{"id":156423,"date":"2010-01-08T22:39:07","date_gmt":"2010-01-09T03:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/08\/iriver-story-e-reader-hands-on\/"},"modified":"2010-01-08T22:39:07","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T03:39:07","slug":"iriver-story-e-reader-hands-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/156423","title":{"rendered":"iriver Story e-reader hands-on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/01\/08\/iriver-story-e-reader-hands-on\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/irivier-story-05top.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>At one point in time it seemed like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/tag\/iriver\/\">iriver<\/a> had a monopoly on insane, imaginative designs. Sure, it was mostly centered around PMPs, but iriver&#8217;s stuff in its heyday was fun enough to make even a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2008\/01\/10\/iriver-unveils-ten-swarovski-encrusted-mickey-mouse-mp3-players\/\">screenless MP3 player<\/a> seem interesting. Lately, however, things seem a little more conservative. Take this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/01\/05\/iriver-story-e-reader-shipping-to-us-soil-this-month-wifi-versi\/\">iriver Story<\/a>, for instance: it&#8217;s a sexy device that seems very on par with other e-readers on the market&#8230; and that&#8217;s about it. We played around with it a bit on the show floor, and found the keyboard to be pretty great, the design solid and slim, and the software pretty slow. With all the extra function-specific buttons on the keyboard, there&#8217;s less of the arbitrary UI navigation limitations posed by some of the more simplistic e-book readers, but there&#8217;s nothing so amazing or useful on the device that it would tempt the Kindle faithful. We&#8217;re particularly worried about book load times, but it&#8217;ll take some more time with the unit to really see how it stacks up across the board. For now you can check out a video walkthrough of the device after the break.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/photos\/iriver-story-e-reader-hands-on\/\">iriver Story e-reader hands-on<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/photos\/iriver-story-e-reader-hands-on\/2601326\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/iriver-story-01-hands_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/photos\/iriver-story-e-reader-hands-on\/2601325\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/iriver-story-02-hands_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/photos\/iriver-story-e-reader-hands-on\/2601324\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/iriver-story-03-hands_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/photos\/iriver-story-e-reader-hands-on\/2601323\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/iriver-story-04-hands_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/photos\/iriver-story-e-reader-hands-on\/2601322\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/iriver-story-05-hands_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/01\/08\/iriver-story-e-reader-hands-on\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>iriver Story e-reader hands-on<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/01\/08\/iriver-story-e-reader-hands-on\/\">iriver Story e-reader hands-on<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\">Engadget<\/a> on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:02:00 EST.  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Sure, it was mostly centered around PMPs, but iriver&#8217;s stuff in its heyday was fun enough to make even a screenless MP3 player seem interesting. Lately, however, things seem a little more conservative. 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