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I would like Itunes on my HD2 as all my songs are currently in Itunes and don't want to start all over again with windows media player. Is this possible and NO I don't want to go buy an Iphone as my HD2 rules

Jammie_1989 said:
NO I don't want to go buy an Iphone
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Why not?
You seem bent on using a terrible piece of software, why not also a terrible phone?

Try Salling Media Sync
If you want to sync the playlists from the iTunes in your PC with your HD2, then you can go for Salling Media Sync. Its Free

There is also an excellent music/ internet radio player and iTunes sync software called Pocket Tunes costing $20, but available for a 15 day trial.
For the HD2 you'd need an extra 'skin' downloaded for it to work, and some of the menu options are a little less finger friendly as they are designed for stylus use, but still quite usable.
The PC client will sync iTunes files and playlists (though not those with DRM, as that's not allowed by Apple). The demo version won't work with WMA files as Microsoft don't allow that!
We did a review of this on 4WinMobile!, though its not been updated for a while

The only reason for having itunes would be the podcasts but this guy has fixed that for us.
He has converted the itunes xml to html using google appspot. So you can now access itunes store and download podcasts straight to your device. It is not the nicest UI but works on IE Opera and skyfire.
http://app-store.appspot.com
If someone wants to make it all nice and tidy feel free.

Fed up with Zune and DTwist? Turn to Itunes

A week ago I posted about the TuneLink car adapter that allowed me to use Bluetooth to Aux in in my car. With this app in place my phone is now my sole source of media outside of my house.
The problem I have is there is no native desktop software for Android music. Zune doesn't sync with android and recently switched to a zpl playlist format that adds too many steps to move files from Zune-> Windows Media-> To my Evo.
Doubletwist just isn't a finished product. The desktop application is lackluster and slow. Moreover I hate their media player, I prefer MIUI's player or the stock Droid player.
My answer was to give Itunes a try. We all know it manages music well and adds and adds artwork but I never tried a 3rd party sync platform.
My answer was Tunesync. It's an expensive $5 app that manages and syncs playlists wirelessly between my EVO and Itunes. Works well and doesn't eat up much battery life. For me this is perfect because I only have the 8gb stock memory card and I don't need my entire library on my phone, just my favorite playlists.
Finally, I used Windows Live Mesh to sync the "My Music" folders between my laptop and my desktop just in case I want to update my phone from the road or on vacation. I recommend this setup for anyone looking to manage their music.

Doubletwist airsync works well too..its just slow.

The Doubletwist desktop software is garbage. I need something more polished like Winamp, Zune, Itunes.

I use itunes for my desktop music. I just use doubletwist to transfer my music. Can't wait for google to finish up google music with the native sync service.

I agree that Doubletwist is not usable. For starters, they claim that they cannot sync smart playlists from iTunes. You can sync them to start, but if your playlist is updated, doubletwist won't pick up on the update. I mean, the main reason I want to sync with itunes is because of the smart playlists in itunes, which I LOVE. Doubletwist staff claims that it is due to iTunes' locked down system. That is bogus, because other apps do it fine.
Instead of tunesync, I suggest isyncr:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jrtstudio.iSyncr
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jrtstudio.iSyncr.WiFi
The UI isn't flashy, but all I need is something to sync my itunes playlists to my phone. It just works. The wifi addon is excellent. It recently got a feature called "live playlists" which is just like itunes' smart playlists, so you can create your own playlists on your phone from the music you sync to your device. The developer is really on top of things - he responds quickly to emails and is always adding features. He recently added the ability to upsync your photos and video, as well as the amazon mp3s you buy on your phone. I love it.

iTunes is the worst media manager for Windows IMHO. I'm surprised nobody mentioned MediaMonkey... it puts all others to shame.
For wireless sync with Android, WinAMP is definitely the way to go. I just can't give up PowerAMP on my Android, so I can live without wi-sync.

itunes is horrible on windows. I love it on my mac though. (I don't mean feature wise)

Anyone who says iTunes is good is using a Mac. That **** is like a virus on Windows.
I agree with a previous poster...Media Monkey.

help with music transfer

Hi,
I just transfered my itunes music using isyncr. It was simple enough and I am not a teckie. But I noticed that it only shows 100 songs. It did the same thing when I synced using the itunes agent. It shows that 300+ songs synced and 70 didn't because of drm issues. I am just using the stock music app. Can anyone help?

I use iTunes Agent because it's reliable, and of all I've tried, worked.
With that said, the iTunes DRM problem is there becaused you purchased music from the iTunes store at the cheapest price. The file is meant to only be played on Apple's devices. Since then, Apple has added iTunes Plus. Add a few cents more, and you get the music DRM-free.
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Music Manager for Easy Synch

Ive read a lot of posts where people recommend Poweramp, Pro Players, etc. Ive also messed around with Google Music.
What I am most focused on is a music app that allows for easy synch. For example, what I liked about DoubleTwist was that I could use Windows Media Player to organize music and playlists on my PC, plug in my phone, and have it very easily and seamlessly automatically synch any new playlists and songs. However DoubleTwist does not currently work with S4, Nexus 7, etc.
Google Music has a nice easy interface but synching was hard - the wireless took FOREVER and it didnt synch easily when plugged in.
Can anyone help guide me on so me of the music player choices in terms of this ease of keeping it synched with my PC music library?

Try easy phone tunes... Works for me!
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lirong said:
Ive read a lot of posts where people recommend Poweramp, Pro Players, etc. Ive also messed around with Google Music.
What I am most focused on is a music app that allows for easy synch. For example, what I liked about DoubleTwist was that I could use Windows Media Player to organize music and playlists on my PC, plug in my phone, and have it very easily and seamlessly automatically synch any new playlists and songs. However DoubleTwist does not currently work with S4, Nexus 7, etc.
Google Music has a nice easy interface but synching was hard - the wireless took FOREVER and it didnt synch easily when plugged in.
Can anyone help guide me on so me of the music player choices in terms of this ease of keeping it synched with my PC music library?
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Get iSyncr from the playstore and use any player you want.

Guys - since posting this I have tried a bunch of different desktop music players to organize my music and easily synch it with my device. Ive tried WMP, MediaMonkey, etc.
By far the best I have come across is MusicBee. Its very easy to use, has all the features Id want (for example, ReplayGain) and it synchs quickly, easily and reliably.
I strongly recommend it!

music player

Hi all, anybody know of a music player that will syce between multiple devices including a pc? I usually use the Amazon music app but they've discontinued music uploads. Amy help would be great thanks.

Google play music is not without its flaws but it will at least do this (as long as you can live with uploading only from the PC or by using workarounds like a cloud storage synced folder).
I never noticed Amazon had disabled uploads for non-paying customers - there were things I liked better about the player, but the free storage limit was too small to be useful to me anyway.

if you use iTunes you can use iSyncr and sync your playlists to your android devices and use Poweramp or a music player of your choice. Poweramp is a top notch player with a high quality EQ btw. I used to use Google Play Music from time to time but it is lousy at syncing from my computer to the cloud and to the phone and tablet. it adds the same albums like 4 times over in the playlists and gets them all screwed up. So i gave up.

https://support.google.com/googleplaymusic/answer/1075570?hl=en
This is googles sync tool, point it at your music folder on your PC and let it rip. Songs will be streamable from the Google music app.
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