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iTunes Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway Now Available
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AppleFoussa said:
I am sure the rest of Asia will be a very lucrative market, even though macs are too expensive for most of China, they could still all use iTunes on their windows boxes, and with some good ol' chinese pop they could make a fortune...
But all I am waiting for is Australia right now, my sisters birthday was last week and I had hoped to get her some songs for her b'day, I still will... when it's released...
this does not bode well for Aussies. If the Oz store was near opening, they might have waited to do them all together. maybe a few more weeks yet for Oz.
x86isslow said:
What about Vatican City? Maybe the new Pope wants to download some hip tunes to get jiggy with....
broken_keyboard said:
Yeah, it's frustrating. I was browsing one of the European stores for fun recently and found all sorts of "rare" tracks from my favorite bands that aren't available here in the US. If only I had the proper credentials on my credit card, they would be a mere click away...
I was reading recently that the reason most Japanese releases have an extra bonus track is because CDs are so expensive over there that it's often cheaper to import the US versions. Apparently Japan dictates that the CDs must be produced locally, making it more expensive than imports. So the record companies always leave off a track or two from the US release and make them exclusive to the Japanese (or other) release. Frustrating for those of us who really love a particular artist's work and just want to get as much of it as we can.
It's great to support your local economy (I encourage everyone to do so), but it's also a reality that we're quickly entering an age where the economy truly is global. Artificial restrictions only serve to hold back progress in the long term, in favor of the short term interests of those at the top, who have the most to lose. It will be interesting to watch how the global economy evolves over the next couple of decades - no doubt there will be a lot of growing pains as the relative economic status and prosperity of various groups and even entire countries shift. Hopefully we'll all emerge better off in the end.
Are any of these countries part of EU yet? Is there a correlation between that and the delay from a lot of other european countries.
x86isslow said:yep. a guy who knows a guy who knows a janitor at apple told me that Vatican City would be added when Apple releases iTunes 20, along with music stores for such notable places as Somalia and Swaziland.
What about Antarctica? Penguins need tunes too...
Umm ... how about Japan and South Korea? China? The rest of the 10 EU nations not now available? All of Latin America? There are still some very large markets that I'm sure Apple is trying to open up the iTMS in.
Trowaman said:
Well, I don't think they'll be launching in Eastern Europe soon - the economies there are still recovering from communism. The average income in Hungary, for example, is 5 times lower than in Switzerland. I doubt Apple will settle for a price of 1/5th of what they can charge elsewhere.
fawlty said:I think most people in Antarctica already have a US billing address
Heh heh - good point.
Zaty said:
Still Monday evening here...
But yes, good for you guys, I'm happy for ya. Now, like I said before, if only we can get Oz sorted out. Sweet
The Swedish band "Da Buzz" is in there...
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=61712245
The Swedish band "Da Buzz" is in there...
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=61712245
Sad selection of songs
Just browsed the Swiss store. There are virtually no local artists available. So it's basically ITMS international for people with a Swiss billing address.
Are tehy doing any better yet in the other new stores?
Just browsed the Swiss store. There are virtually no local artists available. So it's basically ITMS international for people with a Swiss billing address.
Are tehy doing any better yet in the other new stores?
iTunes Sweden! I just took a look at the top 100 and there are only 45 there... I guess not that many Swedes are awake enough to make their first iTunes purchases. Great job Apple!! By the way, it's 9 SEK/song and 95 SEK/album (1.26 and 13.30 in USD)... not too shabby for Sweden I guess.
I just took a look at the top 100 and there are only 45 there... I guess not that many Swedes are awake enough to make their first iTunes purchases. Great job Apple!! By the way, it's 9 SEK/song and 95 SEK/album (1.26 and 13.30 in USD)... not too shabby for Sweden I guess.
This is great! My Avatar now has found its true meaning in life..
Too bad for New Zealand that it seems they'll have to wait for Australia.. New Zealand was actually totally forgotten on the front page..
Too bad for New Zealand that it seems they'll have to wait for Australia.. New Zealand was actually totally forgotten on the front page..
Update to news story
In a press release, Apple announced a promotion to give every Swiss resident/citizen age 13 years or older a free song from the iTunes Music Store, in conjunction with Swiss financial firm UBS, which is promoting packages to young people for use of "song cards" instead of credit cards.
(Thank you to member mcmav37 for the post about this above.)
In a press release, Apple announced a promotion to give every Swiss resident/citizen age 13 years or older a free song from the iTunes Music Store, in conjunction with Swiss financial firm UBS, which is promoting packages to young people for use of "song cards" instead of credit cards.
(Thank you to member mcmav37 for the post about this above.)