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nokia211

Apple have replied back again saying that Apple music will be available in Ireland 2 weeks after the June 30th launch. So that's not too bad

Sharp2012

nokia211 wrote: »

Apple have replied back again saying that Apple music will be available in Ireland 2 weeks after the June 30th launch. So that's not too bad

That's good news, thanks for the update😀

naasrd

Zcott wrote: »

I'd say Stocks is probably the most despised app, because I don't know anyone that actually uses it. However, the fact that iCloud Drive has - in beta - a toggle to show and hide the app means that Apple are ok with this idea of hiding apps. I'm happy with built-in apps, but I just want to hide a few of them that I don't use, and probably won't ever use.

My old Eircom shares morphed into Vodafone and Verizon shares over the years so I use it to keep an eye on them from time to time.

Mimikyu

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shanec1928

Captain Morgan wrote: »

Is anyone running the 8.4 beta? Any signs of Apple Music showing up in the music app?

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Not for me any way.

Zcott

Nope, nothing here.

nokia211

Apple Music will be available two weeks after the june 30 launch in Ireland.
Hope that clears things up

murpho999

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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I think it will be an update of the app itself rather anything to do with iOS.

Mimikyu

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nokia211

Captain Morgan wrote: »

They must be doing behind the scene changes though as that MacRumors article and users on Reddit mention seeing the sign up page in the Music app on the 8.4 beta.

Apple music won't be available in Ireland on June 30th.
It will be released 2 weeks after this. This is why it's not showing up in the beta.
Hope I helped

BoatMad

I cant believe they didn't release stuff on apple TV and SDK. jeepers Apple this device could go gangbusters

nokia211

Even if they were to release a new Apple TV with some sort of new streaming service to replace services like sky and upc we probably wouldn't be getting it anytime soon.

BoatMad

nokia211 wrote: »

Even if they were to release a new Apple TV with some sort of new streaming service to replace services like sky and upc we probably wouldn't be getting it anytime soon.

an app store alone would boost its popularity hugely

nokia211

BoatMad wrote: »

an app store alone would boost its popularity hugely

Yeah I suppose an App Store would, but then again there wouldn't be that many apps that people would use regularly that aren't already available through either the Apple TV itself or by air playing. They could add games though I suppose. I would really like them to come up with some Netflix competitor

BoatMad

nokia211 wrote: »

Yeah I suppose an App Store would, but then again there wouldn't be that many apps that people would use regularly that aren't already available through either the Apple TV itself or by air playing. They could add games though I suppose. I would really like them to come up with some Netflix competitor

home automation, security , weather , millions of apps

this is a device in the middle of most peoples lives and always on .


apple are missing a big trick

Zcott

They won't release a half-baked update like just an App Store. From what I've heard the hardware is ready to go but the content deals aren't in place, so they're not going to release it until they're done. They might release it in the autumn along with new iPads or new iPhones.

BoatMad

Zcott wrote: »

They won't release a half-baked update like just an App Store. From what I've heard the hardware is ready to go but the content deals aren't in place, so they're not going to release it until they're done. They might release it in the autumn along with new iPads or new iPhones.

indeed, Apple of course isn't a tech company anymore, its just a form of Time Warner content business

nokia211

Zcott wrote: »

They won't release a half-baked update like just an App Store. From what I've heard the hardware is ready to go but the content deals aren't in place, so they're not going to release it until they're done. They might release it in the autumn along with new iPads or new iPhones.

Yeah but my point was that the contract or streaming service they plan on releasing will probably be only in the U.S. and maybe the UK.

BoatMad

nokia211 wrote: »

Yeah but my point was that the contract or streaming service they plan on releasing will probably be only in the U.S. and maybe the UK.

This is because Apple now see technology as simply a means of delivering their controlled content, Therefore technology and product now play a second fiddle to content provision

Its sad actually

DubDJ

Apple still make the majority of their profits in Hardware sales, most software they provide is now free or sold cheap. When it comes to services they try sell them as cheaply as possible but I doubt they make too much from that either. It's all about making the software and services as good as they can be so they can sell more hardware.

The rumoured Apple TV is something I've looked forward to for the last 2 years +. I just hope they do actually release it soon.

nokia211

DubDJ wrote: »

Apple still make the majority of their profits in Hardware sales, most software they provide is now free or sold cheap. When it comes to services they try sell them as cheaply as possible but I doubt they make too much from that either. It's all about making the software and services as good as they can be so they can sell more hardware.

The rumoured Apple TV is something I've looked forward to for the last 2 years +. I just hope they do actually release it soon.

I agree, let's just hope though that we will benefit the same as the U.S. with it.

BoatMad

DubDJ wrote: »

Apple still make the majority of their profits in Hardware sales, most software they provide is now free or sold cheap. When it comes to services they try sell them as cheaply as possible but I doubt they make too much from that either. It's all about making the software and services as good as they can be so they can sell more hardware.

The rumoured Apple TV is something I've looked forward to for the last 2 years +. I just hope they do actually release it soon.

not really

The “iTunes, Software, and Services” category, which Apple’s earnings release explains “includes revenue from sales on the iTunes Store, the App Store, the Mac App Store, and the iBooks Store, and revenue from sales of AppleCare, licensing and other services,” brought in revenue of $4.485 billion during the 2014 June quarter. That’s up 12 percent from the $3.99 billion reported for the category in 2013′s June quarter, just one year ago. In the nine months ended June 28, 2014, the category brought in $13.455 billion, up 14 percent from $11.791 in the same nine-month period a year ago. The iTunes category’s $4.485 billion revenue is also not far behind the $5.889 billion brought in by the iPad product line, or the $5.54 billion from Macs.

Read more: http://www.cheatsheet.com/technology/which-is-apples-best-i-business-software-or-hardware.html/?a=viewall#ixzz3cnJ5rVGw

content is a huge and growing part of Apple,

software is irrelevant , thats only an enabler

DubDJ

That's tiny compared to iPhone revenues. If you think Apple are making more money from services or even anything close to similar to the Hardware sales you need to read into it more.

BoatMad

DubDJ wrote: »

That's tiny compared to iPhone revenues. If you think Apple are making more money from services or even anything close to similar to the Hardware sales you need to read into it more.

regard the one with the most growth , Apple play is reckoned to add an additional 1 billion in revenue

iPhone is an outlier in many extents, Whats clear is that services will be as bigger if not the biggest sector after iPhones soon

I was merely countering the point that " software" is an afterthought , it clearly is a substantial area of the companies business

DubDJ

BoatMad wrote: »

regard the one with the most growth , Apple play is reckoned to add an additional 1 billion in revenue

iPhone is an outlier in many extents, Whats clear is that services will be as bigger if not the biggest sector after iPhones soon

I was merely countering the point that " software" is an afterthought , it clearly is a substantial area of the companies business

I really don't think so, they make a huge amount from services but compared to hardware sales they're tiny numbers.

There's a reason they've started making most of their software available for free, the money is in the hardware for Apple.

Suppose neither of us have a crystal ball with a view of the future so only time will tell.

peteeeed

The U.S. site says 30 June . UK and a few other countries have coming soon http://www.apple.com/uk/music/


We have nothing

Mimikyu

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nokia211

We are getting apple music two weeks after the june 30th launch