Xiaomi has entered the market of electronic books with the first branded reader iReader T6. The development is compact and thinner than many smartphones. It was equipped with a decent black and white touch screen with a diagonal of 6 inches, a resolution of 1448 x 1072 pixels and a pixel density of 300 ppi. The display is based on E-Ink technology or Carta 1.2 e-ink. There is a backlight with 20 levels of brightness.
Inside, there is an ARM processor Freescale i.MX6 and 8 GB of internal flash memory. E-books weigh little, so this is more than enough. The battery capacity is 1,500 mAh. That should be enough for several weeks of work offline. iReader T6 is managed by the iReader UI 2.0 operating system with a built-in dictionary. The device recognizes almost all common formats of electronic books: TXT, PDF, ePub, UMD, EBK, MOBI. To download content to the e-reader, you can use Wi-Fi, a cable or the company store. Besides, access to the online store is provided, where hundreds of thousands of books, magazines, comic books, etc. are placed.
Xiaomi iReader T6 weighs 158 grams and is 7.4 millimeters thick. The case of the device is made of plastic.
Xiaomi iReader T6 is already available in China at a price of $139. A branded bookcase is sold together with it. When closed, the device operates in a standby mode. The cost of the accessory is not announced yet. It is not known whether it supports the English language.
