First of all the initial experience with the service was fantastic. Ordered for it one evening and the Pi was delivered the very next day. Well packaged and includes all the basic accessories. Would have liked it if they bundled in the case as well. Had a couple of doubts regarding the product which were cleared with just a quick call to the service centre.. Again kudos to the team for that.
Now coming to the actual product..
Pros: Design and ergonomics wise its awesome.. Very sleek, light and portable. Loaded up a couple of e-books to see how it fares the main test! Rendering is pretty good but it all depends on the layout of the pdf that you are loading. So each PDF will look different as per the font and layout that it has. So if it wasn’t great in the first place don’t expect Pi to do some miracles! Clarity of the screen and viewing angle is very impressive
Cons: The biggest shortcoming I feel was the screen contrast. The text is just not dark enough for my liking. The text is very crisp but looks somewhat faded in contrast. I don’t know whether this is the case with all e-book readers, the Pi or just the one that I have. Unlike a normal book you need to have very good lighting around for easy reading.
Apart from that a bigger screen would be nice in future versions. Also the keys need to be a bit softer. Because of the smaller screen size you will have to scroll a lot so the key quality does matter.
Infibeam sure has done a good job with the Pi but it has much more potential. I would strongly suggest you get your hands on one physically to see if you are comfortable with it before buying it.