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iTMS Australia Within A Month?
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fatbarstard said:
appleguy said:
Funny that because I thought Bondi was considered to be a state of New Zealand 😛
It will be great if it comes to NZ too. It's a great service, I've bought 57 songs (courtesy of a US billing address 😀), and have had no problems whatsoever. An official local store would be even better though!
Edit: Actually, there is a problem. When I put the US billing address into iTunes, it changes my ADC profile to point to that address (and they would therefore send my developer CDs to the wrong place). And then when I change my ADC account back, iTunes stops working until I put the US address back in again. I've changed it back and forth maybe 25 times now, it's really annoying!
Edit: Actually, there is a problem. When I put the US billing address into iTunes, it changes my ADC profile to point to that address (and they would therefore send my developer CDs to the wrong place). And then when I change my ADC account back, iTunes stops working until I put the US address back in again. I've changed it back and forth maybe 25 times now, it's really annoying!
That's a bit rude.fatbarstard said:
I'm Australian and I've lived in the US, Germany, and NZ - and they all have their pros and cons, and different cities etc in the same country still can have far different qualities!
SOME cities/towns of NZ are places I preferred to living in Sydney. I do try to avoid people with closed-minds though.
Sol
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Welfare state?!
This is a typical example of the Howard-era mentality: the assumption that everyone in the world wants to come to Australia and leech off the fringe benefits of living here. I live in Australia and sometimes I wish that this country would take an example from New Zealand and show more independence, be it from the Monarchy or the Whitehouse.
As for New Zealand being considered part of Australia for the upcoming iTunes Music Store, I think it is a practical solution, considering that between the two countries there is a smaller market for online music than most states of the USA.
devman said:
This is a typical example of the Howard-era mentality: the assumption that everyone in the world wants to come to Australia and leech off the fringe benefits of living here. I live in Australia and sometimes I wish that this country would take an example from New Zealand and show more independence, be it from the Monarchy or the Whitehouse.
As for New Zealand being considered part of Australia for the upcoming iTunes Music Store, I think it is a practical solution, considering that between the two countries there is a smaller market for online music than most states of the USA.
aussie_geek
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good stuff!!
About time it hits the Aussie market. I have just bought a 20 Gb iPod that needs filling up. The iTunes music store could satisfy its' need for music 😛..
aussie_geek
About time it hits the Aussie market. I have just bought a 20 Gb iPod that needs filling up. The iTunes music store could satisfy its' need for music 😛..
aussie_geek
the.snitch
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Sol said:
Other than the fact that a fair few CDs won't rip due to copy protection, that actually stopped me buying CDs altogether.
As for NZ vs Oz being treated the same, NZ doesn't have an apple store as such, although the recent distributor one is pretty good, however given my experiences with the Oz Apple store that's not necessarily a bad thing (took ages to get my Airport Express).
I reckon Apple in both Oz and NZ suck badly, we're still treated as if we ought to be grateful that they even deign to sell us the kit. A totally different experience to Apple in the USA, who fall over themselves in their helpfulness.
Oh well, maybe it's the Oz/NZ worker mentality at work, or maybe they are excluded from company stock incentives, and therefore don't feel the need to be nice to anyone...
Cheers,
Edward.
yah!!! i can wait for iTunes store australia! hope the price is simular to us.... maybe $1.5 a song , $15 for albums
neil
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Sorry mate but my experience with the Apple Store in Aus has been much better. I recently had a lot of trouble trying to find a combined USB2/Firewire iPod cable in any retail stores in Melbourne (one of them even told me that they were waiting on a delivery of 200 of them and another said they'd order it in for $7 more than the Apple Store sold it for). So anyway, I got really fed up and went and ordered it on the Apple Store on a Monday arvo... I got it in the mail on Wednesday morn. That's pretty efficient.
On the whole though, Apple in Australia does suck. They rarely have up-to-date display models, they overprice basic products (like generic USB cables etc.) and they aren't particularly inviting.
eddyg said:
Sorry mate but my experience with the Apple Store in Aus has been much better. I recently had a lot of trouble trying to find a combined USB2/Firewire iPod cable in any retail stores in Melbourne (one of them even told me that they were waiting on a delivery of 200 of them and another said they'd order it in for $7 more than the Apple Store sold it for). So anyway, I got really fed up and went and ordered it on the Apple Store on a Monday arvo... I got it in the mail on Wednesday morn. That's pretty efficient.
On the whole though, Apple in Australia does suck. They rarely have up-to-date display models, they overprice basic products (like generic USB cables etc.) and they aren't particularly inviting.
Only 4 days until iTMS arrives in Aussie?
There are only 4 days to go until the iTunes Music Store is supposed to open in Australia, according to the lead story of this thread. Well, I will believe it when it arrives. 😉
There are only 4 days to go until the iTunes Music Store is supposed to open in Australia, according to the lead story of this thread. Well, I will believe it when it arrives. 😉
i'd say that NZ would most likely get iTMS the same time as AUS. I say this because there is no Apple New Zealand. Only authorised dealers, like Renaissance Ltd. They import from Apple Australia.
As for pricing, my guess would be NZ$1.99 per song and NZ$19.99 per album.
CD albums in NZ usually cost $24.99 - $32.99... So buying an album is still cheaper than a CD.
NZMusic.com sells (used to sell?) mp3s for about NZ$1.99
🙂
Quite pricey for my liking though 😛
As for pricing, my guess would be NZ$1.99 per song and NZ$19.99 per album.
CD albums in NZ usually cost $24.99 - $32.99... So buying an album is still cheaper than a CD.
NZMusic.com sells (used to sell?) mp3s for about NZ$1.99
🙂
Quite pricey for my liking though 😛
jap4n said:
Yeah I noticed that apple.co.nz was actually the Renaissance resellers.
I wonder if au or nz will get any Apple run Apple stores 🙄
I'm from Sydney, and what I find is that there IS VIRTUALLY NO people in this country who know what an iPod is, let alone ITMS. I hope if does happen 😀 It will boost the presence of Apple to alot more people in Oz.
Well, within my school people are slowly starting to hear about iTMS...
Because the majority uses PCs they will download iTunes, see the Music Store link and discover it for themselves.
There was only one kid I knew that used Macs and he left last year 🙄
Because the majority uses PCs they will download iTunes, see the Music Store link and discover it for themselves.
There was only one kid I knew that used Macs and he left last year 🙄
748s said:
The number of iPods in Australia is insane. Look hard at the sea of white ear phones next time you get on at Central.
At uni it's almost wierd NOT to have one.
Seeing people with Discmans is funny now. Seriously old school. LOL Not to mention the five hundred and one bazillion iPod billboards all over sydney.
lol at person who thinks there are no ipods in aus.
YOU need to get out more 😛
they're everywhere, as are the ads.
YOU need to get out more 😛
they're everywhere, as are the ads.
