{"id":9409,"date":"2011-07-11T15:09:57","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T20:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=9409"},"modified":"2023-12-24T08:26:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T14:26:15","slug":"google-launches-e-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/07\/google-launches-e-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Launches e-Reader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Story-HD_01.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-attachment-id=\"9408\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/story-hd_01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Story-HD_01.jpg?fit=243%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"243,320\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Story HD_01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Story-HD_01.jpg?fit=243%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Story-HD_01.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9408\" title=\"Story HD_01\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Google announced another leap into the hardware market &#8211; an e-reader. The iriver Story HD is set to start selling at Target.com on Sunday July 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The e-reader will be the first to have the Google e-books platform, the open book source, through which users can buy books, which will be downloaded via Wi-Fi. Also available are the over 3 million free titles in the Google ebooks cache.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The e-ink display toting device is set to retail at $139.99, and has a full QWERTY keyboard. Google has also announced that they&#8217;re looking to integrate their ebook outlet into more devices soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google dives into ebooks! iriver Story HD e-reader with 3M free titles &#038; open platform launches at Target. 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