There really hasn’t been a decent synchronization desktop application to manage photos, videos, music and apps for Android. Well now Dazzboard 2.0’s software, which was announced late last week, looks to be exactly that.
The Beta iteration is already available if you want to give it a try but for now it will work only with Microsoft Windows with Internet Explorer and/or Firefox but a MAC OS X version is in the works. If your computer doesn’t have the requirements, you will be able to use a demo of the interface.
All-new features include:
- Android application manager: Install applications, Browse applications, Uninstall applications. Note: It is not clear at this stage if this is linked to the official Android Market or another Market.
- iTunes content connectivity: Access iTunes music with non-Mac portable devices and access iTunes content from multiple devices. Note: It doesn’t have to work with only Android devices, you can also attached your MP3 players, other phones,…
- OpenID compatibility: Access Dazzboard with a Google, AOL, Yahoo! or MySpace account.
- Enhanced media management for PC and Internet services, including cloud storage and social media networks.
- Easier to Manage Social Services: Browse your media on the social web as if it was on your PC, Faster photos and video transfers across the social web. Note: The demo features FaceBook, Flickr ad YouTube.
- Dazz me!: Create media links while browsing, Dazz me! clicks become your Internet media bookmarks, Easily browse media bookmarks in Dazzboard, Get media from any site, including apps, images, music and video.
- “Dazzboard 2.0 ushers in a new era for portable device universal media management,†commented CEO Tero Salonen. “By opening up our social media webtop to more users and a broader reach for content through OpenID and Dazz Me!, Dazzboard is better than ever at simplifying content management and further utilizing users’ data throughout the social web.â€
This looks like a promising app for many Android users, so give the beta a go and let them know what works and what doesn’t.
Full Press Release:
New Platform Offers Full Android Management, Dazz Me! Media Bookmarks and iTunes Access With Drag and Drop To/From YouTube, Flickr, Facebook and More
LAS VEGAS, NV–(Marketwire – January 8, 2010) – CES — Dazzboard, the ultimate social media webtop, today introduced Dazzboard 2.0, a new cutting-edge online universal media management platform. Dazzboard 2.0 features expanded device compatibility, simplified media management, Dazz Me! Media bookmarks and iTunes access for all portable devices.
Dazzboard 2.0 provides the first full Android application support and advanced features that will help users manage all of their music, images and videos in one cloud webtop from any computer.
Rather than depending on the limited functionality of proprietary software — a different application for each device — Dazzboard provides users with connections to all of their media on a wide variety of platforms: portable devices, PCs, cloud storage and social media networks. And unlike proprietary device management programs, Dazzboard accomplishes this with no downloads and no applications. The user experience is akin to that offered by iTunes, but for all portable devices and with none of the proprietary restrictions that hinder iPhone and iPod users — it’s an Open iTunes.
All-new features include:
– Android application manager
Install applications
Browse applications
Uninstall applications
-- iTunes content connectivity
Access iTunes music with non-Mac portable devices and access iTunes
content from multiple devices
-- OpenID compatibility
Access Dazzboard with a Google, AOL, Yahoo! or MySpace account
-- Enhanced media management
for PC and Internet services, including cloud storage and social media
networks
-- Easier to Manage Social Services
Browse your media on the social web as if it was on your PC
Faster photos and video transfers across the social web
-- Dazz me!
Create media links while browsing
Dazz me! clicks become your Internet media bookmarks
Easily browse media bookmarks in Dazzboard
Get media from any site, including apps, images, music and video
“Dazzboard 2.0 ushers in a new era for portable device universal media management,” commented CEO Tero Salonen. “By opening up our social media webtop to more users and a broader reach for content through OpenID and Dazz Me!, Dazzboard is better than ever at simplifying content management and further utilizing users’ data throughout the social web.”
Dazzboard currently supports Windows XP, Vista and 7, Internet Explorer version 6 (XP only), 7 and 8, as well as Firefox 3.X. The company will also release APIs for developers to integrate Dazzboard technology for external websites and develop add-ons to utilize the device connection.
About Dazzboard
Dazzboard is the ultimate social media webtop, providing users with seamless drag-and-drop connectivity to photos, music, videos and the Internet. Requiring no desktop application and eliminating the need for installing proprietary software for every portable device, dazzboard provides an elegant web 2.0 solution to universal media management. Dazzboard is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. For more information, visit www.dazzboard.com.
[Via Marketwire]
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