DVD Jon, who gained fame and notoriety for cracking DVD and iTunes encryption, has since devoted a lot of his time and energy into DoubleTwist, and iTunes replacement. The above video is, of course, a parody of Apple's anti-IBM "big brother" commercial that aired during the 1984 SuperBowl, this time recasting Apple -- and Steve Jobs -- as "big brother" and intimating they've become what they once mocked. All this by way of promoting the next release of DoubleTwist for Mac, coming Oct. 6.
TechCrunch has a few more details, while Fake Steve, in much harsher language, calls him a remora.
Still, we'll be interested to see what they have coming, as no doubt will Palm Pre users...
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Wednesday Fun Video: 1984 Gets DoubleTwist'ed
KIND OF FUNNY.
It's Wednesday, but the video is still fun
DoubleTwist? :lol:
No thanks, I think I'll keep iTunes. :roll:
How is this choice when it looks exactly the same?
I imagine the Apple lawyers will come a knocking.
D'oh, wrote it up last night and didn't make the mental switch. Apologies and title fixed!
I love when the credits are almost as long as the video ;-)
I wonder if he is getting under-the-radar backing from Palm.
From their FAQ:
Supported Devices
doubleTwist enables you to manage a wide variety of phones, MP3 players, cameras and camcorders. We add support for new devices everyday so please check back frequently.
* BlackBerry - We have many happy BlackBerry users and support all the recent BlackBerry models such as the Curve, Pearl, Storm, Bold and Flip.* Sony PSP - Use doubleTwist to automatically convert your videos and sync them to your PSP; sync your iTunes playlists and photo library.
* Palm Pre - automatically convert your videos and sync them to your Palm Pre; sync your iTunes playlists and photo library.
* Archos 605 - sync your videos, iTunes playlists and photos. Other Archos models should work as well.
* INQ1, INQ Mini and INQ Chat - sync your videos, iTunes playlists and photos to your INQ phone!
* G1 and Magic Android phones - automatically convert your videos and sync them to your Android phone; sync your iTunes playlists and photo library.
* Nokia N & E Series phones, including the N95, E61i, E62, and many others such as the 5800 XpressMusic- automatically convert your videos and sync them to your Nokia; sync your iTunes playlists and photo library.
* Sony Ericsson Walkman & Cybershot phones
* Windows Mobile 5.0/6.0 platform (e.g. Treo, HTC, Samsung) -- currently PC only, will be available for the Mac very soon - automatically convert your videos and sync them to your Windows Mobile; sync your iTunes playlists and photo library.
* LG Viewty and Shine - automatically convert your videos and sync them to your LG; sync your iTunes playlists and photo library.
* Motorola (V9 and V3xx) and most Razr phones
* Sansa View and Sansa e200 series
* Amazon Kindle - sync audio files to your Kindle
* iPhone with 2.0 firmware - load your iPhone with movies and let doubleTwist make the necessary conversions; iTunes playlists are also supported (PC only but Mac coming soon, 3.0 firmware not supported yet)
* iPod - load your iPod with movies and let doubleTwist make the necessary conversions; iTunes playlists are also supported (PC only but Mac coming soon)
* Nintendo DSi - coming soon! Load your DSi with music and let doubletwist do the necessary conversions
* Most digital cameras
* Most flash-memory-based camcorders are supported
The Simpsons did the same thing with last years "Mypods and Booksticks" episode.