Many of you in the community are as addicted to gadgets and gizmos as I am. The habit can be extremely expensive, and we often scratch our heads trying to figure out if we can afford the latest toys. With companies competing harder than ever to have the latest and greatest, it’s no wonder we’re all ending up deeper and deeper in the financial black hole. I noticed someone on Geeks asking this very question, and I decided to try and open it up for more communication here.

How do you pay for your Geeky gadgets? Are you one of the lucky few who make a lot of money and have very few bills to pay? Do you swipe your credit card time and again, racking up even more debt just to have the hottest toy on the block? Or are you someone who recycles or sells your “outdated” gizmos in order to fund the purchase of newer models?

Cell phones, MP3 players and other toys are causing consumers to fork over millions of dollars each year. I can’t help but wonder what happens to all of the old devices we decide we no longer want. Where do yours go?

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Like many of you, I have a lot of gadgets. These devices are capable of playback of audio and video, and of viewing images. Most of my media sits somewhere on my home network. Synchronizing that media between computers and devices can be a nightmare. Finally, there is software available for OS X that helps me do this with ease. There’s also a Beta test going on right now for this program to run within Windows!

doubleTwist helps you to better sync the media on your machines to your various devices. There is support available right now for everything from Blackberry products to the G1 and Android phones. This includes the PSP even!

Browse through your media and play anything. doubleTwist supports all major audio and video formats. doubleTwist works with your phone, MP3 player, PSP, camera, and much more! Take your music, videos and other media wherever you go. Publish a video to YouTube, upload photos to Facebook and Flickr or privately share an experience with friends.

The list of supported devices will grow over time. There’s an image pane on the site that helps you look at the devices supported currently. However, it will no longer be a pain to sync your devices and use your media!

As Geeks, we have way more than one device. These devices are great on their own. But getting the media there and synchronizing all devices together is maddening. ARGH!! But doubleTwist makes it easy, and takes the guesswork and headaches out of the equation.

doubleTwist is a basic media manager that is essentially the uber station of media management with your devices.

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