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iriver Story HD vs NOOK
The Barnes & Noble Nook (styled "nook") is a brand of electronic-book readers developed by American book retailer Barnes & Noble, based on the Android platform. The iriver Story HD is the first eBook reader powered solely by Google eBooks and will offer access to more than 3 million e-books hosted by Google.
Here we compared iriver Story HD vs NOOK from multiple specs.
iriver Story HD vs NOOK: Physical Features
The NOOK weighs 212 g, and is 170 x 130 x 12 mm in size. It has a 6-inch touchscreen with 600 by 800 pixel resolution using E Ink Pearl IR touch technology. It uses 2 GB memory.
The new iRiver eReader also boast a 6 inch XGA E Ink display with 768×1024 pixels of resolution for a readable experience, 2GB of internal memory, a 38 QWERTY keyboard with way controller for easy searching, USB 2.0 port, wiFi and Lithium Polymer 1800 mAH battery provide read up to 140.000 pages. In term of size, the Google iRiver Story HD eReader measure in 128 x 9 x 204 mm with weight 207 grams.
Winner: iriver Story HD
iriver Story HD vs NOOK: Price
The iriver Story HD will cost $139, which is the same price as the Kindle or the Nook.
Winner: equal
iriver Story HD vs NOOK: Battery
With the Nook, you can simply replace the battery, then continue with your reading.
Lithium Polymer 1800 mAH battery provide read up to 140.000 pages. The iriver Story HD has a 3-week battery life, making it ideal for travel.
Winner: NOOK
iriver Story HD vs NOOK: Supplementary touch screen
The Nook has a 3.5” inch color touch screen that works in conjunction with the eInk screen really smooth. The color touch screen can be used for web browsing, navigating menu, and browsing covers in the library or the B&N store. It also houses the virtual keyboard.
Apart from touch screen, iriver Story HD has actual keyboard which are copper-colored.
Winner: iriver Story HD
iriver Story HD vs NOOK: Connection
The Nook has WiFi for browsing and connecting to the B&N Store when you are outside a 3G coverage area. WiFi is free in B&N brick-and-mortar stores.
Where the Google eReader will come into its own is how you will not have to download books to the device to read them; instead you will be able to access them directly by using a Wi-Fi connection. This is perfect when you are at home, but you also have the chance to download to your local storage if you are going on vacation, or like something to read on the commute to work.
Winner: equal
iriver Story HD vs Kindle: Supported Formats
iriver Story HD supports: PDF, EPUB, TXT, DOC, PPT, XLS, HWP, DJVU, GB2.
NOOK supports: PDB, EPUB, PDF.
Winner: iriver Story HD
Related: NOOK DRM Decrypter, Adobe DRM Removal
