much.

 

[Bern]

Gosh I can't wait for ITMS Aust, I'll be given the opportunity to download music at a lower quality than an original cd and at an inflated price. Sounds like a great deal... 🙄

 

[Bakey]

Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but...

Could iTMS Australia be connected with the imminent release of iTunes 5.02, as in the update notification that I and many others have experienced over the last few days?

 

[risc]

Well this was probably my 10th dated iTMS Australia rumour, I think I've given up. 😉

 

[Nermal]

Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but...

Could iTMS Australia be connected with the imminent release of iTunes 5.02, as in the update notification that I and many others have experienced over the last few days?

It's possible, although I'm not holding my breath. iTMS is usually updated late Tuesday night (NZ time), so maybe this is when the release will be.

 

[tizza]

Not the 3rd here, the third there, so tomorrow might be the goods.

A picture tells a thousand words ...
😀 ... 🙂 ... 😕 ... 🙁 ... 😡 ...

 

[barneygumble]

No idea if it's even being released.

And yes, Telstra is a swear word. I hate them sooo much.

T***ra are evil, i hate them so much, but i did get a free mini with my phone contract and i manage to use up about $35 on my contract per month 😛 to telstra (who am i kidding they are robbing me blind)


Oh yeah, we will never get itunes just go and buy some second hand CD's rip em and put them in a drawer (f the record labels)

 

[Nermal]

iTMS is usually updated late Tuesday night (NZ time), so maybe this is when the release will be.

iTMS has had its weekly update, with no NZ (or Aust) store to be seen 😡

 

[pmoeser]

This myth is busted

Going back to my own reality distortion field now.
See you next year for the same old rumour

 

[Alasta]

Going back to my own reality distortion field now.
See you next year for the same old rumour

Yep. No doubt this rumour will start circulating again just prior to the San Franscico show in January and, yet again, it will turn out to be unfounded.

The Australian iTMS rumours are becoming so predictable...

 

[cazlar]

I haven't been following all the Oz iTMS news that much recently so apologies if this has been covered but I just tried logging in using my Apple ID and surprisingly it let me, whereas I seem to remember getting an error before. It said "Your account is only valid for purchases on the Australian Music Store. Clicking OK will take you to this store", but OK just took me to the US store unfortunately. And trying to nab the US free single gave me a "your account has been disabled, call customer service" type message.

(If it matters, I had previously signed up when the Oz iTMS was unofficially online a few months back before they closed it up).

 

[aswitcher]

7PM EST Tuesday 4th October...and nothing doing on ITMS for Australia...

Optus released the ROKR today - with the Black Eyed Peas. That would have been the perfect time to release it.

Sigh.

 

[Chundles]

7PM EST Tuesday 4th October...and nothing doing on ITMS for Australia...

Optus released the ROKR today - with the Black Eyed Peas. That would have been the perfect time to release it.

Sigh.

Did they really? That's earlier than I'd thought.

The pricks still can't get me broadband though.

 

[Shattering Fast]

I hate Telstra, so very very much.

What is it people call their broadband service "bogpond"?

I'm lucky enough to have iiNet's ADSL2 and their phone service too.

 

[JRM PowerPod]

I could have sworn this thread had been dug up from OCT 3 200(4).




But alas, it's 2005



and Store is still absent

 

[pmoeser]

Maybe Madonna will save us!

Who knows?

Maybe an announcement about new stores along with the new products?

A pink Nano would sell like an iPod