There’s a web browser hiding inside the iriver Story HD, but it’s pretty shy

Looking for a way to surf the web on your new iriver Story HD ? The Digital Reader ‘s got you covered, with a nifty, albeit not totally satisfying hack. As it turns out, the Story HD’s much-ballyhooed Google eBookstore operates as a mobile version, rather than an app, meaning you can use it to access other pages — if you know the trick. All you have to do is navigate to the first Help page within the eBookstore, where you’ll see a list of links running across the top. The Books link leads to books.google.com, from which you can jump to google.com, effectively putting the internet at your fingertips. The major downside, however, is that iriver’s hidden browser won’t give you an address bar, though it does offer basic refresh and page-flipping capabilities, located within the options menu. It’s certainly not as fluid as the WebKit-based browser you’ll find on Amazon’s third-generation Kindle , nor is it as straightforward as that experimental feature buried within the Nook WiFi — but at least it’s there . If you’re interested in digging it up, hit the source link for more details. [Thanks, Nate] There’s a web browser hiding inside the iriver Story HD, but it’s pretty shy originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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