Among those jumping on the wi-fi bandwagon are Sandisk, iRiver, Archos, Polaroid, and AOL.
Sandisk's $250 Sansa Connect device will work with a service called Zing to allow users to share music, stream internet radio, and download tracks.
iRiver and Rhapsody will introduce a flash-based Wi-Fi player, which will also feature VoIP support.
Archos already has the 604 Wi-Fi, a 30GB hard-drive player with PDA-like features. While the device can record and play music, it's more focused on e-mail and web access.
Polaroid will be launching their own line of players soon that will feature video playback and will allow users to download content by connecting to Polaroid's DEC1000 media server.
And finally, AOL is releasing a digital music player in the coming months which will use both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to download and stream tracks from any PlaysForSure-compatible music store, such as Napster.
Is the Zune already outdated? Hardly, according to Microsoft. The company is coming out with Flash-based players later this year, and they're still improving the device's wireless capabilities. They also plan to open Zune "filling stations" at various retail locations, giving users a chance to download on-the-go.
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