By Graham K. Rogers

As expected, the Apple Store for Thailand and those in other countries, is offline with the usual, "We'll be back" notice posted.

We can look forward to a number of announcements (and an updated online store) in a bit over 4 hours time (10am Cupertino time: Midnight Bangkok).

See also hints from this morning.

Graham K. Rogers teaches at the Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University in Thailand where he is also Assistant Dean. He wrote in the Bangkok Post, Database supplement on IT subjects. For the last seven years of Database he wrote a column on Apple and Macs.