http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/ Engadget Comments for iriver Story unsheathed, still looks remarkably like a Kindle http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/
While I don't know if the iriver poses similar enough to the Kindle for a lawsuit, Amazon does have a design patent, D601559.

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2FD601559]]>Dec 1st 2009 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/
Why? If you compare pictures side by side, they look similar, but different enough to tell they're different devices.

If Amazon sues, they'll lose.]]>Dec 1st 2009 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/
Anyone?]]>Dec 1st 2009 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/
White sorta goes with everything. But, a variety of colors would help them market this to more than just the people that don't care.]]>Dec 1st 2009 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/
It because they started doing read links, source links, more on this topic links, continue reading links. Easy to mix up]]>Dec 1st 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/
It's quite obvious that this wasn't the government telling Amazon to remove "1984" from people's devices, because that particular book is quite old and available from many different sources of which Amazon is just one. But what if the book was new? What if it was about current politics?]]>Dec 4th 2009 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/"authoritarian hardware"

You really meant to write that? Seriously?]]>Dec 1st 2009 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/
As for this device though - I have to say, I've come to expect quality and sometimes original industrial design from iriver (never owned one of their products, but they usually look good - especially those old Toblerone mp3 players really caught my eye). This is not only not original (duh) but it also looks... well... I guess it's okay... but not as good as Kindle. Okay, looking worse than Kindle isn't as much of a challenge as it was in Kindle 1 days, but still, looking *better* than Kindle 2 shouldn't be that hard.

Also - keyboards in ebook readers? Just say no. I know touch panels over the eink screen suck as well; that's why, hello, Nook. And without wifi (so no inbuilt shop on the device), frankly you could do without any kind of keyboard or advanced input anyway.]]>Dec 1st 2009 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 1st 2009 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/
I don't know if that's the norm as I haven't put my hands on any other ebook readers on the market.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/iriver-story-unsheathed-still-looks-remarkably-like-a-kindle/Dec 4th 2009 7:21AM