APP Store South Africa is a JOKE!

How can the no 6 top paid app on the South African app store be a guide for Angry Birds?
You can’t even download Angry Birds on the South African App store!
What a joke!
To get any decent apps from apple in South Africa you have to open a fake USA account.
Everyone with other brand phones can get all the apps in South Africa.
I am sure there are more “smaller” countries around the world with the same watered down service. I don’t think that apple realizes that all these little numbers will add up and turn on them
I am sure you will be able to guess what my next phone won’t be!

No one here can help you. Contact iTunes support & see what's going on:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/

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Lack of music/apps in South Africa

I know this topic has been discussed before, yet there never seems to be a satisfactory answer.
http://www.thyon.com/blog-entry/items/apples-lack-of-games-music-movies-tv-in-so uth-africa.html
The lack of availability of music, games and other apps on the iTunes store in South Africa makes no sense. Does anyone know the correct channels an individual would have to follow to make this aware to the higher ups at Apple? I know it wouldn't be difficult at all to get a large number of South Africans behind this change. Having music available for purchase on the iTunes store would be massive here, and this lack of availability does not seem to be caused by South African laws, but rather a lack of action from Apple. This issue seems to have been ongoing for years now.
I don't think wanting to spend money to purchase music and games legally should be such a problem for Apple to remedy.
Any ideas as to how we could tackle this would be awesome!

DavidKansal wrote:
Purchased a iPhone.
Its not worth for Music at all.
You cant shuffle / play the next song / forward the song until you tap the screen to unlock the auto lock. (obviously we can set the autolock off)
Music in Play, iPhone is in standby (screen off by autolock or whatever), how do u forward the song ? Nothing provided
You cant jump to next song....Unnnhhh
Way outs most welcome...
Even in lock mode, double click the home button - you'll get a volume control, a pause/play button and a reverse and forward button.
All explained in the iPhone manual.

ITunes Store South Africa

Hi all. South Africa is quickly joining the rest of the world with it's addiction to Apple products. Our iTunes store only allows App purchases, no music, no movies. There may be a rights issue with Music. But I really want to set something up for video, so I can install more Apple TVs and allow clients to buy movies.
What can I do?
Regards

Unfortunately there's nothing you can do, at least as regards the iTunes Store. Apple has apparently not been able to negotiate rights to sell videos and movies in your country, so you'll have to look for other sources for videos and movies and hope that they're in a format that can either be played directly on the Apple TV or converted appropriately (very unlikely, since all other download stores I've seen that sell movies have copy protection not compatible with Apple's products, but you can look).
Regards.

ITunes Store: South Africa: Why is the store so limited?

Why is the store so limited with available Apps? Facebook Apps like Zynga games is unavailable. Angry birds is available from Blackberry for crying out loud but not iTunes South Africa.

This has been covered in many other threads. As reported by another SA user, Apple and the SA government are negotiating over how to apply Apple's iTunes Store age ratings to the SA regulations so as to allow more apps to be sold in the SA iTunes Store. Where those negoiations stand I don't know.
Regards.

Does anyone know when/if Apple will unblock apps in South Africa?

We get maybe 10% of the apps available in the US. When will they release the rest?

This was the last thing said by either entity that I can find:
http://www.fpb.org.za/media-centre-fpb/press-release/111-film-publication-board- welcomes-the-launch-of-itunes-in-south-africa11
Where things stand at this point I don't know, though the long delay doesn't lead me to believe that much progress has been made.
Regards.

Games in iTunes Apps Store not available in South Africa?

Hi.
Does anyone know why the Games category for the iPhone and relevant games are not available in the iTunes Apps Store in South Africa?
I obviously live in SA and would like to download some games for the iPhone 3G.
A.

Either the answer is:
1) The developers of said applications (if you are referring to the iPhone and iPod Touch apps) excluded south Africa
2) Its an error in the iTunes store.
Unfortunately there is no way of knowing without emailing Apple directly since they aren't going to be able to comment here.

Why o why can I only purchase Apps from my country's app store? Better apps in other countries!!

I am sorry, but we have crap apps in South Africa!! I want to know why I cannot purchase apps from the US or Canada stores. I can purchase items over the internet with my credit card from stores in the US, so why not apps?

Yes, I know. It's all a bit silly in some ways, but even major countries seem to have problems dealing with the digital world. That world changes quickly, while governments tend to lumber on like the long dead giant herbivores. But in the evolutionary scheme of things that seems the rule: the bigger you are, the slower you move!.
From my travel experiences of 20 or 30 years ago, I can remember when you would be hard put to find Visa accepted widely outside of the US. Everyone preferred MasterCard or American Express. The latter was not overly liked because of the fees they charged vendors. Fortunately, that's not the case anymore, but it took those changes a while to happen. I recall my first trip outside of the US for which I had my Visa and AmEx cards. Then I discovered that no one took Visa. Even the local ATMs didn't accept Visa, and most did not like AmEx. Went to a local bank in order to get cash using the Visa card because that was my only recourse at the time. They told me I should have used a MasterCard. Who knew? Next trip I had a MasterCard in my wallet.

Buying quicktime pro in south africa

Dear All
I want to buy quicktime pro but with the country selection box south africa does not appear. So how do I buy it online from south africa please?
veedeekay

http://www.apple.com/za/
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I live in South Africa but i'm currently on holiday in the Uk. I'm trying to update my apps but it keeps telling me, "i'm not registered in the South African store" and i wont let me update apps - like my banking app which is necessary at the moment.

I live in South Africa but i'm currently on holiday in the Uk. I'm trying to update my apps but it keeps telling me, "i'm not registered in the South African store" and i wont let me update apps - like my banking app which is necessary at the moment. Please Help?

Change iTunes Store Country on an iDevice
1. Tap Settings;
2. Tap iTunes & App Stores;
3. Tap View Apple ID;
4. Enter your user name and password;
5. Tap Country/Region;
6. Tap Change Country/Region;
7. Select the region where you will be located;
8. Tap Done.
Also, see How to Change Your iTunes Store Account Location | eHow.com.

Does anyone know when infinity blade 2 will be on any other app store except the US? south africa to be specific...

does anyone know when infinity blade 2 will be on any other app store except the US? south africa to be specific...

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Every time I try to download and app to my iPhone, it tells me that I need to change to South African App Store. I live in South Africa and have purchased apps before, what has changed ?

When purchasing an app on my iPhone, it says I must first change from the US App Store to South Africa, I live in South Africa and have downloaded several apps before without any problem. What has changed ?

Hi HayCam,
Sounds like you accidently got changed to another store....
So, go to Settings>iTunes & App Store, and click on your AppleID at the top. Then click on View account, sign in, and then click on Country/Region, and follow the instructions to change your store to South Africa.
That should take care of it!
Cheers,
GB

Does anyone have any idea when Apple will have one Global App store. In South Africa the apps available on the App Store are pathetic, eg. Angry Birds is not available to Iphone/ipad users here, however android users can purchase this app no problem.

If this continues, with the competition in the smart phone/android market, South Africans will start to can Apple devices due to the pathetic App Store for South Africa. The most popular games and Apps are not available here and until Apple get smart and make a Global Store for purchases not matter where you are in the world, Apple will continue to loose support. I have everything Apple, but am tired of the run around to try and buy good Apps.

If you will allow me to say so ... Calm down.
It really isn't the fault of Apple. The developers of apps, the writers of music and of books all have copyright or exclusivity deals through agents in order to market their creations.
These arrangements are usually conducted on an individual national basis and as a result what would be allowed in one country is not allowed in another if that is what the agent wants.
Apple has to negotiate through this mire to get the best deal it can yet always accepting that many other interested parties want similar privileges.
So you can see, like politics, world wide agreements are just not possible.

South Africa App Store REALLY *****??

What is going on with the South Africa App Store?
There is no DRM on apps, so there is no reason that we cannot have exactly the same apps as the rest of the world.
But the No.1 rated app in the South Africa App store is KOI POND??
and NO GAMES WHATSOEVER?
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I agree, would Vodacom have any influence over that?
I still think its poor, if I can buy games on my PS3 and Steam and many other online platforms why not on Itunes?
It all just seems like a poor effort from Apple. Possibly a "couldn't care less" attitude.
I bought my first iPod because of the lure of buying music via iTunes, felt like I'd been conned when I actually installed it.
Got excited about the iPod games... (no DRM there right?) again sorry for me..
Guess I should have been already holding my ankles when I bought the iPhone to the lure of awesome games and phone thats also an iPod.
Imagine, I thought, waking up to my own custom play list in the morning...
Little did I know: its either a phone or an iPod, not both. You want a music Ring tone? SUCKER!!!! No music iTunes store in SA means NO MUSIC RING TONES FOR YOU!
So what that you have four of your favorite CD's right on the phone.
No sms forwarding either (why???)
and NO COOL GAMES! let alone any useful apps.
Here are some of my favorites:
*Australian Post Codes* ( Saves me having to memorize them )
*Point of Interest* (in Germany)
Delight(ful) (Where else would I get the kitchen utensils I import?)
Staumelder ( I just love Germain writing, I just can't help but stare ate the application description in wonder!)
*iBUS-Portland, OR* ( who wouldn't use that? AND its FREE)
I could go on and on, without even being able to list the ones that display as little blocks on my screen, I assume because I am in the wrong country.
But then I know I'm in the wrong country.... as far as iTunes and Apple are concerned anyway.
Since my first post was censored, I will say it again in a nice way:
Pretty please Apple, pay some attention to the (very) poor state of your iTunes SA Store,

Can anyone explain why iTunes in South Africa is limited to App Store

In the South African store it appears we are restricted from purchasing anything other than AppStore items, for example:
All the iTunes store content is not available : i.e. no music, movies, ebooks, etc.
Also for the iPhone we cannot get access to any of the iPhone games advertised on Apple.com
Can anyone provide some clarity on why Apple has chosen to restrict this content in countries like South Africa, we have a number of other legal online ways to purchase music, movies, etc. online so it appears very strange that Apple have implemented this restriction.

Apple is limited by what the rights holders will allow them to sell. If they can not come to favorable terms with the people who own the distribution rights for the music, movies, television shows, they won't be able to set up an iTunes Store in that country. And, rights holders may not be the same in one country to the another.
You can be fairly certain that, as a profit making company, Apple would be more than happy to take your money if they could do so.
Best of luck.

HT2534 How to change an App Store from US to South Africa

How to change an App Store from US to South Africa

Unknown 1234 wrote:
I have a voucher it will only work in the French app store and I am in the Australian app store how do I change it to the french store
iTunes Gift Cards are only Valid in Country of Issue
Sorry... But... You cannot use other countries itunes stores.
You must be within the Country with a Valid Billing Address and Credit Card for that Country to use the iTunes Store of that Country..
iTunes Store Terms of Service
http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/us/terms.html#SERVICE

APP Store South Africa is a JOKE!

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