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As iRiver promised last month, the Story Ebook Reader has been released. Thus far it is available in Kora only (no word yet on international distribution) and is retailing for the disappointing 349,000 KRW, or about $302. That price puts the Story right in the middle in terms of Reader price points, equivalent to the cost of the Sony Touch Reader only without the touchscreen. Beyond that lack, the device feature list looks good but nothing that will rock your socks, including…

• 6-inch 600 x 800 E-Ink display
• 2GB internal storage
• A microSD/SDHC card slot
• USB 2.0 port
• Built in comic book viewer
• Support for PDF, EPUB, TXT, PDF, DOC, PPT, XLS and HWP eBook formats without requiring conversion.

One additional touch that looks rather nice is the inclusion of a Calendar app along with the ability to read Office documents, making the Story into something of Daily Planner as well as an Ebook Reader.

iRiver has also announced a large number of media partners that will be providing content to the Story, but as of now they are all Korean. Hopefully there will be some news soon of at least a European release for the device, which though a bit pricey has a definite sense of style. It could possibly compete against the Plastic Logic Que, with Office document support but 100 dollars cheaper than the Que’s anticipated price.