<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8865f68d-437d-4aa0-82ca-5352cd4e6f01/FD46265B-403D-4379-BC54-4F33897E9E95/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/" href="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/" style="font-size: 11px;">theappleblog.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/">Songbird Finally Gives iTunes Some Competition</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/" href="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/" style="font-size: 11px;">theappleblog.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/theappleblog.com/img/618E16C3-D72C-4EC5-BDFB-EA5C4F16BC73" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><H3>Songbird: First Look</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/theappleblog.com/img/7A3731FC-D528-4AE0-8257-D7A0A8575790" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/theappleblog.com/img/86C1F6B9-AAFC-44A7-9B17-139086B59EC7" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/theappleblog.com/img/9FAE204E-7DB9-4B62-B3C1-724903BE5F1E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><P>You will also be asked if you want to load any extensions at this time. Songbird ships with five add-ons:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">iPod Device Support</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.shoutcast.com/">SHOUTcast</A> Radio</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Concerts (including ticketing info via <A href="http://songkick.com/">Songkick</A>)</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://last.fm/">Last.fm</A></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addon/73">mashTape</A></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/theappleblog.com/img/0ECDF38D-BD3B-4E79-83B7-083CA7AB4EB5" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/theappleblog.com/img/8B63E0CE-8937-4C01-A84F-056E9DFD9D36" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/theappleblog.com/img/69197E31-CD2D-4E43-A7D3-B46DE0105FB0" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/theappleblog.com/img/8C5B0014-DC24-4F58-BBDF-8DEE26F54055" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><P>I was very pleasantly surprised with the level of support for iPods. I was not brave enough to subject my own, personal iPhone to the test, so I commandeered my daughter’s iPod and managed to perform all operations that one would expect to perform without any errors or warnings. That same iPod worked fine again in iTunes as well.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/theappleblog.com/img/BDF9B087-AD79-401C-906A-268B3BAB8DD9" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/theappleblog.com/img/AAE1FCBE-15DB-42D6-863D-BF20DB6A4116" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/theappleblog.com/img/59D6D22F-2433-47B5-B393-48A89B0664A4" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/theappleblog.com/img/E11EB3D8-4102-4F61-8FB6-E9F4B9CEB8DB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/theappleblog.com/img/2B422F08-CDFD-4D3B-9D9C-6B258D8DCCDC" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG><A href="http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addon/238/versions">MediaFlow</A></STRONG> for a cover-flow like view</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG><A href="http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addon/1219">Last.fm Album Art</A></STRONG> to make MediaFlow useful</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG><A href="http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addon/1297">Music Recommendations</A></STRONG> for pseduo-Genius-like recommendations</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/07/first-look-songbird-finally-gives-itunes-some-competition/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG><A href="http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addon/233">iTunes</A></STRONG><A href="http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addon/233"></A> for an even more familiar GUI</LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/FD46265B-403D-4379-BC54-4F33897E9E95/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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