This morning Google announced on its official blog that it’s partnering with iRiver to launch the first e-reader device with integrated Google eBooks platform. The iriver Story HD e-reader will be available starting July 17 at Target retail stores across the US and on Target.com.
The device will cost $139.99 and will allow users access to more than 3 million free titles and thousands of paid titles in the Google eBooks storefront that they can buy and read over Wi-Fi. The company says you’ll also be able to store your ebooks library in the cloud.
The iriver Story HD comes with a QWERTY keyboard and it is the lightest e-reader of its class. The device has a high-resolution 6-inch display, long battery life and fast page-turn performance.
“With the Story HD you can now browse, buy and read Google eBooks with your e-reader through Wi-Fi, rather than downloading and transferring them from computer to e-reader with a cord as you can already do with more than 80 compatible devices,” Pratip Banerji, Google Books Product Manager wrote in a blog post.
The search giant launched its eBooks platform in December, enabling users to read Google eBooks on any device with a modern browser, compatible ereaders, the Chrome Web Store as well as Android and iOS mobile devices through the Google Books mobile apps. Since Dece

July 24th, 2011
Kevin Martinez
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