DVD Jon's DoubleTwist device-management software enters public beta

It's been nearly a year since DVD Jon made some noise about doubleTwist by promising to "liberate" iTunes purchases from their DRM, and while that's no longer particularly relevant in light of Apple's decision to go DRM-free, we're actually really digging this newly refocused public beta of the doubleTwist app, which promises to seamlessly manage all your devices from a single interface. Think of it as iTunes meets Windows 7 Device Stage with a dash of social network integration and you'll get it: you just tell DT where you want your media to go -- your phone, Facebook, your PSP -- and it'll handle all the encoding, conversion, and uploading steps for you. Sadly, the iPod, iPhone, Zune and Windows Mobile aren't supported yet, but the rest of the device list is pretty decent: it includes the BlackBerry Pearl, Storm, and Curve, the G1, Sony Ericsson Cybershot and Walkman phones, the Kindle, Nokia N and E-series phones, and most digital cameras and flash-based camcorders. Of course, iTunes video is still wrapped in DRM, so we'll see if DVD Jon has any tricks left up his sleeve to make it play nice with non-Apple devices, but for a first shot out of the gate it looks like extremely promising -- too bad it's Mac-only for now.

[Via Daring Fireball]

Read - doubleTwist website
Read - Supported device list

[enohPi @ Feb 24th 2009 4:06PM]

What?

Non-Apple players supported in iTunes... an a Mac?

S.J. must be rolling in his grave.....er bed...

[Oli D @ Feb 24th 2009 4:26PM]

*frown*

[Dave Bach @ Feb 24th 2009 6:52PM]

Perhaps I didn't take enough time to read the article after I noticed it said for macs only...but isn't this in a lot of ways what the free app Orb is already doing? Do I really need another seperately encoded version of my media on each device when these devices are already tapped into the net 24/7 and can just encode stream them on the fly?

[brian @ Feb 24th 2009 4:08PM]

hopefully if he puts out some drm-breaking program, he keeps it separate from this.. id rather see this develop 100% legitimate.. it looks real nice.

[diego @ Feb 24th 2009 4:18PM]

I wonder if zune will ever be supported by the mac version

[enohPi @ Feb 24th 2009 4:22PM]

Nope... the Mac has a native ability to detect when FAIL is hooked up to it!

[chefgon_ign @ Feb 24th 2009 5:15PM]

@enohPi

Eh, at least it's better than an iPod.

[RioRyan @ Feb 24th 2009 6:36PM]

at least Engadget has a native ability to detect when enohPi is writing on it.. It fades the comment so it can be disregarded for its lack of anything worth reading.

[Apples @ Feb 24th 2009 4:24PM]

So Apple users finally need to take a page from Windows 7? Who would've ever thought!

[Apples @ Feb 24th 2009 4:26PM]

iPhone, it's people like you that help create the stereotypical ignorant Mac users ;)

[Student Driver @ Feb 24th 2009 4:30PM]

Sounds like Nero MoveIt.

[maartenkeswiel @ Feb 24th 2009 4:56PM]

Some more interesting info about the designer of the icon, logo, website etc. of Doubletwist.
http://blog.cocoia.com/2009/02/24/doubletwist-goes-public/

[diego @ Feb 24th 2009 4:36PM]

well I don’t think it’s so bad compared to iPods that get scratches from only looking at them (I’m looking at my iPod touch right now)

[David @ Feb 25th 2009 5:37AM]

Stop scratching it!

[balls @ Feb 24th 2009 4:57PM]

FWIW, Apple Video purchases are still DRM'd.

[Robert112 @ Feb 24th 2009 5:00PM]

god yes it's about time mediamonkey, picassa, and some form of video management merged into one app.

[CraigJ @ Feb 24th 2009 6:07PM]

My solution is to not purchase DRM-ridden files in the first place...

[Roy @ Feb 24th 2009 6:19PM]

Did anyone notice the Natasha Belmont on the top left? related to Veronica?

[Perspective @ Feb 24th 2009 10:46PM]

In addition to being incompatible with both the iPhone and the iPod, Doubletwist also will not function on days that end in "Y," weekdays, weekends and days in which the sun rises. It also will not function on computers that require electricity or that run OS X, WIndows, Linux, or "Bob." But for the rest of you, it's entirely useful. Have fun!

[kingu @ Feb 25th 2009 1:48AM]

But Apple will charge you for removing the drm on the files you already paid for, no? (which im guessing this doesn't?)