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Toshiba Gigabeat Portable Media Players now in stores

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The new Toshiba Gigabeat Portable Media Players are now available in retail locations. The features are impressive:

• Windows Mobile(R) Portable Media Center Version 2.0 software
• 30GB or 60GB storage options
• Content from hundreds of different sources

For consumers seeking full length movies for their gigabeat, Toshiba
has partnered with Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG) to offer their new
Vongo(SM) service. Unveiled at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show, Vongo
delivers movies and other video content over the Internet for playback on
Windows-based PCs, laptops and select portable media devices as well as on
a TV.

Toshiba has forged a great number of partnerships so that a ton of content is already available onf the Gigabeat players. You can get music for your player from:

• Music(TM)
• RealNetworks’(R)
• Rhapsody(R)
Napster

For the serious music and video afficionado, these new units are worth a look.