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To: Starlight who wrote (11514)	3/15/2000 6:04:00 PM
From: Walter Morton	Respond to of 18366

Toshiba's Multi-Codec Mobile Audio Player Available in April 2000: snip... portable music player capable of downloading music from the Internet using a delivery system developed by Liquid Audio, an online music distributor. snip.. Toshiba is betting on its music player and the Liquid Audio delivery system for the edge among consumer electronics makers entering the market for online music distribution, a field expected to boom. snip... Toshiba says its music player, which goes on sale April 22 in Japan, is the first of its kind allowing users to access music from the Internet in the MP3 and AAC format, a new technology which cuts download times. snip... The mobile audio player will come with an SD memory card slot, into which a postage stamp-sized storage device holding music in digital form can be inserted. SD memory cards, which support CPRM copy protection technology, were developed jointly by Toshiba, Matsushita and SanDisk snip... Toshiba said it is forming a new division called the Mobile AV Network Division to help develop a new line of digital audio visual equipment. snip... The division, which will begin operations on April 1, will oversee the development of SD memory cards, wireless communications technology and technologies to compress audio and visual data into smaller packets of information. Toshiba expects the division's sales to total 20 billion yen ($189 million) in its first year of operations and 50 billion yen in 2002. yahoo.cnet.com