After listening to the latest newscast (I'm always a bit behind these days), I thought I'd jump in with a couple of quick points to clarify things (as an iPad owner in .au):
1. Apple is definitely blocking non-US iTunes accounts from getting first-party iPad apps, including the free iBooks. Pretending this is about book store regions is disingenuous, as they could easily allow you to download it for reading your own ePub content. I use it for my Pragmatic titles. 2. They're also definitely blocking all non-US accounts from the on-device app store, but not the on-device media store. 3. You can buy apps with your non-US iTunes account just fine from within the iTunes desktop app, and they work fine on the device. Just not Apple's apps. You can get iPad-only apps as well, so long as they're from third-parties. 4. You can also set up a dummy US account and buy apps (even from the device) using US iTunes gift cards from eBay. Cheers, Josh -- "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald - [email protected] - http://twitter.com/sophistifunk - http://flex.joshmcdonald.info/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
