We all know that yesterday, Apple launched its own tablet: iPad ^[1] which can be used as an eBook reader. Also thanks to iBooks it now has endless possibilities. While the silicon valley and numerous Apple fan-bois are busy praising the iPad ^[2], here in India, Infibeam, the shopping portal has come up with its own eBook reader. The eBook reader is called Pi.

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And it’s not just a eBook reader unlike Amazons’ Kindle, but it is also equipped with music playback option. Features and specifications includes:

• Screen: 6" E Ink ® Vizplex. No backlight / glare.
• Slim: Less than 10mm
• Light Weight: 180gm
• Formats supported includes PDF, EPUB, HTML, TXT, MOBI, DOC and Images (will show in grayscale screen is 600×800 pixels) in JPG, BMP & PNG.
• Internal Memory of 512 MB which can save about 500 books and expandable up to 4GB via SD Slot.

Priced at 9,999 INR this looks like a good purchase. You can preorder this from the official Infibeams Pi ^[4] site for 999 INR. Infibeam would start shipping the device from February 22, 2010. Do you think the device can give competition to Amazon’s Kindle or even Apple’s iPad ^[2] which is yet not available in India?