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A review of the Iriver Story eReader has been posted over at Computeractive. 'The Story has a sharp, easy-to-read 6in e-ink display that can be viewed in either landscape or portrait mode. Buttons on either side of the screen are used to turn the pages, in whichever hand the device is held. It supports PDF, Epub and text formats for ebooks, as well some office documents (it will read Word, Excel and Powerpoint files), pictures and even audio files, so you can use the device to listen to audiobooks or play music as you read. It has both speakers and an earphone socket.'

IT Reviews have published their review of the iRiver Story ebook reader. 'Primarily intended for the popular ePub format, you'll also find support here for a range of more common standards such as PDF, DOC and TXT and, more intriguingly, Powerpoint and Excel files. Despite this apparent flexibility, it's clear that this is a bit of an afterthought as the readability of some formats, particularly PDF, PPT and XLS, is entirely dependant on the original document resolution and layout, so should not be relied upon. A large 6-inch (800 x 600-pixel) e-ink display offers a few advantages over some of the competition, including most notably an improved battery life. iRiver claims over 100 hours of use from a full charge (or around 9,000 page turns) and although we couldn't confirm this.'

CNET UK have published a review of the iriver Story Ebook reader with MP3 player. 'The display itself is extremely sharp and clear. It uses e-ink, which means that it's not only easy on the eye but easy on battery power too. The claimed battery life is up to 9,000 page turns, which translates into roughly one and a half copies of Herman Melville's Moby Dick to every full charge. There's no power adaptor in the box. Plugging the Story into a USB port is the only way to charge the device. Once connected, ebooks and other files can simply be dragged and dropped from your computer to the Story. It's a simple-enough process, although the Story lacks the Kindle's useful, shop-anywhere, Wi-Fi download capability.

Trusted Reviews have published a review of the iRiver Story eBook reader. 'A glance at the bottom edge reveals a headphone jack, power/lock switch and (behind a flap) a mini-USB port and an SD card reader. We particularly like the latter addition, not least in light of the presence of 2GB of integrated storage as well. At the back of the Story, meanwhile, is a thin slit inside which sits an integrated speaker for listening to audio books and potentially recorded memos created using the integrated microphone. Recording memos is one of a number of almost useful extra features, such as a calendar and a written memo application. We're not against such additions per se, but since there's no way to synchronise these with any other service (Outlook, Google etc) or device, it's hard to see anyone using them seriously.'

The Register Hardware have published a review of the iRiver Story e-book reader. 'The Story is heavily tapered on three sides with only the bottom having a flat surface. This is home to a 3.5mm headphones jack, the on/off switch, mini USB and SD card slots - the latter two being concealed by a plastic flap in typical iRiver style. The SD card slot requires just a little too much in the way of push to get the card to sit. Fine if you have long fingernails, a bit of a pain if you don't. Like Amazon, iRiver has done a service to both the left and right handed users by duplicating the page turn keys that sit next to the keypad and form part of the fascia on both sides of the unit. For one-handed use though, the page turn keys could have done with being placed a few centimetres nearer the top.'

Computeractive have published a review of the Iriver P7 portable media player. 'Our review unit had an 8GB internal hard disk, and is priced at £100. There is also a 16GB model that costs £130. Battery life is about 35 hours if you are listening to music or seven hours if watching video. Like the iPod Touch, the P7's touch-sensitive screen is used to control playback and navigate menu options. One interesting aspect of the P7 is its so-called 'magazine' interface.'