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

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2009 6:15PM]

I've been using this on the Mac and it's fantastic. It's so easy - yay doubleTwist! I heard the PC is coming soon, so stay tuned all you PC users. It's nice to have Mac come first for a change!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 12th 2009 8:30PM]

I have the windows beta and have had it for about 8 months i dont know why people cant get it now but if you know anyone who wants it i will send the doubletwist invitation it has worked for 3 people so far but i dont see the download on the site maybe we were lucky.