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Tokyo Apple Music Event?

Welcome Japan! Nice for those who will enjoy iTMS...

rumors I've enjoyed...

-Canadian iTMS (Months)
-Aussie iTMS :)
-iPhone
-iPDA
-G5 Powerbook
-3 GHz PM
-Widescreen iBook
-VideoPod
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Let's feed the fire! Go Japan iTMS!
 
wow..
Tokyo International Forum, is walking distance from Apple Store Ginza Tokyo.
650 m or 8 minutes.
We knew only about Avex and iTMS. (No other major label ...)
But I believe that it definitely is a full featured iTMS with all major US/European/Japan labels.
 
Whatever it is, I hope someone from Apple wears a frilly ascot and bites into a pepper to open the event.

("Iron Chef")
 
I hope this isn't just another 'event' where nothing happens. We need something more than updates - some new hardware technology please :). But things look great for the Japan iTMS. Here's hoping for our Japanese friends.

If the Australia iTMS was opened I wouldn't be surpried if Apple Australia were just left out of it. They seem to be just a distribution arm over here and probably wouldn't bother with an event :rolleyes:. But it's a pity because there are lots of dedicated authorised resellers who would love to put something on.
 
It does look like Japan is now ready. I wonder what they'll do with some of the anime soundtracks though. They have tracks for 10 seconds that represent the music used for the eyecatch or 40 tracks on a CD.
 
this will be so good.
iTunesMusicStore finally here.
150Jpn is a great price for us.
it will keep the very active and growing fon download competition at bay for a few years. until the iPhone really does come out. it will come out, right Steve?
 
Macrumors said:
about 150 yen (US$1.40)
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As another data point, 100 yen will buy you a can of coke from the vending machine, or two smaller cans from the grocery store. 170 yen will buy you 1.5 liters of coke in a bottle. 100 yen will get you a cheap loaf of 6 slices of bread or a cheeseburger at Macdonalds. To a westerner, 150 yen has a value of between 75 cents and a buck 50, depending on what you're doing.
 
120 Yen -> Can of drink
150 Yen -> 150ml bottle of drink
160 Yen -> Cheapest subway ticket to the next station (for Tokyo Metro)
300 Yen -> Coin Lockers (Some are less than that)

True. 150 Yen isn't expensive at all.
 
rentals

While I think this is a great thing for Apple Japan. I wonder how well it will do with all the CD rental shops they have here, especially Tsutaya. CD rentals are so cheap. :cool:
 
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I'm nitpicking ... but the Tokyo Apple Music Event itself isn't a rumor, so why the question mark in the title?
 
Very happy for my fellow MacRumors members in Japan. Just hope that it will become reality on August 4th. Also good news for Apple, we will just get to one billion songs downloaded sooner.
 
rumoursofglory said:
While I think this is a great thing for Apple Japan. I wonder how well it will do with all the CD rental shops they have here, especially Tsutaya. CD rentals are so cheap. :cool:
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The problem is, most rental "CDs" are CCCDs. Copy Protected. That means you can only copy to an MD, but not to an iPod. (But I've heard you can use CCCDs on a Mac?)
A lot of people I know, who have an iPod, copies music from CDs they bought or from illegally download music...
 
1 billion songs by years end?

So, lets say they launch iTMS Japan as well as Australia and NZ. Does anyone think that with the added stores they could sell 1 billion songs by years end? They are selling over 1.3 millions songs a day as it is. That would put it over 700 million by years end if only taking into account the 19 stores that are currently opened. With three new stores and one being in Japan (huge music market) they may be able to top 1 billion by December 31! That would be sweet.
 
LaMerVipere said:
8GB iPod mini + colour screen + new colour choices . . .

Please.

If it's not asking too much, Apple. :)
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With Toshiba's perpendicular technology, pretty soon. But you won't ever see a 8GB iPod mini... They'll probably jump from 4/6GB to 12/18GB (or higher... Toshiba says their technology could boost capacity up to 10 times, which means a 40/60GB iPod mini).
 
Yeah, copy what?

I know it's bad, but I used to rent from the Shibuya Tsutaya all the time, and had no problems ripping to my iBook at the time.

Now my dilemma is that I have all of Utada Hikaru's DVDs, but left my CDs in Tokyo (I'm now in Canada) and I want Hikki's music on my iPod :( Someone send me some albums :)

If Apple can come out with 150-en tracks, that'd be great. 100-en would be even better.

Still, I'd take a full album off iTMS for 2000-en or 1500-en over 2500-4000 at HMV.
 
KTYS said:
120 Yen -> Can of drink
150 Yen -> 150ml bottle of drink
160 Yen -> Cheapest subway ticket to the next station (for Tokyo Metro)
300 Yen -> Coin Lockers (Some are less than that)

True. 150 Yen isn't expensive at all.
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1 U.S. dollar = 112.07998 Japanese yen
 
Yvan256 said:
And 1 Canadian dollar = 0.814 U.S. dollar :D

(we're comparing iTMS prices, right?)
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Thanks for bringing that up Yvan256! I believe we have the cheapest iTMS in the world at only 81 cents per song! :p :cool:
 
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