doubleTwist software liberates your iTunes songs

[The Canadian]

If you fancy transferring your iTunes songs to devices other than your iPod then doubleTwist’s services will likely be up your alley. The desktop client strips copy-protection from the tunes, allowing you to sync your music to any device you fancy.

doubleTwist’s been around for quite awhile and is notorious for announcing that it had found ways around Apple’s proprietary DRM system. Blorge earlier reported the company claiming it had found a way around Tunes’ security system. Obviously it’s put the knowledge to good use with the release of its desktop software which not only enables syncing with other devices, it also has Facebook photo album integration as well as providing means to share your media with friends from the desktop app. Best part of all the features? It’s all completely free.

The install isn’t very hard. You don’t get the entire app on first download – the installer needs to connect with the website to download the entirety of the app, including the database needed to run it. You also need to register an account with doubleTwist which pretty much doesn’t involve more than your email address and a password. Once you’ve activated your account, you’ll be able to login to the desktop software and its services. There lies one niggle with the product – it’s pretty much useless without an Internet connection.

When it comes to your songs, the app will automatically detect where you’ve stored your iTunes songs and then commences to ‘liberate’ the songs. It can take a fair bit of time, with an average of 2.5 minutes per song.

The Sync portion is pretty interesting – the app displays all your iTunes playlists so you can basically just drag-and-drop the songs into the device you wish to sync. Currently the app supports Nokia N & E Series phones, Sony Ericsson Walkman & Cybershot phones, those running on the Windows Mobile 5.0/6.0 platform, BlackBerry Curve and Pearl, LG Viewty and Voyager, the Sony PSP and surprisingly, the Amazon Kindle.

Nice service as it is, you have to wonder how doubleTwist expects to make money of the service. Once it gets popular, the odds are good that Apple will likely call in the lawyers. Until then, enjoy setting your music free to play on any device you fancy.

Source: doubleTwist

Edited September 14, 2008 by bmaher

[Brian M. Veteran]

Sorry, but circumventing/removing DRM is not allowed here.