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“Yoku Aru Shitsumon”

(frequently asked question)

With the recent release of the new 3G iphones in many countries around the world, a lot of people have questions about accessing and downloading from the iTunes music store on their iPhone or iPod touch.

There have been concerns that you may need to designate an iTunes music store account when you first activate your iPhone through iTunes and that you may be stuck with that account on your phone. For people that have accounts at more than one country’s iTunes music store, it’s actually very easy to access any of the iTunes music stores that you have accounts with on your iPhone or iPod touch.

When you connect your iPhone or iPod touch to your PC or Mac and sync it, the iTunes music store that you are logged into on iTunes on your computer is the one that you will be logged into on your portable device. So if you are logged into the US store when you connect your device to your computer, that is the store that will appear when you access the iTunes music store on your iPhone or iPod touch. If you want to change music stores and visit the Japanese iTunes music store, you will need to connect your device to your computer and log into that store in iTunes, then sync your iPhone or iPod touch.

If you are not logged into any iTunes music store when you sync your device, the store that you last used in your iTunes will be the one that displays on your portable device. You can browse and listen to snippets of songs, and you will be prompted for login details when you try to purchase a song. At this time you will only be able to log into the store that was displayed in your iTunes the last time you synced your device.

You can also redeem iTunes gift cards right there on the go on your mobile device and start downloading instantly. If you have a Japanese iTunes card from JPopMp3s.com you can input the code right there on your iPhone/iPod touch to credit your account. To redeem your code, go to the “downloads” section, which is the bottom right button in the iTunes store, as seen in the two screen shots above. There you will see a “redeem” button from where you can input the code and your account will be credited instantly. Any songs that you download will be automatically transferred to your iTunes library the next time you connect to your computer. You will be able to listen to the songs you purchase on your iPhone/iPod touch instantly on your device.