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iTMS Canada Launch Tomorrow?

Can anyone else out side an itms zone get in. I am only getting the message saying not available but nothing when you click on the arrow
Something is in the works
 
would iTMS be launched by Apple Canada, or Apple America? If it's Apple Canada then there is no reason why it wouldn't launch tommorow...if it's down at Infinite Loop then thanksgiving might be a prob
 
waiting

this just feels like the ongest wait ever for something from apple.

just hope it is tomorrow so that i can spend the whole wekeend downloading music.
 
tobyc said:
Why would a US holiday have anything to do with the launching of a Canadian store. the announcement would probably come from Apple Canada and the only people that it would really be intersted in it would be the Candian media and Canadian purchasers.

Personally I think it will be Friday as previously announced.
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as previously announced by who? MacRumors?
 
November 30th...end of day, pending publishing clearances. Many Cupertino staff are involved in the launch of any new iTunes service. It is coming, just not today or tomorrow. Mark my words.
 
iTunes ad

I just saw an iTunes ad on a Toronto tv station. It was the new ad with U2 featuring vertigo. At the end of the ad it said, "iPod + iTunes" then "Apple.ca" I don't remember seeing an iPod ad aired in Canada mentioning iTunes before. It's always just said "iPod from Apple" or something like that. Here's hoping that maybe this is a sign that the store is coming tomorrow! :)
 
appleguy said:
Can anyone else out side an itms zone get in. I am only getting the message saying not available but nothing when you click on the arrow
Something is in the works
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I get that too (00:12 in my timezone, which is GMT-05:00). Clicking on the arrow no longer takes me to the flags page, it just reloads the same page.
 
emptyair said:
I just saw an iTunes ad on a Toronto tv station. It was the new ad with U2 featuring vertigo. At the end of the ad it said, "iPod + iTunes" then "Apple.ca" I don't remember seeing an iPod ad aired in Canada mentioning iTunes before. It's always just said "iPod from Apple" or something like that. Here's hoping that maybe this is a sign that the store is coming tomorrow! :)
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If I recall I've seen that ad many times (Space channel and Discovery I think). Also, remember that iTunes doesn't equal iTMS.

After all, they couldn't really sell the iPod without iTunes. But we can use iTunes + iPod without iTMS.

In any case, the fact that we can't even select a country anymore might be the final sign. iTMS Canada in a few hours? (minutes?)
 
didn't srumourcam say the 30th?, Considering the amount of talk here i'm gonna take his word for it and not get hopes up.
 
would they just launch it w/o warning?

wouldn't it make more sense from a sales perspective if they launched a marketing blitz and official announcement 1-2 weeks prior to the iTMS going live?
 
autopilot said:
would they just launch it w/o warning?

wouldn't it make more sense from a sales perspective if they launched a marketing blitz and official announcement 1-2 weeks prior to the iTMS going live?
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Well, Steve-o did say "coming in november for Canada", and there's only 5 days left. If they wanted to make some official announcement it's kinda too late already.

And as others have stated, we now can't even go to the country selection page anymore... Something's being set up in iTMS that's for sure.

Still nothing on Apple.ca though
 
All signs point to "not today" (or I'm too early)

If you go to www.apple.com, you see "The Complete U2 - iTunes Exclusive Box Set".

If you go to www.apple.com/ie/, you see "The Complete U2 - iTunes Exclusive Box Set".

If you go to www.apple.com/ca/, you don't see "The Complete U2 - iTunes Exclusive Box Set".

There's also no "http://images.apple.com/ca/home/images/2004/11/U2boxset20041123.jpg" image (but there is for .com, .com/uk/, .com/ie/, etc).

So I guess this means: Ireland, you got iTMS! Congratulations!

As for us Canucks... maybe in four days? :(

(what's the delay about? We already got download services, why is iTMS Canada taking so long?!)
 
Soon as it's released, I'm driving to Windsor (via the tunnel), betting $50 on black and wasting the winnings on itunes!!! (with a quick stop at cherry's)
 
Ireland?

Yvan256 said:
If you go to www.apple.com, you see "The Complete U2 - iTunes Exclusive Box Set".

If you go to www.apple.com/ie/, you see "The Complete U2 - iTunes Exclusive Box Set".

If you go to www.apple.com/ca/, you don't see "The Complete U2 - iTunes Exclusive Box Set".

There's also no "http://images.apple.com/ca/home/images/2004/11/U2boxset20041123.jpg" image (but there is for .com, .com/uk/, .com/ie/, etc).

So I guess this means: Ireland, you got iTMS! Congratulations!

As for us Canucks... maybe in four days? :(

(what's the delay about? We already got download services, why is iTMS Canada taking so long?!)
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It's 9am here in Dublin, and I don't have iTunes. And the disclaimer hasn't changed in the iTunes download page. I've been seeing the U2 box set ad for a few days now. I think it's because i'm linked to UK or US

"iTunes is licensed for reproduction of non-copyrighted materials or materials the user is legally permitted to reproduce. Purchases from the iTunes Music Store are available only in Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. See Terms of Sale."
 
Today's Globe and Mail has an article on the impending iTMS launch (subscribers only). The money quotes:

In October, Apple said it would launch in Canada in November, and a company spokesman said this week the company intends to meet that deadline.

“It's still November; we'll launch in November,” Apple's Natalie Kerris said.

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David Basskin, president of the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency, which negotiated with Apple and the other on-line music players on behalf of copyright owners, said his organization “stands ready” to sign a deal with any company that wants to legally sell downloads. The overall goal in licensing pay-for-play systems is “to reduce the amount of piracy,” he said.

Mr. Basskin said his organization only recently initiated discussions with Apple regarding iTunes, and as of Thursday they were “close to an agreement.”
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I guess that kind of sews it up; launch will be Tuesday.

Those quotes make me worry for several reasons, though:
- Breadth of music. If everyone needs to go through the CMRRA, are we going to have a comparable number of tracks? Will places like CD Baby be represented in the Canadian store?
- Certainty of launch. If they're still negotiating now, it's possible the launch date will slip...
 
Hopefully it won't get to Tuesday and nothing happens, or this thread will end up like the "iTunes Canada - June 15th too?" thread from Page 2. :D

Even more hopefully it won't open on Tuesday and be full of only Celine Dion and Bryan Adams tracks! :eek: :D
 
antirealist said:
Today's Globe and Mail has an article on the impending iTMS launch (subscribers only). The money quotes:
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sometimes you just gotta wonder with apple. how can a company be so sure of something when some of the essential bits of the puzzle aren't yet in place?

and telling us that itms will launch in november and the launching it on the very last day of the month is such an apple thing to do. a little insulting and frustrating but i guess by now we should all be used to it.
 
Apple... great products, lousy delivery and customer care. Why am I not surprised that iTunes has yet to launch here in the frozen wasteland? Every product I've waited for - not until 200X; my own personal order - delayed 3 weeks only to find out the wrong thing had been internally ordered by Apple Canada - forget that - back to Windows; store that I bought the PowerBook for my wife - now closed down; been waiting for iTunes to come out in Canada for so long, I really don't know if I care anymore.
 
ozone said:
Apple... great products, lousy delivery and customer care. Why am I not surprised that iTunes has yet to launch here in the frozen wasteland? Every product I've waited for - not until 200X; my own personal order - delayed 3 weeks only to find out the wrong thing had been internally ordered by Apple Canada - forget that - back to Windows; store that I bought the PowerBook for my wife - now closed down; been waiting for iTunes to come out in Canada for so long, I really don't know if I care anymore.
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'Frozen Wasteland' ....don't sell us so short!! We're still worth $30mln+ to Apple if we all bought one track!
 
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