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Notion Ink's ADAM tablet is made in India and was designed by young folks just out of college. Adam is compared with Apple iPad and wins over comfortably - technically. Quite Amazing. I think this is big coming out of India.

Click here to know people behind Notion INK: http://www.notionink.com/Home/about-us

Adam Features:
http://www.notionink.in/adamfeature.php

Distinct features comparing to iPad.


Reviews comparing Adam vs iPAD
http://magicaltablet.com/2010/02/09/notion-inks-adam-tablet-flash-1080p-output-and-2x-battery-life-of-ipad/
http://www.kokeytechnology.com/gadgets/laptops-notebooks/notion-ink-adam-tablet-pc-review-cheaper-but-better-than-apple-ipad/
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Adam_vs_iPad
http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/why-is-notion-inks-adam-an-ipad-killer/

A real iPAD competitor.

Go ADAM go....

Apple can beat anyone hands down on the app library it has.

Now, Notion Ink is planning a Android-based APP Competition and $1million bounty for the winner...

Source: http://androidcommunity.com/notion-ink-readying-1m-developer-competition-for-adam-tablet-20100208/
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One of the stand-out devices from CES 2010 last month, the Android-based Tegra 2 tablet beat Apple’s iPad to the slate hype and promises 1080p HD video and of course the power-sipping Pixel Qi display. Now, Notion Ink are planning an App Competition, with over $1m in the prize fund, to push development of Adam-compatible software. Meanwhile they’ve also confirmed that the tablet will run Flash; in fact they’ll be demonstrating that in Barcelona next week.[/quote]

This Notion Ink Adam looks very exciting piece of tablet PC for the geeks... I'll in line to buy one when it's out in June/July'2010.

Notion Ink's ADAM tablet PC is a product from Hyderabad based company, founded by young IIT-ians

Interesting news article here:
Source: http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=ETNEW&BaseHref=ETBG/2010/03/14&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T&PageLabel=9&EntityId=Ar00900&AppName=1

Young IIT-ian's Adam PC could beat Apple iPad
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/apr/30/slide-show-1-tech-iitian-adam-pc-could-beat-ipad.htm

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This Notion Ink Adam looks very exciting piece of tablet PC for the geeks... I'll in line to buy on when it's out in June/July'2010.

Keep us in the loop. I am interested too.

Why should I leave this productline from my electronic junk collection?

The company Notion Ink was founded in May 2009. They already have their prototype running few months ago. This is an amazing achievement..

Notion Ink: Adam won’t launch until November [Update: Not (quite) true]

http://www.slashgear.com/notion-ink-adam-wont-launch-until-november-0688510/

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Notion Ink’s much-anticipated Adam tablet is unlikely to see a commercial launch until November, with delays currently being blamed on investor preferences. According to an unnamed would-be customer who contacted the company via email, Notion Ink CEO Rohan Shravan confirmed that while investors stumped up the cash for the project “they also brought the step by step procedures and experience on how we should launch.” “I am sad to say that I have to fight every day with them to launch by July end,” Shravan continues, “but they want us to hit markets only near Thanksgiving.”

That’s disappointing news for anyone hoping Notion Ink would keep to their original Q3 2010 release window. The Adam is an Android based 10.1-inch slate using Pixel Qi’s 3qi display technology for indoor and outdoor use; based on NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 chipset – itself a source of delay rumors – it promises to be an arguably more flexible alternative to Apple’s iPad while supporting 1080p HD video and longer battery life. Notion Ink have previously insisted that they will only be launching the Adam when full Flash support is available, in a hope of better differentiating their product.

We’ve got a request in with Notion Ink for official clarification, but if the email is legitimate then it seems Apple will have at least another full quarter to further boost sales of their iPad. For more on Adam, check out our hands-on with the prototype back at CES 2010.

Update: Notion Ink tells us that the November launch is in “a few countries” but not all, and that Rohan’s original email saying so was only partially quoted. They also tell us they’ll be releasing a launch date “soon”. Hopefully this means things are still on track for a Q3 2010 release, in some regions at least.
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From Founder Roshan Shravan's blog...
source:http://notionink.wordpress.com/

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Hello All,

Apologies from my side or not updating you all. I am leaving for Taiwan and getting good news for all of you. Just a little more patience!

Some thing to drool on!

[video=youtube;NotK4TVQ-6E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NotK4TVQ-6E[/video]
Warm Regards
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Looks like they are on track for Q3 launch!

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OK! To all those fueling that we are hitting in November, hold on! That’s not true.

Think it like this, iPad is still not launched in India, so would we say it has not launched yet! I know we live in a world which is not any more called Post-Cold war era, but a Globalized world, but still you can’t find one company which can launch its product in all the countries at the same time! Or at least we can’t. And if something breaks down, who are you going to call? (And there are more reasons why it is not possible).

So simply put, just hold on! We are on track.

We have done some good work to get the devices out at yet more aggressive price which we were aiming for. There is a final word on 2 variants of the device, one cheaper normal LCD version and other with dual display PQ version. Another update is that we have evaluated another platform, which is proving to be extremely efficient on battery and much cheaper as well. So now you might be able to choose among the HW platforms as well (but here is a might in this line).

The UI team has dome some extremely beautiful job and we were waiting for them to finish up so SDK can be released. So, developers gear up!

We have also done wonderful innovations on e-mail front. Something which might become the biggest differentiation for Adam.

Suddenly (and expectedly) everyone is on to tablet space now(Computex), even Blackberry is there (I heard so). But what remains to be seen is the content and developer community which comes with them and the differentiation!

And the good news finally!

We have closed the final round of funding and are now in perfect sync with our investors. This is extremely good news for everyone. I say that, because if we have Global ambitions, there must be someone who can help us achieve that. And now we have got the muscle power.

Think about it, if we are doing well, we are talking about at least a business of 100k devices a month. That will amount to at least $350 million dollar of revenues in the first year itself! Where is that investment going to come from? I know most of you know about how these transactions happen on the global scale, that there are bank guarantees, payment cycles etc. but that’s not applicable in the case of a start-up, or is it?

I cannot reveal the amount of investment, but its a big day for Notion Ink! And this would not have been possible had you all not supported us. Even the angry comments played a big role (so keep sending them ) in telling them, lets speed up things else they will kill me!

Thanks everyone for supporting us! It’s really a beautiful (and little emotional) day for us! (There is a small poll for you guys.)

With Warm Regards
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Source: http://notionink.wordpress.com/

Google, Verizon in Talks About a Rival to Apple's iPad
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-05-11/verizon-wireless-is-in-talks-with-google-about-developing-tablet-computer.html

Rohan Shravan's blog on 7/12

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I think you might have heard about Google Tablet. In time to come we all would know what Notion Ink might have to do with it! The alpha App and Content stores as up and tested for scalability already. Flash is also up without battery issues.

Coming back to that change, Notion Ink is moving to Bangalore. Also, one thing which will change (which is complained by a lot of the blog readers and friends) is the update frequency. You will see a new website, and developer forum is also coming up soon.
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Source:
http://notionink.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/the-change/




Notion Ink is being eaten by Google?

Adam meet the Lords!

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This is not a kind of post which you all might be expecting, but a few would be happy to read this.

Everything in India starts with some sort of Pooja. In the minds of current generations, its a kind of Go-Go permission from the Lords up stairs. Thats our Go-Go seeking for the new facility.

We recently moved to Bangalore with our team, the facility is up and running and we had this small opening ceremony there.

And thats Adam you see a bananas and a rose on!




Here is one more!



I am in China right now, sitting on the tables of the manufacturers, confirming the quality and timing of the product. We are proof reading the test reports of the HALT tests and a lot more.

Conditions of workers here is good, not like the one even I heard in the reports. May be it depends from manufacturer to manufacturer.

I really need to learn Chinese to communicate better with them. Seriously, if Chinese were to learn English better than Indians, there is no reason they can?t pull off everything, right from BPOs, to IT sector to KPOs.

To give you a small idea, this is what Taiwan and China were handling in 2005, and I think it has only increased!

PC Companies % of Production Outsourced Taiwanese ODM Apple 100 Quanta, Asus, Elite Dell 92-93 Quanta, Compal, Wistron HP 100 Quanta, Compal, Wistron, Inventec, Arima Acer 100 Quanta, Compal, Wistron NEC 100 Arima, FIC, Wistron, Mitac Sony 60 Quanta, Asus, Foxconn Toshiba 70 Quanta, Compal, Inventec
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source:http://notionink.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/169/