It ’s impossible not to love the construct ofdoubleTwist , the all - machine - welcome quasi - iTunes music manager , but up to this point the software system has been pretty barebones . Now , thing are gettin ’ ser - i - ous : doubleTwist has abuilt - in music store , courtesy of Amazon .
To put this into context , doubleTwist debuted not just as an substitute music manager for people with or without Apple instrumentalist , but as a giant , twit jab at iTunes , Apple , and the way they do business . After launch , DVD Jon , who created doubleTwist , spent a few months engage a minuscule - scale PR warfare , hangingApple - baiting bannersin San Francisco andparodyingtheir famous “ 1984 ” ad . WithAmazon MP3 storeintegration , that advertizement ’s promise — to “ wreak you choice”—has amount true , and it ’s deserving a thousand PR stunt
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As has been the case with every other scene of doubleTwist , the music storefront looks like a simpler interpretation of the one in iTunes . Navigation and searching are about as simple as they could be , as are downloads , which only take a few clicks . The whole experience will be conversant to anyone weened on Apple ’s bloated beast , asunder from a few things : Amazon ’s album prices are often lower than iTunes ’ , and of form , you could immediately sync any medicine you download — there ’s only music , by the way — to much any machine you own , be it a Pre , a BlackBerry , a Sandisk , an iPod , or whatever .
The first version is Mac - only and tied to Amazon ’s US store , but Windows ( and outside ) reading are on their way of life . [ doubleTwistviaTechcrunch ]
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