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I used it all day, Bluetooth streaming in the car. Worked brilliantly.
 
Love it!

Streaming dat dere j pop of peace to my Bluetooth speaker. It's freaking awesome. Thank you apple.

Sure I have to deal with the occasional Harvey Norman ad but it's not that bad.

Audio quality sounds great, much better than what I was getting through the sbs pop Asia app.

What can I say to all the haters here, go create your own streaming radio service then I might give two farks about your ****** opinions.

That is all. Another pointless post to the mac rumours forums completed.
 
"It was reported in October that Apple was looking to launch iTunes Radio in the U.K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand in early 2014."

... and Apple was right :)

(Although i don't care for this...)
 
"It was reported in October that Apple was looking to launch iTunes Radio in the U.K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand in early 2014."

... and Apple was right :)

(Although i don't care for this...)

Apple was only 1/4 of the way right. There isn't much time until we are 25% done 2014.
 
Not trolling - I'm genuinely curious. I don't use it myself, but I don't listen to the radio much in general (I don't use Pandora or Spotify, either).

I listen to music every day--at home mostly--a balance between iTunes library, Spotify (mostly new releases and playlists), and iTunes Radio for discovery. I think iTunes radio compares favorably with Pandora--maybe just personal preference. Spotify mostly competes with MOG and now Beats (who bought MOG awhile back). I like Spotify and use the premium service to avoid ads and get higher quality streaming. Really, it comes down to how much of a music lover you are.
 
I think it's a no brainer compared to the services I've used. I use Deezer every day because I get premium for free, and they've got some good songs on their radio stations but the variety is extremely limited.

Spotify on the other hand, I tried their radio service, played one song and then it hit me with an advert. Screw that, definitely not worth paying £10 a month for ad-free spottily when I can pay £22 a year for ad free iTunes Radio.

Still waiting for that UK announcement though...anytime now Apple!
 
I think it's a no brainer compared to the services I've used. I use Deezer every day because I get premium for free, and they've got some good songs on their radio stations but the variety is extremely limited.



Spotify on the other hand, I tried their radio service, played one song and then it hit me with an advert. Screw that, definitely not worth paying £10 a month for ad-free spottily when I can pay £22 a year for ad free iTunes Radio.



Still waiting for that UK announcement though...anytime now Apple!


Exactly the experience I had. We can't be far away if the Aussies have it now, surely?!
 
Using it and its great (Australia). The ads are few and so much better than radio. The world, new age, j-pop, k-pop, alternative are excellent. No problem with steaming from mobile or AppleTV.
 
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