TWICE - June 5, 2006

Toshiba will ship its new Gigabeat S series Portable Media Centers (PMCs) during the first week of June, the company said here at a dealer meeting. The company is scaling back last year's multicolored seven-model line to two models, one with 30GB of hard-drive storage at an expected everyday $299 and the other with 60GB of storage at an everyday $399.

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• Mobile Electronics
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• News
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• NAB Wins Ruling Against EchoStar
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