Is there a way to mirror the screens, apps, info on iPhone to iPod Touch?

I have an iPhone 4.  My kids are now using my old iPhone 3GS as an iPod touch.  And...the last time I bought a Macbook we were given an iPod Touch.  I basically have the same stuff on all of them.  The idea is that any of my kids can pick up any one of those three devices and see the same setup.  But anytime I download a new app via my phone, I have to go in and manually add it to the other two devices when I sync them to my computer.  Is there anyway to make this a bit more automatic. Not really a necessity but it sure would make things less redundant and more fun!

You should be able to do this, but only if the iPod Touch is new enough to be able to upgraded to iOS 5. If so, make sure you update the 3GS and the Touch to iOS 5, and sign in with the same Apple ID at Settings > Store on both devices. Also, on that same page, turn Automatic Downloads on. That should take care of automatically adding apps purchased on one device to the other. Note that this won't work retroactively. So, any apps already purchased will not be automatically downloaded to the other device. It will start working for future purchases.

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