Droid assimilation complete, the Touch stayed home.

Two apps have completed my transition from carrying two devices (the iPod Touch and a cell phone) to having everything I need in the single Motorola Droid.

First, I needed to find something that would allow me to continue to use iTunes to manage the music library and playlists. Salling’s Media Sync does this perfectly. Installed on the PC that is home to the music files and my iTunes account, it hooks directly into iTunes and allows me to plug in the Droid and have it automatically sync selected iTunes playlists, podcasts and pictures.

Next, I needed a podcast manager. I find having to start iTunes, wait for it to update the feeds and then physically connect the device to the PC to transfer the content all a bit tedious. I wanted something that would allow me to schedule automatic feed updates at night so content would be refreshed by the time the daily commute started. Luckily, there’s an app for that (sorry, Apple ). I found BeyondPod in the Android Market. Auto downloads and category management are a piece of cake.

So, this morning I left without the Touch.