Posts Tagged ‘Notion Ink Adam’

Local Indian Tablets Stand Strong Against the iPad

Jul 29, 2010 Notion Ink


Nobody seems to miss the iPad in India, where the tablet isn’t available yet, mostly because companies like Notion Ink and iProf are catering to the needs of the public with rival products. iProf is a company that targets the Indian education market, with slates that aren’t available for sale, but they’ll be delivered to students that take part in the company’s programs.

The iProf slates are meant to revolutionize the way Indian students learn and evolve, with the study material being available in multiple formats (animations, audio/video lectures, performance analysis and more). Moving on to another local business, Notion Ink’s Adam tablet is a familiar face you’ve seen on our site, a very promising product.

Adam was supposed to launch in June or July in the US, but it’s now being delayed till Thanksgiving for unknown reasons. However, the Indian market debut will take place first and we learn that Notion Ink will get a financial contribution thanks to Reliance Industries Limited, an Indian conglomerate company interested in this market segment.

[via shanzai]

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Notion Ink Adam Tablet Gets Delayed Till November… Possibly Axed?

Jun 7, 2010 Notion Ink

On this very crowded portable device market, it’s almost a crime to delay a product, specially with many months. This is the case of the very promising Notion Ink Adam tablet, that’s been postponed till November, with some folks claiming that the device might not even make the cut. Computex 2010 showed a wave of tablets coming in 2010 and 2011, but will Adam be able to compete with them?

Notion Ink’s product was pretty impressive in demos and hands-on experiences, specially with the Pixel Qi reflexive screen and all. Its specs were pretty good, including a 10 inch transflective LCD, the option to run Android, Ubuntu or Chromium, NVIDIA Tegra 2, a 3 megapixel camera, HDMI out, WiFi, 3G, Bluetooth and an SD card slot.

Also, we were very keen on the back side trackpad, making the device unique. Adam should have been released in July, but it’s now dealing with Tegra 2 hardware issues, Flash compatibility problems and shareholder “meddling”. The only good news in this story comes from Gizmodo, claiming that the delay is only for select countries, not all, so July could still be a go… we think.

[via Gizmodo]

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MWC 2010: Notion Ink Adam Tablet Does Flash, Gets Compared to the Apple iPad

Feb 17, 2010 Notion Ink

Notion Ink has brought its A-game to the MWC 2010 booth and by “A” we mean Adam, their very cool tablet. This device is a Tegra-based Android touchscreen slate that should make us all forget about the Apple iPad and consider it a joke. Also, did we mention that this slate runs Flash, as shown in the video at the end of the article?

This is the latest prototype of Notion Ink’s Adam and it turns out that NVIDIA are showing the product to potential partners this week, so we might be in a for a treat, if subsidies apply. The device’s rotating webcam is also pretty cool, as shown in the video below and if you want to check out a comparison chart between the Apple iPad and Notion Ink Adam, feel free to read here.

For now, all you need to know is that the tablet runs Android 2.1 it comes with a 10 inch transflective LCD PixelQi display (1024 x 600 pixels), a dual core 1GHz CPU, HDMI output, a 3 megapixel autofocus camera, AGPS, an SD card slot and 16 hours of battery life.

[via slashgear]

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Notion Ink Adam Fanmade Renders Look Superb

Feb 12, 2010 Notion Ink

Although Notion Ink’s Adam Tablet is very much real (and superb, by the way), an enthusiast named Artur Grzegowski created a render of the device, looking extremely hot. If you remember, the original tablet was showcased during CES 2010 and it’ll also be present at MWC 2010, next week in Barcelona, for some hands on action.

These mockups show a combo of the latest product designs and Notion Ink’s desktop UI dubbed Enigma. This interface hasn’t reached its final version, but it’s still decent enough to showcase and work with. The concept behind it is called the “continuous desktop”, allowing the user to navigate it by tilting and flicking the tablet.

Notion Ink will be in Barcelona starting February 15th, ready to answer all questions about Adam, their latest Tegra-based device. Expect to learn new info about their app competition and digital magazine concept.

[via slashgear]

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Notion Ink Adam Tablet Gets Analyzed, Compared to the iPad (Video)

Feb 9, 2010 NVIDIA, Tablet related

Among the most appealing products shown at CES 2010 last month, there was Notion Ink’s Adam tablet, a true rival of the Apple iPad, if not better than the gadget created at Cupertino. Adam is an Android slate based on the latest NVIDIA Tegra chipset and using Pixel Qi’s low power display. The device is pictured below and the demo at CES 2010 involved only a prototype at that time.

A comparison between the iPad and Adam is predictable at this point and it seems that the Notion Ink device is better, as far as the battery life is concerned, thanks to the Tegra low power solution and the Pixel Qi display. Also, thanks to the NVIDIA chipset, Adam is able to output 1080p HD video, while the Apple tablet sticks with 576p/480p via an optional component cable.

Apparently,  Notion Ink wants to release two versions of the Adam tablet, one with a 12.9mm waistline and the other one 11.6mm thick. Meanwhile, the iPad is quite fat, with its 13.4mm case and speculations about the Adam tablet go on, mentioning a better price than the one of Apple’s gadget. As a final plus for the tablet shown in action below, we’ve found that it runs Flash, supports Ebooks and comics and it’ll get its own app store.

Notion Ink also plans to run an Apps Competition, with huge prizes, in order to draw developers to their platform.

[via slashgear]

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CES 2010: Notion Ink Adam Dissected by Engadget

Jan 11, 2010 Tablet related

The lucky folks of Engadget had quite a lot of fun with Notion Ink’s Adam tablet, dissecting it and taking photos of its “guts”. Before ripping it open, they also tested the device, a pretty impressive Android tablet, packing a Pixel Qi display and based on the Tegra 2 platform. The product does 1080p playback smoothly, provides HDMI out functionality and should hit the market in Q2 2010.

Turns out that what you see in these images is a quick mockup of the final device, specially design-wise. Although this device seemed compact enough, we found out that the final version will be slimmed down to 14mm in thickness. As far as the Qi display is concerned, this technology allows the screen to function with the backlight off, turning it into a monochromatic version of its normal self.

Basically, the Adam is brilliant even in direct sunlight and there’s no place you can’t use this device at. What’s also neat about the Notion Ink product is its patented 3 megapixel swivel camera, supposed to come with augmented reality and educational features. Expect 3G, WiFi and a Notion Ink App Store to make it to this device as well, plus ePUB and other ebook formats support.

[via Engadget]

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CES 2010: Notion Ink Adam Tablet Hands on Experience Detailed

Jan 10, 2010 Tablet related

Notion Ink brought is cool Adam tablet at CES 2010, getting a lot of attention for the device, specially because it packs an Nvidia Tegra 2 chipset and it’s the first to use a Pixel Qi display. The folks of Slashgear got some quality time with the device and we had a look at their impressions in the following lines.

Keep in mind that this is a prototype and Adam’s casing is not in its final version/design. The final product will be only 14mm thick, or even 12mm, with a very tiny bezel and packing a 10.1 inch Pixel Qi transflective screen. This is a capacitive toucshcreen display, that can recognize 6 simultaneous points of contact.

The device supports WiFi and 3G and thanks to its Tegra 2 CPU, Adam is 1080p capable and there’s a HDMI port on board, ready to output video to a HDTV or a projector. Notion Ink’s Adam runs Android and the final version will sport an UI that brings with it a cool keyboard that’s very ergonomic for a large touchscreen.

Pixel Qi technology is basically a display that can be operated as a full color LCD indoors or as a low power reflective screen outdoors. The tablet also features an accelerometer and a new 3 megapixel camera with a “patented swivel action”. More details about the prototype, in the video below:

[via Slashgear]

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