The day is not yet over and here’s another eBook reader offering to join several others out in the market. Infibeam.com has devised what they claim to be India’s very first eBook reader dubbed ‘Pi’. This release comes after a series of launches by the company encompassing a unified product search and an eBooks store.
The 10mm slim device has a 6†e-ink display delivering an 8-level gray scale and glare-free reading. It proffers 512MB of internal memory and houses an SD card slot for memory expansions of up to 4GB. Most official Indian languages are supported by the device which permits transfer of documents from a PC to the eBook reader with a USB cable. It has features like bookmarking, horizontal and vertical views and allows users to select from four different font sizes for auto-scaling content to fit the screen. Moreover, users may also listen to music and play games such as Sudoku on the device.
“Infibeam.com has always believed in listening to customers. Many of our customers wanted eBooks and we recently launched an eBook store with selection of more than 1 lac titles for instant downloads. Today, we are proud to introduce Pi, India’s first reading device. With Pi, we’ve focused on the most important features for an eBook reader which includes readability, low cost, lightweight, local language support and the ability to listen to music while reading. We will continue to upgrade features on Pi and on expanding our eBooks selection. We are working towards a future where newspapers, magazines, books from local publishers, digital content in regional languages, textbooks, education material and more will be available on Pi,†commented Vishal Mehta, CEO and founder, Infibeam.com.
The Pi eBook reader by Infibeam is bundled in with a microUSB 2.0 cable, AC adapter, quick start guide, earphones and sample eBooks. It may be pre-ordered for Rs.999 and will start shipping from February 22, 2010 at Rs.9,999. It comes backed by a year-long warranty.
