Notion Ink Adam

mjquinno

Lots of promise. Although some production set backs in the last while but the specs are impressive.

Hopefully be out by the end of the year. if it lives up to what it promises it will be IMO an excellent piece of kit.

some specs

taken from here - http://www.liliputing.com/2010/02/notion-ink-adam-tablet-specs-released.html

It has a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel matte (non-glossy) touchscreen which can function as a full color display or as a high contrast (almost black and white), low power display that’s easily readable in direct sunlight. It has a Tegra 2 chipset which combines a low power dual-core ARM A9 CPU with enough graphics power to play 1080p HD video.

The tablet has a 3 cell battery, which should run for up to 16 hours in full color mode. Technoholik claims you’ll get up to 160 hours with the backlight off, but I’m pretty certain that’s not true, since the folks at Pixel Qi tell me you should generally expect to save just a few watts of power by shutting off the backlight. They’re also working on software that will afford greater power savings by allowing the CPU to shut down when the screen is inactive – for instance, when you’re reading an eBook and only need the CPU to power up to flip pages. But I don’t think that technology is available yet.

The Adam tablet supports 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth, 2.1 and 3G wireless. And it has a 3.2MP camera that you can rotate so it faces the front or back of the tablet, allowing you to snap pictures or use the tablet as a webcam.

There are 3 USB ports, an HDMI output, A-GPS, and an accelerometer. It will weigh about 1.4 pounds and measure just about half an inch thick.

http://www.notionink.in/

Youtube
technaholic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQvefuCHZds

Hands on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxgRBC47SAo

BopNiblets

I saw this a few days ago, very impressive piece of tech if they get it going.

mjquinno

pricing information has been released.

http://tablet.blorge.com/2010/08/13/notion-inks-adam-tablet-detailed/

There will be four versions of the Adam tablet: LCD or Pixel Qi, both available as Wi-Fi-only or Wi-Fi and 3G. The LCD models will come in at $399 and $449 respectively, while the PQ models will come in at $449 and $498 respectively. All of which is very reasonable.

they also update their blog fairly regular.

http://notionink.wordpress.com/

south

Anyone thinking about ordering this? The site says it will start shipping in 8 to 12 weeks. looks impressive.

south

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPrC955MfIQ

mjquinno

i was thinking but the Pixel Qi with 3g is sold out. is there much of a difference between Pixel Qi and backlit LCD?

http://www.notionink.in/order.php

You can choose your Adam with a back-lit LCD for vivid colors and a top-notch multimedia experience, or a transflective display for brilliant clarity and readability in the widest possible range of ambient light conditions. No matter which one you pick, the display clocks in an incredibly fast, video-capable refresh-rate of 65 fps compared to conventional e-ink, which does around 2-5 fps.

So Qi For readability and LCD for multimedia etc?

south

I bit the bullet and ordered a lcd 3g version of these. Waiting on it to be delivered

mjquinno

nice one let me know how you get on with it.

south

will do.