Apple dzisiaj oficjalnie poinformowało, że sklep internetowy iTunes Store został uruchomiony na terenie 56 kolejnych państw.

Od dzisiaj, piosenki z dwudziestomilionowego katalogu utworów sklepu iTunes Store, mogą kupować między innymi mieszkańcy Rosji, Białorusi, Mołdawii, Ukrainy, Turcji, Indii, RPA oraz 49 innych krajów. Oprócz muzyki kupować można również filmy, choć z dodanych dzisiaj krajów nowość ta dotyczy jedynie Rosji, Turcji, Indii oraz Indonezji. Lista państw z oficjalnym dostępem do iTunes Store zawiera już 119 pozycji. Pod tym względem przewyższa go jednak sklep App Store, który dostępny jest w aż 155 krajach.

Warto zaznaczyć, że Apple ogłosiło rozszerzenie listy krajów z dostępem do iTunes Store podczas specjalnej konferencji zorganizowanej w Moskwie. Poniżej zamieszczamy informację prasową:
[SPOILER]Apple Launches iTunes Store in Russia, Turkey, India, South Africa & 52 Additional Countries Today
 
MOSCOW—December 4, 2012—Apple today announced the launch of the iTunes Store in Russia, Turkey, India, South Africa and 52 additional countries featuring an incredible selection of local and international music from all the major labels and thousands of independent labels. The iTunes Store features local artists including Elka in Russia, Sezen Aksu in Turkey, AR Rahman in India, and Zahara in South Africa, international artists including The Beatles, Taylor Swift and Coldplay, and world-renowned classical musicians including Lang Lang, Yo Yo Ma and Yuja Wang. Customers can choose from over 20 million songs available to purchase and download on the iTunes Store.
 
Movie fans can choose from a wide selection of films available for rent or purchase from the iTunes Store, with many available in stunning HD, from major studios including 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures, as well as leading local distributors.*
 
The iTunes Store is available in 119 countries and is the best way for iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac and PC users to legally discover, purchase and download music online. All music on the iTunes Store comes in iTunes Plus, Apple’s DRM-free format with high-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for audio virtually indistinguishable from the original recordings.
 
iTunes in the Cloud lets you download your previously purchased iTunes music to all your iOS devices at no additional cost, and new music purchases can be downloaded automatically to all your devices. In addition, music not purchased from the iTunes Store can gain the same benefits by using iTunes Match, a service that stores your entire music library in iCloud for access at any time, from any iOS device. iTunes Match is available for purchase in the new countries added today.
 
Customers also have access to the revolutionary App Store with more than 700,000 apps available in 155 countries.
 
Pricing & Availability
iTunes 11 for Mac and Windows includes the iTunes Store and is available as a free download from apple.com/itunes. iTunes Store purchases require a valid credit card with a billing address in country.
 
*Movies are available today in Russia, Turkey, India and Indonesia, and will be available in select additional countries.
 
Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad.
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