Can Open Source Songbird Compete with iTunes?
With the open source music player Songbird finally making its v1.0 debut this past December after two years in development, the big question swirling around Songbird continues to be whether or not this Mozilla-based player will be able to give iTunes a run for its money.
It might be an unfair question, though; after all, iTunes is the most popular media library app going. iTunes is free and it supports virtually all the top audio and video formats. Plus it's built to mesh seamlessly with the near-ubiquitous iPod and iPhone.
But hey, didn't they same the same about Firefox? Surely this upstart browser couldn't make a dent in Internet.
If Songbird is going to give iTunes a run for its money, the newly-released music player had better be ready to deliver the goods. In our experience, it is.
First up is the sheer openness of the app, especially relative to iTunes. We've long been frustrated by iTunes' apparent desire to manage and control every aspect of the user experience. Apple has iTunes locked up tight, but fortunately that's not the case with Songbird.
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