Welcome On Board! :)

Posted in Uncategorized by Rohan Shravan on October 20, 2010

Hello There!

Greetings from Notion Ink!

You exchanged some emails with us regarding your interest in writing apps for the Adam. You wanted to know about SDKs, the API, the User Interface… but the most common question of all was, “When can I get my hands on some sample hardware?”

At Notion Ink, we’re humbled by your incredible enthusiasm, and the patience you have shown over the months since CES and MWC. We’re delighted to inform you that your wait is coming to an end – we’re launching the Notion Ink Early Access Program today.

Underlining our commitment to making the Adam a great platform for developers, the first 200 production quality Adams will go to developers chosen from among you. But 200 is already a small number and the competition to get into this program is really very hot! Till now we have selected a few and they took no time to convince us that they more than deserved to be in there.

All what you need, is to register on the newly launched Notion Ink Developers Website and fill up the “Early Access Program Form”. We will be extremely interested in the application you will be designing (if you are a developer) or the kind of test you will be performing, so be 200% sure that you’ll enter all the details properly (few of the people whom we have selected, sent us their current applications or shared their FSD/PRD to explain their plans).

You can return to the form and modify your application until midnight (IST) Wednesday, 3rd of November 2010.

On the 10th of November, we’ll let you know if you’ve been selected. If you’re one of the lucky 200, you will just be one short step away from ordering an Adam to be shipped to your address, anywhere in the world!

Your application may be more favorably considered as you’ve already had some discussions with us – make sure you use the same email address while signing up as you used during your communication.

With Warm Regards

EAP Team

Notion Ink Design Labs

This was the email sent first to the people who registered with us (sent email). They have their email ids and information communicated as their Privilege Tokens. But if you are also interested, please follow the steps written above.

With Warm Regards

Rohan Shravan

[Update: Getting a lot of comments on fee part. It wasnt supposed to be there and is already been corrected.

Regards]

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Arnd said, on December 5, 2010 at 14:20

Still have not heard anything. Would also love to take a peek at the SDK with collegues. (Large International IT Company
J Skala said, on December 5, 2010 at 01:22

Me too, but the wait will so be worth it !
David said, on December 4, 2010 at 20:48

I’ve been waiting to order since CES in January!
xavior said, on October 30, 2010 at 04:02

Do we know where we will be able to buy it?? I mean Ive been searching the net and I see nothing on where we can buy it – Im planning on standing in line and sleeping in a tent if I have to – but I need to know where Im going to camp out – I live in vancouver but i am going to the states to get mine – I just need to know where when etc etc etc – everyone is so tight lipped -
Dude said, on October 29, 2010 at 03:16

I have the cash in hand. I am going to look at another device. I have waited about 10 months and will not wait any longer.
It should have been here around July. It probably wont hit the shelves until April of next year, that is if it ever does. To bad, its a nice piece of hardware.

Waiting no longer,
Dave
- gecko said, on October 29, 2010 at 20:42
  
  And think how you’ll be feeling oh, about next April, when the Adam has already been out for some months, and you’re stuck with an inferior machine.
Manoj Patil said, on October 29, 2010 at 01:34

Will this Adam – Notion Ink Tablet be available in U.S also ?
- gecko said, on October 29, 2010 at 20:40
  
  Rohan has said, repeatedly, that it will be available in the US before anywhere else. I have to confess that your question hadn’t occurred to me. Kind of like the old Zappa song, “How can you be in two places at once when you’re not anywhere at all,” you know?
gecko said, on October 27, 2010 at 19:39

spammer
Hearing Aids Reviews said, on October 27, 2010 at 02:31

Great post!
Thank you for posting this.

I always learn something new from this blog …

Regards,
Jack from Hearing Aid Reviews
Rom said, on October 23, 2010 at 10:29

GM

Please consider the following:

Symantec has announced new security and management capabilities for Android. New features, including remote wipe, password policy enforcement and device inventory, enable organizations to embrace the new devices while maintaining the security and integrity of corporate information and assets. Symantec is making it easier for enterprises to allow their employees to use their device of choice without putting corporate data at risk.

There is an Indian made browser Epic with a built in Anti-virus program added to it. It has several excellent widgets, including Indian language input.

Have an exciting day.

Rom
Beth said, on October 23, 2010 at 00:52

Can we get a little clarification on google android marketplace support for Adam? In these comments some people say there will be access, and some are saying Google does not give permission to the android market to devices which are not mobile phones. Can we get an answer either way (or the answer that this hasn’t been decided/finalized yet)?

It was my understanding from reading previous posts that the whole point of the new 1/3 screen multi-tasking format in Adam was to accomodate small format apps in the android marketplace. This is from the post on the UI: “Panels also allow you to now work on the application which currently exist on Android Market. Since they were made for mobiles, just enlarging (2x) them doesn’t make any sense. So now you can run them in a panel without any pixelation.”

If there’s no marketplace, and only Genesis, then this doesn’t make sense to me. If there is only Genesis then people couldn’t just copy their small format app from marketplace to Genesis because of its exclusive distribution clause (at least this is my understanding). So if they had to rewrite the program specifically for Adam to put it in Genesis, they would just write it to Adam’s screen size specs, and you wouldn’t have the small-screen app problem.

Any explanation for this? *Hopefully* there will be marketplace access for “non-Adam” apps, even if all Adam specific apps have to be accessed only through Genesis.

This is definitely the way to go for a startup company/app store, because I’d much rather be tinkering with 100′s of 1/3 size marketplace apps that i’m familiar with while I wait for Genesis to be populated, than have only a few good finished programs to use at the begininning.
Aaron said, on October 23, 2010 at 00:47

Rohan, I see that the section about the fee for becoming a developer has been removed from the terms and conditions agreement on the developers site. Does this mean it will be free to develop for Genesis, or was that information that you were not prepared to release yet? Also, its not really a big deal to me, but it might be within your companies best interest to send an email to anyone that has registered regarding the change of terms, just to Cover Your Ass(tm).

I had also read in these comments that a forum system was to be released at some point. I would like to offer myself as a candidate to help moderate and work with your team to give your users the best possible place they can to discuss your devices.

Best Regards,
Aaron Blankenship
Co-Founder, Exodus Apps
JT said, on October 23, 2010 at 00:29

So is “Be the revolution” the official slogan for the Adam or is that the slogan for the NI company?
Gigantor said, on October 23, 2010 at 00:26

Did NI close “The Case of the Changing Logo!” blog for comments? Can’t post anymore.
- Tarwinia said, on October 23, 2010 at 09:15
  
  Actually you did post there, there’s just something funky going on where new posts are being added in the middle (‘ve seen the same thing here too).
Rom said, on October 22, 2010 at 22:30

You wish to see what the venerable Hindu newspaper says about Adam?

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/gadgets/article801048.ece
Rom said, on October 22, 2010 at 21:35

We wud like to make movies with Adam and ingenuity

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/movies/17monsters.html?emc=eta1

GN

Rom @ Bagalur
D said, on October 22, 2010 at 20:22

Compare All Tabs Here! There is a chance for NI Adam to make it’s mark, before it’s too late…

http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=208543&page=1&zoomIdx=1
yaarji said, on October 22, 2010 at 20:21

Well – I am just silent admirer. I am NOT developer or tester, so I don’t think I am eligible for the Early Access program either.

But what if I still want to be the one who wants to give opinion about the product in general (from packaging , to look and feel ), . I know there are “pros” out there to do this, but sometime they don’t talk what mass wants.

By the way I am just small fish in the ocean, I don’t have fancy laptop (HP or Mac book) or any other tablet so I can compare Adam to , so do I stand any chance to get early version ?

I know its long shot…but sometimes you want get hold of something which you think is going to be real gr8 product.
Pratik said, on October 22, 2010 at 18:07

Rohna, being the creator of Adam (& Eve) makes you God, doesn’t it?
- Plug Gulp said, on October 22, 2010 at 19:08
  
  Hahahahaaaaaa
- wormite said, on October 22, 2010 at 20:28
  
  This made my day. LOL
manish said, on October 22, 2010 at 17:47

hey guys ..totally off topic .

help me do decide ..thought to buy new ipod touch 4G (only for causal gaming ) as I lost my 3rd generation ..BUT SINCE I’m GOING TO GET MY ADAM
do you think it is better to buy 2 ADAM or IPOD+ADAM combo
to all future Adam app developer; as well notion ink team , shall I wait as you people would be creating games that will be much ..much better than IPOD or IPAD
dip said, on October 22, 2010 at 17:11

No more updates? Where is high res. pictures?
Girish said, on October 22, 2010 at 16:36

Hi Notion Inkers,

I wonder why r u guys not investing ur time in get the website in correct order. The new website seems to be buggy n flash appears to be very slow..i hope u get it right soon..

Cheers for d good work on d product itself, cant wait to get my hands on it soon..
AndroidGold - Android Tablet PCs said, on October 22, 2010 at 14:42

Seems like a very cool product – we’d be interested in reseller options as we review the best non-Ecosystem compliant Android tablets available and aim offer the best of the lot to our customers at http://www.andoidgold.com

Have an app coming out soon too but keeping it under wraps for the time being.

Tried to register but couldn’t.
AndroidGold - Android Tablet PCs said, on October 22, 2010 at 14:32

Seems there is an issue with registration?

I didn’t get a confirmation link (checked JUNK and SPAM folders). Tried password recovery and it said my email was not in the system – tried registering again with the same email and it said the email is already in the system.

Please help?
Mads said, on October 22, 2010 at 14:22

I’m looking forward for the release date of Adam.

Btw. I been to this site many times and first now have i noticed the fine little smiley in the bottom left