In a surprising move last week, Apple launched iTunes Music store in 56 countries and movies store in 4 countries including India. Today, they launched the music store into 42 another countries. Following are the new list of countries according to MacRumors: – Europe: Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine – Africa, the Middle East and India: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Botswana, Cape Verde, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Swaziland, United Arab Emirates, Uganda, Zimbabwe – Asia Pacific: Micronesia, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan – Latin America and the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago.
Yep, to be clear its the movies store that went live in these 42 countries today, music was already there since last week. The UAE is finally in the list, so those of you in Dubai can now get movies from iTunes along with us in India. Dont expect a huge catalog though. Reports say the selection is pretty limited and differs from country to country, with many stores showing only Disney and Sony titles, and rentals and HD arent available everywhere yet. That still leaves 10 of the 56 countries without movies, like Kenya, Nepal and Kazakhstan. If you are in one of the new countries, open iTunes and let us know in the comments how the pricing is!!
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