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Originally Posted by frostschutz
People have very high expectations when it comes to eReaders. People shunned the iriver Story HD due to it's supposed lack of features, when it was a fully functional device with EPUB and PDF support and SD-Card slot, plus the high res screen as stand alone feature 1-2 years before it became mainstream.
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Actually, the iRiver Hd failed mostly because it had an XGA screen but did nothing to optimize font display so it didn't look any better than the SVGA models with tuned fonts and good antialiasing.
And because it had generic reading software with no special features.
And because it tied to the Google store at a time Google wasn't even actively promoting ebooks.
Three strikes.
(Four, if you count on relying on Target to sell the things, but that was a dropped third strike.)  |
I dunno, I got one the first time Target put it on sale, and loved it up until it went missing at work. It was a great no-frills ePub reader, even if Google Books wasn't very big at the time. Having it as a Target exclusive was IMO the only serious mistake that iRiver made with it.