iTunes has managed to become the de facto standard for desktop music organizers, leaving those with non-Apple devices in the cold. DoubleTwist syncs, shares, and converts your media quite handily, and has a built-in Amazon MP3 store, but can it really replace iTunes?
DoubleTwist (technically capitalized as doubleTwist, as is the fashion at this time) does a lot of neat things that iTunes will never do:

It recognizes and synchronizes with a ton of devices, and otherwise works with any device that your computer recognizes as a storage space.
Converts music and videos …

If you wish to play your iTunes music that you purchased from the iTunes Store on another device like a BlackBerry, you will likely have to remove the DRM protection from the file. You can do this for 30 cents per song. Finding the place to do this took me a while, so I thought I’d share it.
1. Go into the iTunes store.
2. In the area marked Quick Links, click the Upgrade to iTunes Plus link.

3. You will provided with a list of songs you can upgrade to DRM free …