Pathik Shah

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.