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Thursday, December 17, 2009

doubleTwist and Amazon Double up on iTunes

Posted by Reid Kistler in "Digital Home Articles & Resources" @ 03:12 PM

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/12...take-on-itunes/

"DoubleTwist, the media management software created by Jon Lech Johansen - a.k.a. "DVD Jon" - is teaming up with Amazon.com in its bid to create an alternative to Apple's iTunes. Start-up DoubleTwist makes software designed to help users of devices other than Apple products, such as BlackBerry and Android phones, to organize and keep track of their music. Starting immediately, the DoubleTwist software will now let people buy music files from Amazon's MP3 store in a more seamless fashion that replicates the iTunes experience by essentially integrating the Amazon store right into their software."

Do you download music? Have multiple devices, and / or non-Apple devices? Or simply like the thought of buying from the Amazon Music Store better than from iTunes? If so, doubleTwist would like you to give its software a try.

Their website, www.doubletwist.com, promises they are "open to any device, content, or network," their list of supported devices is impressive, and the download is free. The music, alas, will still cost a few dollars - and it appears that you need a "valid US billing address and a credit or debit card" for buying from the Amazon music store via doubleTwist. Does this look like a real iTunes challenger? What other options are available?


Monday, October 12, 2009

DoubleTwist, with a Twist of Amazon

Posted by Chris Gohlke in "Digital Home Software" @ 03:30 PM

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/...azon-mp3-store/

"Doubletwist is now powered by Amazon's 5 million strong music store in support of its vision to connect consumers with all their media across any device. Amazon access is only available to US users from the Mac-only software at the moment. A PC version is "coming soon" along with more country support."

Both iTunes and the Zune desktop each link to their respective stores, but what is a MP3 player agnostic supposed to link to? If you said the Amazon store, you win a prize. It makes perfect sense. Amazon doesn't care what MP3 player you use. From the perspective of DoubleTwist, this helps fill in a feature they were missing, and I'm betting they probably have an affiliates agreement with Amazon to help bring in some money.


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