Notion Ink "ADAM" made in India :) dam good ipad alternative

[ajaidev]

Well this is a really nice tablet i must say. Truthfully seems better than the ipad and i am also excited that the thing originated in India.

http://notionink.in/images/techspecs/adamimg.png

http://notionink.in/adamfeature.php



Size and weight
Height : 158 mm
Width : 239 mm
Depth : 13 mm*
Weight : ~ 600-650 gm

System on Chip
NVIDIA TEGRA 2
Dual Core Cortex A-9
ULP GPU

Storage
16 / 32 GB eMMC / SD

Communication
WLAN - 802.11 b/g + BT 2.1 A2DP
WWAN - 3G HSDPA
GSM (TBD)

Display-Pixel Qi Display
10.1" TFT Liquid Crystal Display module with LED backlight unit
WSVGA (1024 x 600 pixels) resolution
Transmissive, transflective, and reflective display modes

Touch Screen
Capacitive touch panel with multi-touch
Matt finish/ Anti glare Coating
Scratch resistant and Finger print resistant surface

Camera
3.2 MP Swivel Camera**

Audio
Two loudspeakers
3.5 mm Headphone jack
Microphone Jack
Built in microphone

Input/Output Ports
USB 2.0 Host - 2
HDMI
MicroSD slot
SIM Card slot
DC connector
Docking Port

Power & Battery
Universal Charger
3 cell standard battery

Sensors
3-Axis accelerometer
Ambient light sensing
A-GPS

Keyboard / Mouse
On screen keyboard
Back side trackpad**

Display***
10.1" TFT Liquid Crystal Display
Capacitive touch panel with multi-touch
Matt finish/ Anti glare Coating
Scratch resistant and Finger print
resistant surface

I have sent in my resume in and hope that i get a job with them because i admire their products :p: but i am leaveing for WMC in a day dam i hope i get any kind of confirmation soon. :)

[Luka_Aveiro]

nVidia tegra?

Who the hell is going to buy that crappy non-AMD product? :rolleyes:

[tdream]

This is going to cost $999 at least.

[Frank M]

Well this is a really nice tablet i must say.

Yeah, it is nice, but there are a dozen other Tegra2-based tablets with the
exact same hw configuration announced. Their release date, OTOH, still TBA...

[Sam_oslo]

I can see Adam eating Apple. ;)

TEGRA 2 makes perfect scene in this kind of devices.

[Jamesrt2004]

fail res size even apples is higher :/

i want a widescreen tablet with 1440x900

[Manicdan]

fail res size even apples is higher :/

i want a widescreen tablet with 1440x900

i think this has a really nice screen, instead of a high res screen. im sure the need for higher res isnt so worthwhile, when most of the people buying these will need eye surgery if they try to use it at such a high res

[FischOderAal]

Looking good :) Let's just hope it lives up the expectations!


fail res size even apples is higher :/

i want a widescreen tablet with 1440x900

Oh teh noes xD It has 168 (?) pixel less! That surely renders it unuseable...

@ajaidev: Good luck with that application (if you weren't joking)!

[zalbard]

The screen resolution is fine.
Lots of connectivity options, awesome! :yepp:
But does it really need a camera?
Can't say it will be an iPad killer (no, I'm not saying that iPad is good or that it is better than this device) since it doesn't offer anything really extraordinary, but it is a very good all-around device. :up:
Is the battery life any good?

[shoopdawoopa]

Pixel QI is a game changer in this department imo.
Also they say it will be for sale for as low as $369

[yaddam205]

Fair idea, but it's not going to challenge the iPad.

[Jamesrt2004]

Looking good :) Let's just hope it lives up the expectations!



Oh teh noes xD It has 168 (?) pixel less! That surely renders it unuseable...

@ajaidev: Good luck with that application (if you weren't joking)!

1024x600 =614400
1440x900 =1296000

over double the amount of pixels.

[FischOderAal]

1024x600 =614400
1440x900 =1296000

over double the amount of pixels.

I should've written 168 Pixel less vertical resolution ;)

The iPad has a resolution of 1024 x 768 (786,432 Pixel in total) whereas the ADAM has 614,400 Pixel in total. A difference of 172,032 Pixel or roughly 22 percent.

My comment only referred to it being a fail because it had a lower resolution than the iPad...

[shoopdawoopa]

Fair idea, but it's not going to challenge the iPad.

Why not?

[Teemax]

Why not?

There's no sacred half-biten apple on it, doh!

[damha]

I was so excited reading the product specs.

But then I saw that it runs Andriod :down:

[Luka_Aveiro]

I was so excited reading the product specs.

But then I saw that it runs Andriod :down:

So...?

[[XC] gomeler]

Glad there are more tablets coming out. If 2009 was the year of the netbook 2010 is the year of the tablet.


I was so excited reading the product specs.

But then I saw that it runs Andriod :down:

You ever develop a mobile application?

[saaya]

price?
the design is pretty ugly imo, looks cheap...
but the features are nice... the resolution is even worse than apples ipad tho...

[damha]

I don't want a tablet that has the functionality of a phone, I want a tablet that has the functionality of a PC. Get another distro on there and I might consider it.

[dieqast]

Functionality wise this is a very good design, looks I'm not too sure about. But if it does the trick, why bother much really? The swivel camera makes it more multifunctional compared to fixed front faced or back faced cameras while, admitted, it is less stylish. The Pixel Qi screen (indeed, the game changer) combined with a powerful chipset and an open source platform makes this a very interesting deal for a tablet device.

I've read a rumoured price of ~$400 and April/May release but I'm not sure, if that's true it will give many competitors a real run for the money.

[Jamesrt2004]

I don't want a tablet that has the functionality of a phone, I want a tablet that has the functionality of a PC. Get another distro on there and I might consider it.

lol ... its a multipurpose os...

like the new windows 7... or ANDROID (used in netbooks etc aswell as mobiles..) its just a different build.

[BrowncoatGR]

lol ... its a multipurpose os...

like the new windows 7... or ANDROID (used in netbooks etc aswell as mobiles..) its just a different build.

That fact that google purposefully crippled Android(imo) makes it a very bad platform and i hope it fails to gain traction. Aside from that you could probably try to load up any linux distro with ARM support on it. It should work if they dont use any proprietary drivers that aren't publicly available

[damha]

That fact that google purposefully crippled Android(imo) makes it a very bad platform and i hope it fails to gain traction. Aside from that you could probably try to load up any linux distro with ARM support on it. It should work if they dont use any proprietary drivers that aren't publicly available

Thats what I am looking for. For some reason launching a program from removable storage is a "security" concern. With google not supporting the andriod code changes in the linux kernel, drivers written for andriod become useless to every other linux distro.

The less support Andriod gets, the better chance that someone else would come along with a mobile linux build that is not retarded.

I don't know anything about the future except this one fact: this concept of a tablet will not last.

[DeathReborn]

With one of the biggest selling points of Tegra2 being HD, the least they could have done is made the display 720p minimum. Other than that it's pretty solid, if not a looker.

[villa1n]

Just give us one with a Giant Amoled screen ^^

[ajaidev]

Just give us one with a Giant Amoled screen ^^

That will cost a bazillion dollars tough a 10-11 inch Amoled with a 720p resolution does apple to me :p: with maybe a dual core SU4100 and a godd battery with weight of around 1.5 kg's :yepp:

[SamHughe]

I-pad alternative? That thing looks thicker than the bassline in Thriller.

[XS Janus]

2 things are wrong with it:
1. You won't be able to actually buy it anywhere
2. No cool apps for it

[spicypixel]

2 things are wrong with it:
1. You won't be able to actually buy it anywhere
2. No cool apps for it

You missed the part where it runs on Android.

[Manicdan]

but his first point is very important, people buy things off the shelf, if this is pushed into every Best Buy, it might have a good chance

[FischOderAal]

You missed the part where it runs on Android.

Why is Android a deal-breaker? It's reasonable to run a mobile OS on such a device.

Oh no, you won't be able to install you Windows-Software on it, but how's that a problem? What do you actually need on such a Tablet?

Instant Messaging
Browser
Social networking
Media

And else? No Tablet with such a battery life (and especially not THAT price) will have the guts to run sophisticated software for computer aided design etc.

Stop complaining already ;)

[RPGWiZaRD]

Well this is just one of tegra 2 powered tablet, there's MANY more to come. ;)

[Manicdan]

Well this is just one of tegra 2 powered tablet, there's MANY more to come. ;)

so what do you think can be made better? besides obvious things like battery life, weight, screen res/size. think anythings missing from this?

[Sam_oslo]

If they can deliver a good OS, and some good applications (specially some for multimedia) then Adam can become a big success and eat Apple.

Tegra 2 is a great jump, and has great potential in these kind of devices, but the whole concept is so new that somebody has to rethink the whole idea around the OS and applications.

[shoopdawoopa]

I-pad alternative? That thing looks thicker than the bassline in Thriller.

Its 12.9mm thick
The I-pad is 13.4mm thick

[Frank M]

Why is Android a deal-breaker?

I think his point was "it has android, so your point of it not having cool
apps is invalid" :)