Ask TUAW Video Edition: Syncing music with Android Phones

I signed up for MobileMe in late December, and have fallen in love with it over the last two months. However, my free ride is over, and I will have to start paying for it come this weekend.

But after reading your article today on the imminent introduction of a free MobileMe, I am torn: should I sign up and possibly throw $100 down the drain? Should I give up a service that I use often, and hope that it is unleashed on the world sooner rather than later? If I signed up, and it went free, would Apple be inclined to refund me for the remaining months of the year (Apple seems like the kind of company who WOULDN'T do that...)

HELP! Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

DoubleTwist playlist support is broken. If you make a change to a playlist in iTunes, that change is not reflected in DoubleTwist. Same goes for new playlists, and deleted playlists. Since the changes are not reflected in DT, they are not synced to the phone. There is a thread on the DT forums discussing this problem at:

http://support.doubletwist.com/doubletwist/topics/itunes_playlists_dont_update_when_changed

iSyncr needs a good graphic designer, but works awesome for iTunes -> Android sync.

I was wondering if there was a good solution for getting 5.1 surround sound out of my iMac (USB Maybe)

I have these logitech speakers that have 3 separate headphone jack sized connectors so optical audio is out.

I googled and search but everything seems to be out dated

Thanks!

I don't want to have to drag and drop songs to my phone. I do it the way I used to do for my 1GB Nano....

Setup a phone playlist that has the songs I want on the phone
Setup a smart playlist that is random from all songs in my library that's, say 13GB.

I have iSyncr sync those 2 playlists. I can update them in iTunes and they will sync. ISyncr will update play counts in iTunes and transfers album art too.

Ouch, you guys picked probably the 2 worst ways to sync iTunes and Android.

I tried Doubletwist - ouch tat was painful. Sailing was out of the question at $15.

Grab a copy of iSyncr - fast, cheap and works great.

I'm a fan of TuneSync. Much cheaper, and syncs over WiFi whenever I am connected to my home network.

Or you could do what I most people do. Smash the cheap useless android headset on the ground and go get an iPhone.