iriver Cover Story

isaak · 08-27-2010, 09:10 AM

It seems that iriver has introduced a touch-screen, wifi-networked successor to iriver Story: Cover Story.
Looks nice, but the screen is not upgraded to 16 levels, and we have to see if the touch functionality affects its contrast.

Geppetto · 08-27-2010, 10:45 AM

Looks really nice. We have to see when/where/how much, now...

Rikke · 08-28-2010, 12:56 PM

wifi only in Korea.
touchscreen looks really nice.
Cover Story in China has the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
iRiver should supply english dictionaries for STORY users by firmware!

greenapple · 08-28-2010, 11:51 PM

I won't even consider any new edition of iRiver ereaders because, for over 4 months, they have yet to show that they're capable of fixing couple of major bugs in the original version.

MacEachaidh · 09-04-2010, 05:47 AM

Hi greenapple,
Problem is, iRiver doesn't seem to see them as bugs. If you're talking about annoyances like words breaking in text wrap and DOC files not reflowing, iRiver sees them as working as designed, so they haven't been trying to "fix" them.

minje · 05-29-2011, 01:45 PM

Hi guys, I bought the wife an iriver coverstory book reader, what I'd like to know is; Can I browse the net, it is wifi but the browser is to waterstones only...anyone know how to get internet explorer, firefox browsers etc?
Cheers

James_Wilde · 05-29-2011, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by minje

Hi guys, I bought the wife an iriver coverstory book reader, what I'd like to know is; Can I browse the net, it is wifi but the browser is to waterstones only...anyone know how to get internet explorer, firefox browsers etc?
Cheers

Minje, this is known as hijacking a thread and we'll probably forgive you in here where the traffic isn't high, but this will get you flamed in some other fora, so beware. Start a new thread for a new question please.

Answering your question, it sounds as though you have the Waterstone add-on installed - either you did it, or got your Cover Story with it installed. This means that it's set up to take you to Waterstone's where you can buy your books, so I'm not sure you'll be able to get out of the sandbox Waterstone's have created for you. However, if you manage to install another browser - can't help you with how as I don't have a Cover Story - you may be able to get around the limitation. Try Google Chrome - it's very light on machine overhead.

James_Wilde · 05-29-2011, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by minje

Hi guys, I bought the wife an iriver coverstory book reader, what I'd like to know is; Can I browse the net, it is wifi but the browser is to waterstones only...anyone know how to get internet explorer, firefox browsers etc?
Cheers

Oh, and by the way, you'll not get IE to work on it. IE is Windows only, and your Cover Story runs a cut-down linux.

James_Wilde · 05-29-2011, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by minje

Hi guys, I bought the wife an iriver coverstory book reader, what I'd like to know is; Can I browse the net, it is wifi but the browser is to waterstones only...anyone know how to get internet explorer, firefox browsers etc?
Cheers

Third thought for the day: you bought this Cover Story for your wife, but you want to browse the net? Get your own frigging Cover Story to surf the net on and leave your wife's alone so she can read books on it!

minje · 06-03-2011, 07:12 AM

Sorry for posting here

Nooooo, It's to get her off my pc so she can browse

GeorgiaRed · 11-09-2011, 09:08 AM

I had a Cover story for 8 months- only used it for occasional ebook purchases. However, it went back for repairs after it froze - wouldn't reset or anything, even if ree-charged. The factory in Germany had it for over a month without any news. Eventually Waterstones have agreed a refund and I won't buy Iriver again. That's the sort of bug IRiver should fix.

Renji · 11-29-2011, 08:31 AM

@GeorgiaRed, I've owned my iRiver for a year now and never froze at all and still love it! I was tossisng up to decide iif I iwould buy a new one but could not justify it as the iRiver is fantasic especially it support comic files.

GeorgiaRed · 12-02-2011, 04:11 AM

Renji,
any ereader can fail - what I objected to most was the poor service once it went back - 1 month and nothing heard, so Waterstones gave me a refund.
Am happy now with my Sony -PRS-T1, also touchscreen, can geniunely browse the web.

gambade · 05-07-2012, 03:53 PM

Hi I'm new here.

I just bought a cheap iriver cover story and generally I'm happy with it. I just could need another dictionary. In the manual it suggest to have the possibility to change different dictionarys but I haven't found a way yet to add one. I read at some thread here about a format .ms. Does anybody know something about it?

08-27-2010, 09:10 AM	#1
isaak Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: none	iriver Cover Story It seems that iriver has introduced a touch-screen, wifi-networked successor to iriver Story: Cover Story. Looks nice, but the screen is not upgraded to 16 levels, and we have to see if the touch functionality affects its contrast.

05-29-2011, 01:45 PM	#6
minje Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: iriver coverstory	Iriver coverstory Web browsing Hi guys, I bought the wife an iriver coverstory book reader, what I'd like to know is; Can I browse the net, it is wifi but the browser is to waterstones only...anyone know how to get internet explorer, firefox browsers etc? Cheers

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gambade Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: iriver cover story	Hi I'm new here. I just bought a cheap iriver cover story and generally I'm happy with it. I just could need another dictionary. In the manual it suggest to have the possibility to change different dictionarys but I haven't found a way yet to add one. I read at some thread here about a format .ms. Does anybody know something about it?


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