Apple TV...Useless in Japan

[brad.c]

Television hasn't made it to 95% of Canada yet. Movies are still are novelty, and even then, there's a live piano player.

Where are you, Moncton? We've had talkies in Toronto for months. Our problem is trying to get dial-up access downtown, when everybody has to share the one party-line.

 

[untmdsprt]

Apple will be so far behind they will wondering why the iPod and iTunes content are not selling as well as expected in Japan. (The iPhone is 2-3 years late for the Japanese market. But that is another debate.)

I've had my Japanese phone for over a year now, and will be so happy to finally get an iPhone. Now to deal with Softbank's bull that foreigners have to go through to get it. 🙁 Seriously, even if I was fluent in Japanese, I'd still pick the iPhone over anything else.

As for buying content from other iTMS, you have to have a credit card of the country you're in. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Luckily you don't have to keep the credit card registered once you set up the account. I had my Japanese boyfriend use his card to set me up an itunes account, and then promptly took it off once the account had been activated. Now I can go buy gift cards here when I want to buy stuff.

 

[IgnatiusTheKing]

Two year old thread.