CUPERTINO, California—March 19, 2009—Apple® today announced that iTunes® customers can purchase and rent box office favorites including “Quantum of Solace” and “Twilight” in stunning HD on the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com). Starting today, movie fans can purchase box office blockbusters for download in HD for $19.99 from iTunes, and films will be available as iTunes Movie Rentals in HD for $4.99 within 30 days after release. Customers can enjoy these films in HD on their Mac® or PC and on their widescreen TV with Apple TV®, as well as in standard definition on their iPhone™ or iPod® with video. The iTunes Store is the world’s most popular online TV and movie store, with over 250 million TV episodes purchased and over 33 million movies purchased and rented.

“Movie fans are going to love being able to buy and rent films including ‘Quantum of Solace’ and ‘Twilight’ in stunning HD from the iTunes Store,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Internet Services. “Customers have made HD content on iTunes a hit, with over 50 percent of TV programming being purchased in HD when available.”

Starting today, iTunes customers can pre-order “Quantum of Solace” which will be downloaded to their computer on March 24, and the smash hit thriller “Twilight” will be available on March 21. iTunes customers can purchase “Transporter 3,” “Punisher: War Zone” and other select titles in HD today, and the action/comedy “The Spirit” will be available on April 14. The iTunes Movie Store will be adding more HD movies soon and customers can view the latest offerings at www.itunes.com/movies/hd.

Pricing & Availability 
iTunes 8.1 for Mac and Windows includes the iTunes Store and is available as a free download from (www.itunes.com). Purchase and download of songs and videos from the iTunes Store requires a valid credit card from a financial institution in the country of purchase. Video availability varies by country. iTunes Movie Rentals are $2.99 (US) for library titles and $3.99 (US) for new releases, and high definition versions are priced just one dollar more with library titles at $3.99 (US) and new releases at $4.99 (US).

Apple released the iTunes 8.1 update tonight as well as Front Row Update, Remote iPhone App update, and App Store update.

iTunes 8.1 provides many improvements and bug fixes, including:

• iTunes 8.1 is now faster and more responsive.
• Allows friends to request songs for iTunes DJ via the Remote iPhone App.
• Adds Genius sidebar for your Movies and TV Shows.
• Improves performance when downloading iTunes Plus songs.
• Provides AutoFill for manually managed iPods.
• Allows CDs to be imported at the same sound quality as iTunes Plus.

Apple has also updated the App Store rating system to indicate the app version that the reviews apply to.

What about Watched Folders? Sorry maybe next time!  Watched Folders is a very complicated feature to implement.

Just got word from Apple that iFight Pro has been approved for distribution via the iTunes App Store.

New in iFight Pro

• Two new weapons – Pistol  and Rifle.
• 3 sounds per weapon based on hit force.
• Looser accelerometer control.
• Louder whip crack.
• No advertising

iFight is not just about the sound effects.  Sure you can push a button and hear a sound but how much fun would that be?  iFight lets you perform each sound effect.  You cannot help the feeling of power that you get when you swing the whip around, unload the pistol or spray the machine gun!  As a famous character once said, “say hello to my little friend!”

DO NOT SHOW UP AT A GUN FIGHT WITH A SWORD! Get iFight Pro now!