No iTunes in the Cloud in the U.K?

[Tom8]

Even though i'm on iTunes 10.3, i still don't have the option to use the beta iCloud services, on my MacBook Pro or on my iPhone 4, running 4.3.3. Anyone else from the U.K in the same position?

 

[adztaylor]

iTunes cloud services won't be coming to the UK anytime soon I'm afraid.

 

[Tom8]

iTunes cloud services won't be coming to the UK anytime soon I'm afraid.

Do you mean in beta form, or in any capacity?

 

[OllyW]

It's currently US only.

There's been no indication when (or if) it will be introduced anywhere else.

 

[arkitect]

Never mind.

What I wrote was cr*p.

Edit:
However I would think it should be around reasonably soon.

It is the rest of the iCloud services I'd be in need of when they shut down MobileMe.

 

[Tom8]

I just thought it strange, since the U.K, or me at least, already have the 'Purchased Apps' features in iBooks and the App Store, so i couldn't see any reason why the iTunes feature hasn't been included.

 

[Evgenyy]

Best alternative for UK is Spotify and it's available now. Seriously, Spotify is worth every penny considering that you can stream and download for offline listening any of their millions of songs. To me it is still much better than iTunes iCloud and iTunes Match put together.

 

[Evgenyy]

I just thought it strange, since the U.K, or me at least, already have the 'Purchased Apps' features in iBooks and the App Store, so i couldn't see any reason why the iTunes feature hasn't been included.

I don't think they have licensing deals in place that cover UK yet, hence you can only download the purchased song once I believe.

 

[OllyW]

I just thought it strange, since the U.K, or me at least, already have the 'Purchased Apps' features in iBooks and the App Store, so i couldn't see any reason why the iTunes feature hasn't been included.

Licensing.

Apple only just managed to sign the US labels up in time for the keynote but we don't even know if they have started negotiations with the labels in other markets.

 

[Tom8]

Best alternative for UK is Spotify and it's available now. Seriously, Spotify is worth every penny considering that you can stream and download for offline listening any of their millions of songs. To me it is still much better than iTunes iCloud and iTunes Match put together.

Yeah, i know about Spotify, but a lot of B-Sides and other tracks that i have aren't available on Spotify, and they are available on iTunes, so it makes more sense for me to use that.

 

[Daveoc64]

I just thought it strange, since the U.K, or me at least, already have the 'Purchased Apps' features in iBooks and the App Store, so i couldn't see any reason why the iTunes feature hasn't been included.

My assumption is that they have to licence the music to use the features of "iCloud" i.e. unlimited downloads, and that they've only done that in the US.

iBooks and iOS Apps have always had unlimited downloads, they've just introduced a new way to see the Apps you've previously downloaded/bought - there's no need for any new agreements with the providers of content.

 

[Tom8]

Oh right, completely forgot about having to have the U.K labels signed up too. Thanks.

Also, I'm pretty disappointed Apple aren't offering a streaming facility, i'd have hoped they would, maybe it's still in the pipeline