Compared to e ink pearl screens used on all the newer ebook readers, the difference is most noticeable with smaller text and detailed images. A year ago, the iriver story hd would have been one of the very best ebook readers available. The iriver story hd gets a firmware update the ebook. Although both devices feature a 6 display, the image on. Iriver story hd cant open doc adobe support community.
After having some initial issues trying to download the books to my iriver story hd, i was finally able to transfer the 2 books to the ereader. It allows for a stable and robust os and we did not notice any crashes, aside from when the firmware update. Overviethe is a 6 ebook reader with a 16 level grayscale 1024 x 768 pixel display, 63% more pixels than the standard 800 x 600 e ink displays. I have an iriver story hd that i have not been able to use for years due to not being able to load books onto the device. It uses the lg built e ink pearl display technology to achieve a resolution of 2 dpi. The iriver story hd is the first ebook reader integrated.
Do that and a heck of a lot more people would be interested. The software is incredibly simple and stark this is one ereader you wont. For most windows users, we highly recommend using a driver update utility such as driverdoc to help update iriver ebook reader drivers. It is likely that additional firmware updates will be released for it to add new features, so. Frostschutz thank you for your reply i will poke around the adobe site. You can run iriver music manager on windows xpvista7810 32bit.
Software, sound sources, videos, and other content with s are protected under the related provisions of regulations, etc. This 6inch ereader touts a bodacious 1024 x 768 resolution, which contributes to an. The iriver story hd gets a firmware update the ebook reader blog. Today i turned on my iriver story hd and it detected a firmware update. Story hd allows users to place magnified text or graphs within the display center, making reading of pdf documents converted from scan much easier since very often text or graphs are not in the center of the page. The iriver story hd is officially discontinued good ereader. Some of iriver music manager aliases include iriver music manager. But in 2011, while after the nook and kobo readers got big upgrades and the kindle remains an excellent device, using the story hd feels like reading in a time machine back to 2009. The iriver story hds physical presence is a bit startling for 2011. Just as it was looking like the story hd would come to market as a mostly unremarkable device, however, something happened. This builtin iriver story hd driver should be included with your windows operating system or is available through windows update. Since we are currently working on a touch screen wifi version of the iriver story, it may take some time to develop different areas of the story. Add some different font choices, in book searching, line spacing and margin settings, allow readers to add highlights and notes.
This pc software works fine with 32bit versions of windows xpvista7810. This project aims to be an opensource driver for irivers great ifp flash portable player. I hope i wasnt stupid when i decided to reformat the story hd. The iriver story hd is officially discontinued good ereader blogelectronicreaderstheiriverstoryhdisofficiallydiscontinued.
The iriver story hd is an ereader that takes a very different approach and goes all out with hardware instead of software. Iriver cover story ebook reader integrated firmware 1. The original iriver story has been called an amazon. This free software is an intellectual property of iriver. The dimensions are almost the same, and if you dont look too carefully you could easily mistake one device for the other. The iriver story is a subtle clone of the kindle 2 in much the same way that the iriver story hd is a clone of the k3. When it was unveiled back in january, the story hd, irivers first entry into the us ereader market, boasted all manner of exciting technologies, including an hd display and a soupedup in e. I am going overseas and would love to use this device while im away due to it being light, convenient, and carries multiple books. It allows for a stable and robust os and we did not notice. I will also contact the former iriver agent here in australia to see if it is worth them fixing it, of course at my expense.
In this tutorial we show you how to copy ebooks to your iriver story hd with calibre, windows explorer and adobe digital editions. Download iriver firmware drivers, firmware, bios, tools, utilities. As i hinted at in the opening paragraph, the story hd is not a kindle. Its not that the story hds design is totally outdated, but it certainly fails to move the hardware story of ereaders. Click here to see how to install the builtin drivers. This prevented the story hd from downloading anything because it did not update the firmware in order to tap into the ebook content system. Iriver is a south korean consumer electronics company and is widely known for its digital audio players and other portable media devices. Frankly, that the united states market has gotten the iriver story hd at all is a surprise. This isnt really a hack in that no changes are made to the device or software, this is more of a trick that will give you full access to browse the web.
The iriver story hd uses a linux based operating system for the basis of its software. The iriver music manager installer is commonly called irivermusicmanager. As with virtually all epubcompatible readers, the story hd supports free library ebook lending via the adobe digital editions software also free. The iriver story hd is the latest model of the iriver story product line. Driverdoc automatically downloads and updates your story hd driver, ensuring you are installing the correct version for your operating system.
Correction of system bugs in the specific ereader filedrm issue. Amazons first touchscreen ereader, the kindle touch, came out in september 2011, but it still employed the old 800 x 600 e ink pearl display, as if nothing new had happened. The iriver story hd is a sturdy ereader, the insides of the device seem to all be above average, but with lacklustre software features and an ugly design, it does make one question if it can step up against the likes of the kindle 3g. The company is a brand and marketing division of iriver inc, a south korean electronics and entertainment company founded in 1999 by seven former samsung executives. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. The builtin driver supports the basic functions of your iriver story hd hardware. The story hd supports the epub, pdf, txt, fb2, and djvu ebook formats, and the office viewer supports ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx, doc, docx, and hwp file formats. This entry was posted in firmware, iriver, iriver story and tagged iriver. Ultraportable, builtin collins dictionary, comic viewer, faster page turns. The iriver story hd is the first to use a 1024 x 768 resolution 6 screen.
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