While the iPad is all ready to be shipped across in the US by March end one of its strongest competitors viz, Notion Inks’ ADAM is pulling up its socks for a showdown with with the worlds best in innovation to be officially announced and unveiled at the Mobile World Conference (MWC) next week.
Now you would think what makes the Adam suh a strong competitor to the iPad. Well here it goes. The iPad has been strongly criticised on various aspects and this is exactly where the Adam scores. The Adam uses NVIDIA’s new Tegra 2 chipset as a result its able to run the same hardware as the iPad effectively 2-3 x longer. Add to it the Pi Qixel display and the longevity is further improved. Besides the Adams’ Pi Qixel can display a 1080p HD video whereas the iPad merely manages a 576/480p. Its slimmer than the iPad (13.4mm) with two different versions at 12.9mm and 11.4mm thickness. Notion Ink CEO Rohan Shravan also hints that they can go more thin by opting for a slimmer LCD (currently which occupies a 5mm space)
They are already garnering content partnerships with various digital magazines, e-books and comics, the list of which is growing as we speak. Also they are planning to announce an Apps competition for developers with approx prize of around $ 1m. If these weren’t enough to tilt the balance the Adam runs Flash and comes with USB ports.
Imagine all of this and perhaps a little more (maybe they have something more up their sleeves) at a lower price tag than the iPads’. For now the price point is mere speculation till the MWC. Still you never know. Our money is certainly on Notion Inks Adam to give the iPad a run for its money.
Go Adam Go!!!
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Wow!
I wish I could get one of those NOW!
So here’s the thing when the ophone came out i thought.. Wowwwww i want one but i was able to type faster on with keys so i bought a blackberry. Then the ipod touch came out and i said wow….. but y buy that if its not a phone, i thought the ipod was just another way for steve jobs to make money since i listen to music on my blackberry too. I would possibly play games or browse the web but i thought…. the screen is just too small for that. Believe it or not i said i’d wait for something bigger from apple. Can you believe that? A few years later, here comes the ipad i said yaaaaaay!im getting one
then its got this small hard drive i have to be potentially tied into a seperate contract, cant watch my online movies, cant use flash…period! Cant use it as my semi-primary device (stil have a netbook). With such small storage and i dont even have a usb slot to add a hard drive? Are you effin kidding me. Its lieke there is always a complromise with apple and i keep feel like im getting screwed. Im really supporting the adam. Do it guys 500 bucks and you got my money
Dear Adam Creators,
You are doing a great job. Your product is way better on hardware than the pad and I believe costs less to the end user in comparison! I think you need to work on the refinement of the s/w a bit more and you would have an amazing product. A product built by a group of just passed out engineers to challenge a huge organization which spends enormous amounts of money on RnD is amazing! Kudos to you and wish you all the success.