iTunes users in Canada report being greeted today with the message "The iTunes Music Store is not available in your country yet" when they try to browse the store, MacRumors. The message is identical to the one some European users saw a day before Apple expanded its iTunes Music Store operations to nine countries over there in October.
Apple has previously confirmed that the iTunes Music Store would open in Canada in November. Pundits had pegged the date at November 26, although it appears the store may arrive a bit sooner.
I would just like to point out that this behaviour is also occuring in other, non-iTMS countries, including Australia. As to if this means an expansion beyond Canada, that is unclear, as simliar circumstances occured during the EU expansion of the iTMS.
I live in Canada and my iTunes Music Store has had that message pretty much since the ITMS launched in the US. So although I expect a Canadian launch any time soon, I wouldn't be looking at the greeting message for any sort of "tip".
CloseViewName:Guest Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:33 pmSubject: ITMS
The big difference, besides the way the greeting looks, is that you can't get access to the store any more -- at least I can't. It lets you select from a list of stores, then sends you back to the "not available yet greeting", in a continual loop.
CloseViewName:Guest Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:49 pmSubject:
What's worse is for the last day or two, i cant even enter the music store, let alone browse music! it just keeps taking me back to the flag screen, asking which country i'd like to view, then to the 'not available yet' screen
<img src="http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/images/flag_canada.jpg">
<img src="http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/images/flag_ireland.jpg">
Could Ireland be launched tomorrow too?
What the f@(%? It's the last few hours of November, 9 o'clock atlantic time, and still no itms. It's bad enough we had to wait so long, but not delivering when they said they would is definitly NOT cool!
It's finally here, I as a Canadian can finally buy iTunes!! I check constantly and last night (Wednesday Dec 2nd) for the first time I didn't get a message telling me iTunes is not in my country!
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