4FFF N618
Encyclopedia
4FFF N618 is an electronic-book
E-book
An electronic book is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, and produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book, e-books can also be born digital...

 reader developed by an Indian Company, Condor Technology Associates, and based on a Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

 platform. The device may be sold under various brand names worldwide.

Features

4FFF N618 provides a 16 levels of grayscale SiPix touchscreen
Touchscreen
A touchscreen is an electronic visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. The term generally refers to touching the display of the device with a finger or hand. Touchscreens can also sense other passive objects, such as a stylus...

 display for viewing digital content. Pages are turned using the buttons on the device. The N618 connects to the internet through an available Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...

 connections.
Users can read books without a wireless connection: disconnecting the wireless connection can prolong the battery's charge for up to 29 days.

Specifications

The Display is an electronic paper
Electronic paper
Electronic paper, e-paper and electronic ink are a range of display technology which are designed to mimic the appearance of ordinary ink on paper. Unlike conventional backlit flat panel displays, electronic paper displays reflect light like ordinary paper...

 touchscreen
Touchscreen
A touchscreen is an electronic visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. The term generally refers to touching the display of the device with a finger or hand. Touchscreens can also sense other passive objects, such as a stylus...

 from SiPix with 800×600 pixels (4:3) on 6 inch (167 ppi density) and 16 levels of grayscale.
CPU
  • Samsung
    Samsung
    The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...

     2416 ARM9 @ 400 MHz

OS
  • Linux
    Linux kernel
    The Linux kernel is an operating system kernel used by the Linux family of Unix-like operating systems. It is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software....

     2.6.23

Memory
  • 128 MB (MDDR
    Mobile DDR
    Mobile DDR is type of double data rate synchronous DRAM for mobile computers.-Original LPDDR:...

    )
  • 2 GB (NAND)
  • External microSD/microSDHC (up to 16 GB)

Connectivity
  • Wi-Fi b/g
    IEEE 802.11g-2003
    IEEE 802.11g-2003 or 802.11g is an amendment to the IEEE 802.11 specification that extended throughput to up to 54 Mbit/s using the same 2.4 GHz band as 802.11b. This specification under the marketing name of Wi-Fi has been implemented all over the world...

  • microUSB
    Universal Serial Bus
    USB is an industry standard developed in the mid-1990s that defines the cables, connectors and protocols used in a bus for connection, communication and power supply between computers and electronic devices....

     high speed
  • audio jack

Miscellaneous
  • 1530 mAh
    Ampere-hour
    An ampere-hour or amp-hour is a unit of electric charge, with sub-units milliampere-hour and milliampere second...

    , 3.7 V
    Volt
    The volt is the SI derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference, and electromotive force. The volt is named in honor of the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta , who invented the voltaic pile, possibly the first chemical battery.- Definition :A single volt is defined as the...

  • 240 gram
  • Reading mode
  • 10.000 pages (Wi-Fi off)
  • 3.000 pages (Wi-Fi on)
  • Stand by mode: 700 hours

Formats supported

Text
  • ePUB
    EPUB
    EPUB is a free and open e-book standard by the International Digital Publishing Forum...

  • HTML
    HTML
    HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....

  • PDF
  • RTF
    Rich Text Format
    The Rich Text Format is a proprietary document file format with published specification developed by Microsoft Corporation since 1987 for Microsoft products and for cross-platform document interchange....

  • TXT
    Text file
    A text file is a kind of computer file that is structured as a sequence of lines of electronic text. A text file exists within a computer file system...


Picture
  • BMP
  • JPEG
    JPEG
    In computing, JPEG . The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in image quality....

  • PNG

Audio
  • MP3
    MP3
    MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...


Sold as

The device is sold world wide under various brand names.
Asia
  • India: eGriver Touch


Europe
  • France: OYO (as released in October 2010 by Medion
    Medion
    Medion AG is a German consumer electronics company. It operates in Europe, the United States, and the Asia-Pacific region. The main products are computers and notebooks, but also TVs, refrigerators, toasters, and fitness equipment. The company is becoming popular in Europe but has had mixed success...

    , chapitre.com/Direct Group Bertelsmann
    Direct Group
    DirectGroup Bertelsmann is a division of Bertelsmann AG and operates book sales clubs, online shops, bookstore chains and publishers in 12 countries.Its more than 15 million customers have generated sales of €1.245 billion in 2009...

    )
  • Germany, Austria, Switzerland: OYO (Medion, Thalia
    Thalia
    Thalia was the Muse who presided over comedy and idyllic poetry. In this context her name means "flourishing", because the praises in her songs flourish through time. She was the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the eighth-born of the nine Muses....

    )
  • Switzerland: ImCoSys ereader
  • Italy: DeVo eVreader
  • Netherlands: ProMedia eBook Reader; Icarus Sense E650SR; OYO (Medion, Selexyz
    Selexyz
    Selexyz is one of the larger chains of bookstores in the Netherlands, running 15 branches in 15 Dutch cities.The official company name is "selexyz boekhandels bv". It was formerly known as "Boekhandels Groep Nederland" ....

    )
  • Poland: OYO (Medion, Empik
    EMPiK
    EMPiK, is a Polish commercial chain selling books, international press and media products The chain also owns a photo company EMPiK Foto as well as the foreign languages school Szkoła Języków Obcych EMPiK....

    )
  • Spain: Nvsbl L337 / Booq Avant / Papyre 6.2
  • Russia: Mr.Book
  • Bulgaria: Prestigio PER5062B

Across Europe available as:
  • Icarus Sense


Middle East
  • Israel: E-vrit


North America
  • Canada: Pandigital Novel 6" Personal eReader
  • United States: Qisda QD060B00 / Pandigital Novel 6" Personal eReader


South America
  • Brasil: Positivo Alfa

Modification

Being that the hardware utilizes Linux-based software it can be changed or improved to their heart's content. The firmware is labeled as “QT Software” and varies from vendor to vendor. The upgrade contains multiple image files with the extension of img, along with other system files.

Flashing to upgrade the firmware can be taken advantage of as it does not seem to check if the version that is being installed is older. Due to this, the possibility to use different vendors' firmwares on other models than the one they distribute.

Dual-boot

The devices seem to contain a native dual-boot capability. When a device specific key combination is pressed during power-on any linux-kernel + ramdisk combination is booted from the sd-card.

External links

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