“Apple [today] unveiled the European version of iTunes, with songs retailing for 0.99 euros, and said it will follow with a Canadian version next month,” K.C. Swanson reports for TheStreet.com. “Even before the latest offerings, the holidays were expected to be a smoking season for Apple’s portable music players. Earlier this month, the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer company reported surging iPod sales that helped it sail past analyst estimates for its September quarter.”
“Since the first iPod was introduced in October 2001 (containing a mere 1,000 songs, compared with today’s entry-level 5,000-song capacity) the music players have come to account for nearly a quarter of Apple’s revenue,” Swanson reports.
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There you go!! Have at it.
I hope all the Canadians will be happy now.
maybe…..
; )
about freakin’ time!
Finally! I’m happy for our friends to the north. Hopefully they will be combined somehow with the US – so the US and CAN bands (labels) can cross-sell.
Sweet – now that other country up there can get a music store for once, and quit using US credit cards to buy songs
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Apple is going to have a great quarter. U2 iPod, HP iPod, iPod MINI, iPod, photo iPod, something for everyone!
Time to buy stock.
Awesome news!!!
I wonder how the pricing will stack up?
CDN dollar is trading at roughly .82 US.
Will we pay around 1.20? Or 99 cents?
Any guesses?
Thank God. Now all of the non-stop whining from north of the border will finally cease…
Awesome news!!!
I wonder how the pricing will stack up?
CDN dollar is trading at roughly .82 US.
Will we pay around 1.20? Or 99 cents?
Any guesses?
Reality Check… I doubt there could have been that much whining… it is 100% legal to download up here. We pay a small levy on all recordable media and that covers it.
I read the rumors that they still planned to keep the 99 cents price tag which would be nice. I can’t wait, there are certain albums or audio books you just can’t get from anywhere else. Looking forward to it.
I have heard rumors it will be more than 99� CDN. Remember in most Canadian locals there is up to 15% sales tax. I would think it will be $1.20 CDN across the country. How it will compete with Puretracks on the PC side at $1.00 CDN is anybody’s guess.
Puretracks is selling stateside now too.
I’ll use it for Audio Books only. Everything else is free for the downloading.
donco.. totally..
really what people are whining about is not being able to use P2P.. which is a big negative for limewire etc.
then again.. novices wouldn’t be on mdn..
Al.
Trouble competing?
1 dollar plus tax, vs, 99 cents plus tax.
anyone who says that ppl are whining cause they don’t have iTMS can get stuffed.. you obviously live in the US where you get everything. Try living in Australia where we miss out on everything and pay high prices for everything.
Puretrash is PC only. You can’t even see their website on a mac.
One thing to remember: Only music downloads are legal. Video and spoken word content (audiobooks and comedy records) are not covered.
Just FYI.
OH NO! What will i whine about!
Er… And, What aboot Mexico? I mean, maybe we are not a big economy like Canada and USA, but we are part of NAFTA (North America Free Trade Agreement).
Reality Check you should not underestimate yourself. Your whinning outdoes anything we can muster.
99� Canadian? Now all us USA folks will be clamoring for a Canadian credit card to get the discount.
I’ll also have someplace to spend those Canadian coins McDonalds keeps giving me in change.
“Try living in Australia where we miss out on everything and pay high prices for everything.”
No thank you.
It looks as though songs purchased from the Cnd. iTMS will indeed be $1 Cnd. How do I know? Well the “Complete U2 Collection” is $50 less for iPod U2 buyers in BOTH the US & Cnd Apple online stores.
Hmmm.. interesting.
Go Canada!
Where is Australian iTMS?
Japan?
Sweden, Norway and Denmark get in to �uro now!
Uh yeah, suddenly I see why we need the euro!