Infibeam (Amazon’s Indian clone) has just started accepting pre-orders for its new eBook reader - Pi (which unironically seems to be a Kindle clone sans the keyboard).
It is priced at Rs. 9999. The hardware specs seem to be almost similar to the Kindle except that it does not have a physical keyboard. The display is exactly the same as the Kindle’s – a 6″ E Ink. The battery is just a 1000 mAh Li-Poly battery though, compared to the Kindle’s 1530 mAh. It is just as compact as the Kindle 2 and much lighter.
It is powered by a Samsung S3C2440 processor and has 64MB of RAM.
It has 512 MB internal memory which can be expanded using a 4 GB MicroSD card. It supports the following file formats – PDF, EPUB, HTML, TXT, MOBI, DOC, JPG, BMP, PNG and MP3.
Shipping starts from 22nd February 2010.
Detailed specs after the break.
Technical Features & Specifications
Dimensions
- Height: 188 mm
- Width: 118 mm
- Thickness: 9.5 mm
- Weight: 180 gm
Screen / Display:
- 6″ E Ink Vizplex
- 600×800 pixels
- Black & White 8 grayscale
- No backlight. Daylight readable.
Battery
- Rechargeable built-in Li-Polymer battery (1000 mAh)
- Battery Life: 7 days
File Formats Supported
- Books/Text: PDF, EPUB, HTML, TXT, MOBI, DOC
- Images: JPG, BMP, PNG
- Audio: MP3
Control & Connectors
- 3 mm Audio Earphone Connector
- SD Card Slot
- Micro USB Slot
- Button for 4-Way Navigation & Selection.
- Buttons back, home, plus / minus for size changes etc
Processor / Storage:
- Processor: S3C2440
- RAM Memory: 64 MB
- Internal Memory: 512 MB
- SD Card Slot: 4 GB
Features:
- Turn page forward/backward
- Jump to a specific page
- Progress bar to display position in the book
- Increase font size and reflow text automatically
- Add bookmark to a page
- Screen Rotate for landscape / portrait views
- Search inside a book or document
- Sort documents (Date, filename, Catalog)
- Game Play by Function Key & Navigation for Sudoku
Product Link: http://www.infibeam.com/Pi
Seems to be quite a good alternative to the Kindle, now only if they bring the price down to Rs. 5-6k.






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