Most Android devices make it easy to move files between your phone or tablet and a computer. All you have to do is plug in a USB cable, enable the USB storage option, and start copying and pasting. But if you’re looking for something a bit more automatic, there’s Synx. This open source app for Windows allows you to synchronize all of the photos, videos,… Read more »

HP has launched a public beta of HP Play — a new application designed to let you synchronize your media between a PC or Mac and an HP TouchPad tablet or webOS phone. The software is based on the open source Songbird media player and right now it only lets you sync your music over a USB cable. But eventually HP plans to add wireless… Read more »

SugarSync doesn’t seem to generate the same amount of buzz as DropBox amongst the cool kids, the service offers a very strong (and enterprise-friendly) synchronization and backup platform. The company has just outed a new enhancement which makes SugarSync an even better option for power users who like extra control measures: mobile device management. In the SugarSync web interface, the devices section now lets you… Read more »

Apple won’t fully roll out its new iCloud service until this fall, but the company is already allowing users to upload their music collections to iCloud. And this afternoon the company rolled out another piece of the puzzle. If you’re using multiple iOS devices you can now go into the “Store” section in the Settings menu to enable Automatic Downloads. This allows you to automatically… Read more »

The flurry of activity at BlackBerry World has been an encouraging sign for new (and potential) PlayBook owners, and we’re finally starting to see some nice tablet apps appearing in the BlackBerry App World. One I’ve recently installed is PlayText, a barebones editor which syncs with your Dropbox account. Install and launch PlayText and you can enter your existing DropBox credentials or sign up for… Read more »

Sure, there’s already a Dropbox app for Android devices, but it only tends to files located in its own local directory. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way to upload any file or folder from your phone and have that happen automatically? Of course it would, and the developer of ScheduledSync agrees — which is why exactly why he’s created the app. Punch… Read more »

Apple has released a minor update for iTunes that should improve synchronization with an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. iTunes 10.2.2 fixes a problem that sometimes caused the software to become unresponsive when syncing an iPad. It also addresses an issue which caused photo synchronization to take longer than it should have. The latest update also fixes a problem with video previews in the iTunes… Read more »

Password synchronization service LastPass offers and Android app which lets you login to web sites quickly on a mobile device as long as your username and password are stored on the LastPass server. In other words, you can create a Twitter account on your PC and the LastPass plugin for Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Chrome will automatically save your login information to the web. Then… Read more »

One of the best things about Google Android phones is that you don’t have to synchronize them with a computer to apply software updates, backup your contact list, or install applications. But sometimes you want to synchronize a mobile device with a PC or Mac. One of the best reasons to  sync? Keeping your iTunes music library up to date on your phone. Out of… Read more »

Miro is an open source media app for Windows Mac and Linux. You can use it to organize and play your video collection, but it also lets you view online video, download audio and video podcasts. Soon you’ll also be able to use Miro to synchronize files with mobile devices including an iPad, iPhone, or Android phone or tablet. NewTeeVee reports that the upcoming Miro… Read more »