In Brief: Canadian App Store allows gift card purchases

fail, I just bought an "app" card at 7-11.
10% off, so i thought i would give it a try.
15.00 credit shows on the top right of itunes, but it is greyed out and every app i have tried to buy keeps trying to use my credit card.
This was labelled an "app" card not "itunes", that is why I bought it thinking problem was resolved, still waiting for Apple to get back to me.
Had a look at "itunes card and it clearly states you can not buy apps.
i dont use music, screwed again, paid too much for a crippled phone by rogers and apple and now maybe blatant theft, but i will wait to see what apple says about this.

Yup! It's been available since May-ish (http://su.pr/2PhQeT). Took Apple Long enough!

Sweet. I had just pre-ordered my new 4G iPod Touch on Sunday night. I've been worrying about what to do to purchase apps and stuff. I heard that those vanilla mastercards make it so that when you run out of money on them, you can't even download free apps.

Now I don't have to worry :)

I discovered this over the weekend buying apps for my iphone. I buy more apps than music.

Started about 6 months ago... but took Apple long enough... that credit was sitting on my account for about a year waiting for this to happen.

As with Acro Mace, I myself have been using Gift Cards for Apps since February.. I did alert a few sites online to this mysterious ability, but no one caught on until now... I even sent one e-mail to TUAW.... in Feb.

I don't know what the big deal is. I was able to make app purchases on a gift card through the Canadian store way back in May!!

I've been able to purchase apps with gift cards for about half a year in British Columbia, I'm guessing it wasn't available in other provinces?

It's about frickin' time!! The sole reason I kept a US iTunes account, other than getting season 7 of Futurama since it hasn't aired here yet, was for the apps.

This has been available since the HST came into effect. I was explained that it was an issue that the taxes were not uniform within Canada. Now that they are, it's no longer an issue.