India’s Native eBook Reader Launched

Feb 3, 2010 by Shivendu Madhava

You already know Amazon Kindle and Apple iPad but one big news Pi from Infibeam is India’s native eBook reader.Pi has over 1 lakh titles on infibeam ebook store which are ready for download and you can start reading in seconds.The Pi is 10mm thin and have weight of 180 gms.

Device is equipped with 6 inch E-link display which is readable in direct sunlight and capable of displaying 8-levels of grey colours.Unlike other Ebook readers, the Pi supports Hindi, Sanskrit and most other native languages of India.It supports most the ebook formats – PDF, EPUB, HTML, TXT, MOBI, DOC and image formats – JPG, BMP, PNG.It has 512 MB of internal memory which can store around 500 eBooks and can be extended upto 4 GB through a SD card which can store upto 3,000 eBooks.

It supports games like Sudoku and feature music library and can play songs in MP3 format.

Specification:

Processor – S3C2440
RAM Memory – 64 MB
Internal Memory – 512 MB
SD Card Slot upto – 4GB

Height – 188 mm
Width – 118 mm
Thickness – 9.5 mm
Weight – 180 gm

6″ E-Ink Vizplex
600×800 pixels
Black & White 8 grayscale
No backlight. Daylight readable

Battery Life – 7 days

Books format supported – PDF, EPUB, HTML, TXT, MOBI, DOC
Images – JPG, BMP, PNG
Audio – MP3

3 mm Audio Earphone Connector
SD Card Slot (up to 4GB card supported)
Mini USB Slot
Button for 4-Way Navigation & Selection
Buttons back, home, plus / minus for size changes etc.