Notion Ink’s Adam Poses Fierce Competition for the iPad
Notion Ink’s Adam Poses Fierce Competition for the iPad
Posted 02/09/2010 at 2:25pm
| by Bart Salisbury
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Since the introduction of the iPad, which isn’t yet available to consumers, the tech world has been abuzz with news on tablet PCs, both real and imagined. Whether any these tablets has a chance of being an iPad-killer (if in fact the iPad needs to be killed), matters as little as the technology they promise. Take, for example, Notion Ink’s Adam, which sports specifications that some suggest give it an edge of the vaunted iPad.
The Adam is powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra processor, and runs on Android--off the shelf technology that allows open-source possibilities. It also provides full 1080p HD output (better than the 576p of the iPad), contains a GPS, a digital compass, speaker, microphone, 3 megapixel camera, up to 32GB of memory, and an SD card slot. Battery life, for Internet use, is estimated to last up to 16 hours. And, yes, it will support Adobe’s Flash.
Also interesting is the Adam’s 10-inch touch screen display. It is a new low-power display from Pixel Qi that uses natural light to aid brightness, reducing the need for backlighting. The display uses 0.2 watts of power, or about 50 percent less than a regular backlit LED screen.
The Adam is expected to retail for $325. An announcement on availability is expected next week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Image Credit: Slashgear
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8jwong14
February 10, 2010 at 7:17am
How can it be so cheap?
Full HD? GPS? Compass? Low power display? How can this be so much cheaper than an iPad?
CTskifreak
February 10, 2010 at 10:04am
It's not an Apple - and Apple is making over $200 per iPad. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9150045/Apple_makes_208_on_each_499_iPad
Peanut Fox
February 11, 2010 at 12:44am
To be fair, that cost article and others like it only assume how much major parts in the iPad cost. Nowhere does it list how much it costs in R&D. So things like how much it cost to develop the custom A4 chip, design, and marketing are neatly left out. This gives a slightly skewed, if not fully distorted view of how much the device really "costs".
Walnut
February 09, 2010 at 10:15pm
If this has multi touch I'll buy it the day it comes out. If not, I'll be bummed, and then buy it a few days later once I'm over it. That price point is unreal.
Shrody
February 09, 2010 at 10:00pm
The iPad is basically just a big ipod touch, seriously, it's hardly a "tablet pc."
This on the other hand sounds more pc like in its features. I'll have to follow this one.
EDIT: Why is the thing so damn slow? At least it was on the slashgear.com video
Pentium 0
February 09, 2010 at 6:50pm
I'd buy it for sure. If its Tegra 2.
Tegra 1- no way. That promo vid looked soooo slow.
Edit- ok it is the tegra 2.
On the other hand, This thing looks really thick. http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Notion_Ink_Adam_4.jpg
Pentium 0
February 09, 2010 at 7:34pm
Also, i failed to see any mention or demonstration of multi-touch. That would be disappointing.
nadako
February 09, 2010 at 6:22pm
if their isnt a subscription service with it but that is when i get the money. This product kicks apples ass all the way to china. Good luck apple. lol
ArrecBarrwin
February 09, 2010 at 5:39pm
325 bucks? For 1080P, 32BG of storage, touchscreen, internet, and 16 HOURS of battery life? Holy crap, this is too good to be true (which is why I'm skeptical).
Something must be terrible wrong with it... subscription service required maybe?
If not... I'm getting one.
Bilbert
February 09, 2010 at 6:56pm
agreed.
and the article says 32 GB memory though thats probably storage not RAM.
RedAnt751
February 09, 2010 at 7:39pm
wow this thing is hot,I would buy it.
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