iRiver Cover Story 2GB eBook $244 Shipped

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HIROBERT on 30/05/2011 - 11:35 bigw.com.au (252 clicks)

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Features:

Slim and stylish design with 6" TOUCH screen
E-ink paper style Auto rotate display
200 books preloaded
Portrait/landscape views
Zoom In/Out Function
Reads in sunlight with no glare
Built-in voice recorder,MP3
Wide range of formats supported:
Book - epub, PDF, TXT,ZIP
Office - XLS, PPT, DOC
Music – MP3, WMA, OGG
2GB internal memory
expansion memory slot for SDHC 32GB Max
Long battery life
Book - 11000 pages on one charge
Dictionary, Hand writing & Memo
BONUS AC Charger

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  bargainr on 30/05/2011 - 12:58

  Not a neg, but more a why - yes it's a bargain (good find) compared to the same price for the same unit at JB HiFi. But why would you get this when you can land a Kindle in Australia at a lower price?

  I know this apparently has a touch screen (Big W site is down so can't check) but spending $200+ on a reader I would think you're better to buy a kindle.

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    quickling on 30/05/2011 - 13:23

    imo the touchscreen has much better aesthetics than the kindle's keyboard.

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      bargainr on 30/05/2011 - 13:59

      Aesthetics yes, but the reviews of the touchscreen are damning. Including that glare is now a problem.

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  freeradical on 30/05/2011 - 13:18

  Yeah, it's $100 overpriced for what it is. Kindle or the new Nook Touch are better value.

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  RandomNinja on 30/05/2011 - 14:03

  I've got the 1st ed. Nook and love it to bits. The little colour touchscreen is nicer than the Kindle for navigation, but functionally not much diff.

  Landed my Nook for $150 and $10 for a case - 10 boxes of books down to 1 SD card!

  My one gripe is the organisation/sorting of books needs work esp when you have hundreds of books loaded (on both Kindle and Nook). I end up using Calibre as my library system and just loading a few titles on to the Nook at any given time.

  Anyone know much about how the iRiver organises/sorts books?

  Hmm Big W spec says Weight = 0.025kg… oops?

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  BuyoTheCat on 30/05/2011 - 15:31

  Con

  The glare is a bit of a problem.
  touch screen slightly slow to react.

  Pro

  Sd card slot.
  Mp3 playing function is useful can read and play audio at the same time. (could be useful at times)
  annotating a book and saving it as a screen shot is a plus.
  very good battery life
  comes with a shell cover which is very useful to prevent the screen from breaking.

  dunno about the price though.