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  • Dazzboard Rolls Out Android Handset Support

    Greg Kumparak

    Greg Kumparak is the Mobile Editor at Techcrunch. Greg has been writing for the TechCrunch network since May of 2008. Greg was born just outside of San Jose, and now lives in the East Bay of California. → Learn More

    Monday, December 14th, 2009

    Each time we write about Dazzboard, a browser-based syncing solution for getting photos, videos, and music onto your mobile handset, it’s pretty much a given that someone will comment that it doesn’t support their handset of choice yet. Everyone’s a critic, right?

    While it still doesn’t support the much clamored-for iPhone or iPod Touch (nor does it seem likely that it will anytime soon, due to software restrictions – thanks Apple!), they’ve just added support for a different hot-ticket item: Android phones.

    This is a great time for Dazzboard to strike; with the Droid having just launched last month, there is potential to snatch up the massive group of Android-newcomers who have found themselves looking for an iTunes-esque syncing solution. Out-of-the box, Android requires users to drag and drop media onto their handset’s SD card; while that should be no problem for anyone who can tie their own shoes, it’s still not the silverspoon user-friendly experience that we’ve all come to expect. Are they the only ones working on the Android syncing problem? Not at all – but Dazzboard free and easy, which certainly helps it stand out.

    At launch, Dazzboard for Android supports photo, video, and music syncing. A little birdie tells us that Dazzboard is cracking away at adding application syncing/management to that list, though their are a few hurdles to overcome before that happens. While it’s trivial to add applications to Android as is (be it through the Market or the browser), getting them off requires a few too many clicks to be considered simple.

    Now, if only Google would pretty things up on their end.

    Dazzboard Demo Video:

    http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3571016&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1

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