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iTunes Expands In Europe
jawtheshark writes "I found just out today that Apple launched the iTunes store in serveral more European countries. Countries include : Austria, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. Apparently it launched 26 october 2004, making this a late submission. Articles at cdfreaks.com and AppleInsider "
wow, man, us ("us" not U.S. - no pun intended) mac zealot's been lazy with /. the last few weeks, eh? :p
but this was on the /. article for iPod Photo, which was launched on the same day, you can watch the webcast @ apple.com/quicktime
Nothing for you to see here, Please move along.
Steve Jobs is apparently back at the helm of the long-beleagered computer maker...
/. to actually post it? WTF? Where the F have you been the last month?
Come on, it's one this for an individual to not be aware of this and submit the story, but for
Hellooo? I'm over here.. In a country called Canada. WTF? I have moneeeyyy... don't make me buy from Microsoft -- they're already open here; Future Shop has an online music store here with 500,000 songs; Wal-Mart is open here; Apple, what's the holdup?
[*waving hands over head, hoping Apple finally looks our way*]
Soon we'll be reading that an eccentric British mathematician by the name of Turing has postulated that it may be possible (in theory) to construct algorithmic machines.
Yeah and how about 'ASIA' ??? 'bout that time ain't it Steve ?
Some stuff that bothers me in iTMS Belgium:
- our music selection is a fraction of that of the US
- people in Belgium also speak Dutch (63% of them) and German. French is cool, but not everyone understands it.
- we are all the fun categories? House, Techno, Lounge, Acid?
- World music? Where's our own Helmut Lotti (yech!!)
Hello? Sweden is part of EU also... :(
My other account has a 3-digit UID.
Why do the Tunes cost 0.99 Euro, even with the exchange rate $ / Euro being as low as it is?
$0.99 = E 0.77
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Will iTunes ever make it to Australia? There's been rumours floating around for ever....then again, Apple are a secretive bunch!
I've only been using iTunes for a week, and I'm in love! Songs for 99 cents a pop can not be beaten by the other stores (especially the ones with a subscription fee!)
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iTunes expanded to europe?! Next thing you'll be telling us is that Bush actually won the election!
The "Insert Quote Here" line is almost as predictable as inserting an actual quote.
Complains shouldn't be directed at Apple but at the artist (or the producing company).
If they don't wanna go with the iTMS it's their fault, not Apple's....
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I don't get it, outside the US, Japan has one of the biggest populations of Apple devotees (they even made Japanese switch commercials). Plus, pop music is an obsession over there. I can't afford to spend $30 on imported CDs, and I'm not going to buy Taiwanese bootlegs. I want my JPop dammit!
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Sooo wrong. I've got contact with Apple Belgium and they are just powerless against Apple Europe which is ruled by a Cupertino based. They know zilch about Belgians and their musical behaviour
Not so! Everyone knows Europeans like atonal techno crap.