The Korean manufacturer Iriver is an e-reader sell Google’s eBooks service is under the lwa installed. Users can on the device itself and buy books through the digital bookshop of the internetgigant be offered.
The device, the Story HD has an e-ink display with a screen diagonal of 6″ and a resolution of 1024×768 pixels. Inside housing is running a processor that is based on a Cortex A8-core, but the type was not mentioned. Users can click the device wirelessly e-books for purchase, including three million free books. This is wi-fi built in, but support 3g is missing probably. Further, it is an sd card slot built in.
The Story HD is from the 17th of July in the United States are sold at retail chain Target. The suggested retail price is $ 140. It is unlikely that the device in the short term comes to the Netherlands, because European consumers are still not digital to buy books through Google eBooks service. However, Dutch consumers read books that are offered free of charge.
Google introduced its eBooks service in december last year. For reading books on mobile devices were applications released; users of a device on Android or iOS can install software that allows the eBooks service is to use. In addition, there are apps for various e-readers. According to Google, the Iriver Story HD, the first e-reader which eBooks is integrated.
