Briefly: Get-A-Mac in Japanese, changes in iTunes Album pricing policy, 802.11n on the MacBook

Here's a brief catch-up for this week's early news:

Japanese Get-A-Mac TV ads:

Readers noticed that Apple has added localized version of its Get-A-Mac ads on it's Japanese web site. The Japanese ads are exact remakes of the original US versions but are shot with local actors.

The U.S. ads feature Justin Long (Mac) and John Hodgman (PC). More "holiday ads" are reportedly being shot with Justin and John for the U.S. audience.

iTunes album pricing policy:

According to a CNET blog posting, Apple's album pricing policy could get much more flexible in the near future, as the company is said to be in talks with majors so as to make some changes in iTune's pricing policy to the benefit of the customer.

A user who has bought a song for $0.99 from an album and then wants to buy the whole album, won't have to pay all of its price (usually $9.99). The songs he already owns will be deducted from the price of the album (e.g.: if he bought one song and the album costs $9.99, he should pay $8.99 for it).

802.11n on MacBook:

Several reader reports claim that Apple's latest generation of MacBooks (Core 2 Duo) are using 802.11n Wireless whips. The 802.11n norm is the next generation of Wifi that will feature better reliability and higher speeds. The norm is still a draft but at this state of the development, manufacturers can already produce chips compatible with this forthcoming wireless standard.

Previous reports claimed that the recently released iMac and MacBook Pro with Core 2 Duo processors also use this kind of chips.