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NEW YORK -- New Wi-Fi-equipped portable media players (PMPs) from Archos will be the industry's first to download video directly from select authorized download sites via Wi-Fi, eliminating PCs from the download process.
The 802.11g Wi-Fi-equipped Archos 605 and 705 will also download protected music from select sites, joining music-downloading Wi-Fi MP3 players from at least two other companies.
The PMPs also double as portable DVRs with electronic program guides (EPGs) and as digital media adapters (DMAs), which will plug into TVs to display video and images streamed wirelessly from PCs.
"We give you four ways to access content: stream [from the PC], surf [the Web], download [from the Web], and record [from the TV]," said COO Laurence Smith.
Shipments are July for the 605 and August for the 705. The 605...