Week Five - Freedom at Last

Today is a red letter day. I turned on the iPad and I am now part of the free world. Until now, there has had to be subterfuge to download apps for those of us not domiciled in the USA. That has now changed. We, the great unwashed of the planet with the temerity to own an iPad outside the US can now use the App Store program on our iPads.

We are free of the tyranny that is iTunes. Well, I suppose we can use it still, if we want to, but grabbing things on the fly is pretty damn convenient.

Furthermore, companies like Plus+ will rejoice that their customers with 10% of iPads sold so far will be able to pay for things if they wish. Funny thing is, I have been playing Godfinger and We Rule for a few weeks now and have just not been allowed to buy things, even if I wanted to. I am so used to getting along without spending my cash that I am not sure I see the point now.

One thing though, it turns out that downloading updates isn't quite that easy. Because I had to use subterfuge for some items (using dual iTunes accounts) it now has a fit when I try to update something I downloaded with my US ID while logged in with the NZ ID. Interestingly, the second attempt usually works, so not sure what the heck is going on there.