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Been looking for the perfect thing to boast to your iPhone-owning
friends about? Well brace yourself, because doubleTwist has just gone
wireless with its latest update, introducing a feature called AirSync
which allows Android users to keep their media collection simpatico
sans cabling. The new app for PC and Mac boxes couples with its
Android counterpart (along with a new AirSync component) and lets you
do most of your management without needing a wire between your phone
and computer. The desktop application and DoubleTwist player for
phones won't cost you a thing, though AirSync itself is $0.99 on the
phone for the first 10,000 buyers, and then jumps to $4.99 a shot.
Setup is relatively painless, requiring just a passcode from your
phone which is input on the PC side. From then on, whenever you've got
the app open and your device in range, the content stored on the phone
will appear in your DoubleTwist list just as if you'd plugged the
phone in (similar to the Windows Phone 7 / Zune wireless sync). We
took AirSync for a ride with our Mac and Droid Incredible, and
everything seemed to work fine, though we did notice a few bugs (one
that was pretty major) that need worked out. Firstly, you'll probably
want to just start fresh with syncing your collection -- we made the
mistake of trying to pick up where we'd left off and accidentally
wiped the content stored on the phone. We also noticed issues with the
application trying to sync or update your database while listening to
music; more than once our playback abruptly stopped when the app was
attempting to talk to the phone. Syncing can also be pretty slow
depending on your connection -- really slow if you've got a big
collection.
Despite those complaints, AirSync (and both the doubleTwist Android
app and desktop client) are incredibly slick solutions to a problem
plaguing lots of smartphone users. The company obviously has just
begun its work with the app -- and it's clear that there are kinks to
work out -- but the dream of a wireless future for Android users just
got a lot closer to reality.
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