Syncing the Droid with iTunes
(nerd post)

I'm a happy Droid owner who has spent a very long time on the iTunes issue. Namely I wanted to sync my phone with iTunes and get:

• Music I've picked out to be on the phone.
• All podcasts as soon as they are available.
• No podcast that I've unchecked.
  

Here's how I did it so you can do it too:
(The iTunes instructions work for both Mac and Windows, but when it comes to syncing I only go into detail on Windows. I do have a possible software link for you Mac people. If anyone has used it let me know how it goes.)
First: Create the music folder on your Droid.

1. Hook up the Droid to your computer with the usb cable.
2. On the Droid you should see an USB notification. Click it and tell it to mount the USB drive.
3. On your computer go to My Computer and then open the new drive which has appeared - it should be the Droid's SD card.
4. Create a new folder called Music.

Second: Get iTunes ready

1. Create a music playlist for your Droid. You can call it whatever you like, mine is called Phone Music.
2. This playlist is just for the music, so don't put the podcasts in here. We'll take care of that next.

Second.5: Create a Smart Playlist to combine your Phone Music playlist and your podcasts.
This playlist will aggregate all the songs in Phone Music as well as any podcast which has a check mark next to it.

1. In iTunes go to the File menu and choose New Smart Playlist...
2. Choose the following criteria for your list:
3. 
4. iTunes is now ready to sync to your Droid.

Third: Download and install iTunes Agent

1. http://ita.sourceforge.net/download.html (you want the Windows Installer)
2. Install iTunes agent

If you have a mac you might try Sailing Sync: http://www.salling.com/MediaSync/Mac/
I haven't tried it myself but it looks like it would do the same thing as iTunes Agent.

Fourth: Configure iTunes Agent

1. Connect your Droid to your computer and mount the SD card. (See Part 1, or if it is still connected you can skip this step.)
2. Run iTunes Agent. It appears as a small iPod icon next to your clock.
3. Right-click on iTunes Agent and choose Preferences.
4. 
5. Create a new profile and call it whatever you like. Mine is called Droid.
6. Tell it to sync with the Music folder on the Droid, the iTunes Smart Playlist, and then save changes.
7. 

Fifth Sync your Droid
(Now that everything is set up you'll follow theses steps each time you want to sync your music and podcasts)

1. Launch iTunes Agent (This launches iTunes too)
2. Hook up the Droid to the computer and mount the SD card
3. Once your computer has found the Droid right click on the iTunes Agent icon (next to the clock, lower right) and choose Synchronize Devices.
4. iTunes Agent will sync your music and podcasts with your Droid. When it's done the progress window will disappear. (The initial sync may take a while.)
5. Tell windows to remove the Droid, then unplug it from the computer.