Slow n steady, But with Dogged Persistence!

Hello All,

I read somewhere over the net, “Gravitation is easily demonstrated, evolution is not!”. But we figured a way out to silence our major critics, directly speak to them and let them review what we have. That is why we released info first to Android Police. Here in CES we then met with Slashgear and then with Engadget who is known for their honest opinion. And the last one was the Crunchgear. I am glad everyone was impressed!

Notion Ink will go slow and steady but with dogged persistence. I read a few comments on how we are marketing and how other companies are, but then we are missing a point here. We are not here to sell in millions in the first year and quickly become the billion dollar company. That doesn’t happen and shouldn’t as well. We will prefer the learning curve along the way, because we are here for centuries. I am honest with my plans and I know we can’t beat Apple in one day, which is the benchmark in most of the things. It takes time, effort and most importantly the experience to nurture the talent in to a beautiful art. We have the talent, we have proved that, and now it’s all about learning and implementing with perfection.

With a good product you can kill whole army, but with a dream you can build Nations. Someone wrote in the comments, they don’t care what dreams we have. I would say if that’s the case, we have seen 100s of tablets in CES, and we all are free to opt for one. But if you want to become a part of a unique history, sense the evolution, hang on, because we are here to do different things, and in unique ways!

For those who are with us since long, I wish you were there when they were reviewing your product. You could see awe and surprise in their minds and eyes. But there is a lot to do! And now we will focus back on our work!

With Warm Regards

Rohan Shravan

1,538 thoughts on “Slow n steady, But with Dogged Persistence!”

  10. Rohan you should use that demo on the homepage as a commerical in the US (well anywhere for that matter)

  15. I just hope that you can ramp up your production quickly enough to meet demand. There is a huge following for your product and I’m sure we would love to get our hands on one in the next 6 months!

  18. There are many, many of us who believe in your dream and your vision.

    Upward and Onward, friend!

  25. Congrats Rohan!! I have read all the comments of Engadget and Slashgear. Quiet impressive as we expected. Keep up the good work.

  26. I’m liking these during-CES updates. Didn’t expect them. Personally, I think you are right about your marketing. It may not be traditional, but you have to admit, everyone’s talking about NI!

  28. I am glad to have held out for the adam and I am sure I will be happy with my purchase. Tablets were pretty well critisized at CES because only 1 tablet had Honeycomb and it wasn’t even runinng anything but animated screens. Every other tablet was discounted because they are using ‘mobile phone systems’ not ‘tablet systems’.
    Well in my opinion the only one that did anything about it is Notion Ink, and as soon as Google opens Honeycomb up for everyone else I know I will be getting an update for my tablet and it will only get better. The adam is the only tablet I see that will progress, most other tablets you are just going to buy and need to sell by the end of the year because the manufactur won’t bother with updating but rather selling a new product

  29. seems i missed by a minute or two 🙂 Instead of ‘I know we can’t beat Apple’, if the sentence had been ‘ I know we can’t beat Apple right away’ it would have made more sense 🙂 keep rocking…

  31. Still with you and notion ink Rohan
    Hope to see you use a stylus on the adam some time soon. Absolutely love the size and look of it in hand though. Could you also give some info on if there are any exciting inking apps for those of us who need to input a lot of info into the adam. An old saying that the turtle wins the race, keep up the stubborn persistence through all the criticism and praise. thanks
    Derek

  33. I’ve read all the reviews and I have to say, Congratulation!
    It’s wonderful to see the visionary things become true!

  34. More pic and Video right from the ADAM :), would love to see your Booth at CES

  36. @Rohan

    So are there any updates on shipping dates?

    I know the 9th is listed but was wondering if thats still the go date. I need to know when get sick and play hookie from work 😉

  37. “Shine on”

    Also, while I heard Radio in the interview, I never heard FM come out of Rohan’s mouth. Did I miss that? If so, give me link and time in video.

  38. @Rohan, Like many of us here, I believe in and support the dream. 😉

    We are all very excited and proud of the work you and the team at Notion Ink has done. You are already a big success and Adam has not even shipped to the general public yet. I see great things in the future and I am thrilled to be going along for the ride!

    Just please get my Adam to me fast… before I explode!

  39. @Rohan, where can one find You in CES? Please let us know. I would like to surely pass this info to my friends who are in attendance.

    The response is awesome and We can feel it in the interviewer/demo’er’s voice.

    You are right, Back To Work.
    There should be adam 2. Slimmer, lighter, better features – more MP camera, better battery, better speakers (perhaps a small subwoofer would fit nicely into the tubed speaker grille).
    Perhaps a 7″ form factor would be nice to have too. And a SUPER AMOLED version and so on. More variants more choice.

    Keep it coming Rohan. The World is now your playing field !!

  40. I think most of us here have invested our money in the dream, and not just *a* product. Keep at it Rohan, and we’ll do whatever we can to help you push the dream forward.

    And.. while you’re at it… also… push the FCC to clear that product, so I can start playing with it 🙂

  45. I like the post. From the beginning its been about community and actually involving us in helping to create something special. To those who don’t care about your dreams obviously lack true vision. Keep up the good work and looking forward to getting my hands on one.

  48. Hey Greg, loving notioninkfan, havn’t “owned” any devices yet to send you pictures because some stores in Australia are too cheap to provide internet access on thier demo devices, but we’ll get there!

  49. I appreciate your honest appraisal of the market. I’m in for the dream. It was what captivated me at the beginning around a year ago. Hard work and the dream will build the nations.

    I also think you should keep Pixel Qi. The concept is wonderful. You made it clear that the second offering of Adam depends on PQ. They are a start up too and will do well too.

    I’ve also been following them a bit as well. I’m impressed with their vision and desire to do positive and socially conscious things with it.

    Keep that notion you wrote out with ink.

  50. I’m positive there’s a lot more people out there now who would love to get the Adam sooner than later. A great product was shown at the CES – it wasn’t shown playing a video like Motorola, it was given in hands of people to feel the effort NI has put into it, see it work and see all of the supporters cheering on the product. There’s certainly a lot more room for improvement, but I know NI will make it happen. All the best qualities are being invested into Adam and I’m sure it’ll be a great device once it reaches the buyers and will get even better with time. 🙂

  56. The reviews are in and we are all impressed. I missed the first pre-sale because my bank wouldn’t approve a sale in India. I have fixed that now. When can we have another shot at buying our Adams?

  59. So, I have one question that’s unrelated to your post… When you upgrade to Honeycomb, are you going to include the market, since the software will be made specifically for tablets in there? That would be a deal breaker for many/most people. Your own market is going to be great I know, but including the Android Market from Honeycomb would bump you up higher still.

  60. To succeed you only need a small, loyal army and realistic objectives. Rohan, I believe you have both plus. The Adam will be admired but the hype will flow with the money. As you said in one of your 1st blogs, The waters are full of sharks and only the quick and agile will survive, even if you are big.

  62. @Rohan,

    I’m proud of you and NI team what you have accomplished. I see myself a lucky one to see how NI evolves, not following the crowd just to sell more than the company next door, into one hell of a company.

    Hope your investors feel the same way.

  64. Yay! Adam comes with a dog! I knew it all along! No more disappointments! Dog persistence forgives everything!

  65. It is probably difficult for people living in the fast food world of ours to appreciate the pain it takes to bring dreams to reality, especially if you dream big.

    As they say Rome wasn’t built in a day! Patience and perseverance is the key! Notion Ink has certainly made a great start, a lot has been achieved in a year. Time to build on it.

    We are here with you!

  66. so, like everyone else here, where is our tablets??? 😀 i hope they’re being prep for shipping now

  67. You focus on our work and take some rest too. Long way to go and at the end the best win.
    Good luck Rohan for CES.

  68. Go ahead, keep up the work AND the spirit!

    In my eyes it is more than likeable to invest most in your dream and less in the business (i.e. billion dollar company).

    Yet, one depends on the other – there is always a realtiy-cash-aspect to it and this will determine if you will be able to keep up with your idealism. And the investors are going to have a word in this, too.

    But I’d be glad if you stayed for centuries with your approach. I like it. And hey – as long as NI is alive, why should I bother if all my colleagues do own an adam or not? They think, the fruity thing is cool – let’s define ‘cool’ for ourselves and feel superior 🙂

    As long as I get one – so put up ordering page and let me join the dream!

    [one thing bothers me, though – adam fell because of an apple… I guess you guys have to rewrite some of the old records…]

  69. Rohan & NI congrats on what appears to be a very successful showing. Anxiously awaiting the having one in my hands.

  70. I don’t have a pre-order, but I am still cheering for NI ! From what I have seen of the Honeycomb it looks like you guys have already advanced beyond that ! Keep up your good work ..

  73. Congrats for all the CES reviews, they were great. I’ve looked at other tablets’ hands-on and none of them was as good as Adam, most of them were crap. Even Xoom was nothing more that a simple digital photo-frame with video on it. And have you seen all those lags and non functioning accelerometer on Samsung table? I was laughing so much – aren’t they ashamed to put this one on CES?

    Anyway, I’m a NI fan and I’m proud to say that. I hope you will fulfill my expectations 🙂 What will be a real heaven for me is the Adam2 which has a slot for Eve on the backside, so that Eve becomes a back trackpad! Which also simplifies the sync process.
    Guys, patent this asap! :))))

  76. Frankly speaking, I’m confident with the product. It meets what I need.
    But I’m not 100% confident with payment method, with warranty, with conditions, policies, with after sales service, support, etc. Some of the terms are unfair in Europe.

    It is easier to buy a product when there is a big company behind it.

  78. Ronak Rothod:
    > perhaps a small subwoofer would fit nicely into the tubed speaker grille

    It would sound best if the Adam were a foot on each side – basic physics requires that a decent subwoofer move a large amount of air and have a large amount of resonant space behind it. No doubt some people could use their heads for this, but at least some of NI’s customer base has their brain cavities mostly full.

  79. you guys are the best!
    keep up like this and OUR dreams will come true

  81. Only a couple of weeks until mine arrives and then I get to immerse myself in your dream that we have all been swept along in, well done on a masterful unveiling at CES and bringing so many along in the dream with you.

  82. Keep your momentum, Rohan, you’re doing great over there!
    Stick to your plans.
    NI and your first Adam is YOUR vision, YOUR dream, YOUR shining diamond.

    Congrats to you and your team, must be an ‘out-of-your-mind experience’ to receive all positive response.

    We are all here to experience it with you, anxious to see more. Anxious to buy, and show our loyalty.
    CES is halfway now, there will be so much more in the next few days 🙂

  83. @Rohan

    we are here for you and will be with you not matter what . we love adam . truly.
    adam is revolutionary evolution . Long Live adam .

  84. I’m in and waiting “patiently” for the next round of preorders. Hope they are soon! Start that binary countdown again!

  85. Yes, along with selecting 3G band there is a new selection for dog breed, just be careful to select one that doesn’t need food or water for the duration of the transport.

  87. Rohan – I’ll support your opinion that you don’t want to sell millions of adams and go slow and steady – if you will just support my opinion that I want to but JUST ONE ADAM!!!

    Please – let me buy one! I’m begging! Please – tell me what I need to do to buy one!

    {begging….. ok, that was embarressing……}

  89. +1 !!!

    We now live for so long with Rohan’s and the NI’s dream that I can hardly image to open my adam package at home one day – it will still take (too) much time: first I need to order which I can hardly await.

    Keep on rolling! Thomas

  90. Ditto, except I would say the Adam exceeds my needs. In the US, getting the Adam into Amazon, Best Buy, etc, would eliminate most of my concerns. I went out on a limb when I purchased my first ASUS 1000H (ASUS not known for customer support) and it turned out well. I still have and still use my 1000H every single day.

  91. Rohan,

    I really admire you and your work. I have tremendous respect for so much that you’re doing. I am, however, a bit disappointed when I read, “I am honest with my plan and I know we can’t beat Apple, which is the benchmark in most of the things”, in this post.

    No company, no CEO has ever known with absolute 100% certainty how big they would grow or how much they would impact the world. However, it’s the ones that had the ambition and belief that they could become the largest and the best that did become the largest and the best.

    I believe Notion Ink and the Adam can take the market. I believe Apple can be beat. I believe you, Rohan, can make that happen. My wish is that you whole heartedly believe that as well. Set your sights for the top of the pack and rise up.

    Jeremy

  93. I think this is the highest I’ve ever been in a post. Happy that I keep checking back to the blog.

    On a more important note – well said Rohan!!! I think the most important thing to take away is that there’s no way to make everyone happy. There will always be critics and the important thing is to stay true to your own vision and dreams. Those that have followed to this point (Exit Right for all the Trolls) are here because they see something special…something they can be part of. I might be young (25 – but I guess some 25 year olds happen to be CEOs :)) but I can’t recall a product, or a company for that matter, that’s allowed me to be involved throughout the entire process. I never knew half the things that would be involved in a process like this but have had the opportunity to grow along with Notion Ink.

    I think you stuck the most important point in your post – you guys are still learning!!!! I think most people are just honestly trying to help but you can’t allow yourself to be crippled by the backseat CEO’s that are constantly commenting. Greatness takes time and we appreciate your dedication and persistence. The mere fact that you are even listening to people across the world and allowing them to contribute to “your baby” (Adam) should be highly commended. Keep up the good work and make more of those stunning Adams…because I want one bad 😉 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Gabe

  95. @ Rohan, any tips on when is the official announcement? We all have been loyal and patiently waiting, and it would be good to know when to expect the official announcement. As other posters have already mentioned, there is still some confusion on what to expect from Adam, so if you could clarify that, it would do a lot of good.

    On the other hand, I have been reading non stop about the positive reviews you have been getting at CES and I congratulate you for that!

    Keep doing what you have been doing and success will automatically come to you!

  96. @Rohan, Not everyone realises the dream, but you did in a grand way. All the best to you and entire NI team, the best yet to come..

  97. Keep up the good work. Haven´t seen another tablet as interesting as the ADAM yet.
    Best rgds

  99. @all beloved adam folks

    Evey long journey starts from the first step/first mile . NI is taking the right step.
    hang on with NI and experience the unique adam .Please.

  101. in engadget’s interview with rohan he talked about it a little.. i think he confirmed it will have it once they have a use for it.. 🙂

  102. NI

    yes to dream… to evolution… and to their fruit in the living PROOF at CES2011!

    i did not nee to be there: it was palpable — the awe in the eyes and voices and postures of some of the converts who interviewed Rohan at CES

  103. @Rohan
    once again, when I don’t think I could anticipate Adam any more, rohan excites me further

  105. I hope we are xcited to see rohan’s post and happy how the world treating ADAM. Lucky enough to preorder. But the wait seems unbearable. what about you?

  106. Rohan,

    I have been very happy to see that the Adam is getting positive commentary at CES. I appreciate the fact that you are a man with big dreams. I definitely see from this post that you are an engineering type instead of a typical CEO. This is both a compliment and at the same time a bit of constructive criticism. As someone extremely interested in the Adam, not only for myself but for about 50 people that I have told about the Adam over the last year, I applaud and yet worry about this post. As someone who has run my own company, I would be more of the type to want to sell MILLIONS of Adams. Millions of Adams sold would allow you to truly fund your creative dreams, it would also allow you to hire more staff to truly make a blemish free product. It would allow you to have more say in what your suppliers provide you, and when they provide it to you. You would also be able to get your product out to companies like Amazon who already have a regular distribution chain in place. This will enrich you, Pixel Qi, Nvidia, and other companies within your network of suppliers. It will also bring in App developers interested in making applications that are optimized for the Adam. In technology slow and steady becomes old tech very quickly. Don’t get me wrong, I believe that the Adam is the tablet for me, I love everything you have done. But I also want to make sure that you make your dreams reality!

  108. Awaiting moderation probably due to embedded link, lets try removing it

    I was personally most pleased with the Liliputing (Brad Linder), JKLMobile, and Nebooknews.com reviews. The latter shows the back of the adam (no trackpad … around the 5:40 mark of netbooknews youtube video of the adam). Not upset by secret feature (radio). Not upset by loss of back track-pad. Waiting for FCC. Next round of pre-orders apparently waiting for Pixel Qi (i.e., LCD versions availabe today)

  109. Great post Rohan!

    To know that you know what you know and do not know what you do not, that is true knowledge. And you my friend know that Adam has to be the way you envisioned it. There is no other way is there? Keep shining!

    Now about that mystery sensor that you mentioned on the crunchgear video, its not really just an FM receiver is it?

  112. Hi Rohan, all
    Yeah, CES is going well! I doubt whether the objective should be to ‘silence major critics’. Just approach this in a positive way: share a great product.
    I am somewhat worried by the Engadget interview: I thought I heard Rohan say that if Pixel Qi could ramp up production ‘then we can go in production again’. Is everything on hold? I hope not! Eagerly waiting for preorder2….
    Best regards, Aad

  113. I do not “speak” so mutch on the blog but I trust in the Dream, continue to be inspiration for all of us Rohan

  114. Hey, the emptier yer head is, the moar room you have fer learnin’!

    Besides, I use my head to enhance my speakers all the time. I also hold my cellphone to it, when I need more reception.

  116. You should see those of us who are still awaiting a second chance to order Adam 🙂 I’m anxiously waiting to see if I’ll be lucky this second time. Waaahh, so nervous! 🙂

  117. I admire the vision you and your team have. I guess it feels great to have the possibility to realize a dream, living it, even though it is hard to make it. But I think this is a price you and your team are willing to pay.

    I really wish I would have your discipline to pursuit a dream. I don’t have even dream…maybe…holding a Adam in my hands.

    Warm regards from Germany – a country with a tablet that failed.

  118. I love the way you think at notion ink.

    Please for the love of god continue that way !

    Thank you ^^

  120. I expect to see posts from Rohan for ever – or else how can he share his dreams with us

  121. Nice message 😉
    One can nearly physically feel your proudness over Adam when reading that post.

    The only missing thing is – ADAM – right here on my lap…
    One day it (HE!) will lay exactly there end get stroked 😉

  123. Well said Rohan. Wally West made a comment on your previous post, which more or less reflects what you said in your post. It is a case of like minded people think alike. I don’t have a problem with your marketing approach. Just want you to reopen the orders for LCD variant leaving aside Pixel Qi (for the moment). You need to keep the ball rolling. People have short memories. They will forget CES 2011 within a few weeks. You need to strike while the iron is hot.

  124. Dear Rohan and NI Team,

    Bravo on the excellent reviews, as your team had produced a fabulous product, which so many of us are waiting to get our hands on.

    I can’t wait for my Adam to arrive in the cold and windy city of Chicago.

    Cheers,
    mm

  126. thanks rohan…………..u showed up at the right time…….i liked what u said,that y r not here to make millions of sales in one day……………..to criticize is easy as john biggs did…..now he realized he was wrong…….so others show some patience……..stop complaining….let them do it there way……..they know what they r doing……….some big reporters speak big…….now i know they are really stupid……ass…………i feel sad and angry for those who still dnt understand NI…..
    Anyways i am extremely happy about adam…..i always update in my face book abiut new videos and updates……..and all is worth it…………..once i can say i was also part of adam release……i love NI and rohan……u r such a nice guy….all the best

  127. Superb job, Rohan. We all knew you would surpass the expectations of attendees, many of whom were naysayers at CES. I wish I could have been there to see all the raised eyebrows and stunned looks on their faces. MY posts never seem to surface but I have been with you from day 1. Like everyone else in the family, I am anxiously waiting for the opportunity to purchase the Adam. Hope I am able to “pre-order”. I never received the first invitation but am so looking forward to having the Adam in my possession.
    Kudos to you and your team.

  128. Agreed. I like the fact that these people were there to “SEE” tablets, and they got to “FEEL” Adam.

  129. Absolutely. I wish you and the rest that have been able to preorder in December to get their Adam as fast as possible. 🙂

  131. A product provides for us now. A dream provides for us later, and provides for more and better products. When Apple started, you can bet that they had a huge dream!

    Some people are uncomfortable, because they are associating your words with “selling a dream” which in the U.S. reminds us of scammers. That’s probably why people are worried about it.

    But I get it. To you, Adam is pretty much done. It’s made, coded, customized, and hyped. Now it just needs to be sold. So I think that you are already looking forward to how you are going to improve, as in “Yeah, Adam is the best out there. But what matters is, Adam 2 will ALSO be the best.”

    I have to say, the dream seems pretty important, when you think about it that way.

  133. We are with you. I think sometimes we are like new parents we get nervous and have to say something when we should just sit back and watch you grow. It’s hard to remember that everyone has to walk before they run. I’m sure apple did not start out doing multi million dollar ad campaigns they like you started small and built on their successes.

  134. I agree with his ideas for building steam, but the pre-order needs to be up and functioning when he is out promoting it… One customer that does not see an order button will walk away and look at other options. If they’re captivated now, seal the deal!

  137. I appreciate your dreams and it’s a dream for me too Rohan. A keen request, update your website with loads of colorful graphics of Adam and videos. Frankly speaking it looks like a personal page rather than displaying what the wonders you can do.

    Is adam now officially released?

  138. “For those who are with us since long, I wish you were there when they were reviewing your product. You could see awe and surprise in their minds and eyes.”

    – Can you please request someone in your team to take videos and post the interviews on Youtube?

  143. I am accepting the investment for NI stocks now, you can send me :). I am even keen to become one of the first investors 🙂

  144. As someone who tries not be an early adopter and waits for the market to shake out with a product proven, I took my first leap probably of my life with a relatively large purchase and took advantage of the pre order opportunity I was afforded. Why did I do it? Because of this Blog and the open communication that has occurred. And yes, I like the vision/dream that was put forward. While info has come in spurts, it has come. Not hidden away in a back room of Apple. So, I do want to be part of the dream, because it is a dream about using a product and not controlling a product. About function over marketing. Now, as I say that I do have a marketing background and eventually your marketing needs to be more consistent and persistent. Take this moment to enjoy your success and now build on it. Under promise and over deliver. Be more responsive to your fans than any other company, build a following. NI is a good example of taking advantage of the Social Media movement to make customer and passionate people feel connected, improve your product, and respond to market changes more nimbly than others. Don’t throttle back, throttle forward.

    Good luck and I can’t wait to get my Adam soon. Unfortunately, mine has to be shipped to California and then resent via a forwarding company through U.S. Mail to my military U.S. Postal Box. So best case is the end of January. I will have to jealously wait as as see the others on this Blog unbox their Adam. Long term when you do want to sale millions of units do what Apples does not do, figure out a distributor who will ship to U.S. Military FPO/AP boxes directly and you would find another market to sale to.

    Keep it up!

    MP

  145. I’ve seen the demos of most of the tablets presented during CES and I must say, that they all look nearly the same. The main difference is in the body and the producer’s logo on it.

    Adam is different. I had a short time when I felt like the orojecy

  147. too bad, its private. I wish they either had an ipo, (which judging from the tone they prob. won’t) or allowed the commenters to invest in them

  148. Thanks Rohan, and all of Notion Ink. Innovation is just what this world needs right now, and I’m sure you’re inspiring someone out there to do the same. I am glad you had this dream and I dearly wish for it to come to fruition. So I wish you all the best of luck!

    Now all we have to do is wait (not much longer:))

  149. I’m with you Tod. NotionInk is to Pixar as Apple is to Disney in my book. I’ve been eagerly following the progress of the Adam tablet for the last 1.5 years and while hopeful that I’ll one day get my hands on one I do grow increasingly concerned that the window is starting to shut for this fantastic device. Not because it lacks in impressiveness even compared to the latest batch (from the demos it appears to cast others in the dust) of tablets introduced at this year’s CES but because once saturation starts to take place the Adam is at risk of being completely obscured despite the plaudits.

    On a personal note I have held out for this device and certainly will not get an iPad because the whole closed-shop mentality, lack of Flash support, and other well-documented and discussed issues described by folks much more knowledgable than myself have covered ad infinitum. But there are alternatives with Toshiba, Motorola, and Asus coming out this year that are going to be tempting. Given the nature of my both work and personal needs a tablet is exactly what I look for in a device moving forward. I desperately want it to be an Adam but I’m not going to wait forever.

    I would urge NotionInk to look into the production, supply chain, and distribution solutions available to them to start pushing more units. There is very little upside to waiting much longer.

    This reminds me of a story I once read about a hoarder living in squalor not because he was lazy but because he was a perfectionist. His fear of disappointment in not meeting his own exacting standards kept him paralyzed from starting to clean, so the clutter built up over years until he was a danger to himself. I love the idea and what I’ve seen of the Adam tablet but I’m growing increasingly concerned that the goal of perfection has overrun the appreciation that the device is good enough to build on and to compete with any comer, especially the iPad. It’s time to step out and take a chance guys.

  151. In another interview Rohan said that they could do a preorder right now for LCD, but they want to wait till they have both ready.

  152. Rohan you have stolen the special place in my heart for most inspirational person in the field of technology (a spot formerly reserved for Steve Jobs before he became so fond of restrictions.) Thanks for everything, keep doing what you’re doing.

  153. maybe this has been posted before but I have not seen it here nice video “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGgUxfxzRM0”

  154. Great going Rohan and NI team.

    We are with you. Waiting for my hands on PiQi.

  155. Why is everybody making so much wind about Honeycomb?

    I really don’t care. All I want is a useful device which is fun to use and which supports me doing stuff like: Reading E-mails, checking calendar and creating new events, surfing the web, listening to music and watching videos in any format (youtube, HD-movies etc.), watching photos, reading books and other documents, editing documents, playing games, making video calls…..

    Do you want to tell me, that this is not possible to do with adam?

    There are so many people focused on always getting the latest version of an OS, without even knowing why they need it. So after 3.0, the same people are waiting for 3.1, 3.2, 3.5 blablabla…

    For me, android is a great OS for mobile devices, but until now, it was created for phones only. And the OS is just one part of it. There is no single application which is optimized for tablets. All we have seen from Honeycomb so far is that it is unfinished and still in development. The demo of the UI looks flashy, but the widget style is nothing really new and the small windows definitely don’t have the same usability like the Eden leaves. Motorola just showed animated demo’s, nothing live, no hands-on. Period.

    NotionInk took an OS (Android 2.2) which was available for them to built their device on and optimized it for tablets (Eden). They created a bunch of great applications, most of them are best what I have seen so far. Good examples are: Mail’d (which supports different mail accounts, not just Gmail), Calendar (world class), Sniffer (have you seen a file manager on Honeycomb?), Browser (great tab switching, great performance)…. and many more.

    Eden stands for itself. The android OS is just delivering the base services for adam. And NotionInk created with Eden a real differentiator. They are not following the pack. It has it’s own style (looks like a comic book, not like a computer device). It appears rough and industrial. This is maybe not everybody’s taste, but hey: there is a huge market of plain android devices out there. Feel free to get one of those!

    I am sure that NotionInk will continue to work on their dream. They will constantly improve and update Eden. And yes, I believe they will be one of the first out there to have Honeycomb on adam and they will make use of the best features which will make adam an even better device as it already is.

    Many people are complaining about not supporting android market today. Read carefully: There are no tablet optimized apps for everything which not running Honeycomb, a yet public unavailable and unfinished OS. So when adam will be finally ported to it, we will get access to android market. Until then, you are free to install any app from an alternative source. Don’t underestimate Genesis. I think it is another differentiator for adam. It might never grow to 100’000 apps, but I also don’t run more than 20 custom apps on my android phone today. There are also a lot of crap applications, which I don’t want to see in Genesis anyway. I prefer quality vs. mass. Selected apps which are optimized for Eden (and many of them already exist). I also believe that there will be a compatibility mode in future versions of Eden to run the tablet optimized apps from android market in leaves mode. Let’see…

    What also many of the bloggers don’t realize is how great the hardware design of adam is. Just look at how easy it is to hold adam in one hand! You can swing it around without risking to lose it… Do this with any other device 🙂

    There are so many differentiators. NotionInk is simply a different company with a different approach.

    I believe.

  158. Rohan,

    I have been around awhile and seen many companies come and go, having worked as a wall street broker. Your wisdom is wise beyond your years in your entire approach to the market and product. As NT did, do not concern yourself with the critics and naysayers for you are a doer and a leader. II feel with absolutel certainty that ‘adam’ will be the foundation of many years of critical and financial success for you and you Notion Ink team.
    Great Job and thanks for coming to us from your heart.

    Ed

  161. @Alex

    while(true)
    {
    ++ Alex;
    }
    very well said. there is an OS update phobia spread out lately . Just a Sweet coated OS version number updates mostly .(not about honeycomb of-course :))

  163. Keep goin’ keep goin’
    And do not forget to open the preorder 2 here. We are expecting it.

  164. ***IDEA TIME****

    What do you guys think about creating an on-line Adam registry? Upon delivery, all of us Adam users could upload our unique Adam IDs (serial numbers I am assuming) variant type and some simple contact info (location, email…MAYBE name and phone number). That way if we want to communicate with other Adam owners, we can. Say like, to set-up a flash mob at a local Apple store (he,he,he).

    Maybe one of these new Notion Ink blog sites can host it? Would be pretty cool to see global map of Adam owners, count and variant types.

    +1 or no?

  166. With a good product you can kill whole army, but with a dream you can build Nations….

    Awesome line Well going best of luck

  167. this is beautiful written, and i hope i can be one of the first to join the family with an adam! i’m ehind you, and i think you have one of the best products there is!!!

    keep on going this work ,an especially learn along the way!!

  170. Rohan, Please clarify the comment about the FM radio.
    A: ADAM contains a FM RECEIVER which will allow you to listen to commercial FM broadcasts (for the US 88 to 108 MHz). or
    B: ADAM contains a FM RADIO capable of receiving commercial FM and “broadcasting” on a FM “channel” for streaming content to other FM radios? (e.g. be able to “listen” to the ADAM when in a car with no Bluetooth over the car’s radio)

    Love the photo of Ny Ny. How about a short video taken with the ADAM of you riding the roller coaster? ;>

    Would also like confirmation that the shipped memory is eMMC? This implies that the “chip” can be replaced with a larger storage one. (up to 32 GB) Right?

    Lastly for those looking for a “FAQ” please come check out
    “http://nifaq.pbworks.com/w/page/34159353/NI-FAQ-Front-Page”

    Lee

  173. I am at cES does any where I can find Rohan here?
    Do do you where I can find you in the show?

  175. If you live in Taiwan, I’d get stock in Chunghwa Picture Tubes. They’re the ones Pixel Qi have partnered with to manufacture the screens.

    “http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2010/12/21/pixel-qi-and-cpt-chunghwa-picture-tubes-announce-manufacturing-partnership/”

  176. What an awesome metaphor.

    I’m one of the who-knows-how-many Adam fans who’s been following yall for a year or more, one of those quiet enough to not have commented before now, and patient enough to be OK with not making the pre-order cut. I’m going to keep checking your blog and site every day until my own Adam arrives. I admire your willingness to stand by an ethic of slow-and-steady, of “doing it right” and not trying to strike it big, even in the face of your own fans’ criticism.

  178. Rohan, the comments about lack of marketing is out of frustration that many members of this community have. It is like their children who has enormous potential but not getting enough limelight! Please bear with them coz we know they also share your dream and like to see NI and adam getting successful. Problem is, they want it to be fast.

  179. Amazing post … this is similar to playing an away game and silencing the opposition fans by a spectacular goal/catch/dunk. Way to go!

    Citizen Bharath checking in at NotionInk Nation 🙂

  180. Best of luck to NI and its products. As long as you come up with great ideas, good products meeting or even exceeding what people want, define new ways of using personal technology, we will grow together.

  181. +1, I agree.

    People are freaked about the OS for several reasons.

    One: With android, the best features and applications only work on the best OS. This hardly matters, though, because Adam has its own features and apps.

    Two: Everyone is tired of being promised updates by phone OEM’s, and not getting them. Doesn’t matter, because Adam already incorporates code from 2.3, and its only 2 weeks old.

    Three: Andy Rubin said that 2.2 wasn’t optimized for tablets. And as I mentioned in the last post, the optimizations that were missing are mostly included in Eden anyway. Honeycomb source code will bring some improvements (like openGL), but won’t drastically change the functionality.

    To sum up: Chill out people!

  182. @Rohan,

    Absolutely with you in your opinions regarding a product that is based on “dreams”. Few people will not understand the power of it, and that is fine. It is mathematically proven; when you look at a Gaussian plot, the ends are tapering. You’ll find people of every opinion, given the size of the samples (the NI fan crowd).

    There’s no doubt that NI is here to stay. While there are glitches here and there, like you mentioned, it is the process of learning and this is how *we* are getting there, where people dream to reach. Good luck!!

  184. I’m in for the map with pins for each Adam owner. I would like a graphical representation of Adam distribution. Good idea.

    But Apple flashmobs, those might get ugly fast… 🙂

  186. Great words Rohan, I’m totally with you. Even with a huge marketing support it would have been kind of impossible to fight against the marketing juggernauts (aka Apple or Motorola, ASUS etc).

    I have a question, I already asked you something in the past but never got an answer ( I’m not complaining about that, I can guess how busy you are). I think we have a small communication problem: not so long ago you said that you were going to talk about Preorder 2 and the Mistery feature at CES. CES is running but……..still no answer on those points 😉

    The second is just a clarification and I hope you could answer to it. Will Adam be upgraded to Honeycomb?

    Thank you and keep up the good work!!!

  188. @rohan

    i just want to notice one thing. the reason things got heated up, tech bloggers were shouting “vaporware”, many of us here got impatient, at times disappointed, and started exchanging harsh words is simple: people love this product. we want it to succeed so badly that we feel every bump on the road like a punch in the stomach.

    what i am trying to say is that, by a somewhat twisted logic, the criticism you received is actually a compliment. with lots of intense emotions flying around, some sparks are bound to occur.

    and another thing. please don’t underestimate the importance of pixel qi screen. i know you feel that eden is the real differentiator for adam, and it probably will be in the future, but thousands of people around the world are dying to get a good tablet with pq screen. reading (and not just in sunlight) is one of the most important functions (possibly *the* most important single function) of any future tablet, and lcd screen will not do the job there, however bright and crisp.

    keep it up! half the damn planet is rooting for you ;).

  190. I´m really glad to see things working well for notionink. For me the adam is something special that goes its own way. No remake of something out there. I love the feeling to have something special and a community behind my product where I´m sure to get help if something went´s wrong.

    I think many of us spend some time at the computer by doing things we could easily do on the adam. So it´s legal to love my gadget. I ordered the LCD version but my shipping date is Februar. 😦 Maybe I can have my adam a earlier. I´m still hoping.

    Good luck for everyone to get an adam as early as possible.

  191. we are with you… i am one of them who is attracted to your company because of the vision you have. congratulations for what you have done and all the best for what is yet to come…

  192. and I don’t really understand about this “dream” problem, somebody said it doesn’t look professional to speak about a “dream” instead of a “product”. Let’s not forget about the Ipad that was “magical…and now, even Motorola is pointing to their device as “magic”.

  194. @ All adam fans

    i apologize if the below code does not compile or too ugly and buggy . have fun 🙂

    public Class AweSomeTablet extends Imagineering {

    public static void main(args[] String){

    AwesomeTablet=null;
    creativiry=0;
    innovation=0
    endurance=0;
    massHype=100;
    veryBigBrandname=false
    usuability=100;
    isEden=true;
    AdamHasItAllAlready=true;

    AwesomeTablet= whatwillHappenWithHoneyComb();

    getHoneyComb();

    System.out.Println(“The most Amazing Tablet Ever cretaed with dream and vision is ===”+AwesomeTablet);

    }// end of main.

    public AweSomeTablet whatwillHappenWithHoneyComb(){

    andriodHoneyCombStock=getHoneyComb();

    if((andriodHoneyCombStock >isEden)||(andriodHoneyCombStock<isEden)){

    creativiry==innovation==endurance==100;
    massHype=30;// we have nice ways to deal with marketing . not fancy CES booth but a solid place in heart/mind/soul of the end user.
    veryBigBrandname=false;// Not really needed 🙂
    usuability=100;/awesome to use
    isEden=true;//always 🙂
    AdamHasItAllAlready=true;//he he he yes with or without honeycomb
    AwesomeTablet=ouradam;// for centuries its gonna be true ofcourse

    }//adam ROCK ALWAYS Just Notify this in future

    else // i know this else condition is not gonna happen. just in case 🙂 not really used 🙂
    {
    AwesomeTablet=null;
    creativiry=0;// where it is ? how much a kilo gram will cost in $ or pounds?
    innovation=0// sorry no idea 🙂
    endurance=0;// sorry exhausted to find the meaning 🙂
    massHype=100;// just hype nothing else
    veryBigBrandname=true; //so many mee too he he brands. vroooom /broooom/ xooom all are age old big 800 pound gorrilla 🙂
    //hard to walk and run for fresh air though:)
    usuability=0;// never . just quick buck . sell some crap. and dumpt it on the user .
    isEden=false;
    AdamHasItAllAlready=true;

    }

    }

    }

  195. Follow your dreams Rohan …
    Adam shows the hard work your team has put in …..
    Once the product is launched it will do the talking

    5 years a small company called Areanet came out with a dame guild wars 1.The team was sincere and dedicated towards providing a quality product..5 years later it deveoping guild wars 2 and all naysers are the ones praising it…

  196. Greetings fellow Knights who say NI…

    A thought from the past concerning Motorola…

    Their motto: “You can buy better but you can’t pay more.”

    ;>

  197. Rohan… Keep going don’t stop

    This is an exciting time… never thought it was going to be like this again, but to me NI and adam feel just like when home computing first came out… Sinclair, TRS-80, Amiga, Apple II etc… but now it’s much better (whoa… showing my age.. lol). Back then it was more isolated, just few friends hanging out at home in front a small screen sharing ideas… now the whole world is a touch away… GREAT TIMES ahead!!!

  198. It was very easy to fall in love with adam from the spec sheet alone all those months ago when I first started reading about it, but it’s been the heart at the center of Notion Ink that’s kept my faith strong. With all the garbage that the corporations of the world are feeding us these days, it’s great to see a group of people that care about what they’re doing and how it effects other people.
    Congratulations Notion Ink
    I’ll run with you as long as you’ll have me

  199. Awesome writeup on Adam & NI:
    “http://www.suntimes.com/technology/ihnatko/3206581-452/android-slate-inch-ipad-verizon.html”

    It’s there – just go through the article! 🙂

  202. I have a dream, but it’s currently sitting in a cargo ship waiting for a piece of paper to be stamped.
    My only disappointment with Notion Ink is the backtracking of hardware specifications that has happened as the Adam got closer to completion (storage, bezel, trackpad, etc). I still believe that the Adam will be a great piece of hardware and that Notion Ink will continue to surprise us with new innovations as they continue to grow.

  203. I hope cnet covers Adam at some point now
    I am following their live feed at http :// ces.cnet. com/

    Not 1 mention of Adam, they keep praising Xoom to be the enext ipad killer becoz it will have Honeycomb 3

  204. Gotta love Rohans passion and commitment to both the people that support is dream and that dream itself. He is truly a great man

  205. it is inspiring to see someone work so hard to see there dream flourish, i have been lucky to be able to pre order my adam and cannot wait to receive it, thankyou

  206. @ Karen:

    /———————————-/
    ————– Rohan’s Blog |———|——————–|
    \———————————-\

    My daily fix.

  207. A good piece from the Chicago Sun Times (link follows):

    I’m pulling for one 10-inch Android tablet in particular: the Adam, produced by a new startup named Notion Ink. They’ve come up with a highly practical design that moves in its own direction and solves some problems that other makers seem to have ignored (such as the limited utility of a camera that can only aim straight up and away from the screen). They’ve enhanced Android with “Eden,” their own multipaneled user interface. And the Adam uses a new transflective LCD technology that keeps the screen readable even in bright outdoor light. The Pixel Qi display also saves power, by turning off the backlighting when the room’s ambient light is sufficient.

    I’m not the only observer who’s enthusiastic about the Adam. There’s a simple reason for that: Notion Ink has given me something to be enthusiastic about. Via their blog, the company has been refreshingly open about the development process. They aren’t just spitting out press releases and hosting stiff, executive photo ops: they’re showing full walkthroughs of the hardware and software as it’s being developed.

  208. @Rohan
    Stay with your dream, the bible says a man without a dream (vision) will soon parish, I, like many others took you at your word and from what I see your word is solid. Most people blow with the wind and one day they love you and the next day they hate you, take it with a grain of salt and stick with what you started out with…a dream. Don’t focus on beating Apple but let the cards fall where they may and soon Apple will be trying to beat you. I can’t wait to get the Adam if anything just to be a part of something that has come from the ground up and is blooming into a revolution.

  210. From the interviews of Rohan I have watched, I could glean the major names that are associated with NI are going to be

    Longbox – digital comics
    Mireo – GPS navigation
    QuickOffice – office productivity suite
    Kobo – eReader

    Anyone care to add to the list

  212. Hi Phillip, I have been following tech sites in Australia and news sites like theage but no one is giving info on Adam. Everyone is giving info on Samsung Galaxy and dumb tablets.

  213. CES 2011: To Summarise

    Tablets, tablets, tablets and more tablets.. They pretty much look the same, function the same way. Look like pieces of granite. There are no characteristics to differentiate one from the other. Selecting one from among them is a real nightmare. Feels like they have all been made by one manufacturer and given different brand names. They seem to lack any innovation. Ideas seem to have evaporated. All these manufacturers seem to be just trying to capture some share of the tablet market by putting out some tablet or the other. There does not seem to be any specific ideology that each manufacturer seems to be pursuing. If they want their products to really capture peoples imagination, they should really go back to their drawing boards and start from scratch.

    Then there is the Adam. A completely radical take on the tablet concept. The features incorporated into it are to be seen in no other tablet at present. So many new ideas. So many new concepts. Sometimes it is a bit breathtaking to realize that so many innovative ideas have been incorporated into this tablet. It truly stands miles apart from the competition. The catch: what are they going to incorporate into their device for the future versions!!!! Will they be left with anything!!!!!!!

    Final verdict:

    All other tablet manufacturers need to do some original thinking. Run-off-the-mill-stuff won’t get you anywhere.

  214. superior software + superior hardware = the dream … one cannot work without the other … how many hardware device has microsoft tried to sell and failed … i think Rohan’s dream is a complete u-turn to how electronic products are built today … software is built for hardware or hardware is built for software … a product is obsolete in 12 months these days … kudos to you Rohan for taking the higher road, a road less traveled, a bumpier road, but a more enjoyable road, and a more fulfilling road. and thanks for including us … the money i have put up for my adam is a mere drop in the bucket of what i will spend as you continue to put more dreams in motion … so thank you for helping me figure out what I need to be saving for for Christmas in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 … any NI … a slightly non-technical fan 🙂

  219. I just want to express how amazing I think this company is, this is how all companies should be run. I hope you go far, and I expect that you will. Keep up the innovation, and posting to the public, this will make Adam devour the apple!!!!

  221. You can either have such low-level ambitions (yes, beating apple, though hard, is a low-level ambition – on a philosophical level), or you can have great visions and make great products and let them speak for themselves, which is what I believe Rohan means. He is also being humble and reasonable – all very impressive traits.

    If you look at great sportsmen, you will find that they never talk about achieving this personal statistical landmark or that. That does not mean they lack the drive or ambition to become great. They show a love and passion for the game which comes through in the way they play – pure poetry. Such great plays automatically lead to great numbers and great record books – which is what, in a mundane sort of way, quantifies their greatness to mortals like us.

    I have been really impressed with the way Rohan has carried himself over the past few days (at CES, in interviews, etc.), even weeks. I admit I have been harsh regarding some of his tactics before, but I say, take a bow Rohan.

  222. Rohan= a man with principles. Not often is the character of those with a product to sell you to have them or a conscience. The fact that the vision has remained intact and uncorrupted is quite impressive.

    Hopefully things come together quickly for the developer aspect of the product release.

    -John

  226. @Burt If I remember well, the apple was eaten by Adam and Adam lived to tell the tale and even had offspring (almost 12 billion if it is correct)

  227. “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YiXlkiq8Y0″

    The latest 10 min video presentation of Android 3.0(honeycomb) being unveiled. UI is catchy with some good features. It is a good welcome step forward.

    People will go gaga or crazy about anything. Let’s focus focus on reasonable statements.

    Have to see about multi tasking, Kernel upgrades, power optimizations etc. Under the hood features aren’t revealed.

    Eden UI has multi-touch typing which I didn’t see with 3.0. Adam’s Browser app is far superior.

    Adam + Eden rocks.

    Have to wait and see if and when Adam will get the 3.0 update. 3.0 + Eden would make Adam rock n roll. there’s enough time. No tablet is going to come out with 3.0 in the next 6 months. It might take 6-12 months.

    Even without Honeycomb, Adam + Eden will be awesome. But a bonus of 3.0 update is always welcome. 😉

  230. Rohan had mentioned in the engadget interview that the sale figures were more than 20,000 units and less than 5 million (in response to the min and max figure question asked by the interviewer).

    Moreover rohan mentioned that 70% were LCD and 30% PQ.

    So taking the minimum figure of 20,000 units and just going with the base model(Wifi only) for both LCD and PQ, we get the following sales figures in US dollars:

    70% of 20,000 is 14000 (LCD) and PQ is 6000 units.

    LCD: 14000 x 375 = 5.25 million USD
    PQ : 6000 x 500 = 3 million USD

    At a minimum 8.25 million USD from the pre-order sale. Way to go NI.

    Hope I got my Math right 😉

    And Rohan, NI mightn’t be selling millions of units, but definitely making a few millions just with the initial pre-order. Good to see that.

  232. I couldn’t agree more. The UI is nice and all, but the main selling point for me is the PixelQi screen, I wouldn’t buy any tablet with a standard LCD screen. I’ve decided not to buy a kindle and instead wait for the Pixel Qi Adam, hopefully I won’t have to wait much longer.

    Could I take an LCD Adam and replace the screen with a Pixel Qi screen I bought seperately? Such as: “http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKPQ01”

    May be NI could sell some Adams with no screen to people who want to install their own Pixel Qi screen…

  234. These videos are good, it was a bit weird to see the same thing from two camera angles, but they ask some great questions in this little scene. My favorite bits :-
    –“I touched it first!”. (this is exactly what I would have done)
    –the cleaning of the screen (he goes to wipe the screen with his shirt and everyone freaks! Then someone produces a screen cleaner from the Motorola booth and everyone chuckles to themselves about it being used to clean the Adam. It’s dorky and funny and it’s pretty obvious they’ve been to see the Xoom already, but finding Notion Ink is way more exciting for them.)
    –More build quality praise (they really try to emphasize that Adam is lighter than it looks and is great to hold. one guy twiddles the camera back and forth and his eyebrows shoot up in surprise at how good it seems. they all poke at the rubbery spine and make happy noises)
    I think notionink have really nailed the form-factor / ergonomics / portability side of things, and made something people will actually use everyday.
    I’ve been thinking I want mine in orange and black, with fluoro orange rubber parts and high-vis strip. Maybe I’ll make a custom reflective tape strip! High contrast and road safety, LOL. A man can dream…. (while waiting for an order button)

    P.S. How cool are those new 7inch 1366×768 Pixel Qi panels! Just beautiful. *drool*

  236. I have followed this devise since CES 2010 and have only become more enamored with this devise with it’s showing at CES 2011. I needed a live demo of the devise before I was willing to buy and now since that as happened, next pre-order I will definitely put my wallet where my love is.

  238. The delay is on Pixel Qi’s end. I saw video with a lady from Pixel Qi talking to Rohan and she seemed pretty astonished at how quickly NI produced Adams after receiving the last shipment of screens.

  239. rohan
    who ever is running things for you , is doing a lousey job,, ,, i have been watching most of the live feeds from magizines and all, and nothing on your tablet,,, which is very hard to believe,,, i think you should of had a booth and had someone form your team showing up at all the live broadcasts to show off your tablet,, how do you think you will become bigger to make even better devices,,,

  240. @Rohan: You are the horse and your fans have bet on you. Do not take the screams from the stands in a negative way. If you are open to suggestions from your fans w.r.t. the tech specs, you may keep yourself open to suggestions in the business development side as well. Not that you have to implement those suggestions. Who knows, your marketing strategy may become a subject for case studies for future MBA students in Business Schools tomorrow! Actually I suspected it to be a marketing coup when you gave the first demo to Crunchgear a day before CES in the parking lot to start the buzz just in time. It will be an act of genius if you can pull this one off! But it is a very tight rope when you bank so much on the tech-o-sphere word-of-mouth/blog publicity keeping the mainstream media out of sight. It is not just a technical innovation you are onto but a social-media centric marketing innovation as well. (Oh boy! Just felt an earthquake!) Good luck!!!

  244. but pixel qi has also plans. it wont be long as a differentiator (dont know whether to read much of the fact they are going to start manufacturing 9.7′ )

    @Rohan, how much is Eden patented?

    We share your dreams. And I may be right or wrong, even I see potential in the mystery feature of FM radio. Is it only for FM music or can it be used for data transfer? …rediscovery?

  245. Rohan, Thank you for sharing your dream with us and allowing us to be part of it. Please remember to permit yourself some time to celebrate as well as to get some rest. Stay sharp my friend. We know you are, and will continue to work hard for yourself as well as for your online family.
    You are exactly right about the sea of forthcoming tablets, and for the impatient you may have to opt for something more readily available. As for me, I’ll happily wait for the best.
    A personal favorite of mine is in the Engadget video where Ms. Stern holds up the Adam next to the iPad. What a stark contrast and yet another reason your meticulous attention to detail and the user experience is going to put Adan and Notion Ink atop the Tablet world.

  247. When Joanna Stern of Engadget was demoing the Adam outside to show it on eReader mode, she rotated it in landscape orientation. I noticed that it didn’t automatically change into a two-column page to make the reading easier. The Sony PRS-950 Reader has this feature…does the Adam has it?

  248. @tbc, always put urls in quotes and it’ll be allowed through,
    like this “www.notioninkfan.com”

  249. how about you calculating the development and build costs of the device before coming out with million dollar figures as if its all profit 🙂

    sheesh

  250. I think Rohan categorically ruled out any plans for currently working on a sub-10 inch screen form factor. One of the interviews he gave around the PQ booth. 10″ is good, keeps it ‘productive’, with better readability. Not as mobile, but makes it less of a consumption gimick like the #Pad.

  253. @Philip. thanks. original post still awaiting moderation

    @Hoodoo. jlkmobile and netbooknews (both .com and .de) have been two of the better sites for seeing videos of the latest and greatest netbooks, smartbooks, etc.

  254. …and people who build their dreams around oe or two sentence axioms are total tools….
    What is it to you if Sally, Billy, or Jane are more comfortable with products from established technology leaders in the Android market, like Motorola? How does that make them stupid…to you? What a foolish foolish thing to say. People by Toyotas and Honda’s because they have a proven reliability…the same goes in consumer electronics…a small start up company must always earn the consumers confidence….and that takes time….and folks willing to take a chance…and even some customers who don’t have high stakes IT Projects might opt for a small start up…or maybe even R&D projects might have the ability forego the high risk associated with a small start up….but those are the exceptions ….the rule is generally, keep risk and cost LO, and that is what established entities offer. So I commend Rohan…he does not have the delusion you espouse…he knows this will take time and risk takers (a small minority of the IT customer base)

  255. Stay focussed folks: Rohan, awesome trip to Nevada. BUT

    No new videos from third parties today. A couple of days to go, lets build on the momentum. Now the OpenOffice thing is going to be nice. So an announcement there. Perhaps a few fans on the CES floor can be enterprising enough to get a cell-phone/handycam out and record a made-for-Youtube clip? Guys we need to stay within the news cycle. If not on the top (like the stupid branded boring clone tabs generally end up being) then somewhere in the digital ether. So grab a few eyeballs and get some dynamic third-part comment on the net.

    ‘Momentum’ it has been said before. If we can’t give them a show (like we would say a ‘tamasha’) then give them something more to talk about. No point shutting them up, yet….

  256. I (and maybe even Rohan/Notion Ink) never anticipated the coming out of the Motorola Xoom. Only learned it on CES. This will be a good fight for world domination! It will come down on price. If only the Adam stayed with the $498 on its most expensive variant, it would be a no brainer but if the Xoom costs $600 with shipping then Notion Ink Adam will be in for a good fight. Motorola already has the advantage of being the veteran and having the clout and resources being a known brand so Notion Ink have to be even more creative in marketing the Adam.

    I also thought that the Adam will be coming out in Titanium Black as we all fans voted agreed and preferred. So the poll was just a useless exercise, agree? I’m not big on that white edge because it makes the ports all too obvious, busy and distracting. It breaks the clean lines around the edges. It doesn’t make aesthetic design sense to make it white.

    Why doesn’t Notion Ink have a CES booth? I thought they will be coming out to introduce the Eve smartphone to get ready for 2012? That is a bit disappointing. So maybe i’ll wait until they upgrade the OS to Honeycomb? Maybe it will be available on Amazon by then. Be that as it may, I wish Notion Ink all the success and I do hope that the Adam (not the Xoom) can take that throne from iPad for being the best tablet in the world!

  257. “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGgUxfxzRM0&feature=youtube_gdata”

    video mentioned by Hoodoo. 5:40 in gives clear shot at back.

  261. went to bestbuy today. went to see apple products and put notionink website on 4 apple products just like one blogger did yesterday. 🙂

  263. Map is already started. Check here:
    “http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/296-Mapping-our-NotionAddict-International”

    Lee

  264. Folks, did anyone check out the rather straightforward endorsement in at least one mainstream, though non-c-tech. article?

    “http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=news&cd=1&ved=0CCUQqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.suntimes.com%2Ftechnology%2F3206581-478%2Fandroid-inch-slate-ipad-verizon.html&ei=wrMnTcH8JYuwhQe7q8nwAQ&usg=AFQjCNHqftdMwCSCdU0G_cJUPYNK6-hSUA&sig2=Nzru7qRmuH1_bk2Gl9fJ6g”

  265. @Rohan – Family is there to support. As part of initial support, most of the family members have advised/gave recommendations etc, and then as part of preorder, I believe most of the family members have ordered the product too. Where will you find a product being sold for $375-600 without being actually sold in the stores, that too a large successful pre order phase, sans the technical difficulties.

    Keep on the stride, our best wishes are with NI.

    family member 😀

  266. @Uday Great reply.

    For the thinkers among us, there are bigger objectives than beating another company. Realizing your personal vision and dreams is one of them. Rohans showed in his blog today that he has a dream that goes beyond today’s sales. I love Adam, and I think that I will love it’s offspring. I might become a long term customer and supporter.

  267. Folks, did anyone check out the rather straightforward endorsement in at least one mainstream, though non-c-tech. article?

    “http://www.suntimes.com/technology/3206581-478/android-inch-slate-ipad-verizon.html”

  269. Are you checking any of the major tech sites??? The Adam is being mentioned EVERYWHERE.

    Two Recommendations:

    1. Make “Notion Ink” a Google Alert. I’ve had this set since late November to ensure I’m caught up on everything on Adam that’s found outside this blog.

    2. If you want to a good summary of all the Notion Ink – Adam buzz that’s going around CES, then I’d suggest checking out Greg’s blog – “http://www.notioninkfan.com/” which has a complete listing of articles and videos.

    They must be doing something right if they’ve already received reviews and buzz from SlashGear, Engadget, Android Police, International Business Times, CrunchGear…at least IMO.

    Plus it was great to see that douche John Biggs look uneasy realizing that Adam was actually pretty sweet despite his uninformed bashing.

  270. 🙂 spoken like a man

    Yeah Rohan you should start orders NOW. Dont wait for PQ.
    It will be just a matter of ?1-2 months for PQ to ramp up production (going by CPT agreement). Waiting that long for the orders will be unfair.
    or if it is a week or so, then its ok. Please make sure your system is better suited to handle the load this time.

  273. Still supportin you guys. Just hope you can make the dream come true with the adam 😉

  274. Thx for these words Rohan. All of this words speaks to me right in my heart and it’s good to realise that you are really different from the others. Different in your way to do business and consequently really different in your product ! I have follow every post on the blog and now follow every news from the CES in concern. I am glad to feel as a member of your family. That’s the kind of words I really LOVE to read from you.
    Thx again for sharing all of your thinks with us.
    Hope I could pre-order on the 2nd wave (as I have got only a mastercard, I could not be part of the first 😦 ). Perhaps you should consider adding other payment options (like paypal for example ???). It could allow some other people to order Adam 🙂
    Read you soon
    Bye
    Julien

  275. darn moderation issues..

    Here is a mention of the Adam in a newspaper – and its not a techie newspaper:
    “http://www.suntimes.com/technology/3206581-478/android-inch-slate-ipad-verizon.html”

    The Adam gets a quote about 2/3 down and begins as follows:
    “I’m pulling for one 10-inch Android tablet in particular: the Adam, produced by a new startup named Notion Ink. They’ve come up with a highly practical design that moves in its own direction and solves some problems that other makers seem to have ignored (such as the limited utility of a camera that can only aim straight up and away from the screen). They’ve enhanced Android with “Eden,” their own multipaneled user interface. And the Adam uses a new transflective LCD technology that keeps the screen readable even in bright outdoor light. The Pixel Qi display also saves power, by turning off the backlighting when the room’s ambient light is sufficient.”

    Pretty nice

  276. Check out Gizmodo’s Best New Tablet list. Adam not even mentioned.

    “http://gizmodo.com/5727948/the-best-new-tablet#commentform”

  277. It was great watching everyone fawn over the Adam. Clearly NI was underestimated before CES. Good luck to you in the future.

    I do hope though that you will release a bit more information. Even an estimation for when you expect the next order period to begin would be great.

    One of the interviewers (from Engadget, I think) said you had a very telling smile on your face. I laughed a lot at that.

  279. @Aaron

    “I’m growing increasingly concerned that the goal of perfection has overrun the appreciation that the device is good enough to build on and to compete with any comer”

    What you mention is the risk of geniuses. However, I got the impression that Rohan is now back-up by a serious large shareholder who, with all the positive news from the CES can help in getting the product out. So I see the risk a bit lower then you do and expect that they will make the decision to ramp up production (even the LCD version will be a very very hot item) within the next couple of weeks.

  280. All the best Rohan and NI!! We are always with you and we believe in your vision and honesty!!

  282. +1

    @all

    lets have the vision to “look beyond the obvious”.

    Certainly NIs definition of a product will be time tested (or market tested). I have a fair idea, it will be more than accepted.
    All the more, when the product is moulded from the user’s perspective, with active participation of the user in the moulding phase , and with the target of easing the user’s task……I believe the product is going to succeed like anything….and no amount of “superflous” criticism will hamper its growth.
    I wont call “constructive criticism” as criticism but rather “feedbacks”. And I believe we will have lots of feedbacks to help NI overcome shortcomings.

    *already salivating for Adam HD…with pq1280x800* 🙂

  283. When I saw there article on the Xoom and got to the comments people were saying but if it just had this or that or the other thing and I was able to tell them to check out the Adam as it had all they were looking for an more. Gave me a good feeling.

  286. Not if this was already posted – but this link is to the entire Crunch Gear interview – about 20 minutes:

    “http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/11858311#utm_campaigne=synclickback&source=http://ces.crunchgear.com/&medium=11858311”

  287. Hi Jayachandran, can you publish this somewhere else where it does compile and give us a link (in quotes “http::// . . . . “?

  291. @tbc Thanks for suppyling the link, it looks like WordPress is no longer nesting the replies and it’s not obvious what I was talking about. I also like that these guys realise why not having the Marketplace isn’t an issue when you can load any apk. Two more sites for for my tech bookmarks.

    @Gigantor (regarding ereader orientation, columns)
    I think this is just a software issue, the default reader in Eden may not have columns like you want but there will be plenty of other reading apps. Aldiko , Stanza, Kindle, BeamItDown, calibre, Kobo, the list goes on.. (they’re not all on android yet, but they’re not stupid enough to ignore a massive growing market either) One of them will work for you (maybe not iBooks 🙂 ). The engadget video shows very fast accelerometer>to>screen refresh response though, the hardware is solid as usual. Kobo announcement coming soon…

  292. Keep it up Rohan. Your doing it right and slow is the way to go. many start up try to go all out and act as big as the other companies and just disappear. Awesome job at CES and keep up all the great work.

  296. Rohan,

    I serously think you should try and talk to someone at Gizmodo soon, I have seen literally zero mention of the Adam on that site in the last month (other than by the commenters), and you guys were completely ignored in Gizmodo’s round up of the best tablets at CES. Please at least drop by and remind them how awesome you guys are!!! Also, keep up the great work and I am ecstatically waiting for the next round of pre-orders, I plan on buying asap 😉

    Awaiting your next interview,
    Patrick

  297. @Tod @Aaron

    My take here differ a little. Theres no denying NI will ramp production, they have already calculated the expected scenario (have read of 100K right?). But we cant/should not expect a million production. Why?

    The component supplies – we are seeing a certain deviation of models and components right?
    PQ supllies – they recently sign agreement with CPT. So naturally PQ will take some time.
    NI may want to fulfil our wishes – but their hands can be tied at the moment (its a guess)
    CES 2011 factor will help corner some of the problems with the supply manufacturers as they will see the “evidences” of a potential future demand.

    So naturally things will speak up speed. But let NI also gain the managerial skills (not only Rohan…manpower and maturity for each dept heads)

    My bet is : by feb-march we will have lots of adams…….oh and dont worry about Mototab. forget about availability that early as honeycomb is still not finished. (even gingerbread was supposed to be released 1-2 months earlier by the rumours)

  298. Wish you all the best. I believe in your product. Really. You can feel when it’s scam and promises non-sense and you can sense when it’s something real.

    If you’re looking for a PLM (though french) experienced engineer… well, give me a shout and let’s talk!

  299. just to add more:

    millions of adams sold in one month means atleast 100k customer complains, supply chain issues, more factor of “human error”.Even if NI goes on a hiring spree, the maturity of experience will be too big an asking, dont you say?

    we should look at this angle : is NI prepared for that? or are we going to label a “fiasco again”?

  304. I have many questions but I prefer to wait for Rohan return to India and have more time to read and answer all our questions, for this reason only I will do a simple question:

    Why Adam has two buttons back? (One on the side next to the usb port and the other on the screen next to the buttons: menu display panels)
    Why not use just one button? What is the difference?

  305. Nice to hear that indeed! I will try to check the website often to see when I can preorder the pixel-q model!

  307. another try for those who are not as smart as Philip (sorry if this one doesn’t work either)

    | /———————————-/
    | —————< Rohan’s Blog |———|——————–|
    | \———————————-\

    My daily fix.

  308. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and dreams with us, Rohan. 🙂 🙂 🙂
    Now, I’m waiting for the preorders. I was away for the first round, but I’ll not miss the second one.

  309. “http://www.i4u.com/44480/notion-inks-adam-real”

    Quotes:

    The Eden UI is so fast it’ll blister your eyeballs.

    Adam -was- louder than any of the other tablets I’ve listened to today. And there was definite bass, it even rumbled a little bit. Gaming looked great too. He popped on a football game and ran through a couple of tackles. Again, no lag, great picture.

    The Adam is real, and real pretty. Those of you who dropped the money on a pre-order can sleep a bit better tonight.

  310. I too read the comments in the last post criticizing Notion Ink’s marketing strategy. While I felt perfectly comfortable bashing Notion Ink for issues on the pre-order event – which really, was my personal customer experience. I felt perfectly OK telling them they probably should be hiring someone who understands how to handle the customer experiences or they’ll fail. I don’t feel I know Notion Ink’s strategy or financing well enough to give them advice on how best to market their product, nor do I think others here do. I really think that’s probably outside of our area. Whether we understand marketing or not, Notion Ink’s marketing strategy doesn’t really affect us personally the way either the customer experience or the product itself will.

    So really, cut Rohan some slack. He clearly executed the CES plan he intended, and executed it well at that. We should be praising him and Notion Ink for rockin CES the way they intended. So Bravo, Notion Ink! You really did get great press from what I understand to be your target market – geeks like us! We’re the ones that will be buying Notion Ink Adams. If the reviews from Engadget and company are half as good as this week’s reviews, you’ll be doing well.

  311. Well done guys !
    Great CES I guess everyone saw what we expected ! You said you will go back to work please let us help you and release officially the SDK (at least a beta)
    By creating a new vision of course you took a “marketing risk” but I thing you did well : 100s tablets and people speak really about what 5 ? 10 max and you re part of it !
    The show must go on ! Please let us to be part of it !

  312. damn, WordPress does not only remove leading spaces but also even multiple spaces that are between other other characters.

    I am from Holland, I should be able to draw a syringe.
    I think that I need Canvas 🙂

  313. *Why doesn’t Notion Ink have a CES booth? I thought they will be coming out to introduce the Eve smartphone to get ready for 2012?
    My Guess Eve will be a 7″ Version of Adam & not a smartphone.

  314. I’m enjoying all the CES videos and can’t wait to get my Adam in hand. I will be excited to see the new innovations that will come with the continuing development of the Adam. Similar to what Alex said, there is no need to fuss about what isn’t a part of the current version. I’ve owned all three Kindle versions and 23 years worth of desktop and laptop computers. What impresses me is both functionality and NI’s desire to stretch the envelope and change the direction of how we use “computers”.

    All the best to Rohan and his team.

  317. @elmelao The URL worked for me. Try again.

    Nice statement about Adam in the article: “Notion Ink has given me something to be enthusiastic about.”

  318. hehe! You will be surprised how much more bass you can get by just covering your speakers with some glasswool or cotton fibre covering. And before you say it catches fire, let me tell you there’s fire resistant glasswool and fibre available too.
    Well, some of us do use our head better than a Lizard Gecko!! 😉 :p

  320. hehe! You will be surprised how much more bass you can get by just covering your speakers with some glasswool or cotton fibre covering. And before you say it catches fire, let me tell you there’s fire-proof glasswool and fibre available too.
    Well, some of us do use our head better than a Lizard Gecko!! :p

  321. @ notjustshinyobjects said

    thanks for the link to the Chicago Sun Times Article.
    Guys, go read it and leave a comment! The author has guts telling it like it is.

  322. Yes, that’s a good effort. I’m on my way to an apple store right now to do the same 🙂

  324. Yeah. Really good article. He also slaps big companiews for their outrageous prices.

    “I’m not the only observer who’s enthusiastic about the Adam. There’s a simple reason for that: Notion Ink has given me something to be enthusiastic about. Via their blog, the company has been refreshingly open about the development process. They aren’t just spitting out press releases and hosting stiff, executive photo ops: they’re showing full walkthroughs of the hardware and software as it’s being developed.”

    And continues:

    “And holy jumping Zarquon on a unicycle: they’ve actually got a price in mind: the 10-inch Adam will be available in multiple configurations starting at $375. There’s enough air between that price and the $499 minimum iPad price to present no pricing obstacles for the thing.
    (See, Verizon? T-Mobile? Acer? ASUS? Sprint? It’s not that hard.)”

  325. Rohan! Rohan! Please answer, I still am wondering what happened to the radial arrangement of the tabs? How come they are all horizontal and they don’t seem to rotate around the semi-circle. It looks static and not dynamic. The tabs were suppose to sprout (shoot out) from the semi-circle when you touch it and rotate around its axis in a radial form and bar/tab in the horizontal position turns red and elongates to determine the tab of the page you want to go to. I see this illustration in your previous blog lat October.

    “https://notionink.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/browserb.png”

  327. I have a dream: “Netflix on Adam”.
    It would be enough to jumstar Adam from the echelons of “impressive” to “I want it now” .

  328. “Motorola already has the advantage of being the veteran”

    Haha. Don’t forget they have the disadvantage of being a failing company with a huge chance of going out of business before the decade is over if their trend continues.

    When you have a company that is 1) Huge and 2) Grasping for air, you get products of inferior quality due to being pushed out the door unpolished. I say good luck to anyone who buys a Xoom.

  329. Good going NI. congrats for a good launch. and good wishes for time to come.
    cant wait to feel the rubber (no pun intended) in my hand

  331. Thanks for the link. Andy Inhatko is a well spoken man. He’s a well-known Apple fanboy, but he definitely says it as he sees it. No bs (mostly).

  334. @Rohan, I am not sure if it was me who commented about dreams about adam. I said “saying dreams doesn’t look professional” and say it as the best tablet around. I didn’t mean to hurt you or your dreams. If it’s my statement that has hurt I plead my sincere apologies. I don’t mean anything wrong about dreams. Even Adam is my dream tablet. Please advertise it as the best tablet around and when honeycomb arrives you would still stand out with honeycomb update. Also, please mention clearly that android market is not available only with froyo but will be available with honeycomb. Adam is my dream as yours.

  335. Great words Rohan.
    Some time we need to be reminded of your bigger goal, and this post does exactly that!!

    Followers always get disillusioned, but a true leader brings them back to the greater vision which awaits beyond the horizon.

    You are doing wonderfully well so far, and hope that the good will you have generated will translate into more fruitful partnerships and business!!
    We await your dreams and visions to come true, as it has been a memorable journey so far!

    All the best!!

  336. The word is out now. I wish Rohan would make a statement regarding FCC approval since the first Adams should be shipping really soon and also give us the final specs on the tablets that will be shipping. Can’t wait to receive mine.

  337. your delusional…if it werent for motorola, verizon would not be the number 1 telecom company pushing android devices.

  339. yeah….after going this 16 step process I really understand why Eden was developed! Appreciate the moderators efforts to document the process, but WoW…what a PIA Google. Hope the Honeycomb group is totally different the guys who created this mapping tool.

  340. I’m so proud of NI!!!!! I knew you guys would blow it out of the park!!!! I really can’t wait for the next Pixel Qi version to be out! Keep it up!!!!!

    Proud NI fan Renae 🙂

  341. I hope there is more third party video that follows before CES is up. Also, some sort of formal announcement AND video demo of Adam running the whole optimized OpenOffice suite. I am a little worked up about the NI team getting such a running start a day before the convention and then slowing down in the next 48 hours. Perhaps there is a lot going on behind the scenes, but still….’momentum’.

    Soon enough, the pre-orders and hopefully some of the tech-journos. will get their own devices. So in another fortnight, the third part info. will expand significantly. But as some comments have already pointed out, no Inkie can let sloppy reportage by when our Adam does not even figure in the top this/that lists!

    And what is with Google? Do I get the wrong impression when I hear Rohan repeatedly use the word ‘secretive’ re. 3.0 and Google, but Moto/X/whatever seems to be confidently/closely aligned with H’co.

    People who know more: am I reading too much into this?

    It is one thing to not be able to cut deeply into the market share of something like the i-whatevers, but to take the ad-hit from something that is rolled out by Motorola, the ex-pager pioneer. Ouch! I would have preferred Toshiba, rather than Moto to give NI some sleepless nights. But well.

    Hope the coverage picks up more tom.

    Fans, keep the hits rolling, past 5 million….

  342. Xoom was unveiled a month back. I am surprised that people at NI are surprised about its existence. However, I think Adam is way ahead in terms of hardware design and usability. The rest, time will tell.

    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koIzhLaRJJo&feature=related”

  343. Great Job,

    So when can i buy one.
    any dates on that?

    anyone can help here

    best wishes
    zouhair

  345. The article clearly got whipped in the comments. I am really proud of the NI community. They are dedicated and up in arms everywhere 🙂

  346. Thank you Rohan. This is exactly why I bought my adam. Yes it is just a piece of plastic, metal and glass, but that is not what I was buying. Again for the people who think I am dumb I am sorry for you. Please buy the product where ever you find one that suites but I want the dream and to be part of it.

    Thanks Rohan and I look forward to a fantastic journey.

  347. well said, Rohan! hear hear…and allow me to say that there are those of us who are here with you for the long haul, to dogged persistence!

  349. Oh yeah, I have a quick question. I know that Microsoft suite will come standard on the adam, but will I be able to run the program Project? I use at a lot for work and the adam (when I get my hands on it) will replace my work computer.

  351. Hi Rohan,

    Thanks for the update. I think you’re doing a great job at CES.

    Could you help put people’s minds at ease about what will happen with 1st generation Adams and Honeycomb — they will be upgradeable, yes? I’ve been under that impression for a long time, but can’t really find a definitive answer.
    Thanks!

  354. @Rohan Shravan

    What is the mystery/bonus feature? Please do a separate post about it.

    I am sure everyone also wants to know about the investors in Notion Ink.

    And, please don’t answer these in a comment reply, but as a separate post or update to current post.

  356. How many no. of tabs could you fit in there if they were arranged radially? The current form shown in the CES hands-on videos is MUCH more practical.

  357. I am confused, I read a lot of comments and people are saying we are surprised! We are rather more than aware of its existence since long, and you can see direct inferences in Eden already!

  358. I badly need one!! Please lemme buy! Please lemme buy!! Only one. . please. .

    P.S: What’s the small this on the homepage of notionink.com beside the video? Is it a bird? Why is it there?

    “http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2330/whatsthatr.jpg”

  359. Rohan mentioned in one of the interviews that Adam will come only in one size (10″).

  360. @rohan

    Your in Vegas…go have some real fun. There is a Vegas slogan in the US, “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”

    I know you enjoying yourself of course, but…

  361. I can not explain my happiness when I was reading the reviews. I’m really really happy for NI’s success. shabash guys

  363. Gr8 post Rohan.
    I received some wonderfulfeedback from some of my friends at CES.
    Gr8 going with a lot of good word of mouth publicity for adam.

    Beware of the propaganda war that may be fuelled by the bigger players.

  364. Thank you Rohan for including us in this wonderful journey. We appreciate your vision and I hope you can bring it to fruition!

  365. They ought to be updating the DHL Airway Bill Number on the status update page. I don’t expect an Amazon type integration, but just a simple number which we can take to the DHL site and paste to track the package.

    I didn’t realise that timezones would have such an impact but will this ship out on 9th Jan China time (place of manufacture) or US time (server time) or India time (NI office time)?

    Thoughts anyone?

  366. Wow, the comment from Kirkaiya from that article is shocking. How can he say “Is Notion Ink shipping the Adam now? And were they at CES? If they were at CES, I’d be curious to see videos of the Adam in action. If they weren’t there, then of course they wouldn’t be on this list (since it’s a list of tablets at CES).” Apparently he didn’t see Slashgear, Engadget and even Crunchgear reviewing the Adam. wow

  367. Rohan your blog post is exactly what I wanted to hear. I know your approach is the right one for you and Notion Ink. You won’t be the New Apple next week or even five years from now and you understand that. Your trying to build your organization on solid ground and with long distance in mind. No one is standing up with billions of dollars to give to you to start Notion Ink. No one would take that kind of risk. Even with the fine product and software you have developed. Yet, your picking up a group of solid supporters and I’m proud to be one of them. I admire your spunk and you are already wise beyond your years. Let no one take your idealism. You could never have come this far if you were not a winner. Have a pleasant trip home…. I look forward to your next post and Adam at my doorstep.

  369. @Swapan Mahato

    I guess, NI got the shock of their life in first fortnight of December 2010 already. Welcome to the world of corporate wars, backstabbing in high places and industrial espionage!

    IMO, Motorola’s software/functionality on mobiles and smartphones is weird at times. But, their hardware is real good. Google behaves very uptight with whatever they release and they take years to come around to accept public preferences.

    So, NI needs to build their business based on those premises. Dreams alone are not enough!

  370. As much as i would love to see that myself, I doubt it will make it in this generation.
    Hopefully for Adam 2 or 3 (with a kickstand)

  371. There may have been a copyright danger with doing it that way. I forget what it was called, but there was an entire UI based on that idea, it was shown running on a phone. I liked that too, though. I was hoping that the other tabs would sort of “gather” above and below your finger, and the one selected would stick straight out. Then as you move your finger down, the next one pops up and out, and the one you HAD selected would then “gather” above you finger, and so on…

    I know that was complicated (its late) but there was an entire UI that ran like that, so I’m guessing that the current way was safer.

  372. Can’t wait for Preorder 2! Any information on when we can expect it? Also, has anyone got more information on how customs will work for the US? That made me hesitate and I missed the chance at PQ. I don’t want to miss it again!

  375. Besides commenting on fellow Adamens comments here, I would like to say that I am glad that this event went well for Rohan and his team. With all the praises so far, even from those that that tried to put the company down, it looks like a success. And even though some are leaving tomorrow, like Crunchgear (I guess they feel there is nothing else to report), there is still 2 days left before the event closes. There will be time to relax and take it all in and celebrate afterwards, but now is not the time. I hope that Rohan continues to mount up the praises by continuing to showcase the Adam these next two days.

  377. Good job on Genesis. Partnering with NVIDIA was a great idea, can’t wait to play Back Breaker THD on my Adam. I also would like to say the Xoom sucks. How are you going to video chat with the Xoom setting flat on a desk. Lack of real world design. It looks good on camera but in reality has little functionality. Plus I didn’t really like not having real buttons. All the best to the NI team and I hope Eric Schmidt drops by soon to drop you off a version of honeycomb (that works with 1024 by 600).

    P.S. If we don’t get honeycomb you should offer a discount to existing Adam users on Adam 2 so we can get honeycomb or offer a DIY kit to put in a higher resolution screen. I sure hope it doesn’t have to come to this though.

  378. Rohan,
    Awesome job with making a good splash at CES. Just as some others pointed out, I believe the focus has to be less about silencing your critics, but introducing the ADAM to those who don’t realize that a small start-up from India can come up with truly innovative products – something that is not a “Me-too Android 3.0” tablet.

    I say this for two reasons:
    1. It seems that the bloggers at Cruchgear and to some extent the folks at Android Police used controversy to drum up web traffic and weren’t really merely expressing reservations about your viability. It was just convenient for them to be pessimistic. Its nice to see them eat crow, but ultimately it doesn’t buy you more customers.

    2. The more important reason I see is that the gadget blogs you mentioned have a good following among the early adopter crowd but not as much among the general public. For your dream to be a long term success, you have to look past the early-adopter crowd (typically quite influential, but make up not more than 20% of customer base of a consumer device like a tablet) and see how you can get traction there. This is also referred to as “crossing the chasm” in marketing speak and is vital for survival amidst the sea of tablets that are in various stages of release… even if you don’t wish to be a multi-billion $ company.

    The “mainstream” base composed of pragmatists and conservatives, which is the sweet spot for any innovative technology, will normally gravitate to mainstream publications. In the US, that would be NY Times (David Pogue) or WS Journal (Walt Mossberg), CNET or something on TV (CNN, CNBC, ABC, CBS etc). Also, since they don’t spend every waking moment reading Tech articles, they are more likely to be swayed by Brand names (RIM, Motorola, Samsung). I encourage you to start focusing on them because you already have great loyalty among the early-adopters as I’d characterize most of the posters here.

    In short, I think your team has a phenomenal job in designing a great product which is superior in hardware & software…but history is full of companies that flamed out as they couldn’t cross the chasm effectively or believed that technical excellence would ensure success. I hope you don’t make the same mistake. Obviously focus on the operation logistics to ensure your loyal fans can continue to speak well of you within their circles (as you saw during pre-order, they can be quite demanding and fickle too), but focus on the bigger prize…you dream deserves that perspective.

    I share this “marketing lesson” from personal experience, having worked for SGI, which was the Google of its time in the 90s with their graphic workstations and super-computers. In a strange twist, Google’s HQ is now in SGI’s HQ buidling and no one outside of Silicon Valley knows much about SGI.

    Wishing you all the best and hoping to see a mention of ADAM in the mainstream media or on TV soon. The Chicago Sun-Times article was really good, hope its picked up by others.

    Thanks
    Prakash

  379. I would have said server time, but Rohan mentioned units being on a boat already. By the time they are ready to ship, they’ll be in the US. So that would mean US time, depending on the state that the holding facility is in. (They would need a holding warehouse that they could actually ship from, even if DHL is boating them here. The DHL warehouse would likely ship them according to that states time)

    Of course, this is all conjecture…

  381. Yes. It’s all about money. “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”. Rohan don’t spend too much at slot machines unless you are lucky enough to win a jackpot. Spend a day at Grand Canyon from some refreshment (specifically south rim – it’s a 5hr journey and you can pick the bus too.)

  382. So with the mystery feature being an FM radio, I was wondering if any app developers are planning for some kind of really cool radio app?

    Something beyond just station presets, etc. Anyone have any ideas for good radio app features?

  383. I really don’t like Google being so secretive when android is made open source. Isn’t 3.0 in the public repository and collaborated by open source developers?

    Rohan, should you not directly approach Google to offer something similar to Motorola? Is Google aware of adam? If so, how can it even discard this dream tablet (muscle power)?

  384. Hi Rohan,
    It’s easy to spot a company and a product that’s trying to distinguish itself and not be one in a crowd. Of course, a revolutionary new product can not take over the world in a day.
    But at the same time, everyone else isn’t sitting still. For instance, a year ago, only you had Tegra 2. Now everyone else does, and some Tegra 2 tablets are already on the market, despite being terrible in other aspects. The swivel camera is still new, but won’t be long before someone else comes up with something similar. PixelQi, I think, is your biggest selling point, but even that won’t last, especially with the new 7″ and 9.7″ screens they have announced at CES.
    Eden is something exciting and revolutionary no doubt. But with Honeycomb, a lot of others will have access to features that you have spent so long developing independently.
    Overall, while it’s important to be revolutionary, the reality of today’s world is that unless you put products in the hands of the customers while your ideas are still new and hot and unique, the big and mighty and rich companies will quickly overshadow you with their own versions of your ideas. As you say yourself, Adam is part of an evolution. It will never be complete, or finished, or perfect. There is always something more, something new.
    So please release Adam to the wide world quickly, before the big bad companies with lots of money swamp the market with their own tablets. You should capitalize on the fact that you guys were here first.
    Apple always releases half-finished products with missing features, just to stay in front. They have a huge fan-base which is so brainwashed that they will sing along with Apple and be willing to live without simple things like ‘cut and paste’. Adam should capitalize on the fan-base that it has now, even if that means that the product you release to use isn’t 100% what you dreamed it would be.
    I can’t wait for the next round of orders, pre-order 2, and I hope at least this time I get to put my order in as part of the ‘family’… but I do hope, for the sake of Adam’s future, that you are able to release it to regular orders soon and into the mass market and high-street stores. Adam is unique now, but it won’t be for long, so you must not miss out on your opportunity to build a strong user base before others grab market share from under your feet.
    Cheers
    Aravind

  385. I am all for the dream and learning/implementing slowly but i still think Rohan, you should have got a booth there. I agree that you cant beat apple in one day but the entire idea is to create more awareness about the Adam and Notion Ink. Most normal ppl at the show probably dont follow this blog or other tech sites regularly. If you would have had a booth there, even the smallest one with 5 Adams, ppl could have been able to find you easily and got to try the Adam themselves. Anyways, im sure you have a plan.. 😀 Cheers.

  386. Greg:
    > Anyone have any ideas for good radio app features?

    Crank the power up and use it as a microwave transmitter. If enough people do this, and use Adams in their laps, this will solve the problem of overpopulation.

    Please note that you didn’t ask if anyone had any *good* ideas. You may have to be more specific next time. Some of us computer geeks are excessively literal.

  388. Inkers, what do you think about Toshiba’s offering:

    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJSyI7gC2YU&feature=related”

    Initial thoughts: just 1 USB port.
    Screen is not comparable
    Slightly heavier (said under 2 lbs)
    Somewhat more expensive (target 499)
    Early stages of development gives Adam a head start
    Twin cameras (of higher res) but don’t compare well to the swivel

    What else?

    People who can do this better: grow the list.

    Moto, for some reason I am not too worried about. Toshiba is know for price-based competition. So what else do we know and how does it stack up against our Seabiscuit?

  389. well done Rohan and whole notion ink team. Motorola xoom and honeycomb is still six month away (at least). The highest hardware requirnments for honeycomb r full filled by Adam , except for screen resolution. Mind u these r highest requirnments , as Google is now saying dual core processors r not mandatory for honeycomb. So i am very much sure Adam can be upgraded to honeycomb without much problem. But do not kill Eden , as it is a new way to look many things. Hope it must be patanted by now. The real review will be started in thousands by customers , as it will be reaching many home next week. I am sure no body will be disappointed. All the best.

  390. Ronak Rathod:
    > Well, some of us do use our head better than a Lizard Gecko!! :p

    I use my head to eat with. There is no better use. I also don’t stuff glasswool into my speakers; that makes a thump, not a decent bass.

  393. Among all CES tablets ‘adam’ is the most beautiful tablet. Rohan, in the next demonstration try doing a video chat with another adam (may be with your colleague standing with his adam next to you over 3G/wifi). I am jealous of you guys as you hold adam every day and we are waiting for quite long.

  395. Rohan,
    Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
    I am delighted to know that you are so focussed and mature at such a young age and are not swayed for making quick money.
    I have been following the tech blogs and vlogs and happy to note the positive response adam has received, Of course there are a few detractors

  397. @Raj ,

    As much as Notion Ink will not open source Eden software development between versions, why should we expect google to do the same…

    Each individual / company / organization defines its boundaries…

    We as end users should be lucky… that atleast we are taking part in the dream… unlike no other business…

    Google is not a culprit here at all… in fact we should be happy that google is standing behind Android (ofcourse, it is making a lot of money in the process) but just imagine, if each company like notion ink had to create a separate android of its own…

    On the same token, google should be thankful to linus torvalds and the host of open source hackers who created linux… the predecessor of android…

  400. amazing video… I could get a glimpse of what rohan mentioned….

    For those who are with us since long, I wish you were there when they were reviewing your product. You could see awe and surprise in their minds and eyes.

  401. I think Rohan has worked out and executed “almost perfect marketing plan” without spending a single advertising dollar. The publicity he garnered is more than enough to sell all the Adams he can manufacture this year. Just watch him next year in CES 2012 with Adam 2 🙂

  403. Dude. A booth is friggin’ expensive. Totally makes sense that they didn’t get their own. Sheesh.

  404. I can’t post a single comment. All of my previous posts have been awaiting moderation… :||

  405. @ gecko. U can’t just crank up power to make it work on the microwave region. U have to change the frequency. B more accurate I’d been working with the microwave region for a very long time. It’s the lifeblood of my research. So stop being a smart a-s

  406. Moto has been kept alive by Google(read Android). There was a time when no-one wanted Moto phones(the post Razr era). Moto was almost about close when they decided to adopt android on their phones. Moto does not have any invention of their own, they are now reduced to a hardware company that laps up and tidbit that Google throws at them.

    I am a proud Notion Ink Fan.

    Reliasing the Dream and Loving it! Ni all the way.

  407. “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”

    Lets hope for Rohan’s sake that’s not the case. We need the news of the adam to spread like wildfire.

  408. I have known your dream long before you detailed it in this post…even more shocking is that I have had this dream way before the Adam was announced….thanks for making my dreams come true….can I buy it now please 😉

  409. Amen to that. The NI journey was an eventful one. With ups and downs.

    Like somebody said “Its the journey that matters and not the destination”. The NI journey continues and I’m behind NI all the way.

    I’m realizing the dream and loving it every step of the way.

  410. Take note. Rohan used YOUR product. Not THE product. So he believes we are part of the creation of Adam

  412. You mean to fill the rest of empty space in your head!!
    Boy, Gecko is back in the game. 😉
    Anyways, I am only suggesting some features that come to mind in the excitement of Adams success at CES. Adam rules and am happy that it has evoked the response it did.

  413. At times dreams are more than enough. There was a time when Motorola actually had dreams(read Razr). Now Motorola is reduced to a hardware company living off what Google develops. Similarly if Google had not dream’t up android then the tablet revolution would not have been as big as it is today.

    A dream sets you on a path to follow and NI is about realizing dreams. So dare to dream and think different.

  414. LoL… I am gonna do it now in the imagine store in another half an hour… This is Fun!

  417. Way to go Rohan and NI team!! All the best looking fwd to lot more innovative dreams in the years to come!!

    Cheers,
    Kunal

  419. “Engadget who is known for their honest opinion.”

    I laughed out so hard at this that I broke my jaws 🙂

    And to the main post. I somehow feel that this entire post was written when you were damn tired.

    Btw, any info that you would like to share on when the next batch of PixelQi will be available for order?

  423. Rohan, the only comment I have is to ramp up production and capture the early android tablet market before xoom is out. It would help in capturing the initial market and satisfied customers word of mouth/reviews advertising. Xoom would probably outsell Adam in a.month but put efforts to capture the market as much as possible before the established players enter.

    Please take my order right away.

  424. Rohan,

    Keep working on your dream in the pace you think is the best one for you, your company and us (your clients/family).
    It is/was good that everyone who was critical on you and the Adam is going from the point being criticts to being ,very, positive about the Adam.
    Well done by letting them see and use the Adam so they can experience it in, and with, their own hands.

    For me, I just hope I can order soon!

    Greetings,

    Edju13

  425. I am getting so sick and tired of WordPress placing the comments all over the place!!

  427. After reading this post and Rohan’s several interviews in the past few days, I have a strong feeling that Ni will continue to sell their product online only for the next few months. I don’t see them partnering up with retails chains in India or in some other countries. I wish I would be wrong but I don’t see the retail thing coming soon.

  428. That was a really insightful post Prakash. Might be we as bloggers and face-bookers could increase awareness about the adam by either blogging about it or posting adam related links as our Facebook status. That is sure to get the attention of many people. Particularyl the non-tech crowd.

  429. The best I would do is give the tablet to engadget for an hr or 2. Have them review in-depth and publish. No investment, free of charge promotion. At max you may loose one Adam if they break open or like to keep it.

  430. Gecko being funny again after a long haitus!!! Lolz

    @Greg: Might be used as a transmitter to transmit signals over short distances. Communication without the net. That looks like a good idea.

  432. I did long time back and do it everytime I go to the mall. It has a Apple store and I visit it everytime I go there just to open Adam design page.

  433. @elmelao:
    Guess you alread have it, but heres the link:
    “http://www.suntimes.com/technology/3206581-478/android-inch-slate-ipad-verizon.html”

  434. Rohan,
    Great work. It is great to be part of your vision. I don’t expect you to answer this but can you please hint at when PreOrder2 will be up and running? For those of us that had difficulties with the first orders this would be a godsend.

    Cheers,
    S

  436. will do the same today.. 😀 make notionink.com their homepage or adam pic as the wallpaper… heheh.. :]

  437. Well said Rohan and job well done at CES….now lets not wait for PQ to start Preorder-2!…..Let LCD Adams keep coming..I am waiting

  438. in the Rohan-speak, words like dreams, hope and love have a very all-encompassing meaning. Dreams are not just what your mind sees when you shut your eyes… it is more importantly realizing and then holding on to what is most important to you ….

  440. Even Dell (which is famous for direct selling) had to open up retail stores here.

    Indians need to touch and feel the product before paying for it. That’s how their psyche is.

  443. Rohan..I admire you being the dreamer and realizing it to near perfection…while we were sold to your dream long back …for a common man outside the NI blogs/community, a good product will tell its tale when it reaches him physically or by word of mouth..

    but we can short circuit this process a bit by spreading word in the popular media consumed by people around the world…chk this latest post at CNN…titled…CES has tablets galore, but why can’t we touch them? at “http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/01/06/ces.tablets/index.html”

    no mention of Adam there…possibly author’s ignorance…

    I posted a small comment suggesting Adam..NI bloggers could do the same….had earlier emailed CNN popular anchor Richard Quest to showcase Adam in his program but probably got lost in their corporate maze…

  445. As CES 2011 draws to a close, I must admit that I have been following the tablet world closely and one product stands out, at least at this point in time. Notion Ink Adam surpassed everyone’s expectations. We stand proud the product measured above and beyond other giant products in the industry. The dream to get that perfect consumer tablet continues and we believe NI can deliver.

  446. Notion Ink and Rohan appear to be doing just fine. They are getting great media exposure so far, they are delivering. The preorder controversy probably helped them, people just HAD to see them pass or fail the test. The consensus at CES is that they passed and really brought something positively unique to the table.

    Unlike other products shown at CES they have real prices and production models! It’s possible that a few bad reviews could hurt them though. A reviewer at Wired, Gizmodo, Engadget and TechCrunch could try to take Adam down a notch when their units arrive whether we feel it’s justified or not. Everyone wants to compare (and tell their readers to compare a device) to an iPad.

    Tablets are here to stay. Down the road, the Adam can continue to get better and can keep having unique features such as being weather and shock proof. It could work perfectly with another companion device in the home or office that really makes it simple to share with a home server or media center. It could have all the right scientific or graphic applications in the current or future model that makes it ideal for a big market…students.

    Once the honeycomb tablet apps hit, this summer, it’s really anyone’s guess what kind of world we’ll be in. I think I’ll be pretty satisfied with my Adam as a media player, sketch tool and book reader. The Motorola Xoom looks awesome now too. I’m not defensive about my Adam. I’d actually like to own both. I think people are gonna go through tablets more frequently than desktops, but it’s hard to visualize that because most of us have held out for our holy grail for so long, we can’t imagine letting it go for something else yet. You’ll change them out every 18 months – 3years just like with phones probably or maybe more often.

  447. @Greg: Never really used FM for one of my earlier phones …. so I like the idea/possibility of it being used for live Traffic updates( receiver) for GPS.

  448. Well said Rohan! I admire your vision. I am on board for the long haul with you guys. Can not wait to get a hold of Adam. I believe Adam will change the tablet market and I hope that momentum will snowball into a landslide of life changing/culture changing products from Notion Ink. I had saved up money for a few months for an iPod touch. Then out of nowhere I heard of the Adam tablet. I will not be purchasing an iPod touch. I don’t see why I should spend $229.99 on an MP3 player when for $145.34 more I can purchase a product that can change the way I interact with the digital world. Now when will the Adam be on sale to the general public? 🙂

  450. Impressive demos at the CES. Nice. Eden and Honeycomb both provide a UI that is more conducive to the screen real estate on a tablet. Can’t wait to see the Eden naturally extended on to Honeycomb.

    Any word on a release date and/or the second pre-order 2?

  451. @Anand Shah:
    >> but just imagine, if each company like notion ink had to create a separate android of its own…

    can you tell me what you are pointing to here ?

  452. @bruce:
    rediscovery indeed !!
    Looks like you are at your game again. I’d love to believe that FM radio may be for for more than just music …..

  453. If linux was not in the main stream….

    each tablet maker would have two choices…. either pay the microsoft tax or make their own and sell the OS as a add on cost to the consumers…

    Let us imagine that Linux & Android did not exist…. and microsoft windows for a tablet was not a choice and in addition apple iOS not willing to licence or share the OS for non-Apple device makers (again not taking into account that iOS is not a descendent of FreeBSD)

    Under those circumstances, a dreamer like rohan would have to build his own OS… I simply cannot imagine the time it would take for creating another android…

  457. didnt he say they are already on the ships in one of the videos? (i think this one “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI0fGxsxmUI” )

  458. Adam was banished from Eden. IF we all love Eden, lets not dwell on the Adam eating the forbidden fruit …

  459. Adams’s USP is as follows

    – A very well designed UI that can and will scale very well…
    – CPU, Memory & Graphics Optimization
    – A great number of specialized application (made by NI)
    – A very good degree of optimizations of other open source software like Quick Office, Browser, etc.,
    – A series of smart agreements with companies like Mireo, LongBox, eBook reading companies etc.,

    But all of exists because of the OS (not inspite of)… If it took 50 designers / engineers / developers to create the building, imagine what it would take to create the foundation of the whole Application Stack.

    History repeats itself… and what I see in front of me… is Alexander Limi & Alan Runyan of Plone in Rohan & Andre, providing a very well designed and scalable skin over Jim Fulton & Hadar Pedhazur’s creation Zope

  461. rohan, i was just wondering why you don’t open pre-orders for LCD screen ? why make those people wait who are just looking for LCD for whatever reason ?

  462. hear hear! I mean: good writing, totally agree. The only difference with Eden that there was only one Adam (and only one Eve). Your goals are – lucky for us – a little bit higher.
    I’m not religious, but the world would be a whole different place if there were a million Adam’s in the first place 🙂 :))

  464. and the immediate predecessor of Rohan Shravan in India, is Vinay Deshpande of Simputer fame, who tried to create a palmtop for about 200$ when James Bond was sending faxes using HP Jornada (which in turn were priced @ 600$) !!

    But the best palmtop during that time were the IPaq series (windows) from compaq and Sharp Zaurus (linux) and zaurus was a failure in the english speaking world purely because it was happy marketing to Japanese customers…

    A bunch of dealers, used to convert these devices to english and sell them on eBay !!

  465. @Sujith Prathap

    Already saw that! After all the hype and buildup, it’s a disappointment that Rohan does not reveal this on his own blog, in it’s own separate post and NI hasn’t even updated their tech-specs page! It still says “Bonus mystery feature ;)”

    Also needed to be revealed on the blog or website, is the “artistic packaging, re-usable as stand”.

  466. good job so far, well done Rohan and NI team!

    I have few questions.

    1. Microsoft has now announced the support of Windows 8 for ARM devices and also demoed it on many of the SoCs including NVidia Tegra. I am hoping that you will provide the drivers at least to support if the user decides to install Windows 8 (on his own risk of course) when it arrives. It may not be a wise choice but I would like to see some windows support.

    2. Will SDXC support be added as a firmware update? I have read somewhere that SDXC is more to do with softare support like exFAT and the hardware that supports SDHC is already capable of supporting SDXC cards. Please clarify as sooner or later we will see a lot of SDXC cards in the market with > 32 GB capacity.

    3. I think there is no flash (LED or Xenon) in the ADAM specifications. If that is correct, that is one very important omission and hope you will rectify the same in ADAM 2.

    Best regards,
    Anil

  467. @Anand Shah: I do admire you appreciating the brains behind Android/Linux. In the initial comments from Rohan he has done enough to pay his respects to Android. 🙂

    That does not imply “google is not the culprit”. It is like saying Google can get away with anything in the Android-sphere, coz they can always claim they were the force behind Android.

    That being said, I would prefer what remarks from bruce about these things:: “we may never know”. it may be better that way coz Google and Notion Ink are individual companies in the same fraternity …

  468. Dear Roahan,

    Your comments make me feel that you smell victory, already. My advice would be to hold on for now. You have conquered only a few battles, albeit big ones. But the final triumph is yet to come. I know that you have it in sight but a little more patience and persistence is advised.

    You have done very well indeed with your greatest critics but you must acknowledge that their fears were not without reason such as new start up company, no final product in sight (until that time) to name a few.

    The purpose of all this monolgue is to give you a simple advise. Hold on to your horses. Dont declare victory or assume it prematurely. You have few more obstacles to conquer still, the biggest one being the successful product delivery to countless (but you know how many) customers like me who handed over their (or their parents’) hard earned money to you without even touching the device in real.

    regards and good luck.

    Waqar

  469. The definition of Smart a-s is “someone who can sit on ice cream and tell the flavour”

    🙂

  470. @Renae: Of course there is not MS suite. Rohan was showing the Quick Office Connect suite on Adam which should support DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX
    “http://nifaq.pbworks.com/w/page/34164555/3c2-%E2%80%93-Office-Suite”

  471. Here’s an idea for the radio … route the audio stream to Shazam for instant online identification of song/artist etc ….

    Shazam already works on Android – so shouldn’t be too difficult

  473. They asked him if Notion Ink was going to do a 7″ and he said that they are only doing the one size.

    (I agree.)

  474. But Notion Ink is quite unique in letting us join them on this journey. That is one of the biggest differentiator between Notion Ink and anyone one else in the market. An yes the moment you think of an idea someone else is coming close or with something the same.

    I dare say that Rohan and the team have a miriad of ideas, but only a few made it for the initial adam. I just can’t images what sort of products and dreams they have for the future but I dare say we haven’t seen anything yet. 🙂

    We have only just scratch the surface but the biggest difference is that Rohan and Notion are not competing they are setting the agenda, which puts them in a very unique place.

    Someone else was saying the Notion Ink has to increase its market share and not just get the earlier adoptors. But think about this, there are a lot of early adoptors for a start, but look at the circle of influence they have. Just imagine the marketing power behind those earlier adoptors. I know just within my circle of influence I have quite a reach and when other see the passion and hear what we earlier adopters have to say I can quite imagine that cirle of influence to be easily in the range from 20 – 100 and more, so marketing virually I believe will work far better and quicker than many other forms of marketing.

  475. Rohan – Amazon Payments is just opposite to Pixel Qi booth at the CES. Check them out, and see if that suits your strategy, as lot of international customers may again get blocked while ordering the ADAM, unless you have already solved that issue with Visa and Mastercard.

    Personal exp with Amazon payments has been good.

  476. I totally agree with you, Phillip. It’s the same in my country. Out of all the tablets presented at the CES, they only did an article about Motorola. They also did an article about Honeycomb and Mirasol.. I’m really surprised they didn’t mention Samsung and Asus since they are well known here. Aside from this, all has been silent regarding CES and tablets.

  477. Another CES tablet review article in Pocket Lint (UK-based) – which lists an impressive 23 tablets … which should have been 24 as the didn’t mention the Adam.

    The review is here “http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/37635/tablets-ces-2011-best-review#comments”

    A couple of us have already mentioned their oversite!

  482. I had a look at the details on the motorola site and it does not look that special. Yes great marketing, and some accessories but they are picutre and no rea information and it looks like many of the others that have been released at CES. Infact all the tables basically are much the same in shape and design. That is except the Notion Ink adam which is totally different in design, and we know why it is diffent and the reasons behind the desicions for those differences. All the other tablets are products that when the companies are ready will be release with big bang and just be another in the crowd of other tablets.

    Personally I think the adam will stand out from the crowd for quite a while.

  483. I was willing to buy it even without seeing any actual videos and pictures 🙂 I stumbled upon Adam by accident – during spring and summer I was looking to buy a tablet, but didn’t know which one. They were either cheap and poorly built or expensive as hell but too small.. Then someone somewhere mentioned if you need a great tablet, Adam is what you should be looking for. So I googled it and was bedazzled by it instantly; the description, the ideas behind it, the community… It was just the kind of tablet I was looking for. So I followed its progress and my love for it only grew. Now with the next pre-order (hopefully this time I’ll be more lucky than the first time) I’ll put my money where my love is too 😀

  485. Congratulations!!, Great Product..Great Reviews. I have been following Notion Ink and Adam since past 1 year and ‘am amazed by the amount of information flowing out of NI to its’ fans. It has made all of us part of NI and Adam itself.

    Thanks for all the updates. From the interview with Crunchgear, I could see that they were not able to digest the fact that a start-up company like NI could come out with such a great product when all the major players are biting the dust.

  487. No a lot of them were bias and did not give a critic they gave their personal views which is not a critic. If only they would give critics based on sound lodgic then we could accept their views and opions. Here is a good example of the difference between the two:

    The Difference between Critique and Criticism

    * Criticism finds fault/Critique looks at structure
    * Criticism looks for what’s lacking/Critique finds what’s working
    * Criticism condemns what it doesn’t understand/Critique asks for clarification
    * Criticism is spoken with a cruel wit and sarcastic tongue/Critique’s voice is kind, honest, and objective
    * Criticism is negative/Critique is positive (even about what isn’t working)
    * Criticism is vague and general/Critique is concrete and specific
    * Criticism has no sense of humor/Critique insists on laughter, too
    * Criticism looks for flaws in the writer as well as the writing/Critique addresses only what is on the page

    What we need are critiques, not criticism to be informative.

  489. They have already done this check out the video, it is good and it is a critic

    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC491L_mikU”

  490. They also carried out an interview

    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM1m55b9C_8&feature=related”

  492. Rohan,firstly, I love Adam and really want you to do well.BUT. you must be aware that having the best hardware isn’t enough.look back to Betamax vs VHS. Inferior product won because of end user support.Adam Will fail without apps. SO, any news on genesis? Can we see some of the new apps being developed?

  493. looks like Chris Burns is really smitten by ADAM.
    “http://www.slashgear.com/the-daily-slash-january-7-2011-07124859/”

  494. @Rohan FCC my friend. Don’t keep us waiting. If things are getting delayed, let us know. It’s better to take that shock in advance than wait before the day of shipping. Please 😦

  495. All the way Rohan! Your words of how you aspire for NotionInk to last for centuries and withstand the test of time instead of wanting to become a billion-dollar company in a day truly echoes what I feel should be the direction for the company.

    Cheers!

  497. Rohan,

    we all understand, that you are a small company with limited budget. Also, that you don’t want to create to high expectations what NotionInk will not be able to deliver later.

    But what could have been done to create higher visibility and to ensure that all of the capabilities and advantages of adam and the vision of NotionInk wouldl be available for everybody?

    There are plenty of hotels in Vegas which could provide you a small conference room (for about 50 people) for a reasonable fee (just for one day). Make a press conference for selected companies (the typical tech-blogs, media etc.) and show your product, share your vision.

    This should cover:
    – A detailed hardware review and how it can be used (show all the available IO ports)
    – Explain the design of the hardware (rough industrial design, not glossy as the rest of the pack, matt scratch resistent material, including screen, the golden angle, the curve, the swivel camera etc. Explain how important it is to be able to hold it convenient in one hand)
    – A complete Eden software review (philosophy behind Eden, multitasking optmization, it’s comic book design, how fun it is to work with, the advantage of the leaves compared to Honeycomb,
    – A complete demo of all available Eden apps (Mail’d, Calendar, Browser, Canvas, Sniffer etc.) Show the differences between plain android, including Honeycomb
    – Share your future vision for Eden and your plans for Honeycomb
    – Explain the idea of Genesis and it’s co-existence with android market.

    Make sure that everybody understands:
    Adam is ready to ship, with a great set of tablet optimized applications, where Honeycomb is still under development (as we all have seen here at CES) and therefore it will take a while to have high quality apps (not rubbish) which are optimized for tablets on the android market. When Honeycomb is ready to ship, NotionInk will be one of the first companies to adopt it (thanks to the architecture of Eden) and android market will be available too.

    The press conference could take 30-60 mins. Each app demo can take 2-3 minutes. You can also have some video demos running in parallel.

  500. I like the fact that Rohan is keeping his head in this stressful times. His focus on going slow and steady is reassuring. Adam is a superior product..period!
    I also love the fact that Crunchgear were actually bullied by Notion ink fans into mellowing their views.
    In the Interview they termed the NI fans second to none..even stronger than the Apple Fans… I reckon Adam’s strength lies not only in Rohan’s Futuristic vision but also the Staunch Loyalty of its Fans!
    PS: This shall be an ideal case study for Business School students. Does anybody recall any parallels to Adam’s story in the corporate history.

  501. “We are not here to sell in millions in the first year and quickly become the billion dollar company”
    that’s great, and even strange nowadays: everyone wants to make the worst to lie the rest and becoming in someone… I mean.. no one matters the consumer at all.. just their benefits, and you have demonstrated that you are not like others.
    but.. as you can see, MANY people wants your tablet, and many others NEED the tablet, which is very different. So you should hurry up.. until they change their opinion, because you “mistake” is the quantity.. not the quality..
    so.. we want a new pre-order, or where to buy one!!

  502. Not sure why Adam would fail any more than any other Android tablet?

    An app developed for vanilla Android (ie standard not device specific) should nrun on all devices (at the same OS level)…..

    Conversely apps written specifically for the Adam Eden OS utilising the leaves might not run on other hardware/software configurations

  504. “For those who are with us since long, I wish you were there when they were reviewing your product. You could see awe and surprise in their minds and eyes. But there is a lot to do! And now we will focus back on our work!”

    I really would have been there gladly.
    But what I would want more is a new chance for pre-ordering for the family 🙂

    If you are not going to produce a million adams soon, it will be very hard to get one.

    Family-Pre-Order PLEASE!!!

  506. microsoft is eager to get in bed with everyone, nor is it really netflix or hulu’s place to do anything but support what they can.

    Sadly, nothing short of silverlight for android will ever get netflix to our dear adam…. 3 cheers for DRM! (sarcasm)

  507. I know I shouldn’t… but at exactly 12:00 AM IST I’m going to be refreshing the status page like mad.

  509. I am a proud owner of Adam (yet to receive one!) and the reason I bought was not only that it was a fantastic product but over a period of time I realised that the company behind it is great as well. We are all with you and we proudly support Notion Ink and Adam!

  510. Well I am in India, so by that rationale, I should be looking at my shipping from India between 15th and 22nd (my estimated shipping dates). Then they will reach sooner than I anticipate. Well, the wait’s killing me!

  513. Hi, might be a stupid question, but at some point Adam has to ‘know’ the swivel is ‘up site down’ and has to correct this.
    I mean: if facing forward it’s ok, but when you swivel it to the rear, the pic is up side down?
    Where’s the turning point?

  516. @MarkR +1

    Countless are the times that i hear something and want to know what it is. Shazam is great but an integration between my radio and Shazam would be really cool. Imagine you hear something on your radio and with one click, Shazam is started and you get the title, performer, etc. 🙂

  517. Since Pixel QI demonstrated a few new screens on CES i was wondering if we can upgrade the Adams screen to the 10.1” with the 1280×800 resolution (DIY or as option when purchasing the device)

  518. @Mridul Happy that you succeeded this time, if you can post this entry then you moderation problem seems to be solved and we look forward to hearing more from you.

  520. Once again, CONGRATS to Rohan and the whole NI Team who I believe are taking the right approach to introducing Adam. I just can’t wait to PreOrder 2!!!!

  521. @Marc Dimmick Adam will indeed stand out for quite a while but the Motorola marketing machine is massive. The more tablets Rohan can get out there, the more addicts and sales-people he will have on the street.

    Getting the Adam out on the street is the most affordable option against the marketing dollars of Motorola, Samsung etc.

  524. I was scanning through the blogs and was wondering why everyone is assuming that Eve is going to be the smaller device. Ona lighter note, if the naming is done with logic then it should be assumed that:
    1. Eve will be more complex than Adam
    2. Eve should have many accessories
    3. Eve would be costlier
    4. Eden would not remain the same after arrival of Eve…
    🙂
    I think Eve would be a Laptop or a dual screen tablet! Wat say Adam Gurus?!

  525. one thing that could have been done on the back is a sensitive bar for one finger, some kind of horizontal sensitive rectangular area : I wish I could handle the adam with my both hands and use my index on the back to scroll the pages of the book I am reading

  526. Bonjour à tous et bonne année 2011 et pour chacun d’entre nous une belle tablette Adam.
    Je l’ai espéré pour Noel…loupé, pour mon anniversaire (10janvier)…loupé. Alors je n’ai plus qu’à attendre, comme vous, que nos chers amis indiens veuillent bien nous livrer leur superbe tablette…avec la bonne version d’android, bien sur.
    A bientôt de vous lire.
    Kobalover

  527. @Ixne “If you are not going to produce a million adams soon, it will be very hard to get one”. I agree with that one!

    Luckily I was able to pre-order one, but I would like to buy several more for our sales-force and once the first of us have their Adams, our friends will want one as well.

    If supply is limited then maybe we need what Google did when they started Gmail: you can only get one through invites of people who already have one. That would make each of us very popular with our friends 🙂

  529. Like many others, I’m waiting for the chance to order as soon as possible. I also am interested in how people intend to use the Adam. My main interest is in what type of case, cover, etc. would be most practical for the Adam from a material and form standpoint. Thoughts?

  530. Awesome Peeps!!! We should take a picture of it and show it here. Hehehehe. So others can follow. I will also post it on my Adam thread on my site too. “http://thisiskawaii.com/forum/forum?id=266” I also added a section for Notion Ink Fansites too. So if you have a blog or forum you can put yours there too and put a little info about your site. I would put it myself, but I would rather have the owners of their blog/forum to add it themselves.

  532. Tech spec still says “Bonus mystery feature ;)” Has Rohan told us about a radio and still has something else or just slow at updating the website?

  533. @Karen I think in one of the interview Rohan mentioned this. He said that after 45* the camera automatically revert the image so there will not be a problem of pic coming up side down.

  536. @bruce

    Of course it will be called a “fiasco” again. If there is one thing that I have learned from the comments on Rohan’s blog then it is how brutal ‘fans’ can be. Totally without any forgiveness, no room for nuances and thinking that their own ideas are gospel.

    So yes, when Adam is shipping a million of Adams, and there is 1% with complaints and of that 1%, half is not helped to their satisfaction within 2 hours after lodging their complaints, then I expect a similar tsunami of criticism and talks about “fiasco” 😦

  537. @Himanshu, I agree. I inquired at MediaMarkt, which would be the obvious choice in the Netherlands, but they replied they didn’t know anything about the Adam. I hope I put an idea in their heads.
    Best regards, Aad

  539. yeah just googled it. And even in the interview charbax’s guy asked specific question about ipad with Pixel Qi(chi) screen…Hmmm 🙂

  542. Please go to “www.facebook.com/motorolaeurope” and you will find how people around the world are cursing Motorola. Motorola is a Fail company. People in Europe are already filing a class action against them for lying about Milestone, selling it as flash capable but installing droid 2.1. They are not releasing 2.2 and telling people “due to lack of resources it will not be released”. This is a fraud and Sanjay Jha should be put into prison for that. If i ever meet him personally I will kick his balls.

  544. Come one, Rohan! Let us order new LCD Adams! I dont need Pixel Qi, so why should I wait for it? What I need is an Adam!

    Anyway, you’re doing a really great job! Adam is fantastic

  545. On a serious note, Rohan have u filed a patent for your rubberized gripping design?? I am sensing that from the pleasing comments about it by all reviewers who have handled adam, It will be a deciding factor in favor of adam in times to come. So please if you haven’t done so, file a patent if it’s possible.

  546. Rohan, people are not going to sit here waiting for one year for their turn to order a tablet. Remember Nintendo Wii, I had to wait for an year to buy one, all sold out in NY.

  547. +1. Rohan after clarification about battery performance, even if only LCD adam ordering is opened right now, they will be sold in jiffy and it will help Notion Ink as a company to bringing more fund on the table. So don’t wait for the simultaneous opening of Pixel Qi(chi) and LCD. Alteast for now you can ahead with LCD.

    And For India Specific: if you happen to visit famous tech forums in India(techenclave,Thinkdigit,hifivision), there is a lot of buzz about adam in these forum. They can be easily converted into buyers.And after such a good success at CES which is covered extensively by some of the tech websites, I think there are ripe chances that it will be a lot easier for you to tie up with any retail chains(Chroma,Reliance etc). I understand that you are envisaging for a global company but in India it may be a bit easier logistics wise for you to tie up with them. Waiting for news like these.

  548. People: we have all seen the video from JK Mobile, et al. I came across the write up. It is VERY POSITIVE! It also has the video (towards the end). Now this is the kind of press that I (and some others have also said it before) wish that Adam would get on its own from third parties. We believe in what we know and support, so logically this coverage should come effortlessly out of Adam’s mere presence at the CES.

    Wrong! The branded big-shots have successfully edged the Adam to a strange position. The advantages of Adam are obvious. In fact they are so many to count, that it seems that those trying to come to grips with it (and I am not talking about the rubberised grip) often get things wrong/miss the point.

    Small Illustration: in the article I am linking (the write-up that goes with the JK Mobile video) the person mentions Adam having ‘a USB port’. WRONG! It has two. Which I think (correct me please) is yet to be offered by any of its competitors. Minor difference you may say. But with nearly every current/future projected contender, there are too many of these ‘minor differences’ which on a level playing field would put Adam in the right place: the next generation (or perhaps the one after) of product offerings.

    Minor Differences, which I wish would be highlighted in third party (pre-)views:

    1. Price
    2. PQi
    3. Battery life AND it being replaceable
    4. The Digitizer Functionality
    5. Single Swivel Camera, for business/academic applications
    6. Open nature of its ecosystem: Android based without being tethered to any network/service provider

    These are the obvious ones. The key point here being, that these ‘Minor Differences’ deserve to be highlighted. These are not the Adam’s Strong Points. That list is much longer and far more impressive. These are ‘Minor Differences’ which set the Adam apart from so many of the Tablets, which are not even ready for release yet (Toshiba, Motto/X, etc.). Adam beats them on at least most of the points listed. So that needs to be brought out, along with the given feature set/spec. sheet.

    So when the first shipments arrive, fans, techies, bloggers, Greg, please try and hit some of these points as bluntly and with as much emphasis as you can.

    Hope there are plenty more videos today. There were none yesterday.

    Rohan, hit it out of the park, like a Viv Richards sixer!

  550. +++ 1.. u need a showroom piece ! for anything and everything.. here a common man does not know abt Engadget or Slashgear… but as Rohan himself said 60% is Us market and 10% only Indian market. so its obvious his plans would be aligned according to market demands.

  552. Or record in the background, or record a set time in the future, or repeatedly at the same time each week, creating podcasts of a particular show.

  553. would love to see it in the retail stores, atleast major ones in the city first.. atleast a showroom piece and then orders can be placed online.

  555. Karen, on Greg’s we-feature provided a link to a neat Adam Vs MotoX comparison chart. It does not mention Price, but still it does the job:

    “http://androidos.in/2011/01/notion-ink-adam-vs-motorola-xoom/”

  557. On that site, though, there’s no mention of the Pixel Qi screen. I think it’s a major differentiator.

  559. Plus don’t forget the affordability issue. A word that most western consumers are unfamiliar with. Also, the India advantage: iWhatevers have not even been released there yet! So a domestic market base, easy to advertise to (like Himanshu pointed out) and awaiting some sort of attention from a Bangalore based outfit. Just march the journos in, let them play with it for 4-5 hours. Let the press/blog features roll.

    India, done. Move on….

  562. @Rohan and Team NI & adam
    you all deserve a standing ovation when you all return to India. Thanks for Everything and keep up the good work.

    @all Intimidating folks
    The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
    – Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness, 1964

  566. You have to get past the intro video, and watch the actual demonstration. The UI works the way I described. I’ll try to find a youTube video showing it.

  569. Rohan,
    Nice dream and vision. Congrats at CES 2011 and also best wishes for the New year with loads of opportunities.
    Asish

  571. So much fluff… Tell me about when can I order this damn thing? I am getting upset that I cannot order this tablet. I hope someone will make a tablet or netbook with the pixel qi screen and will actually finish it.

  572. Another one of those well known ‘Lists’, from a reputed source. Adam fails to figure. Sometimes I wonder if these people are obsessed with their own ignorance?!?

    “http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/01/tablet-wave-failure/?pid=1172&viewall=true”

  574. Folks,

    I do not see a trackpad on Adam in any video (from as much of the back as we can see).
    Did Rohan say it will be there but disabled? Or it won’t be there at all?
    Anyone recall that?

  575. My only request to Rohan, is not to bring the next generations of Adam out too fast and make the early adapters and loyalists feel that they should have waited for few months more for a higher resolution, higher spec. model. And the current one goes down on price too. Hard price to pay for early buyers.

  576. Is the Adam compatible with Honeycomb????

    3rd time I am posting without success

  577. For the nth time, please do some research…

    There has been a number of videos and comments that said, Adam will be compatible with Honeycomb. Please go to “notioninkfan.com” to see a list of videos and that videos will mention that.

  578. IMO such plans may be afoot. What I feel is that Rohan is waiting for the content partners confirmed collaboration. and other finalization from other partners ?logistics ?retails.

    He did talked of a press release to be out soon. So we can expect “orders” for family and then general……..my worry is how they will execute? May be send invite to orders for family before opening for general or since they have the email id database..confirmation of booking?

    Guys we need to give Rohan ideas how to execute this ….

  579. something interesting designed and executed by rohan’s college juniors..
    ” hxxp://tech2.in.com/india/news/gps-systems/iit-techfest-2011-solving-gps-inaccuracy-through-pratham/185352/0 ”

    (replace xx with tt)

  580. @Eric – I am a-s smart a-s I am. But, please, have some respect for the deceased, which is my microwave oven, and for the about-to-be deceased, which is me when I take apart the microwave oven to play with it.

  581. I dont believe the Xoom has an advantage over Adam in screen size. It is 16X10 but 16X1 is dedicated to on screen buttons so it is really just 16X9 like Adam. This also means there shouldnt be any compatibility issues with adam for honey comb because all they have to do is modify the code so the buttons are hidden and pop up only (BTW eden already does this)The screens will be running on the exact same ratio, pixels are exact too I think.

  582. Ronak Rathod:
    > You mean to fill the rest of empty space in your head!!

    I like to think of it as expansion capability

  584. @All,

    One thing I gathered from the interview with Crunchgear is Rohan clearly says that the next round of orders will only be open when the Pixel Qi screens becomes available. That is not a great idea IMO. If LCDs are available, he needs to sell the LCD variant instead of not selling anything at all. This is a consumer device and not a made to order tailored suit (for those people who are really choosy what they wear) which will be made only when such and such material is available. Rohan may want to take the slow and steady approach (which I have no problem with), but in this fast and impatient world people tend to have short memories. We don’t want the dream of adam fade from the memories of the people, which might happen if Notion Ink doesn’t reopen orders soon enough. There are so many people commenting on this blog, who want an adam. Whether it is Pixel Qi or LCD variant it doesn’t really matter to them. Rohan needs to take cognizance of this particular fact. Pixel Qi is great and it differentiates adam from other tablets in the market, but there are so many other features in adam that are unique and they should satiate the appetite of many of the buyers.

    All this is IMHO.

  585. does the Xoom even have any speakers? if they do, i dont believe they get as loud or produce as much of a surround audio experience like the adam- according to several different reviews. CNET has an on hand video of the Xoom and they cant even do a hands on demo of menus they just play video’s of what they can do. Nothing more.

  587. @Rohan
    Like many of us,i understand that dream is what makes it possible to have our adam s alive in our mind .

    There are parasites zooming /roominmg/xooming on their way oh my oh 🙂

  589. “Most of the family members have ordered the product too.”

    Actually, the majority of people who were eligeble for pre-order never got to order at all.

  590. Rohan mentioned that they are working with Kobo on an ereading app. I use the Kobo app on a Nexus One phone, and it is 150% more legible than the kindle app for Android. The night view (white text on black background) has a beautiful, relatively bold, crisp sans-serif font that makes reading it during the daytime and in a dark room (or outside at night) a real pleasure. I would LOVE to see the Adam/Eden/Kobo app give us the option for two, preferably three flowing columns in landscape view.

    The kobo app is legible at the tiniest font size, so it really does need a way to break the text into narrower columns… if it can do this, it will really enhance speed reading!

  591. notjustshinyobjects:
    > the person mentions Adam having ‘a USB port’. WRONG! It has two. Which I think (correct me please) is yet to be offered by any of its competitors. Minor difference you may say.

    The difference between one and two is one (proof: 2 – 1 = 1, which is the smallest natural number, so it must be minor). But Adam actually has three USB ports (two full size, one mini), so that’s twice the minor difference, which is arguable major. In practice, this means I can stick in a flash drive and use a USB keyboard at the same time (without getting funny with battery-draining hubs), plus still have a port left over to plug in an illegal transmitter to block all cellphone reception in the area.

  593. I recommend everyone to give their ideas on unique ways of marketing notion ink..
    i am impressed at the mature vision of Rohan.
    I searched for terms like CES 2011 tablets etc to see what is being published and surprised to see that there are articles with Adam not even mentioned there. I was disguisting to see how money can be used to publish articles.i put comments in such articles so that readers are aware of Adam as well.
    we each of family members need to do the above task to ensure that Adam name appears in each possible article on web.

    NOw its time to give back. we have been just asking /demanding from Rohan. Let us also help in marketing Adam .

  594. @Jayachandran
    > The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
    – Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness, 1964

    That’s very funny coming from someone who habitually threatened suit against anyone who quoted her in order to disagree with her. She never actually followed through, of course, since she had no grounds; this was pure intimidation.

    There are some worthwhile biographies of her reviewed here: “http://www.slate.com/id/2233966/” – although her “philosophy” was stupid and juvenile, and her prose indefensible, her life was interesting.

  596. @Rohan and NI,

    The following are waiting for the orders to reopen (collected from the comments on this one page). Please take this as a request from the family. Many of us couldn’t order the Pixel Qi the first time around, but still wouldn’t mind buying a LCD variant for now.

    Sjors Clemens said, on January 8, 2011 at 06:30
    I can’t wait untill the second pre-order round!!

    JulienM said, on January 8, 2011 at 06:25
    Hope I could pre-order on the 2nd wave (as I have got only a mastercard, I could not be part of the first ). Perhaps you should consider adding other payment options (like paypal for example ???). It could allow some other people to order Adam.

    Zouhair stitou said, on January 8, 2011 at 08:29
    So when can i buy one. any dates on that?

    frank said, on January 8, 2011 at 11:13
    When will I be able to order mine?

    Krzysztof said, on January 8, 2011 at 14:59
    @ROHAN WHEN CAN I BUY ADAM???

    Karthik said, on January 8, 2011 at 13:19
    Any word on a release date and/or the second pre-order 2?

    Raj said, on January 8, 2011 at 12:10
    Please take my order right away.

    edju13 said, on January 8, 2011 at 12:10
    For me, I just hope I can order soon!

    Antifa Shu said, on January 8, 2011 at 19:39
    Come one, Rohan! Let us order new LCD Adams! I dont need Pixel Qi, so why should I wait for it? What I need is an Adam!

    Anyway, you’re doing a really great job! Adam is fantastic
    Himanshu said, on January 8, 2011 at 19:51
    Rohan after clarification about battery performance, even if only LCD adam ordering is opened right now, they will be sold in jiffy and it will help Notion Ink as a company to bringing more fund on the table. So don’t wait for the simultaneous opening of Pixel Qi(chi) and LCD. Alteast for now you can ahead with LCD.

    Bence said, on January 8, 2011 at 20:46
    So much fluff… Tell me about when can I order this damn thing? I am getting upset that I cannot order this tablet. I hope someone will make a tablet or netbook with the pixel qi screen and will actually finish it.

    Rama Maganti said, on January 8, 2011 at 21:23
    If LCDs are available, he needs to sell the LCD variant instead of not selling anything at all.

  597. @Rama Maganti,

    Rohan said clearly:’Someone wrote in the comments, they don’t care what dreams we have. I would say if that’s the case, we have seen 100s of tablets in CES, and we all are free to opt for one. But if you want to become a part of a unique history, sense the evolution, hang on, because we are here to do different things, and in unique ways!’
    If ppl want to buy NOW, they can buy another tablet. Other fans will come along, real fans will stick to NI.

    And second, LCD screens are ready in numbers, PQ were not at the time of the Crunchgear interview. No one mentioned a time period for PQ to get ready. Maybe in a week, maybe tomorrow…?

  598. levpisu:
    > I’d love to believe that FM radio may be for for more than just music …..

    If you come to the US and tune the FM radio to NPR, usually low down on the dial, that’s usually chatter, not music. It’s good for sleeping to, probably not much else.

    Some people have speculated that the radio might be a low-power FM transmitter. That would explain any delay in the FCC certification, but what would that do that bluetooth wouldn’t? Broadcast to neighbors’ FM radios?

  599. @Rama Maganit, please don’t assume they will all be satisfied with LCD.
    When PQ was sold out, it took about one more week to sell out the LCD’s.
    That gave them quite an opportunity to buy one?

  600. I hope Adam is not forgotten as a trailblazer. Cnnfn cnbc msnbc which have tremendous reach in USA should carry a mention on Adam too. Not once have I seen them mention Adam in the same category as notion ink/Adam.

  601. @Karen,

    Thanks for your comment. I waited for an adam for a year. I didn’t want to buy an iPad (I hated its design and its closed environment). I also don’t want to buy other android tablets as I very well know they are just one release devices. For example, Motorola XOOM would only work on Honeycomb. When the next upgrade of Android comes up, the device (XOOM) and the users will be left in a lurch. In my opinion that is a colossal waste of one’s money buying such devices. I really liked adam since the day it was displayed in CES 2010. It has Rohan Shravan as a CEO who has a great vision and would support his devices for generations.

    On 9th December, I got the pre-order e-mail, but the system wouldn’t let me order. I stayed up until midnight (I live in UK), but no luck. When I woke up in the morning at 6:30, I got a brief window to order the Pixel Qi variant. I left the PC to get my credit card and when I entered the details, the order didn’t go through and the next minute the device was SOLD out. I would gladly wait for Pixel Qi, but, don’t mind going for LCD after seeing its performance on the videos (by which time the LCD variant also got SOLD out). I wouldn’t use the tablet outdoors and the LCD variant would be ok for my use case. There are so many others who would want to buy a LCD variant right now. Hence, I am requesting Rohan to reopen orders for the LCD variant at least.

  602. FCC approval has been processed and the number was wrong on his device intentionally so you could not trace it.

  603. I can understand your feelings and iam sure NI realise that too. Iam sure those who didnt got to preorder will get 1st preference in the 2nd pre order. Rohan does take care of all at the end. I personally wish you get the 1st preference in the 2nd pre order.

  604. Dan Simon of CNN is supposed to be at CES and they have a twitter feed:
    “http://twitter.com/cnntech/cnn-ces”

    There is another CNN/CES “sneak peek” coming up live at (10am Las Vegas time?)

  606. i like how the focus is on continually improving a product and idea rather than just beating the big companies to get the name out there.

  607. looked at my comment and thought people might think i was being sarcastic. I do genuinely feel that way. just clarifying

  609. Rohan are you still in Vegas and attending CES or have come back to India. Or there are still some announcements to be made in CES ?

  610. I was under the impression that Rohan was going to make an official announcement of the Adam at CES this week. Has anyone info on this or did I read wrong?
    JT

  613. I don’t think thats a fault. Thats an indication that theres no panel anymore.

  614. @Mehrauli

    Nice comparison between the two tablets and nice comments below it from many of the Adam followers here who pointed out many other differences between the systems that are often not taken into account in such overviews (replaceable batteries, quality of the speakers, hand grip, etc. etc.) .

  615. @lionheart, I have converted it to audio but forgot to transfer it to my mobile so iam doing it now. How does it sound?

  616. Rohan,
    a couple of people have asked for review of Adam in Guardian.uk. Charles Arthur the Technology Editor who reviewed Xoom has replied that he would seek out Notion Ink.

    If you are still there in CES please checkout.

  618. And 9.7″ sounds like iPad to me. No one else does the 9.7″ thing. Also there are rumors that despite Apple’s comments that 7″ is no-no, China tech zones are abuzz with the rumor that ipad2 might be 7″ and apple might retain the older generation with 9.7″ screen.

  619. Guys I dunno anyone posted this or seen this

    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YiXlkiq8Y0” honeycomb UI

    Not much Impressed. Reminded of what Rohan said Eden has components of Honeycomb and maybe more.

  620. Agreed Soumya.

    Buying online was totally alien to me until 10 years back. Then, I moved abroad and these days I buy things like electronics and books only online. I do my research and if the reviews are positive (from buyers and not by the tech gadget reviewers) I just go ahead and buy it. In a showroom, it is very difficult to make up one’s mind. Everything looks good. It is easy to be swayed by the salesperson sweet talk. He/she may have his/her own preferences based on the commission the showroom gets and so on….

    Despite all this, in India people want to feel the product before they buy it. It is anathema for anyone to buy something without physically seeing it. Hence, I agree with your comment.

  621. Hi Family, How about someone who is in the marketing/ordering field take all our orders and make a Pre Preorder 2 list for the two versions. Maybe we can jumpstart the next round and let Rohan know in advance the number of orders just in this family alone?

  622. it looks like it adds a lot to the android os for tablets. I liked the browser. If anything notionink will be able to add and take away what is good and bad from honeycomb. Thats whats so great about Google and open source. Google needs to hurry and push it out so the Adam can have its marketplace.

  623. Karen & Rama Maganti

    I for sure don’t want the LCD. But I couldn’t order the PQ, it was still available when I tried, but I stranded when the creditcard was asked for. I only have Mastercard.
    So for sure I will buy the PQ when I can. Even when they now open up for just the LCD I will still wait till I can buy the PQ.
    But I think I can just mention it to Rohan that I am one of the perons who would love to start buying when they can.

    Greetings,

    Edju13

  624. any chance in the near future we can see the “office” apps. One of the big things that makes the IPad so awesome is for presenters its a great presentation tool. I would like to see what comes with the Adam for that such as ppt support which i think you mentioned would have it…

  625. It is very important to highlight the ‘minor’ ones as they are the big differentiators! Some of these like digitizer, removable battery may not be even known to most of the critics unless highlighted.

  626. My Bad. Wanted to count mini-USB as a bonus. Didn’t want to count it as 2+1 USB ports, so that the competition may cry foul. But your point is valid, even if your intent for the third post is not (joking)!!

  627. I believe that those that have been following adam & Rohan for a while are truly part of Tech. history. Thank you, Rohan for allowing us to offer our opinions & suggestions.

  628. +1…its been covered a thousand times that the panel stretching is to indicate that you’ve reached the end of the panels.

  629. I know that you can turn that feature off on devices. Like on my Droid Eris and the Ipad. I’ve had instances where I’ve tilted my phone slightly and it went to landscape mode. It can be a nuasance when you don’t want it to switch and it does. So, perhaps it was turned off for their demonstration?

  630. Fans, spend some of your energy and time here:

    “http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20027730-92.html?tag=mncol”

    It is yet another one of those CES lists that no less than C-net has come up with. It does not even MENTION Adam!

    Can we let the CES slip by with such poor quality reporting?!?

    Join the debate on:

    “http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20027730-92.html?tag=mncol”

    Leave comments. Try and get your point across. NI team on the convention floor can only do so much. Fans: type!

  631. hey rohan,
    in absence of detailed information on notionink website (read User Manual), please continue doing videos of important features like 3G video call / voice call / maps app etc . . . thats until people get Adam in their hands. after that, you can focus out of these descriptions 🙂

  633. Rohan explained why they don’t have a CES booth. Costs way too much. They’d rather be at someone else’s booth and roam around.

  635. Perhaps this may be worth tracking. Esp. if he adds a new video or something:

    “http://tnerd.com/2011/01/06/quick-glimpse-notion-ink-adam-hands-on-videos-from-ces-2011/”

  636. is there really shipping on sundays? I would not count on that. At least not in the US. Prepare for shipping yes. Ship no.

    Suspect first batch out in day or two. The ones that said ninth. They can then monitor problems before sending out the 15-22nd batch.

  637. getting close to 5 Mil hits .. congrationations NI 🙂

    @Rohan
    You are very good with communication. However, it may need some modulation ( in terms of flow and clarity) that should happen over the period of time. For eg: many senior techies (from India and it also applies to other countries)) at companies start off with original accent but then slowly modulate their presentation skills to fit to American market. What i mean to say is, it can be practiced and not a ‘by birth’ thing ..
    Just hearing to such presentations or podcasts (for eg. Harvard Business Review) would help. I am sure you will be able to achieve it with minimal effort and ease.
    Having said that, at the end of the day vision & results in realizing the vision matters.

    Good Luck !

    Kumar

  638. Totally… I do WISH they had a booth- But it costs a boatload of money- which they dont have just yet. Hope PixelQi can ramp productions asap and both screen varieties go up on order again

  639. My point exactly raja. Perhaps fans can do a bit. But it is NI teams problem: virtually EVERY feature is an innovative improvement. This is where marketing pros come in, I suppose!?!

  641. Can you please let me know why will he need american accent? Is he not audible? IssSpeaking in Indian accent lessening his credibility or business opportunity?
    I will love to know the rationale behind this stereotype thinking.Thanks.

  643. He says “Google should be talking to us about something or the other”, right about 4.5 minutes in….

    That is interesting, veeeery interesting….

  646. If you notice carefully, the tabs are actually arranged radially- around the tab switching button. But the radial arrangement is quite subtle and not as blown-up as he had shown in that mock up image. I am sure the people who will be getting their ADAM in a few days will let the rest of us ( 😦 ) know…

  647. @Himanshu & All member Feel free to download Adam Ringtone bellow.
    “http://www.4shared.com/audio/sBkkPXDt/Adam_Ringtone__Biswajit_saha.html”

  648. To all member here is the best 2011 ringtone for your cell phone.

    “http://www.4shared.com/audio/sBkkPXDt/Adam_Ringtone__Biswajit_saha.html”

  649. I agree. Having an accent doesn’t take any credibly at all. Besides, even within some countries (Including the US) there are ussually many ‘accents’ within the same language. To add to that, the vast majority of Americans doesn’t really care about that. They will buy whatever it is they think is the best product, regardless the CEO of a company has accent or not.
    I do agree with Kumar that practice can lead to better pronunciation. But what happens if a person just can’t pass certain stage in mastering the pronunciation of an acquired language? Maybe keep getting better in all the other aspects of performance (of which pronunciation is a part), or just work on the most importance aspect of language: communicate.
    On the other hand, there are some linguistic variation that can affect communication in translation. But that is a different matter. Remember the Chevy Nova? Well, it didn’t sell in some countires in Latin America because Nova can be confused with No – va (which means ‘it doesn’t go’!). That is a classic example of not understanding all faces of communication (lost in translation!)
    I include in performance all kinds of stuff like grammar, and even body language.

  651. I totally agree with Karen and edju13 (I’m on the same boat like you edju13 – also got stranded when the credit card was asked for). If I wanted the LCD variant I would have done that million times over since the LCD variants weren’t sold-out until the time the first videos of Adam in action showed up. The PixelQi has so many advantages over normal LCD and I want to get my eyes the best possible experience. I don’t want Adam to be just another device that shines into my eyes every time I look at it. So I’ll too patiently wait for the PixelQi variants to be made available for purchase.

    Hopefully the wait won’t be that long..

  654. +1. Guardian is generally accepted as a mainstream British news-organization. As Himanshu said, has a wide readership. Get this fellow to do an independent/walk-through demo/preview. Some space in the Guardian could help with parts of the European press.

    He advertises his number as: “phone number is 07973 502 278”

    Charles Arthur has his own website:

    “http://www.charlesarthur.com/index.php”

    His E-mail i.d.’s are:

    “charles.arthur@gmail.com”

    and

    “contact@charlesarthur.com”

    And also the one for his official Guardian web-page:

    “http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/charlesarthur”

    Twitter handle:

    “charlesarthur”

    NI/Rohan, see if you can get hold of him on the Convention floor?

    Would love to see a mainstream media outlet give Adam a go.

  658. One request. Can anyone (including Biswajit :)) provide a 320KBPS version of the song :).

  659. would like quote this…

    “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win”

    We are with you in every step, quite a few of us, till WE win.

  661. Rohan is, of course. I hope they manage to schedule it, and more so with some sort of a video rolling. Perhaps a member of the NI can use the Adam’s camera to record a 5-10 min clip. That is what we intend to use it for. So they have multiple devices on them. Demo one. Give another to another journo. Shoot with a third. Records the interaction. Make it viral. All done in a couple of hours max.!

  662. lol @Joshua I actually meant this….somehow I got mix up with the name 🙂 …..right htc one is called sense.
    I also saw this quite a long time back. Thought IT was an innovative UI…

  663. Three ‘Lists’ of Top Loosers, where Adam fans can do something: Comment:

    1) Wired:

    “http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/01/tablet-wave-failure/?pid=1172&pageid=56784&viewall=true”

    2) Pocket Lint

    “http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/37635/tablets-ces-2011-best-review#comments”

    3) C-net

    “http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20027730-92.html?tag=mncol”

    Fans, make your support count. Make yourself heard!

  667. I put a few replies on that site and they didn’t show up. Weird. I pointed out that, I believe, some of the preorders are supposed to start shipping tomorrow. Also, the fact they didn’t have a booth doesn’t mean they weren’t there. And they have one of the best tablets.

  668. Where are you at CES my dad who works there says he went to the NVIDIA booth and not there. Hmm, did you already leave? Very sad news, you should of had your own booth very poor decision. You will come out of CES and not be taken seriously for this reason. Time I guess for me to look else where, unless I can tell my dad where you are so he can check It out.

  670. I think Gizmodo should listen to all our comments. They should be hunting NI down to see this great device! Instead of being left behind as slashgear, engadget and crunchgear get to interview Rohan.

  671. Xoom, under android version should say: announced to have 3.0…since no one have seen it in action other than a few videos

  672. ADAM Ringtone for your cell phone.
    “http://www.4shared.com/audio/sBkkPXDt/Adam_Ringtone__Biswajit_saha.html”

  673. And oddly enough, my introduction to NI was from a TV show called ‘Technohilic’ on a channel called ET Now. One of the longest third party demos, before the CES, i.e.

    Check it out:

    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPowc1yM0NQ&playnext=1&list=PL5465452AD664F364&index=22”

    It is really old but something like this in the local press could also go viral. Only the Hindu and perhaps DNA have done any reporting in the domestic press. How about ToI, IExpress, HT?

    Video can go viral. We need some third party content. And then the fans kick in!

  675. @Ronak: sorry for the double post, reply became a ‘comment’ for no good reason:

    And oddly enough, my introduction to NI was from a TV show called ‘Technohilic’ on a channel called ET Now. One of the longest third party demos, before the CES, i.e.

    Check it out:

    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPowc1yM0NQ&playnext=1&list=PL5465452AD664F364&index=22″

    It is really old but something like this in the local press could also go viral. Only the Hindu and perhaps DNA have done any reporting in the domestic press. How about ToI, IExpress, HT?

    Video can go viral. We need some third party content. And then the fans kick in!

  676. CES is winding down to its end this year and still no news about next round of orders, retail partners, content partners, apps etc.

    Fans have been more than faithful and loyal and going beyond their means to support NI/Adam by posting intelligent questions and comments on CNET/Wired etc to bring their brain-washed attention to a good, quality product like the Adam tablet.

    But NI doesn’t seem to be backing the fans.

    @Rohan,
    Can we get the info on next round of orders, retail partners, content partners, apps etc?

  677. He has said multiple times already during CES- that they’ve got the FCC Clearance- In fact, you can even see a FCC Number on the back of the device- But that number is a dummy one because he doesnt want us to be able too track that at the FCC website..

  678. @notjustshinyobjects
    I share your sentiment, but find it difficult to blame either CES or CNET. For whatever the reason maybe, NI is not listed in CES’ exhibitor list – Apple too is not on the list.

    Yet Adam got plenty of coverage from many well known sites.

    For a very comprehensive link to this extended coverage of NI and the Adam check:
    “http://www.notioninkfan.com/”

  679. +1 And I don’t even speak a word of Mandarin! The world’s most popular language! But then I trust products manufactured/shipped from mainland China! Like all the time. That is odd…..

  680. Good one Biswajit. I don’t know who composed it, but could be the theme music for adam. I know you ripped it from adam promo video 🙂

  683. See guys how partial a report can be:

    “http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/98897/20110108/consumer-electronics-show-tablets-rim-motorola-asus-samsung-panasonic.htm#”

    Time to show them reality.

  684. I wish i could, although im right now in india but my mind is in CES. Trying to get as much updates of adam i can..

  685. They are not there or at NVIDIA and the pixelQi is a meeting room by appointment only. Well I guess it is a failed attempt for another year. Someone else that actually took and takes CES seriously will be better off. Rohan if you want to be seen as a real company you NEED to have your own booth. It would be like a new car company unveiling their car down the street from an autoshow. You need a booth at the biggest electronic show otherwise you are still vaporware. Don’t just carry your product around to show others or leave early there are consequences.

  686. Kind of a disappointment. I’m connected to the web. I have access to an enormous amount of internet stations. So don’t really need a radio in adam.

  687. Rohan, did you give adams to those tech blogs for detail previews not just fot video hands on ? Do you plan to do this ?

  689. Look at the smile on Rohan’s face when they mention NI’s fans! It must feel good to have such a following!

  690. Rohan,

    Any indication about when can we see the higher capacity version of Adam?

  692. With the current hardware config remaining constant, the differentiators will be the price and the long term commitment to customer satisfaction. Adam has probably won the price war (xoom’s hype has a cost that will get added to the price of the tab), is learning and earning the second fast (taking into consideration the infra of a startup). So far Notion ink is on the right track w.r.t customer involvement, a key component towards customer satisfaction. They have proven that they can build good hardware and put a smart software in it. If they can get the customer-sat part ironed out, we are looking at a company that can have my 401(k) savings if they go public.

  693. I really admire your courage and conviction. Indeed this is a different company with a different ethos. Making money is just a possibilty and a neccesity but not the only thing. Very nice. Honestly I am screaming that not just this product but the thought, idea and convinction succeeds. It has ot because without it we wil be just hopeless and continue this spiral that capitalism is brewing. Market, sell and make money. Thanks for making this generation believe like the old companies that you are in this to make a product first. Not just to make money.

    Go blaze them and succeed !!!

  694. We are more than a critic than a fan but the Ringtone is awesome hope you get it.

  695. Congrats, Rohan and the NotionInk team! I’m thrilled that the Adam is being received so well (at least by those publications that have wisely chosen to take a look at it).

  696. Pixel qi is at South Hall Lover level in booth MP25982. Some interviews with Rohan was made near them so probably we can assume that they are together. Otherwise NI doesn’t have their own booth at ces. But the question is if NI is stil in Vegas at this time.

  697. Yes i did it for you guys. Like to know how does it sound in IPhone.. Lol

  698. just downlod it from the link.
    “http://www.4shared.com/audio/sBkkPXDt/Adam_Ringtone__Biswajit_saha.html”

  699. You can easily install any android app. So Genesis doesn’t need a ton of apps right away.

  700. Well I guess I will find another tablet. Leaving early is a HUGE NO NO. The asus tablet is very cool or the viliv tablet and the micro tablet are all interesting. If NI takes CES seriously next year and get a booth then they will be taken seriously. I guess we can only wait and see what happens but NI is not coming out smelling like roses, but instead a huge dud.

  701. Apple is not there because CE asked Apple and the rep. for Apple threw the litituare in the trash in front of the CE rep. Apple I am guessing thinks they are above the biggest electronics show in the world. I am guessing they think their unveil shows are enough.

  703. And here in Australia sometimes I can’t understand my American brothers, but I’m sure that also applies the other way around.

    I think Rohan’s main problem is he’s so briliant and enthusiastic he forgets that some of us mortals can only process at 250Mhz, so maybe just slow the bitrate, and we’ll have fewer buffer overruns 🙂

  704. I agree, No news 😦

    @Rohan, Lets get the party started.. Please announce some news!

  707. True. It becoming viral would do wonders. Adam is much more a finished product than the rest of the competition. It deserves it.

  708. I wish supporters/fans would take a few mins out give these web-wallahs a piece of their mind. Esp. as we wait for something to flow out of CES. Awfully quiet though?

  710. watched everyvideoI could get on the internet and must say I am more excited than ever to get my Adam. Thanks Rohan and the NI team for bringing such a product and I know that as time goes by and newer versions appear I will be with you and enjoy the fifth generation Adam as much as I am going to love the first generation and have the same feeling of anticipation for it that I do now
    lu

  712. okay, lets be real here for a moment. Regardless of how one feels about the Adam, the fact of the matter is unless you have a booth at CES, alot of these folks will not bother. I said it before, if NI did not have the resources to pay for a booth, then an investor should have done it. Exposure of being listed and having an actual booth would make them more notice in the main stream media. But its too late now.
    As for Apple, I do not blame them for not going to CES, its too big to cover, some what unorganized and competing/showcasing your product among other to be criticize is not a good business plan. Any company with that much money and resources would probably do the same if they wanted to or could.
    Now speaking of Apple, I don’t think I am the only one, but I am so tired of everyone saying Apple iPad killer. Just make your product as best as you can and compete among your own. We all know that Android is better than Apple or MS. Tablet wise, the Adam is better than the current iPad. In fact quite a few items showcased at CES are better than the iPad. But throwing in that “killer” word just doesn’t make sense. The truth of the matter is that Apple has such a marketing hold that even if they made a slice of toast and said this is the best next thing, people will flock to them and buy them at a markup. So I just wish they would stop using that iPad killer term and just give the consumer what we ask and desire. So far NI is the only company that I know of that is doing that. Its way better than the iPad, but not a killer in any sense of the word.

  714. Quiet around here.

    Maybe Rohan found out about the gentleman’s bars in Vegas?

  715. a booth is but a booth….. What difference does it make to you if they have a booth or not. If their product has the features you want then buy it. If not then don’t.

  718. Motorola XOOM Named Best in Show: Iam SAD.
    “http://www.slashgear.com/motorola-xoom-named-best-in-show-08125067/”

  720. this is not about having to use American Accent. any special Accent does not give automatic credibility but flow of communication may give business advantage by making others comfortable with proper flow of presentation. I heard Rohan’s speach on you tube. He is excellent in content and also with respect to flow for Indian audience.
    It is about flow of presentation. For eg: I used to use couple of sentenses to explain a solution which i thought good enough to understand. Then later i learned that we cannot assume that all in the room understood although information is enough. I used to flow fast for obvious things assuming what’s the big deal..but it matters. It makes others comfortable and also promote a person and get a certain special respect on ability to articulate.
    Rohan is already tuned to say right things at right time(ofcourse based on audience he may need to say even obvious details) It is just modulating the flow. And that too he need not try anything unnatural or immidiately. It is just being aware of how typical podcasts or techtalks go in western markets would help in communication ..This not only applies to him and it is even more applicable to his team members who is with him. I am sure his collegue also is very highly qualified in acadamics but we can easyly observe a rush to explain stuff so fast. Western communication gives enough time to explain (unless one is in heated debate on TV).
    And as i said, all this is waste without the deapth in subject which we know that they have in plenty 🙂

    thanks

  721. @Rohan,

    your English is not bad. But you speak too fast and also not clear enough. Just take yourself more time. Don’t hurry when you speak to people. Listen what they say and wait a few seconds before you answer. Don’t interrupt them because you want to immediately give them a quick answer.

    The secret of giving good presentations or explaining a product is in finding the right speed. Speak clear and slowly. Make pauses after you make a statement, so everybody can reflect what you just said. Best example for a great non-native english presenter is John Wang (Chief Marketing Director of HTC). Follow some of his presentations on Youtube and you will understand what I try to say.

  722. 2spirits:
    > if NI did not have the resources to pay for a booth, then an investor should have done it

    But Rohan has said repeatedly that he’s not going for big blockbuster sales right away, he wants to ramp up gradually. And this makes sense considering that he doesn’t want to outrun his production capacity any more than he already has, also considering that the first run is likely to have some flaws that will need to be corrected. Since there’s no sense in pretending that he’s one of the big guys until he can actually deliver a big-guy-like quantity of product, what you say makes no sense.

    Also, some very influential people think that CES as a trade show is overrated – half of the things demoed never come out, and a lot of the rest are unexciting things like USB chargers. Here’s one article with that viewpoint; there are others: “http://www.slate.com/id/2280219/”

  723. Designation of senior editor with a reputed publication who’s cost to the company is above $10,000 per month, is writing an article of this grade.. 😦 very sad, god knows where journalism is going… 😦

    “hxxp://ces.cnet.com/8301-32254_1-20027894-283.html”

  724. Designation of senior editor with a reputed publication who’s cost to the company is above $10,000 per month, is writing an article of this grade.. 😦 very sad, god knows where journalism is going… 😦

    “ hxxp://ces.cnet.com/8301-32254_1-20027894-283.html ”

  725. I guess Rohan mentioned earlier that having own booth is very expensive. Also his short team wanted to be more busy in talking with partners..
    Yes, It would have been good if Big Partners like NVIDIA gave them presentation time..
    If he is a team of 2 or 3, who looks after booth when he is busy with parners? Or check out other stuff to get some inputs for his vision..

  726. That’s all very well and nice. I’m completely convinced to buy an ADAM.
    BUT!
    The next BIG question is:

    “When will I be able to buy an ADAM from a retail seller in my country?” (GERMANY)

    I think it would be much better than to order a package from overseas.
    Everyone who feel the same, please copy this question and post it with your country in brackets afterwards. That way Rohan is bound to notice! :]

  727. “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MchNr8TagNU” (scroll forward to 1:30)

    or:

    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeGNMx0VtIA”

  728. emelao:
    > Remember the Chevy Nova? Well, it didn’t sell in some countires in Latin America because Nova can be confused with No – va (which means ‘it doesn’t go’!)

    No, that’s a myth. “Nova” is a Spanish word; it means the same as the English word (a new star). It’s not pronounced the same as “no va” (which has two stresses” “nova” has one). “http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp”

    Not to disagree with your point about being familiar with a culture that you’re marketing in. There’s a brown cylindrical snack candy from Japan that’s not a big seller here in the US. It’s called “chocolate collon.”

  729. still waiting to here on if I can get my hands on one anytime soon. My hoeps of using it for second semester of university have been pretty much crushed after the preorder fiasco and then not hearing anything about any future rounds of ordering.

  730. I could be mistaken, but alot of manufacturers have production problems, recently this year HTC and Samsung did with their phones. Rohan is going to have production capacity problems no matter what. Why cause the company relies on others (Pixel Qi for one). But aside from us loyal fans here in the blog and the members of notioninkhacks, notionaddicts, androidforums and a few others that follow Rohan’s vision, who has known about Notion Ink. The general public doesn’t. And in my opinion they need to know.
    In your second part of your comment you stated that half of the demoed things never come out. This is why I firmly believe having a booth would have been necessary. Not having a booth makes it look less important to cover unless you know about them and are looking for them.

  731. I forgot to mention one other point,

    Nvidia mentioned them at their conference. I bet many folks started to look for them and didn’t cause they were not listed.

  733. Idea for next CES:
    In case you have a next generation product to present (Eve?), make sure that people get their pre-orders delivered before CES. Invite all of the pre-order family in the name of NotionInk to CES (of course on their own expenses, just make sure they get access to the exibition). Let everybody walk around at CES and present their own NotionInk product. I am sure, you will find near to 100 people if not more… Can you imagine? A small army of enthusiastic NotionInkers, floating the CES and speaking for your product? 🙂 What an effect!

  735. Then why come all the way over here for CES if you are only do it half ass. People don’t take you seriously if you don’t have a booth and to say they are expensive, is beating around the bush. You have to spend money to make it. Word of mouth works to a certain point and that point has gone by, its now time to actually market Adam as if it is real.
    All i have to say is if Rohan thought the booth was expensive this year wait till next year. I am gonna guess that if the people higher up in CE find out what NI is doing they will have some issues.

  736. Read it. Well said. About to cross 5 million hits! Wish others would tell the C-net/Wired/Pocket Lint types what they think as well. I am proud of the fact that the feedback strings on all of these sites has had a continuous chain of Adam-related complaints/observations.

    Well done!

  737. Louis just pointed out how at least Endgadget did something fair:

    “http://www.engadget.com/features/tablets-at-ces-2011/”

    Take that C-net/Wired/Pocket Lint!!!

    This is how you could have done it!

  740. I don’t think Notion Ink has enough people resources to have a booth this year. Rohan was kept too busy visiting people and doing interviews, along with his counterparts. Having a booth is not enough. One needs promotions to drive people to the booth, especially the out-of-the way booths which is likely all they could afford this year. Presentations need to be prepared, booths designed and enough demonstration units and demonstrators to keep track of the units.

  742. twospirits:
    > I could be mistaken,

    Funny, that thought had occurred to me, too.

    The general public doesn’t go to CES. The general public finds out from the press and, eventually, from advertising campaigns. Again, Rohan wants to get the word out slowly, not as fast as possible, so he doesn’t outrun his production capacity. You’ve probably noticed that he hasn’t had any problem selling (or, rather pre-selling) everything that he’s capable of producing so far. And, in spite of Andrew’s sour comments, other industry people do take you seriously if you don’t have a booth – there’s a lot that goes on in hotel rooms. (No, that’s not what I mean. You have a dirty mind.)

    Rohan’s getting exactly the exposure that makes sense at this point. If you don’t understand that, then you need to think about it more, because this is one of the areas where Rohan has been extremely explicit. If you think it’s a good idea for him to go for maximum exposure and promise a huge number of machines that he cannot possibly deliver, you should try to argue that point first.

    As for as the mythical people that couldn’t find Notion Ink after Nvidia mentioned them, they should learn to use something called the Google.

  743. i am happy that our adam is gaining momentum…………its gettin stronger and stronger…..more fans and strong responses……i love it……………

  744. Off topic, but now that you mention it, Ford is selling a car named Kuga which translates to plague in my language. Haven’t seen many models driving around here..

  746. When I first heard the name “notion ink”, it struck me as being quite unique. The product name “Adam” too was intriguing but then I came to know that it was some startup Indian company trying to make tablets and I dismissed it as could’nt fathom how a startup will succeed in making electronic products in India when almost all electronic products were being manufactured in china these days.

    Then suddenly, almost 10 months later, while browsing through engadget, I came to know that Adam was available for pre-order. Again I thought oh this company is still alive! and dismissed the news as being inconsequential.

    Finally came the engadget interview during CES-2011 and I saw “Rohan” with “Adam” for the first time and suddenly my views were transformed as I realized that the guy being interviewed was honest, knew what he was talking about and obsessed with his creation.

    As for the product, at first glance I thought oh! such a large bezel and the screen is also less shiny and what about that huge bulge on one side, but as I continued through the video I realized that all those apparent oddities were there for a reason, the bulge on the side not only provided a better grip, but on placing on a flat surface, provided a slant, akin to the Apple ‘magic track-pad”, for ease with gestures. The large bezel at the bottom was for resting the palms, as one typed on the screen and the slightly washed out display suddenly started looking very good, when placed side by side with the ipad in sunlight. As for the rest, the twin full USB ports + one micro USB + one HDMI port + sim card slot+ SD card slot(128 GB) + swivel camera + FM radio receiver + bazooka woofer like housing for the twin speakers + long lasting user replacable battery and best of all, the appropriately named “Eden” UI ; suddenly I was transformed from a naysayer and rabid tablet hater to a fanboy, as I realized how much thought and hard work had gone behind that “creation” which floored all the biggies present there at CES.

    I have since scavenged the internet for every bit of news on notion ink & adam and now I also want to be a part of the evolution process but disappointingly, though there are so many apples in sight, their is no sign of Adam or Eve.

    Now, this no longer appears to be thoughtful, after generating so much buzz at CES, the option to pre-order the product or at the very least , if notion ink felt that to quell notions of vaporware and for the sake of propriety they would first deliver the initial lot before taking orders for the second lot; a registration process could have been started so that the registered users could be given priority when the second batch of pre-orders would start.

    Hope the makers of this thoughtful product would give some thought to this simple suggestion !

  748. “slow and steady, but with dogged persistance”

    When I was in vegas my lady told me the same thing.

  749. I really like this way of marketing.

    No well payed press gurus to hide behind, just the men who do the job. This is the most honest way of marketing I can imagine and this is good. I´m pretty more interested in a good and well done product than a good marketing strategy.
    It looks like all things are going the right way, now I´m waiting, like a lot of people out there to get a preorder.

    Best greetings.

  750. Hi Rohan,
    is planning her an appearance at CeBIT 2011 in Germany?
    (1 to 5 March 2011) “www.cebit.com”

  751. Try reading what Rohan said above. They got just what they wanted out of ces
    They are not trying to be apple or motorola

    They are going to grow in small increments. If they had a booth they would have just created demand they couldn’t meet

  752. He is not giving them Adam tablets. He. Is shipping to paying customer first. He said it on crunchgear. They even asked if Rohan checked to make sure there order was in the system. He said he did know they ordered one and they said they would do their review of the tablet they bought and paid for.

  753. What difference does that make? Sooner or later something better will come out. If you have a great product, having something better come out does not diminish what you have. NI can’t hold off advancing. The market won’t stand still. And neither should they. I’ll be happy to have adam. Even after adam2 comes out. It will still be a great device in its own right.

  754. Perhaps he is waiting until tomorrow? This way, NI is written about throughout CES. Not just at the beginning or the end. Give your interviews the first few days, make an official announcement at the end.

  755. @andrew

    are you out of your funny mind? take a deep breath. when did u started ur management lessons? u got to be kidding. ROHAN AND NI KNOWS WHAT E IS DOING . please watch your words buddy.

    If we killed everybody who hates your words , it wouldn’t be murder;it would be an apocalypse!!! 🙂

    relax and please wait if possible. otherwise doors are wide open.

  756. Aad,

    Please not Mediamarkt and/or Saturn. They are known for giving the crappiest service and have the rudest personnel for any electronics chain. Sorry to say but people shopping at mediamarkt are to stupid to care for a Adam. It would be better to sign up with chains like Dynabyte,Computerland,Paradigit and such.

  757. Does anyone know why the comments are jumbled up…I mean not in date or time order

  758. Correct. Just checked and it’s currently Sunday, January 9th, in China. I hope those who had January 9th for a shipping date are keeping an eye out for a tracking number. Let us know when it ships!

  759. well. i was going to buy the adam tablet, but then the motorola xoom came, i drooled and ditched the preorder of the adam tablet.

  760. I think everything is going better than planned;the 1st shipment was totally presold and it looks that if you don’t movevery fast you will be locked out of future shipments. All of this on word of mouth prompted by Rohaans and Ni initiaves. This is impressive in any new buss venture and is a portent of the future. Rohan has qualities that arevery difficolt for the conventinal, contemporary mindset to comprehend or accept. That is why this blog is so important, I am really excited and anticipating.

  761. Don’t you get the impression, Himanshu, that today has been unusually quiet by NI’s standards at the CES? Where could Rohan be? I suspect doing something awesome as usual, behind the scenes, though.

  762. No I don’t think you were wrong. He mentioned a ‘press release’ to (at least) announce the launch of OpenOffice’s complete ‘optimized’ suite on the first tablet ever: Adam. So perhaps we should wait for that. Hasn’t it been a little too quiet on all fronts?

  763. Oh. When I drool, I wipe it up and don’t tell anyone. I never let my drool influence my computer purchases. Like exchanging one pre-order for another, for example.

  764. Wow this already starting to get a cult like feeling and no one has even seen a physical unit yet on here besides Rohan. Thats ok, i don’t mind if i piss you off I will never meet you and it means if you get work up over something you have never seen I can’t imagiine what you would be like if you were an Apple fanboy. Just because you have a booth doesn’t mean you will get a huge demand from it afterwards. Umm, have you seen a new pre-sale or even a sale come back up on the website? I haven’t and if he sells all the units in 5 mins. after the next sale goes live how does that mean he will have to send more units out then he has produced. You set a limit like he did before with how many he can produce and when it hits that no more for sale and people have to wait. Wow, I know this is a tough thing for your mind to comprehend, but it is simple. I have followed this for over a year now and until Rohan takes thing seriously he will start to loose a lot of people who would like to get one.

    Rohan might as well taken it to NYC and showed it in Times Square he would of gotten the same amount of publicity. Sorry but if you go to CES and want to be seen you will need a booth, nothing else needs to be said. And go back to others saying many products go to CES and are then not even made well, we might see that here. It might be a product that trys to get recognition but will simply be overlooked by all the other tablets. When they actually come out there will be a new tablet with better specs. then we will have to wait another couple years for Rohan to make another tablet and when that comes out the cycle will continue.

    Its sad but at his rate of marketing and promoting it to very select groups and only have it with him(guessing here, that he is keeping with him only) he will not get his word of mouth out to enough people for it to pick up enough momentum to keep it going.

  765. I don’t want to be too harsh here but your being ridiculous. They are already selling all they can make and you think their issue is not having a booth? There issue is ramping up production and making sure product ships on time. The word of mouth that is out there now will surge when the product is in users hands, something none of the other 10 tablets are able to do at this time.

  766. 1 MORE SUGGESTION, PLEASE SIMPLIFY THE THE INTERFACE, BY REQUIRING LESS BUTTON USAGE AND LESSE MENUS (HONEY COMB DOES NOT EVEN HAVE PHYSICAL BUTTONS ANYMORE) AND MAYBE MORE GESTURES. SEE ENGADGET HANDS ON FOR FEEDBACK, THANX

    BTW DID U BUMP INTO THE GOOGLE GUY THATS INCHARGE OF THE UX DESIGN, MAYBE YOU COULD GET A BIT OF INFO ON HONEYCOMB ACCESS 🙂

  767. Huh. It seemed like Engadget, Crunchgear, Slashgear, etc. take them seriously enough. You also realize that NI did the same thing at CES last year? They didn’t have their own booth.

  768. @gecko You right on this.

    So Many expect Notion Ink in their first year or so of existence to knock the ball out of the park. Words like you must act now or you will be left behind. Technology moves much too fast you will be destroyed by Apple and others if you don’t advertise and compete.

    It just does not work that way. Hyping something you can’t deliver will do more harm then good. The slow steady pace that Rohan advocates and is practicing is his best option.

    Does anyone believe that Apple went to the top in their first year? This blog is loaded with fans and well wishers. They see a great product that looks better then the competition. We wouldn’t be hanging out here if we didn’t have that idea in our head.
    However we must not lose track of the fact that Notion Ink is still going through the process of being born. They don’t have the kind of money and or backing for booths, advertising, and production runs to meet the demand their product is likely to generate. In business they have to learn to walk before they can run. It is amazing to have accomplished all that they have so for. A top notch tablet with software that is likely to be a step above most. Who could believed this young team at Notion Ink could possibly be where they are now? Why do you think so many called Adam vapor ware? So many believed what they were trying to do could not be accomplished.

    Notion Ink surprised many, including a lot of people who support them now. Instead of complaining and second guessing the decisions Rohan and Notion Ink are making, we should be taking our hats to the young CEO and his team for how far they have come in so little time!!

  770. same question from me 🙂

    the Adam looks so much better to me than most other tablets
    and the PixelQi screen is excellent!

    so please Rohan, can you give us some info? 🙂

  772. One thing definitely true is how tight he and his finance guy is with their budgets ..
    As long as he is meeting his targets with his marketing strategy and expansion plan, it is ok to go with his style and his investors should be happy. Can you believe 5 Mil visitors just to this blog alone with 0 dollors?

    The best that we can wish for him is to retain and expand his talent pool without loosing them to Big guys (at least until NI becomes big and Investors keep their talent pool happy).
    Companies like Infosys started of with few deligent guys putting their heads down to work than doing too much marketing at least until they have proven customer base. I guess Rohan is trying samething. It is difficult to do it in consumer electronics especially as India does not have eco system for Manufacturing and Talent typically flows to west .. But i am sure with in no time, the new generation will come to his help in 5 to 10 years..

  774. this is obivious. NI did not have a booth in CES and so adam can not be considered for this award. if you see xoom is the next best product after adam.

  775. Just did! Pratik, see if you can swing by these losers as well:

    1) Wired:

    “http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/01/tablet-wave-failure/?pid=1172&pageid=56784&viewall=true”

    2) Pocket Lint

    “http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/37635/tablets-ces-2011-best-review#comments”

    3) C-net

    “http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20027730-92.html?tag=mncol”

    Can’t let these ‘big-named’ alleged ‘news’ sites tilt the field so badly!

  779. I also paid for a tablet for review purposes. The blog I work for wanted to review one, but couldn’t get a “review unit.”

    I wanted one anyway, so I just bought one, and plan to review it once it is received. I don’t think any blogs got units early…

  780. Unfortunately, CES would never allow a group of people to walk around simply on the basis that they bought one of the products. Consumers are barred access, you have to show that you work in the CE industry.

  781. All the rumors I’ve heard out of Apple’s OEM’s say 9.7 for iPad 2. There was even a case at CES, with an iPad 2 mockup (that was 9.7 in) inside.

  782. Congrats Rohan :: Blog stats say 5,006,780 hits Cool 5Mn+ hits @ Saturday 10.21 PM Central

  785. Thanks. Trying to shed light on NI wherever possible. Already started on CNET.

  786. Yeah, the comments are jumbled up as a feature of WordPress. By way of analogy, take a duck press, insert a duck, and see what happens. Or just look at a duck that someone else pressed. See that the parts are jumbled up – breast against thigh, and so on? WordPress does something similar with our comments. Pressed duck is very expensive, and probably WordPress went to a lot of effort to make sure that our comments are at least as fatty and indigestible. A word of appreciation to them wouldn’t be out of place.

  787. Top three tablets “http://www.huliq.com/10177/top-three-tablets-ces-2011”

  788. pipe down. NI aint got the money this time. Next year with Adam2 🙂 they will get a booth, inshallah!!

  790. I need to explain my point better.
    You are correct:
    1. Nova (one word) = means a new star in both languages (with stress over the first syllabus).
    2. No va (two words) = means “it doesn’t go” (with stress over the second word)

    But they do sound very close, and when written, they look the same (same characters).
    It is a good example (although it may be a myth) of cultural indifference. And thanks for your example: “chocolate collon” is a better model to use.

  792. This report does list Adam amongst the ‘top-3’ tablets of CES, but botches the details about its prices. Does not mention most of the major improvements/advantages. Perhaps the NI fans/supporters can spend a little time/effort and improve the stats./specs./info. to be provided here:

    “http://www.huliq.com/10177/top-three-tablets-ces-2011#comment-51273”

  794. dont bother with these sites.. theyre only writing crap now cuz they need the traffic to come their way.. anyone even heard of pocket lint before this ??

  795. If *nix didn’t exist, there’d be just one choice: Windows.

    You realize that all other major platforms are based on Linux?

  797. @gecko:
    >> If you come to the US and tune the FM radio to NPR

    Have been in the US for the past 11 years .. Listen to NPR very often 🙂

    I was hinting at traffic updates via radio receiver.

  798. This is the shipping day for the first set of Adam’s. Sad!! I am in for next week. Whoever gets to hear from NI’s pre-order dept on the shipping please shout.

  800. @kumar said, on January 9, 2011 at 03:13

    My interest was to pint out that sometimes we disregard othet areas of language performance. I say this because you mentioned accent as an example: “For eg: many senior techies (from India and it also applies to other countries)) at companies start off with original accent but then slowly modulate their presentation skills to fit to American market.”
    I agree with you that sometimes slowing down, pacing your self, or vocalizing every sound helps communicate better.
    In any case, please le me add a little bit of what is going on in the world of public relations. The video you are about to see might not be related to what we are talking about, but it is an example of how different people can react to this issues. Look for what happens at the end, which led to a lot of criticism.

  801. Sorry I used the longer version of the press conference.
    The idea was that Manny is toying with the perception that perceived non native can’t talk good English. So, he went ahead and used a translator. Bear in mind that Manny was raised in the USA, went to school in the USA, and talks in very good English. The translator probably didn’t talk English as good as he (you can pick that up in hjis accent.) At the end you can see that he was translating very quickly all the questions for him self. Was he making fun of all the interviewers, or was it a way to bring some cultural issues to the table?

  803. “When will I be able to buy an ADAM from a retail seller in my country?” (PHILIPPINES/USA)

    I think it would be much better than to order a package from overseas.
    Everyone who feel the same, please copy this question and post it with your country in brackets afterwards. That way Rohan is bound to notice! :]

  804. @bps
    “I realized that all those apparent oddities were there for a reason, the bulge on the side not only provided a better grip, but on placing on a flat surface, provided a slant”

    Believe or not, ipad 2 will be doing (copying?) the same idea.

  806. I am wondering if the radio is a “software defined radio” that way, we can use it with any frequency..

    “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_radio”

    and therefore the importance given by rohan in his blog posts….

  807. @andrew said, on January 9, 2011 at 01:16
    “Someone else that actually took and takes CES seriously will be better off. Rohan if you want to be seen as a real company you NEED to have your own booth.”

    Would you say that Apple is not a real company?

  808. I am wondering if the radio is a “software defined radio” that way, we can use it with any frequency..

    “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_radio”

    and therefore the importance given by rohan in his blog posts…

  811. hmmmmmm…..@Joshua interesting……

    @folks
    the media info of adam is just starting………to gain momentum. 🙂
    Lets not iSheep the other tech blogs but put up relevant and pertinent points…..IMO

  815. May be next year NI will have a booth and we will have more to show off, till than “Slow n steady, But with Dogged Persistence!”

  816. Congratulations to everyone who was able to attend CES this year.

    In some of the videos shown from the event, it would appear that Rohan used the transflective mode when he wasn’t showing it around, and all the content on the Adam was clearly visible indoors. Every video I’ve seen of Pixel Qi demonstrated how well it worked in sunlight, but to see it like that indoors was amazing.

    When the next round of pre-orders come around – there will be no hesitation in ordering the Pixel Qi model (providing that Mastercard is accepted).

    Cheers!

  817. 1:21pm Jan 9 IST. Hopefully we’re rolling out soon. Looking forward to it. 🙂

  818. interesting, but could pixel q cope with an apple order, plus as pixel qi is a startup, and if apple wanted the screen they would buy them, as they don’t want anyone to use it, they probably call it ipaper display or summat. Apple has deals with even toshiba to make even plants for the screens so a small company like pixelqi would have been bought by now.

  821. For example I could use it as a FM Radio for entertainment as well as a RFID reader for business !!

  826. I was thinking that too, but add in recording to mp3. Leave it running in the background and create a huge, free library that is somewhat genre based (based on the station). It would create a new concept for acquiring music (maybe not legal).

  827. When your done drooling on your Xoom, and it doesn’t work anymore, you’ll know who to blame. 🙂

    But seriously, you exchanged a preordered tablet that has videos of its full UI available and is shipping soon, for a tablet with an unfinished UI, and very little known info. I realize that we all latched onto Adam with little info as well, but we at least had a reason…

    Why the Xoom? Other than the resolution, it doesn’t have anything better. It doesn’t even have a price or preorder date. For all you know, you could be paying $800 for the same basic specs and a UI that is less powerful.

    And please don’t say “It has honeycomb.” I am so tired of that uninformed argument. First, no. It doesn’t have honeycomb. Nobody does, that’s the point. Second, you know what the Xoom doesn’t have? Eden. And people seem to prefer that.

  828. The founder of Thingmagic (another Indian: Ravi Pappu of MIT) created its whole RFID platform on software defined radio and was very successful in deploying RFID in Walmart, which had to dump its previous vendor… and had to take a big loss…

    “http://www.thingmagic.com”

    We have been using thingmagic in our company for the last 4 years….

  831. Here’s an article about the Xoom and the Adam. I can’t tell what he thinks about Adam, though. The worst thing is, he’s clearly got the Xoom specs wrong! (2 Ghz dual core CPU? I think not!)

    If you want to play “educate the masses”, this might be a good place to do it. He even says “If you’re smart, you’ve heard about the Notion Ink Adam.”

    “http://www.examiner.com/android-in-new-york/motorola-xoom-tablet-the-honeycomb-hostilities-begin”

  832. Not true. In the video around 5:40 he says something along the lines of “once fcc clears it (the adam), it’ll start arriving”
    Also, hiding FCC number only helps before the product is announced (competitive advantage), but once the product is officially announced with all the features… it’s unnecessary. In fact, it’s a shady practice, causing unnecessary negative attention. There is a reason why companies open up all the FCC documents once product and spec are released. It gives the general population an ability to check/verify the details and make sure that nothing wrong is being done.

    I am an ardent supporter of NI, so by no means am I questioning Rohan’s intentions or goodwill. I’m just pointing out that *generally* missing FCC records are not a good sign this close to shipping.

  833. A Slashdotter is asking for which Tablet to buy & when. “http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/01/08/197259/When-Should-I-Buy-an-Android-Tablet”
    Just help him guys to choose the best tablet. 🙂

  834. Update from CES 2011 – To all my gurus in the journey with Adam and Notion Ink.

    I reached CES South Hall Pixel Qi space MP25982 around 10AM. Believe me, it was hard getting to the space, as it did not look like a normal booth. It was a small dingy makeshift room in one extreme end, where the access too was restricted by the Pixel Qi VP. He said some meeting is going on, and he did not know when or where I could see a Adam, as NI folks have taken it. He asked to me check back at 5pm when there was a open house scheduled. He could not promise if I could see an Adam as he did not have any. He also could not promise whether NI folks will be there in the evening. Later in the evening he showed me around the same room where few laptops and Pixel Qi screens were kept for the Open house.

    With a almost crying and gloomy face I made it to the North Hall and Central hall, where most of the other booths were located. This was my first time in the CES…and boy it was amazing! There has been certainly information overflow at the end of the day. even writing this at 1:00am after coming back to LA, my mind is still in the CES.

    Booth wise, I liked the layout and presentation of Blackberry, Intel, Motorola, Microsoft, NVIDIA, GE in the order interaction/display of their ‘hot’ products. One of the best products as per me was the dynamic credit card by Dymanics Inc.

    Tablets – Almost every Asian computer designer/manufacturer had at least one model of a tablet from their stable. But Samsung Galaxy, RIM Playbook, Motorola XOOM, and to a large extent Archos 10 internet tablet were the ones that “stole the show”. Others that I saw were Acer,MSI,ASUS,Open Peak. I dont even remember a few.

    Samsung Galaxy – Brilliant advertising and availability
    RIM – Blackberry reliability and readily available market access
    Motorola XOOM – Honeycomb baby at the show. Very smooth handling, clean real estate of the display without any buttons.

    I cannot name Adam as no one could see one, except the internet bloggers/internet industry related journalists. It pains my heart that there was not even posters anywhere.Definitely the tech specs of ADAM beats all, but only some video posts with erstwhile criticizers…duh!. Rohan, I remember you saying that 60% of your orders were from the US, so didn’t you expect there would be mortal souls trying to see the product they ordered? I was expecting at least a demo piece to be left at the Pixel Qi room. The whole conduct from NI team’s side has saddened me a lot. At least some posters and sales & marketing material should have been kept at the Pixel Qi room. It should have been handled better. I’m sure you saw small Chinese computer accessory companies with their brochures as you and your team have passed through the CES. It may feel to others that I’m unnecessarily getting hyper and nagging, but people who love your product and had gone to CES this year would share the feeling, I can bet.

    Buddy, we love your product, and that’s why we bought it. we wanted to see a glimpse, and could not see, instead could see definitely better looking (front facing without any buttons) tablets like the XOOM. You could have at least kept one piece in the NVIDIA booth. There were other tablets form other manufacturers, but there was no Adam. Those other tablets got some publicity which you could have taken. Lot of people know about NVIDIA, but very few know about Pixel Qi or Notion Ink.You have seen the crowd at NVIDIA. In future, if you guys think of going to some expo, think of ‘sending feelers’ about the Adam in the NVIDIA booth, along with Pixel Qi.

    Few people have commented that since you are new and wanted to start slow, you followed the other approach. That is correct, but you should also remember that MOST of the other tablets are not yet in production stage, the ADAM is with a considerable number already sold. So why not keep a demo piece where you have excellent partners who are leaders in the technology. Believe me, not finding any literature / demo piece of the Adam at the Pixel Qi or the NVIDIA booth was the lowest point of the day and other things that I saw did not count at all.

    I console myself in this matter by saying night passes by and so does sadness (kind of raat gayi, baat gayi), and look forward to receive the Adam on time in Feb.

    By the way, seems you are getting free spoken English classes here 😀 :D. You seem confident and fine in your presentation, and you DO NOT HAVE A ACCENT ISSUE.

    Sorry if I have poured by heart out 😦 and was offensive to anyone, I just wanted to express my feelings to Rohan. Rohan we still support you. Keep up the excellent work.

  835. @bikram das said, on January 9, 2011 at 15:28

    well said.

    we all love adam 🙂

  836. i think that was the reason why CNET and other media was unable to cover Adam. They were really hard to find in the exhibit. 😦 Maybe we should not put the blame on them after all– that they were heavily praising Xoom, and not considering Adam.

  837. @Joshua
    actually its 1 GHz, but as the motorola presenter were repeatedly saying 1 GHz, but dual core so almost lke 2 GHz processor, that why i think the guy made the mistake.

  838. I am starting to believe that this very low-profile presence of NI at CES might be no accident. I agree that leaving a couple of adams at their partners’ booths would have been a no brainer. Therefore, why didn’t they do that? No posters/leaflets/marketing materials at all? That would have surely increased the awareness of its existance. They basically have chosen to simply target a number of tech-blogs (being sure of their positive feedback) and limit their presente at CES to that.
    Maybe they are scared that if too many people are willing to buy one they won’t be able to meet the demand. What do you guys think?

  840. Yes, well said ! Rohan is doing the best he can and he makes a pretty good job at CES !
    My english is not the very best and he was sometimes speaking very fast but i was able to understand nearly everything he said.

    Regarding the booth.. sure, own booth would have been better!
    I think NI is a little worried that they suddenly could have been the high-flyer of the CES and could finally not stand the hype.

    This small company can grow very quickly if it cooperates with a large company but the risk that the partner will conduct the further development is very likely.

    The story reminds me of the first phase of the Coolstream, a small fine Chinese satellite receiver manufacturer.
    I have accompanied the development of the Coolstream box and the device is now a hot tip in the scene and has already passed the actual Dreambox rank.

    The scene finds the way to the product, the price for Adam is unbeatable and the UI and technical specs are exceptionally well, but it is essential to find sales partners in several countries to sell this product ! Especially in Europe !!!

    I am sure, this one is going to be a “Dreampad” ! 😉

  841. @ Bikram,
    Perfect written piece, and I can understand that your sad, the vapor theory looks stronger now, its not but…….
    Its tricky when you expect to get a Adam in your hands and then nothing…… pitty…
    But soon he will come and then all is forgotten, you keep your first Adam for the museum and you have this story to keep with it, only you have that, nobody else… 😉
    Thanks for your story.

  842. I think Rohan’s nomadic approach is fantastic. He saves thousands on getting a place just to park his backside and instead moves through the crowds just casually showing off the best tablet on the planet with this very real and approachable manner. In one interview hes standing near the pixel qi stand, and I’m sure he was probably cheeky enough to show off adam near samsung and motorola as well. Adam is a tablet “by the people, for the people”.

    Smart man.

  843. Ready to try everything by now, I thought I might ‘force a break’ in The Waiting for Adam and it’s own Genesis, so I went to a concert last night, of a Genesis tribute band.
    Came home very excited, hopefully expecting an email for a new posting.
    Let’s hope now, that CES’ last day will bring the news we’re all waiting for.

  844. Anyone received their Adams yet ?

    btw, whats the hubbub on this whole ‘customs’ issue ? When I ordered, I mailed NI and they said I don’t need to pay a penny more than what I already paid to get the ADAM on my doorstep.

  846. Love your post Rohan!I completely agree with your way of doing things.
    It’s not about what/where can you get at the end…but about how much you can learn,enjoy,be creative,resolve mistakes,be playful…in the process, in your way there and…that’s what it counts at the end!It’s as simple as the differences beetween a simple perfect machine and a work of art that works perfectly as a machine!I much prefer the 2nd!THANKU!BleesU!

  847. If Europe is really considered a big market for NI, they would be there in full presence for sure!
    CEBIT is for Europe, what CES is for US of A.

  848. In marketing, there’s an (old) theory: Product, Price, Place, Promotion (and Personnel) have to be in balance. This results in the Perfect Proposition.
    The Unique Selling Proposition of Adam is clear, with a definite weight on Product and Price.
    Now the Promotion and Place (availability) should complete the picture.

  849. All this is my humble opinion, not ment to tell Rohan what to do, but what i would expect of course 😉
    Apple goes just the other way around it: putting weight on Place and Promotion.
    It sells, but doesn’t deliver the Product we are after.

  851. +1 @gecko & wally west…

    And let’s not forget the remark that Bruce made. It is not only about selling and shipping. it is also about the after sales support. No matter how good your product; you will get questions, regulations and other issues when you ship and sell large volumes.

    At this moment the after sales support of Notion Ink is not there yet to deal with all that. I believe that after the CES, NI’s investors will be very keen to investing in production and in the back-office infra-structure that is required for for a company that sells into the hundreds of thousands units per month.

    For now Rohan and his team have done what the can: create a fabulous product, getting it into production and demonstrate that there is good market for them.

    I don’t blame CES or CNET that they did not spend text on Adam. Adam was not officially represented on the CES. But I applaud Notion Ink for getting such a wagon-load of press coverage despite the fact that they did not have a booth. Very well done, and I am sure that when Rohan returns, the investors will start looking with him into how to optimally benefit from all this.

    Rohan knows that he will now have to keep the momentum, so I expect that a lot will happen for Notion Ink this year. 🙂

  852. HULIQ Names top three tablets at CES 2011

    Worth reading

    hxxp://www.huliq.com/10177/top-three-tablets-ces-2011

  853. The #NotionInk Adam Ringtone on your mobile, with heartly thanks to Biswajit saha – “http://www.4shared.com/f/sBkkPXDt”

  854. High quality at a good price will always find the way to the customer.
    Rohan has given the right dose of informations to the world.

    I am sure that many valuable discussions already took place behind the curtain and we will still experience some surprises in a few day´s.

  855. @andrew
    Your logic makes no sense to me. What has having a booth or no booth or leaving early or staying till everybody else packs their bags got anything to do with the product. You saw hands on videos and reviews. If you like the device buy it, if not don’t.
    I get the feeling that you are having an internal conflict of whether to buy or not buy Adam and is coming up with some weird justification for that.
    Good Luck with your buy, whatever it is going to be.

  856. @Jayachandran
    I am a little taken aback by your comments. Please note that this is a blog and everybody has a right to an opinion and to express it. Just because the opinion differs from yours doesn’t make it wrong. Please respect the other bloggers.
    Thanks

  859. *100%

    Especially for those who have a slight hearing problem. We need to catch up and then process what we last heard.

    I’m a NFL football fan and watched both games on Sat. 8th. The apple ipad commercial was shown at least a dozen times in both games. A company with the funds available for marketing like apple will spend as much money as needed to establish their product.
    So trying to keep up with a company who has big pockets is not in the cards for Notionink at this time in their program development.

    I’m a big fan of NI and waiting for for my adam in the next week or so.

    LeoP

  860. Let’s make some noise!
    I Twittered your link, Biswajit saha:

    The #NotionInk Adam Ringtone on your mobile, with heartly thanks to Biswajit saha – “http://www.4shared.com/f/sBkkPXDt”

  862. I suspect ni might have something up their sleeve on this last day of ces, the 9th. It will also be the tenth in china and india and they can say the first batches were just shipped.

  863. If the product is really finished and if the ONLY problem is Pixel Qi (as mostly other things won’t be tough to get for mass production) it would be easy for Rohan to point hands to Pixel Qui themselves, and doing that while staying in THEIR booth itself, would only raise the credibility of NI.

    Btw, whats the status of shipping? Has any soul got Adam on hands?

    I love Adam

  864. @adrew if you buy the Asus then you miss out on the Eden UI and multi-tasking. And although I agree that multi-tasking is a background issue, you will enjoy your tablet much more when that is done good. It is an important factor for being satisfied with your tablet, rather then annoyed. If you buy an Asus now, you get the current version of Android and Android is simply not up to level yet to give you a smooth user experience on a tablet while Eden is.

  867. For a 10 X 10 booth is cost $4800 according to this ny times article.

    “http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/technology/08small.html?_r=1&hpw”

    I think NI could have come up with $4800 if that was what they wanted to do. Heck, I would have given a few bucks towards the dream.

    We know clearly that was not part of the plan (dream), at least not yet!

  868. Samson, thanks for the referal, that was an excellent, the best, analysis I have seen so far. Good work.

  871. The Adam was part of the PixelQi Booth, at least there was a small sign :). However they have been covered by engadget, crunchgear, slashgear, netbooknews and maybe some more.

    I guess there were more than 1 company having a booth without getting any attention of the press.

  873. First shipments after January 11th confirmed by Rohan in this video at about 8:15
    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKrgXM7gp18”

  874. @Rao said, on January 9, 2011 at 17:49

    But i felt crazy after reading that.
    The post from rohan which specifically states the reason why there is no booth.
    Still some one preaching with fake interest / hurling stones at rohan. felt so bad . sorry bro.

    @andrew
    please accept my sincere apologies. i wish one day you will have our adam in your hand.

  875. I just listened, I think Rohan just yessed the interviewer. In fact, I don’t even think Rohan heard him. Besides, where did the guy get the 11th from? He also said before asking about the 11th that the adam was scheduled to go out the end of the month. The 11th is not the end of the month. I would not put much into it.

  876. Hello Rohan,
    Can you please tell us when the new Pixel Qi screen with higher resolution
    (1280*800) will appear in ADAM?
    Whether preorder 2 for ADAM will have these higher resolution displays.

  879. That’s what I was thinking… however, it’s a little early on the 10th for those countries to start working… esp DHL?! So… it’ll be late in the evening of the 9th before we hear anything?

    Also, I thought I read on this blog somewhere that ADAMs were fabricated in China, then assembled in Taiwan?

  880. You’re probably right, DHL wont work that early. 6:30 pm in Vegas on the 9th is about 10:30 am in China on the 10th. If I did my math right.

  882. I was one of the lucky people that had their shipping date on januari 9. The 9th of januari is almost over in India and China. So I am waiting for my mail stating that I will have to wait a bit longer or, even better, my preorder page changes into “sent”

    Anybody else waiting anxiously??

  883. I just thought about it some more… you could possibly generate DHL tracking codes prior to DHL arriving but they wouldn’t work til they did pick them up and processed the packages themselves.

  884. You are right Jared. I am not sure whether money played a part at all in not choosing to get a booth. In the long run, I don’t know whether these things matter at all or not. CES is basically a place where products that are work in progress are showcased. What Rohan had was a product that was just a few days away from being mass produced and delivered. I don’t think Rohan thinks in the same manner as some of the commenters on this blog do. Rohan is his own man, probably because he has all the information to base his decisions upon, while some of us are just playing the guessing game.

    To quote Rohan on this post “Someone wrote in the comments, they don’t care what dreams we have. I would say if that’s the case, we have seen 100s of tablets in CES, and we all are free to opt for one. But if you want to become a part of a unique history, sense the evolution, hang on, because we are here to do different things, and in unique ways!

    For those who are with us since long, I wish you were there when they were reviewing your product. You could see awe and surprise in their minds and eyes. But there is a lot to do! And now we will focus back on our work! ”

    Rohan makes it very clear that if you want to be a part of this unique history, stick around. Or else one is welcome to buy one of the 100 tablets on view. We will all have to wait and ride the wave as it comes,

  885. “http://www.huliq.com/10177/top-three-tablets-ces-2011”
    Huliq names top 3 at CES show

  886. “http://www.onlinesocialmedia.net/20110109/motorola-xoom-vs-notion-ink-adam-two-of-the-best/”

  887. I have been watching and waiting for this product for an entire year. I didnt get to take part in the pre-order, and am wondering when we will see another opportunity for purchase? I know you dont want to sell millions the first year…. but will you even make it available? I am getting so desperate that I am fighting every urge to buy SOME tablet…. but I have waited so long for this. Please let me know when we will see increased availability.

  888. In one of his interviews, Rohan put his adam in a case. Was it a generic case or the first custom case made for the adam?

  892. karen:
    > Product, Price, Place, Promotion (and Personnel) have to be in balance. This results in the Perfect Proposition.

    Karen, this seems to be weighing heavily in your mind, but if you have to go P, just go. No need to ask permission.

  893. Fellow bloggers,

    CES2011 is over. Adam has got the required coverage. Please dont be sad to see big tech sites missing out on Adam. Lets not forget Adam was the cynosure in CES 2011. So its natural and fair that this time other product hog the limelight.

    We have many reviewers among us, waiting for Adam to reach their hands. By probability (based on the evidences of video and limited hands on in CES 2011) the wave of reviews going to come will favour strongly Adam (Reviewers please dont leave out weaknesses).

    So the scenario is : a wave of good reviews in the null period, before Ipad2 announcement and long before Xoom announcement.

    And with the momentum of these reviews, production ramp of PQ can coincide (just a guess…) leading to more adams in stock. This can help Adam atleast hold some pie of the market.

    I am guessing a timeline:
    Jan: official press release
    Jan : 1st batch preorder hands on reviews — 80% favourable
    Feb: 2nd batch preorder hands on reviews —-95% favourable (riding on the first wave)
    Family “order”: invite only Jan 3rd week
    General order : 4th week Jan……shipping in ?march

    ?Feb : Xoom launch
    April Ipad2 onslaught

    Factors on play: PQ, other Component manufacturer, EAP1, Content partners

    @Rohan
    are you going to reveal your investor?
    If reliance is an investor, then locked subsidised Adam for India? (would encourage…..I mean adam at ~Rs 8000 for indian market!!!)

  894. sorry about “Adam was the cynosure of CES 2011”
    I mean Adam was the cynosure of CES 2010.

  895. Rao (speaking of Andrew):
    > I get the feeling that you are having an internal conflict

    For “internal conflict,” read “dyspepsia.” He’s mapped out the path he thinks Rohan needs to take, which happens not only to be completely opposite from the path the Rohan is taking, but also ludicrous for a company like NI, and then when Rohan doesn’t follow his plan, he gets a stomach ache.

  897. r there any events at ces today….i dnt find any informaton at ces home page….can any1 plz help me out?don we have any press conference from rohan today……

  898. Joshua Price:
    > I would never keep an iPad… But my wife keeps a box under the bathroom sink. Worst case I can borrow one of hers.

    I wonder how you would request one of those politely. You are polite, aren’t you? I actually had to buy some pads for my own purposes (to keep some harpsichords hydrated, if you must know the intimate details). The salesperson at the drugstore was very kind in discussing the merits of each type. I have no idea what she was really thinking, which is a tribute to her professionalism.

  901. Finally the times of india has published a article
    “http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/gadgets-special/Early-reviews-gloat-over-Indias-iPad-challenger/articleshow/7248992.cms”

  902. sorry, but this is all talk and no substance…

    by that I mean, when can we actually order one?

    you say you DON’T want to “sell millions in a year”, but what if you get millions of people wanting to order?

    you’re just going to say “too bad” ?

    what about those of us who have been with NI since day one, supported you, were on the first “pre-order list” and in the comments for the “real” “pre-order” comments before the cut-off, and yet got nothing?

    Not even recognition, not even a “thank you”, not a word.

    I think we’ve been waiting close to 2 years for actual product, sure it was at CES, but where was it for us?

    I’d like to order, but I can’t, not only can’t we order, we’re not even given possible dates for availability. Will it be xmas this year before we see product? it takes 3-6 months for production, so it’s not unreasonable it will take so long.

    meanwhile, an almost equally nice tablet has come along from Motorola, it’s 10.1″, slim, light, Honeycomb, dual-core and a 10 hour battery life.

    In short, everything NI purports they will support, sans dual-core, the Motorola already has.

    if NI doesn’t wake up, the world will move on, this whole blog reads like NI wants to be a niche player, a very small niche…

    grow or die, it’s up to NI, but it’s a lousy way to treat those who wanted to be early adopters.

    in the meantime i’ll be reading, waiting, for something concrete on a real release date

  903. “I really don’t have a problem with the videos at CES or the lack of a booth. The problems that I have are that they are getting ready to ship. We were told that all would be shown at CES and it was not. Things that I would love to see 1) the camera in operation. 2) games being played (how well do the tilt actions work) 3) More in Portrait mode does eden work in portrait mode if not just say so. It would be nice but not a deal breaker. 4) has Adam passed FCC just say yes or no quite dancing around it. I have one on order and nothing that has happened has me regretting that in fact I’m more thrilled then ever. I just think there were a lot of opportunities missed and things intensionally kept secret that should have been made clear.”

  905. Even the author of “http://www.onlinesocialmedia.net/20110109/motorola-xoom-vs-notion-ink-adam-two-of-the-best/” is appreciating the comments posted by our sincere adam followers :). Three cheers for the adam community 🙂

  907. John:
    > meanwhile, an almost equally nice tablet has come along from Motoral

    You made a typo – you meant “hasn’t come along” since it doesn’t exist yet, you can’t buy it, there’s no pricing information, and only vague availability information. And it specs out as rather inferior to Adam (no Pixel Qi, fewer USP ports, less ergonometric design, worse battery life, etc).

    You’re right about the sometimes shabby way NI has been treating its fans, though. We don’t know how much of the perpetual secrecy is legally necessary, how much is a stupid business reflex, and how much is Rohan being childish.

  908. One question or rather a speculation fellow mates :). Now we have seen adam from each and every corner, where do you think battery is positioned so that we can put used replaced batteries. Any guesses?

  909. Of course the low-profile presence of NI at CES was no accident. It’s not like Rohan showed up and then realized he forgot to rent a booth or even bring an extra Adam. The question is whether his desire to ramp up slowly is a sufficient explanation. It also looks to me that he didn’t want to let an Adam out of his hands. Maybe some parts of it aren’t quite ready for prime time? Maybe he’s still trying to keep some things secret (the phony FCC certification number doesn’t really inspire confidence)? I don’t know.

  910. @Bruce I guess PQ will be the main problem, they seem to have now partnered with a Taiwanese factory, but that could mean either good news (increased capacity) or bad news (problems with opening a new factory line). Looking at all the reviews, there seems to be a very good market for the LCD version as well so I hope that they won’t wait for PQ.

    By the way: I will mark all your dates on my calendar 😉

  911. Himanshu:
    > where do you think battery is positioned so that we can put used replaced batteries.

    I don’t quite understand your question.You could always put used batteries on your head, as a unique fashion statement, at least until somebody copied you; then they wouldn’t be unique anymore and you’d have to take them down.

  913. Matthew Reeves:
    > recording to mp3 … It would create a new concept for acquiring music (maybe not legal).

    That’s a good idea. The RIAA has always been tremendously supportive of such efforts.

  914. Oh, I maybe understand your question now. The batteries are in the round (wide) end of the Adam while they’re being used. This is the end you hold when using Adam in portrait mode; since this is the heavy end, that makes it comfortable to hold. To replace the batteries, you have to remove your hands.

  915. If I remember correctly it should be near the curved hand grip. One of the videos had this. With so many videos around now, I forgot which video has this info. 😉

  916. Remember in the early days when everything that was ‘drooling/water resistant’ was yellow?
    I want my Adam with that yellow striping ;))

  917. Wow Greg, I just read your comment on online social media (“http://www.onlinesocialmedia.net/20110109/motorola-xoom-vs-notion-ink-adam-two-of-the-best/”).

    From now on i only have to copy your comment when I want to list the benefits of Adam 🙂

    I particularly agree with one of the last points: specs don’t tell the whole store and miss out the most important item: use experience. You can have the best specs, but if the buttons are in the wrong place, or people can’t read the screen, or your camera gives blurry pictures, then it doesn’t say anything.

    The proof of the pudding is in the eating, and the coming week we expect that many people will start tasting the real Adam experience. Let the user comparisons begin.

  918. and NotJustShinyObjects is doing there the same for the spirit of the Notion Ink team.

    Soon reporters out there face a difficult problem: they can’t ignore Adam because it is so popular, but they need to have all their facts right or the Notion Ink Fan Base is all over their article 🙂

  919. In the absence of new news, which I am not anticipating … I think NI got exactly what it needed from CES — halt the calls of vaporware — as many have demand and supply must be in balance for a start-up … Supply chain is not proven yet … Food for thought in the link here: “http://m.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_internet_of_things_developments_of_2010.php” … I am not nearly as technical as most here, but I can see in this IoT idea a seed of what Rohan describes in his mystic posts. Here’s to being a part of the new frontier!

  921. Hey Guys…
    Just watch this
    “http://www.slashgear.com/notion-ink-adam-hands-on-0969281/”
    Very very proud that i have preordered the LCD Adam and I am glad that I would be using first batch of Adam…I should have oredered PQ Model…but its ok….
    Being a medical professional it would be a worthy device for me….

  922. @Paul

    PQ partnership with CPT: this is what I am also worried about . For PQ and CPT it will be costly affair to start production cycle without the optimum orders (in millions). NI orders can be a ?pie. The PQ CEO seems to be waiting for other bigger players……

    Hope everything if fine if not smooth at NI’s end.

    BTW the chances of my guesses being true is only 80% (going by my past record 🙂 )

  923. There’s a difference with Apple. Well first let me state I am not a huge fan of Apple. But they have a ego issue they can put anything out and people will buy it. They could put out the previous model but say they updated it and people will buy it even if thy have that “previous” model.

    I would like to see NI grow and open up stores in many countries. I think right now though if they want to do things half ass that’s their choice. But if you go to CES you need to follow the rules that are set out for the show. And their biggest 2 rules are no leaving early and no walking around showing your product off w/o a booth.

    I like the Adam otherwise I wouldn’t have followed it for so long. But my issue is when you need to set up an appointment or have to track Rohan down just to see the unit. Have you tried to find a needle in a haystack? Not so easy, unless you put that needle in it.

    @Jayachandran
    I would like to, but I would rather know someone personally that has tried it before I shell out the 600 for an Adam that I would have to ship somewhere if it has issues.

  924. And there are only Adam fans all over.
    No other manufacutor is having this ‘fan back up’ to correct reviews.
    Rohan invested wisely in us fans with his updates, to help him compete now.

  925. “The Colors– We have 6 variants. If we add 2 colors, we will have 12 variants, and so on. Managing these many variants is definitely not a good suggestion. But the color fight existed long before we posted that Poll, and we’d one more surprise for you! Default Adam comes in Matte Black Color with white strip, but this strip is replaceable. Starting Mid-Jan our partners will start shipping different colored strips and you can customize according to your own preference!”

    Does this mean that the next set of pre-orders won’t take that long after all?!

  927. Just a note: Xoom is slated for March I believe and the Ipad2 for early february.

    The most important thing for NI is getting the word out, imo. Apple are a big retailer and by default (whether they have an inferior product with a higher price, or not) have the advantage.

  930. How would you like it if someone came to your yard sale and stood on the side walk trying to sell their used items off of your yard sale which you may have spent advertising dollars in the local paper. What kind of jerk does that?

    Its sad that Notion Ink thinks it can walk around CES 2011 with its, product, in its hand while others did the right thing and bought a booth which supports CES. NI should get no news coverage from sneaking in the back door. Its hurts CES to reward someone who’s stabbed CES in the back. Buy a booth or leave your product out of the halls where people did buy booths.

  931. I’ve been going to various kinds of trade shows, in Europe & US, since the mid 80s and it’s actually quite common for smaller companies to just visit without having booths to make new contacts, etc…

    The way you portray this Sovereign John, it really is not very connected to reality today. Why don’t you stop in to MWC in Barcelona next month or CeBit in Hannover in March and you’ll realize how skewed your thesis is: Many individuals and small companies attending for business/marketing reasons which have no actual booth.

    These are not yardsales. CES greatly profits from even presences such as NI

    Instead of a yardsale mentality -“somebody trying to crash my gig accross the street!?”
    -you need to look at these events around the world as periodic gatherings of the tech community, big and small. It’s the overall value here , not how much CES makes off of their real-estate rental, but the over all revenue for the cities in question and general media and business value on a global scale.

    There do exist IT events in the world which are more comparable with yardsales, but to put CES in that category or describe Notion Ink like you have just portrays ignorance. Sorry to have to be so blunt, but this just needed to be said. No ill feelings towards you at all.

  932. — and of those many hits, several would have been from potential buyers, many of whom might have left the site disappointed, as their was no way they could place an order for the Adam.

    On several tech blogs, links to the NI homepage were pasted by the adam enthusiasts, exhorting people to get the real deal for — $$ –, from the NI website. Now consider the disappointment of those who visited this site via the link provided, only to find out that not only was the product not available but there was’nt even a footnote on the homepage stating that “the present lot was sold out and pre-orders for the next lot will be taken as soon as practicable.”

    The only thing that a potential buyer gets to see is the “pre-order status” tab, clicking on which takes you to two boxes asking you to fill order No. & registered e-mail.

    I heard that there is an MBA guy in their group. If Rohan & the other IIT guys are hard at work giving final touches to their product, at least this guy should be asked to cater to the new potential customers, so that they don’t turn away disappointed.

    I therefore repeat my suggestion that there should be a registration tab on the NI website for potential customers and the registered persons should be given priority during the next phase of pre-orders.

    This will not only pacify the would be customers but also help NI & the PixelQI guys to determine the approximate No. of buyers for their next lot and they could ramp up their production facilities accordingly.

    Hope some thought is given to this suggestion.

  933. +1. To add to that, NI partnered with Pixel QI. Even Pixel QI didn’t have a booth to say but more of a invitation only conference room. Most of the videos/reviews were done at respective reviewers places (For Ex: Slashgear, Engadget). It was not like Rohan was walking around in the halls with an ADAM in hand asking people to take a look at it.

  934. 🙂 Gecko you are pretty good in giving witty answer :). Btw if it’s there then it’s not giving an impression that it can be user replaceable(?).

  936. Andrew, I agree with what you say. I can not understand why Rohan had remained silent with his CES plans – what was there to gain with that stand? I was at the CES until today and I tried searching for them in vain. Why did he not partner with any of the allied vendors, to show his product – for example NVIDIA.

  937. Horrible example. NI isn’t competing against CES. In your example, the two people are competing. NI was there with Pixel Qi. Now, Pixel Qi may have had a problem with NI not being at the booth to show off the pixel qi screen in adam. I don’t know what arrangement they had. I don’t believe you know either. NI also did the same thing last year. So, I don’t believe anyone there had a problem with NI.

  938. Seems likely ! though the real fear might be that if the demand gets out of hand at this stage, when they are busy ironing out several variables; then it might be difficult to monitor the quality, which in turn may give them a bad name in the initial stage itself and thus prove detrimental in the long run.

  941. look at samsungs , ausus and acers ceo …all have that typical accent do people get off with it ? no way and infact rohans accent is million times better then all of them .

  943. Let me add this thought. Rohan speaks English faster then I can and American English is the only language I know!! I am not a slow speaker by any means. What does that tell me? Rohan is one sharp dude. His brain has to be very quick!! Yes, we Americans are not used to his accent, but maybe it is us that needs to listen a bit closer. Most of us do not speak two languages. I say we should cut him some slack. There is no doubt in my mind he will make every attempt to help us understand what he saying. I would still prefer hearing things from him rather then a paid spokesperson.

  945. Gah! I think im starting to go through some withdrawal here! Can’t wait for the next blog post (hopefully with a video of some sort, maybe you can show off the third party software)!! Great job with CES

  946. Well, I see a lot of people comparing adam with apple. No doubt, adam is a marvel but I believe that it is not a revolution yet because of its limited availability. Rohan needs to sort out the production issues fast and try to make it readily available to anyone anytime. Selling some 50,000 devices and then “SOLD OUT” is an obvious and much anticipated problem even for Rohan. May be notion ink needs franchises, show rooms,etc in addition to online selling. May be notion ink should try advance payment (before production) and ship the orders in six months. I think you guys have made quite a reputation by inventing (as I shall preferably call it) such a marvel as adam. This will definitely reduce the financial burden. Anyways, Rohan is wise enough to make his own choices. I would like to see this company grow to great heights and their sincere efforts rewarded over the years to come. Waiting for the next session of sale of adam.
    Make it fast guys. Good luck.

  947. VIDEO: Google’s Thorough Tour of Android 3.0

    “http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Android-3.0-Honeycomb-Maps-Gmail-GTalk,news-9629.html”

    Not sure if this was posted. If not, it is now.

    LeoP

  948. One more article about NI Adam in german (without news but more than nothing):
    “http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/10-Zoll-Tablet-mit-eigener-Bedienoberflaeche-1165989.html”

  950. Maybe Pixel Qi didn’t want to sell…

    I saw a video of a lady from Pixel Qi stating that they’re making a 9.7″ screen and that any company working for Apple is forbidden to talk about it. It really left me with the impression that Pixel Qi is making screens for Apple.

    The Pixel Qi screens can be made on almost any LCD fab, so it’s possible that Pixel Qi is just leasing the design to Apple and letting them worry about getting enough manufactured.

  951. Heise wrote:
    Battery life 10-14 hours and with Pixel qi Display 10% more ????
    Bad colours on Pixel qi Display ?

    Unbelievable…..

  952. @Joshua
    Here’s some good reading for you and NI fans from a large Indian Newspaper (Jan 7,2011 re Adam and Honeycomb) – read especially the part “from Mr Joshua Price, who wrote, ……. “

    @Greg. Here’s a link for Notioninkfan.com:
    “http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2011/01/08/stories/2011010852320700.htm”

  956. “Strat” posted some links in Notion addicts and said (s)he could not post here.

    “http://www.ebookreaderstore.nl/brands/notion-ink/”

    It’s a start?

  961. Nah, hardly to be honest.
    I’m Dutch. Guess they just try to get some traffic to their site (it’s a small site, had never heard of before).
    Would be really interesting if for instance bol.com would get ready for sale of Adam.

  963. Forgot to put a link in “”.

    Xoom preorder shows the price of £659.99 (£549.99 exc vat), approx. U$855 before VAT.

    “http://androidcommunity.com/motorola-xoom-tablet-available-for-pre-order-at-handtec-20110109/”

  964. Hahaha…at least they think “Adam” can bring in some traffic. For that, I give them a credit.

  966. Dear Sovereign John,

    You have a point here and indeed I would not be happy with that. However there are a couple of items in NI’s defense.

    One of the (most likely many) reasons for NI not to have their own booth was that they were a showcase for two of their suppliers.
    – NVIDIA wanted them to be there for some of their presentations, they even mentioned Adam explicitly in their press statement.
    – Pixel Qi used Adam as their example of an actual production-phase implementation of their screens.

    The co-operation with Pixel Qi was even so tight that many people went to the Pixel Qi stand in order to see the Rohan. Without co-operation with his suppliers all those tech-blogs could not have found Rohan.

    As you most likely know, working with your suppliers, or standing at their booth, is a very, very common practice on trade-shows such as the CES. It is good for the company involved (such as NI) but it is at least as good for the supplier because everybody likes to see real implementations of your technology while it results in more contacts in the industry as your customer will also invite/attract visitors to your stand and thereby to your technology.

  967. A bit unrelated: I am waiting for my adam to arrive (February) and I am already thinking at what micro sdhc card to buy. Is there really such a big difference between classes? I have no experience with that (expecially in terms of loading an app from it).
    Can someone here shed a light on this? I thank you in advance for your support on this one.

  968. any chance of getting a battery stress test sheet for lcd/pixelQi versions of the Adam?

  969. @Ganesh Good point.

    Trade-shows are meeting points. Rohan wanted to meet Slashgear, Engadget etc, so he went where he could meet them all: to the CES. Roah visited their place and showcased them what he wanted to show to them and what they wanted to see. This is one of the reasons why several of these companies have a booth there: so their contacts 9such as Rohan) can visit them and they can do face-to-face interviews.

    I doubt VERY VERY much if Rohan walked around with Adam, talking to strangers and asking them “You are looking for a laptop? here have a look”, which is basically what Sovereign John accuses him of.

  972. Rohan said several times that’s it’s user replaceable, and he seems to know this Adam thing pretty well.

    All reptiles have great senses of humor, incidentally, although sometimes it’s a bit on the dry side.

  973. Thanks for the tip! I checked his blog and found the review. I will wait until he gets his adam and let us know how the performance is with those cards.

  974. @gecko

    We are all speculating at the moment. Even the shipping dates don’t seem a certainty. He mentioned something like 11th in one of the interviews, but there are some commenters who were given a shipping date of 9th. He mentioned in an interview that we are waiting for FCC and the next moment he said we got FCC but the number is not the right one. The truth is out there and only Rohan knows what it is. FCC is a concern only for the US market. For the rest it makes no difference, if I am not mistaken.

    At this point in time we will have to wait for the first shipment to be delivered (whenever that happens) and the ones who get it do an indepth review of the adam. I remember reading Greg’s comment that he will video adam’s unboxing and performance in detail (especially the Pixel Qi’s performance indoors and outdoors). Just keeping fingers crossed and hoping every turns out ok.

  975. +1 as well. John Sovereign, perhaps your a little too Sovereign on this one. I can see where your cynical view comes from, but things are not always as they appear. Pixel Qi and Nividia were proud to have Notion Ink spending time at their booth and on the floor of CES. After all he’s buying large quantities of their screens and processors. I’m sure his pass to get in came from one or the other of those company’s. It is a one hand washes the other’s hand situation.

  976. Agree. I believe on the way to the where the interview was being held people noticed him and wanted a quick minute of his time to physically touch and use it. 🙂

    “Slow n steady with Persistence!”

  977. Ok where are we at this point.
    Adam was “introduced at CES in Jan of 2010
    NI has demoed a production model at CES in Jan 2011
    Manufacturing has begun?
    One round of “pre-orders” has been taken
    No deliveries yet?
    Deliveries should be showing up in the next 7 to 10 days given normal shipping
    No idea of who NI’s partners will be at this point (Amazon, Best Buy)?
    No idea of when the other variants (more than 8GB of installed memory) will be available
    No “annoucement” of when the production model will be available to everyone.

    I’ve been following NI since Jan 2010 and I LOVE the product but I’m still concerned that the fullfillment / customer service / maketing and sales process doesn’t seem to be kicking into gear.

    Ok NI doesn’t want to or can’t do a roll out like a more established firm. Understood and accepted. But what IS their roll out plan? Will I ever be able to hold one in my hand BEFORE plunking down my money?

    What is the plan? All the videos and all the specs in the world are useless if we can’t get our hands on product. Can you hear me now…..

  978. Karen dit gezien..? kan handig zijn….

    “http://www.ebookreaderstore.nl/brands/notion-ink/”

  979. Rohan has more folks wanting his product then he can currently deliver. To push too hard will only give him frustrated potential buyers. There is a certain amount frustration in that regard already. Slow and steady and connecting the with the tech community is a smart way to start. Believe me his investors are coaching him as well. Who’s advice is he going to follow. The so called experts on this blog, or the people financing this project?

    I think the vast majority here want Notion to be a winner and have tremendous success. Many of us have already invested by making a purchase. It is understandable that there is some second guessing and advice being given. Yet, we the blogger’s have to face the fact that the advice that is given for free may be the advice least followed. I’m sure Rohan listens to us and our opinions, but in the end he and his investors are making the decisions. We here are not as nearly in the loop as we would sometimes like to think.

  981. Blog from a friend of mine “http://www.kundanbhaduri.com/2011/01/notion-ink-adam-next-generation-android.html”

  985. I thought everyone might find this new display interesting. They appear to be more energy efficient even than the Pixel QI. Maybe it will be found in the future on Adam 2 or some as yet only dreamt of NI product. Regardless it seems pretty remarkable technology.
    “http://dvice.com/archives/2011/01/mirasol-display.php”

  986. I think this Fm Radio mystery feature might not be the whole story. Rohan, I believe, sincerely wants to surprise his early adopters with something a bit unexpected. We all know an FM radio is not an earth shattering revelation. In his crunch gear interview he said that they had replaced one of the chips with a different one that came with 3g and wifi and had a radio on it so it was natural to include the radio. The crunch gear guy asked him what kind of radio and Rohan said Fm. I tried to do a little research on these multi use chips and could not come up with anything conclusive, but it appears that the radio might also be able work for cellular calling as well. I have read that in the USA the government is actually considering making it mandatory for cell phones to have the ability to tune FM radio. More phone’s are being released that can tune fm all the time. It has something to with being able to go to the radio on your phone for emergency information in times of disaster. I am not an expert on this and if there is someone on the blogs that knows more about it maybe they would chime in.

    I’m also think if there is another surprise, it could come when the Adams actually arrive at the door and the buyer would likely discover it himself. If this is the case then the first one to find it and confirm it and let the cat out of the bag might get a gold star LMAO…. This is all speculation on my part. If anyone here truly knows more about the multi use chips that include radio I’d love to hear your take on this..

  987. @Wally West said, on January 10, 2011 at 00:45
    +1
    Agree!
    perhaps that was Manny’s point. Being an American Citizen, he knows, like you and I, and millions of people, what is going on here. But he felt he has to take stand for those being unjustly criticized. He did it by doing exactly what they wanted to do: get a translator, unveiling the shortcomings of the reasoning behind those critics.

  988. It’s not about credibility, more like it’s for general effectiveness. If you can effectively communicate something to more people quickly understanding you, you are better off. Nothing should be missed, misunderstood.

    Let me tell you about credibility and a proper accent. When you don’t speak my accent. I may not understand you, but I also sense that you are not understanding ME. In regards to a conversation where I’m asking you about features of a device, I ask a question and I’ve seen this on CES videos with Japanese and Chinese / Taiwanese spokespeople. They kind of “yes” you to death and sometimes you’re pretty sure they just didn’t understand.

    “So the device is waterproof, you can put in water?” Oh YES YES YES! And then you get skeptical and there’s a credibility issue. See what I mean? That’s a credibility problem resulting from communication. They understand english to a point, but they don’t fully have it and their accent is a challenge.

    Being married to a foreigner, I’m pretty good at working out accents and I care and like to understand people all the time. I’ve had a few troubles with things Rohan has said due to speed and how the syllables were “collapsed” Some things can be improved there when talking specifically about the device to interested parties.

  989. I agree with everything you said. Most of us will be very happy with 2.2 and Eden as the overlaying UI. For me the only real benefit of honeycomb would be easy access to the Android market. Having said that the work around is not all that bad. If your willing to work at a little bit you should be able to have most anything you want. As they say Honeycomb “would” make it a little sweeter. Pun was intended. There is little doubt that you will eventually get a honeycomb update anyway.

  992. As Jet fin pointed out CES and similar shows are and originated as gathering places for technologists, innovators and small entrpeneurs to show case their wares and promote their ideas to manufacturers, vendors and the media. The promoter made his money from selling tickets for admission and space to the most successful. As interest levels increased and big money moved in, it has become a commercial zoo, lost focus; and in a sense Sovereign John is correct. In a way, and in many circles, CES is no longer relevant. New venues for the small entrepeneur are needed and are probably being created as we speak. This is another reason to give Rohan points for being the man of the year as he was able to project and bei noticed in a place where only money buys attention. As some have noted PQ may have sold out but money can only get you so far. Just think of the MSF back story.

  995. @Rohan, I am not sure if this tag line is already used by any company so far. Adam “unlimited possibilities” should be your tagline. Also from CES you would have got aware that many people would be interested in buying adam, make sure you beef up your production be it just LCD(xoom could be a tight competitor) or pixelQi(no real competitors). A wait of 2-3 months is too long. People don’t have so much patience after they order. Deliver with in 2-3 weeks and start even selling them even in 1000 lots. You need to keep moving fast before xoom is out. Also try to update to honeycomb with in weeks else Adam may loose the hold. You need to penetrate as much as possible before xoom is out (atleast a month before their official release).

    Come on open up pre-order 2 to get a feel how many are waiting for it. Also please add pixel Qi glossy videos in action where there have been few comments from reviewers. You are not there to kill the big iPhone.
    Keep going you are on the right track.

  996. We had a great time with Rohan, Rohit, and Varun yesterday, having driven out to Vegas from Orange County for an afternoon meeting with ************ (A very large entertainment and media company) about content and to give them some hands-on time with Adam so they could see why we were so effusive about Adam, and why IT is the tablet we (LongBox) are doing the exclusive OEM arrangement with, as well as the customer reader experience taking advantage of the Adam’s capabilities.

    After 2 hours with the team and the tablet, they got it. They haven’t been impressed with ANY other Android tablet, and they were VERY excited about Adam. Rohan and everyone at Notion Ink should be truly proud… it really is a magnificent device, and even moreso when confronted by the fact that THIS is “V1”, and there are a LOT of really stunning things in development for upcoming releases…

    As a consumer/geek, I will say that I LOVE Adam, and while I had been excited about the features such as the PixelQi screen, the HDMI out, the multi-tasking, the ability to tether as an input device… the THREE things that REALLY had my head spinning with possibilities for the entire 5 hour drive home last night were:

    1.) Audio – The Spatial Audio on Adam is the best I have heard on ANY tablet. It is going to make the original/first run enhanced content being done for LongBox this year REALLY amazing.
    2.) The speed – We’ve been working with early revs, and emulators, and those were ‘not slow’. The device itself, with a metric TON of stuff running, is so speedy and fluid. It’s really jaw-dropping.
    3.) The Canvas experience – as someone who has been a professional artist for over 30 years, I was very excited to kill 20 minutes just drawing and painting with Canvas on Adam. On the iPad, and on other android pads, I’d experienced ‘fill in’ with fast ‘hatching’ – drawing lines at VERY fast speed back and forth to add shade – that with those devices it would get to the point that after a 10 count I would have to wait a second or two while the lines catch up drawing. Not so with the Adam tablet… regardless of opacity, color, width, how many layers, etc… it was like butter… smooth.

    It really is something special, and as Rohan and I talked about, you can tell the difference in philosophy behind it.

    very exciting times…

  997. I agree. Let’s not be mindless sheep here. Get the word about adam out. But don’t be fanatics. And try to treat the reporters with respect. Just show them how they are missing a great product. Acting like Apple fans just makes,imo, NI look bad. How many of us base Apple upon its fanbase? People will do the same with NI.

  998. Having nothing better to do:

    “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_music_ripping#FM_radio”

    “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Home_Recording_Act#Exemption_from_infringement_actions”

    It seems as though this would be protected under section 1008 of the Audio Home Recording Act. Now we just need a developer and, of course, Adam.

  1002. Is there ANY news as to future release etc? I was hoping for some great news of alliances with Best Buy or something of the likes. Aside from promotional material it seems we didn’t get much other news.

  1003. @Rantz

    thats good o hear…so you production cycle of comics will increase with adam:-)

  1004. I have never ben into comics, but with my four year old son and an adam, I was planning on it.

  1006. Certainly not! It’s beneath my dignity to waste time wondering. The good things in life have to wooed. Adam has to be wooed, even if you are a man of the common persuasion.

  1008. @rohan and Team NI

    i realy apprecitea the hard work and the smart thibk you guys have put in the making of adam.

    i know i have to wait to order one for myself.

    @all
    in the mean time i wish to buy atleast adam/NI T-shirt with logo.any way to find one 🙂 or adam case/covers. just preparing myself to get ready for adam

  1009. thanks for the update … also sounds very exciting … i will add a comment regarding comics of which i have never really been into other than as a kid – I remember Spiderman mostly. I have been traveling alot more for work lately, and as I was walking through the airport bookstore in philadelphia the other day I came across a group of books, which looked more like comics ( more grown-up in nature ) … out of curiosity I selected a book by Radical Books, “The Last Days of American Crime” … I partly selected it just to see what this was all about, and honestly I was thinking about of the discussions associating the ADAM with comics by Rohan; it looked like it would fit very nicely on my ADAM — ( in electronic format ) when I get that – the book is 6in x 10in … in any case, i was surprisingly entertained by both the story and the art and can envision a vast adaption of this format on the Adam platform … a little research on LongBox shows an established content provider of online comics with alot of potential … “http://www.ifanboy.com/content/articles/Digital_Comics_Next_Step__Longbox” … interestingly, i paid $14 US for this Radical book … and would certainly pay some numbe between .99 and $14 bucks for comics — which was appear to be a nice vacation from work … in any case, i’m excited as to how this relationship between NI/Longbox will evolve … i think this format will be enjoyed by jared’s 4 year old son, young adults and old people like me ( i turned 40 this year ) … in any case Rantz .. thanks for the detailed update 🙂

  1013. “http://www.huliq.com/10177/top-three-tablets-ces-2011” this list gives justice to everyone

  1014. @rohan

    u never sleep 🙂

    i am mesmerized by your attention to detail.

    have fun .

  1015. Happy Birthday! at least be happy today and try not to think about Adam…i know u cant 😀

  1019. I saw some comments on the possibility of a Pixel qi on ipad 2. I saw the video and have to agree. After all the only way to counter the Qi is with a Qi. Now that QI has partnered with Chunghwa Picture Tubes they will have no problem suppling ipad. In the video Mary Lou mentioned a huge order for 7″ screens. Things are getting real interesting…….Tom C.

  1021. Well aren’t you the sly one. I’m going to take this as you have hired the U.S. military to air drop Adam’s to us.

  1022. Wouldn’t be so sure about that. If they can’t keep up demand for NI what makes you think they can for Apple. 😉 Maybe iPad 3 but certainly not in the near future. Plus Apple is investing one billion dollars to build an LCD plant with some other company.

  1023. in reality the majority of people going out to buy the new ipad are going to do it regarless if the adam came with $500 taped to it.
    You can leave them out, but there are suspected to be over 60million tablets sold this year I believe, apple will probably take 20-30 at a guess leaving a large market open a large market of ANDROID followers waiting for a good companion device for their ANDROID stuff.

  1024. At last, Notion Ink has been displayed in just finished CES 2011 and Adam was tremendously appreciated. Adam has been the point of attraction specially since last year and we have been here just because speciality of the Adam. As far as criticism is concerned like not having booth etc etc.. Having booth in CES 2011 is just to introduce your product,attract investors and consumers and for advt. Adam has already been introduced, invested and we have bought the first lot as consumers and Adam is falling short of production so advertising Adam is bit tedious as it would increase the demand and Adam will get criticised more. So Adam is going on its right track.
    It does mean that critics haven’t sold to play but there is always another side but negativity is always hyped.
    While honeycomb is getting watched its been incorporated with multitasking panel feature which is already there in Adam. Adam have been ahead of honeycomb because newly to be introduced honeycomb models are little ahead in hardware issue but thats not much problematic.
    Now Adam have to look in postsale support which is alre quite well assured by NI TEAM And lets hope it comes to all expectation.

  1028. That other company has stated that they would never attend CES, especially since they have their own event they do. But for those that do say they will attend CES, it would be beneficial to have a booth instead of going to the Media to showcase your item. Or having folks searching for them in such a big place.

  1029. 🙂 thanks for the reminder … just set the DVR … now if DirectTV would just let me stream it to my new ADAM when it arrives …

  1030. I went through the same thing…perhaps Im still going through it 🙂 My understanding is, that Class 10 is the fastest, but the “standard” kind of varies from company to company. For instance, read time vs write time. In any case, I have a 32GB microSD, Class 6 I think. They get expesnsive at 32GB and outright ridiculous at 64GB. Patriot had one the sold out before it even came out it seems. Check out the LaCie MosKeyto (USB) (smallest footprint ever, with good read times, average write times) and check out the hp v165w…I didnt even check the data on this one, will use it for storage. Bottom line, IMHO, is unless youre a big time speed freak, its not gonna matter. Im guessing even playing HD video from the LaCie will be a breeze.

  1034. @Jarrod
    :(- can you hold it for a while -:(. I don’t think I’ve got the stomach for a riot 😦

  1035. I agree with gecko, of all the Tablets at CES, if I am not mistaken, the Adam is the only one that had a UI closest to Honeycomb. The Motorola Xoom said they had it but no one can review it or allowed to play with it to see Honeycomb in action. (personally from what I’ve seen of Honeycomb, Eden runs circles around it).
    I may have come across as a bit harsh in my view of NI not having a booth at CES, but I believe in the Adam, I believe in the dream, but if someone doesn’t wake up soon and smell the coffee, that dream will not turn into reality. I really don’t blame Rohan in any of this, I blame the investors. They are being short sighted and its not helping anyone.

  1037. Can I purchase a wifi only adam and use 3g using the mobile broadband cards similar to laptop? Can you please let me know if any one has an idea?

  1038. Another suggestion Rohan. Please do not keep the CAPSLOCK key in the keyboard at all. It gets stuck sometimes and my ears ring from it.

  1040. Ill give it a few days, to see what NI does, but honestly…Im on the brink of disbelief and disappointment. If the first pre-order people (the Jan 9th shippers) start saying they have shipping numbers or have received their adam, then my email may only pertain to me. I really hope that is the case…

  1043. Seriously Jarrod, You cant post shit like this unless you are going to copy us on that e-mail. Your comments are going to start a riot. Post it already. Rohan is in the US, He needs to know if something is being sent out. I am sure he knows anyway, but just post it 😉 I promise I wont get mad… lol ><;

  1044. I think NI knows by now that telling one of us something is just like telling all of us it.

  1046. Best of CES 2011: gadgetsandgizmos.org/the-ces-2011-best-of-show-awards
    Xoom stole the place (it should have been adam if it wasn’t due to honeycomb)

  1048. Rohan’s pass most likely came from Pixel Qi, as he had mentioned earlier.

    +1 for Paul Schoe’s comments.

  1049. How come Google has given Honeycomb to Motorola & LG (both have demo’ed the Honeycomb) but to NI? Having serious questions about Google’s muscle approach or is it NI is doing this upgrade to secretively?

  1050. In this case I am not tied to a specific frequency as in 3G. I can use adam any where in the world using wifi + mobile 3G broadband (evdoinfo.com/content/view/3200/63).
    Can any experts comment on this?

  1051. just so that you know….i know a lot of big brand companies who sell in the us retail market (and are not startups) who do not take a booth in CES but do the show in the hotel rooms, invite clients, reviewers etc….there’s nothing wrong in it…

  1053. Thanks Rantz for the update. This is the only piece of important information/news people have about Adam and NI team for the past 24 hours or so straight from CES. Looking forward to exciting times.

  1054. CES doesn’t care whether NI has a booth. Them being there increases the reasons for other companies to buy booths, thus making CES more successful. Lots of companies come without booths, and nobody says anything, because the CEO’s of those companies aren’t as honest or forthcoming as Rohan is. How often do you see tech startups give out this much info just because we want it? And yet all you see is the couple of things you still don’t know, or how he isn’t doing what you want him to.

    “Leaving early is a huge NO NO”, okay…. I don’t think there’s any need for me to point out what’s wrong with that statement, mother dearest.

    “People don’t take you seriously if you don’t have a booth.” Seems to me that lots of people are taking him seriously.

    “You have to spend money to make it.” You also have to make money to spend it. Could we see what kind of expenses you company has, compared to income? Or are you simply calling on expertise learned before you retired as the CEO of a successful tech company?

    Bottom line, YOUR decision about Adam should be based on Adam. OUR decision about NI’s marketing WILL be based on the number of Adams he ends up selling. You, sir, are mixing your standards of reference.

  1055. He’s mentioned before he will not get a stand of his own, so I’m not sure what you mean by “remained silent”.

  1056. “no one has even seen a physical unit yet on here besides Rohan.” Wrong. Loads of people have seen and touched it in its production form. The entire NI team. The unboxing video guy. The EAP people. Engadget. Crunchgear. Gizmodo. PixelQi. NVIDIA. Random people at CES. Probably Google, for that matter. A manufacturing plant in China. His partners in Taiwan. Whoever is driving that boat. And finally…… Every single person who has watched one of the large number of recent videos.

    Oh, I get it. When you say “nobody,” you mean you. Well, I get it now, because Adam isn’t real until YOU are satisfied. Until YOU sign off on it, NI is just a failure. Am I right?

    When I get my Adam, I will fairly and objectively review it. If it needs to be criticized, I will do so, but only in a logical and fair manner. Too much kool-aid, in either direction, is bad for you.

    It’s silly to ignore legit criticism, but its worse to arrogantly fling illogical poo, which is what I’m starting to think you are doing.

  1057. “The Last Days of American Crime” was written by my friend Rick Remender, who is a mighty talented man (who additionally can go toe to toe with me in the conversational swearing category). If you liked it, I highly recommend the series of collections/graphic novels of CRIMINAL by another friend, Ed Brubaker and the insanely talented Sean Phillips, as well as KABUKI by David Mack, which may just be one of the best graphic novels/comic series in the last 10 years.

    Rohan and the team got to see a sneak preview of some of the “First-Gen” content being created specifically for the digital canvas, and if you liked the Last Days of American Crime, I think you will be very happy with the material coming up over the next year… lots of really great and compelling stories (at an average 1/4th of the price of the print versions…)

  1058. Oh that is some important info! We are all excited! Thanks Rantz 🙂

    And Rohan, if there is an FCC delay as you had told in that video, does that mean it will be delayed delivery for US customers (those who pre-ordered)?

    And people in the other parts of the world (like me) will get our Adams as scheduled – since you already have CE? And later we will get an FCC sticker with the right number?

  1059. When you make claims about the emails like that, you should post a transcript of the relevant portions of the mail in quotes- Could you do that?

  1060. Heh,

    You know the little bird that they have on the front page and flying around in the end of the front page video?

    I think they should make that the little Notification notifier (or at least have the option) instead of it just flashing red. It’d be really really cute and act as a brand mascot.

    Can you imagine when you get a notification, it flies in a little and flaps it’s wings like mad, trying to get your attention.

    ^.^

  1061. @Sovereign John
    Look at this like, Pixel Qi who had a booth, brought its partners (in this case Notion Ink) who uses their LCD technology in a product. So that’s a working product ready for limelight and proves the credible nature of Pixel Qi screens. Now the product has merits credits for the product and it garners media attention. Simple !

    What needs to be respected is the company growth process and the learning they imbibe along the way.

  1062. It was a sleeve that came with a red (ribbon) tag…
    I think it is a standard 10-inch sleeve. Rohan said that they will not be selling any accessories, at least, initially. So, that particular sleeve, if an official accessory may not be available for order, at least now.

  1063. “http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Screen-shot-2011-01-04-at-11.46.00-AM.png”
    “http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1452614”
    “http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/eMarketer_Tablet_Sales_Worldwide_2010-2012_122294.png”

  1064. No knowledge is good , half knowledge is dangerous.
    What are the basis of your assumption.

    How do you know that Rohan hasnt taken permission from the Pixel Qi booth stand or for that matter anyone else to give interviews.

    From what I saw infact all the positive reviews for the way Pixel qi was implemented on the Adam the company making Pixel qi screens is going to benefit from them.

    Why would Google have any problem is their software is being implemented the best way possible.

    Your yard sale example is not correct, its not like Rohan was standing outside Motorolas booth .If I was in the yard sale and a friend of mine wants to sell lemonade outside and in return if he is continuously buying all the ingredients for the lemonade from me then I wouldn’t have a problem as what he is selling isn’t against me instead its boosting my sales.

  1065. You can do that if the drivers for the mobile broadband data cards are available for Android… (Or linux, I suppose… )

  1066. Google gets money from Motorola and LG which Notion Ink dont have. So, no… Its just Google sh***ing on the lil guy…

  1070. nah, It’s not favouritism or anything, Google’s just partnering up major Android revisions with manufacturers, taking turns with the development with each.

    They did it with Froyo on the HTC Nexus One, and Gingerbread on Samsung Nexus S and now Honeycomb on Motorola Xoom (+LG G-Slate?)

  1072. I guess you can post whatever it is. Since no one has got any info till now, it’s about time.

  1073. Whoa! I had no idea they had quoted me… If I had known that was going to happen, I would have been more insightful. Or at least funnier.

    @ gecko: I have actually approached random women (customers, of course) in the store, and asked them their opinion about various feminine products, such as pads and Midol. I just say “My wife sent me, but didn’t tell me what to get. Do you have a favorite brand?”

    Believe it or not, I almost always get a helpful answer. To date no-one has successfully slapped me. 🙂

  1074. What about the Office suite Rohan has promised. Saw a “Quickoffice” page on one of the videos. Is it the one he was talking about ? When will we have look at it ?
    I’m very curious and would like to see if this software can handle the “Leaves” interface.

  1076. I am a “Jan 9th shipper” and received no mail (even checked spam). That is a good sign isn’t it? I am in Europe, maybe thats the difference?

  1078. Imaging Rohan wearing a large coat…”Psssst hey you, are you looking for a tablet” *opening the coat* 😀

  1079. Makes you glad you preordered an adam, when the only real rival is US$300+ before shipping.

  1082. @Amit

    To fix stuck keys and ringing ears try Biswajits’ ring tone on a pair of Klipschorns.

    “http://www.4shared.com/audio/sBkkPXDt/Adam_Ringtone__Biswajit_saha.html”

    If the ringing isn’t cured with the ring tone, play a Telarc recording of the 1812 Overture on the same Klipschorns – don’t try on adam – the recording comes with a warning that your speakers may be damaged.
    But either of these should fix stuck keys on the adam, and ringing ears for sure :-))

  1084. @jared & the rest of you here. Plz! adam-mites/mates you need to understand, that US $4800=Rs.217,920/- Indian Rupee. It is a “big money” for anyone from the country like India!.. ok! No matter who it may be a Medium Business Firm or an Individual. And in this scenario u need to understand mates!..tat it is just a Start Up Firm. And this amount of money counts big for them. You just can’t expect them. Or to put it in the other way, they just can’t/shouldn’t spend this kind of money at this point of time for such causes. It makes no sense. In fact its a good idea to move around the CES floor & show off while marketing your gadget to ppl who are unaware of it yet! Rather than to sit stationary at your booth. Where its remains a doubt if ppl would come to see you, and ignore you as they hardly know you. Or your booth might just be lost in such a jungle of numerous tablets, where you might not be visible at all. Due to other big players.

    From the other angle. Lets be truthful & reasonable with each other mates!..lets just say we remove the Unit of that figure i gave you above-> 217,920/- which i converted to Indian Rupees. Would you really shell out that kind of money, just for a 10*10 Booth? And that too while you’re just a start firm?..be frank here!

    I’d say what ever strategy they had there was the best possible thing in that scenario. 1>Got it Reviewed by the Tech Blogs first off.
    2>Stood near to their suppliers booth. Besides giving them a big multipurpose advantage. Which is that gain the confidence of the suppliers that, our’s is a successful product & would definitely need lots of supplies from you due to the Inquiries by 100’s of ppl pouring in.. asking for Adam right in front of the suppliers booth and;
    3>Marketing to ppl who are unaware of the product.

  1085. I am really sorry for not providing it to others….but I did it from office and I don’t have access to sites where I can upload it. and I mised to check the box for “Notify me for follo-up comments..”

    @bishwajit, Thanks for providing it to others. I used “Audacity” to record the sound and converted it to 320Kbps MP3.

  1086. And then with a flick of your wrist you hear a bang and it explodes into a floating mass of feathers and your letter drops and opens the email app! 🙂

  1087. Have you checked the site for order status? Mine still shows shipping between 15th and 22nd – but there is no reason for them to update mine.

    Rohan says the world’s his market so he doesn’t make any difference between Europe or US or India ….

    @Jarrod – why the disappearing act?

  1088. Mine is on 9th Jan batch. Haven’t heard a single bit of info about shipping yet. The status on the site still shows Estimated ship date as 9th January. 😦

  1093. Kobo’s latest press release on the first day of CES does not mention NI or Adam. “http://blog.kobobooks.com/kobo-set-to-lead-in-2011/”

  1094. Among the many new tablet officially presented at CES there are quite unanimously 3 or 4 very interesting (read: different from the others) but there’s only one ready for shipping (i hope!!), with good balance between hardware and price and with such an innovative screen.

    I really can’t wait more, actually the only unaswered question is … when we will have almost a hint on new pre-order wave?

    Good Work Rohan!

  1095. Does it say 9th or is it between 9th and 15th? Mine says between 15th and 22nd.

    Also, they do have a disclaimer that this is their “best estimate” of the shipping date and the actual date may vary.

  1096. When does the next round of buying start… i did miss out of buying ADAM however would like to make sure i buy it the next time…

    Also do you have any delivery schedule for the currently booked adam’s

  1097. Reposting as awaiting moderation-

    Of course they have the disclaimer. But they also say they would keep us informed if that changes. But nothing of that sort has happened. No mails in spam as well.

    I even mailed the “preordersupport@notionink.com” and no reply yet. It’s kind of mute from NI side until now.

    @family – Does anyone know other means to contact NI apart from this blog and support mail ID? Like a phone number for support may be or any other mail Id apart from the ones listed in the contact page. It would be of great help if that can be posted here or if the person can contact NI directly and post response here.

    Excerpt from the status:

    “Estimated Ship Date* 9th January 2011

    Prior to December 15th, there was an error in this page due to which the shipping date was being calculated incorrectly. We apologize for the inconvenience. The date shown here is the correct value, which reflects the date shown at the time you ordered.

    *This is our best estimate of the shipping date. The actual date may vary; we will keep you informed in case that happens. If you want to modify or cancel the Pre-Order, please contact preordersupport“

  1099. Guys….

    Just for your information.

    Did we fuck-up trying to be early adopters?

    I would like to inform you that the Adam falls under chapter 84/85 of the customs code. The duty on it would be decided as per the HSA code and once the product lands in your country, the customs agency would make a HSA code and define it. Till then, I am afraid we are unable to specify or estimate the customs duty that you may or may not be charged.

  1100. that was the answer that I got from NI Team on custom duty. here it is again.

    “I will like to inform you that the Adam falls under chapter 84/85 of the customs code. The duty on it would be decided as per the HSA code and once the product lands in your country, the customs agency would make a HSA code and define it. Till then, I am afraid we are unable to specify or estimate the customs duty that you may or may not be charged.”

  1101. I hope, because after what Geko in his post above, wrote about the FCC reg. no. I have other much worse feeling. ;(

  1102. @Ganesh I looked at the Kobo website and it seems like a very versatile website.

    However does anybody know why I would use Kobo now that Google Books has been opened?

    Google Books seems to provide all the books and magazines that I would like to read and will (I expect) be easily integrated with Android.

  1103. ya i was searching the whole web for the press conference between kobo and NI…….couldnt find any…..so what happend to it rohan?

  1104. I hope, because after what Geko in his post above, wrote about the FCC reg. no. I have other much worse feeling.

  1105. Srini, the HSA Code for the Adam Pad will be the same as for the I-pad and all other Notebooks and Netbooks etc….

    HSA Code 84713000 with 0% duty !

    You will be notified by your local customs-office if the box from NI arrived.
    They will usually ask you if you have a HSA Code from the supplier.
    If not please ask them to take the above mentioned number !

  1106. @Rohan,

    Great to see you reading the comments and expressing your views when something is said out of kilter (the main reason for writing this particular blog post, I believe). Here you expressed your positive appreciation of one of your partner speaking highly about adam. Keep up the good work done so far.

    Just a few points, which you may or may not like or want to take note of;
    (1) In one of the interview, you didn’t want to contradict the interviewer, when he said the shipping starts from 11th. Sometimes, it is better to be specific when a question is raised. Say such and such date, the shipping is starting. When you said yes, that had raised many questions on this blog. Which date is correct, etc.?
    (2) On some occassions in the past, I observed when you don’t want to answer a question raised on a blog post, you don’t give an answer (straight or any at all). It is probably because, you think the person asking the question may not like the answer you may give. A few examples are,
    (a) adam storage capacity (8GB+). There were numerous comments made in previous posts and the Tech spec sheet on the NI website was eventually rectified to 8 GB (more variants coming soon). This put another doubt in people’s mind that the next round of orders will come with higher capacity storage.
    (b) Whether the micro SD slot accepts micro SD or micro SDHC? There was no straight answer to this question. Someone eventually posted saying that they received an e-mail saying that it accepts micro SD cards upto 128 GB capacity. micro SD slot can only handle 2 GB. Obviously, the slot has to be micro SDHC.
    (c) What is the maximum external hard disk size can adam handle? You mentioned you tried a pen drive of 128 GB and it worked. People would like to know whether there will be sufficient power from the USB port to spin the hard disks of the external kind. I think the 2.5″ extermal hard disks (the portable kind) may still work (not certain). The maximum capacity of this hard disk currently available is 1.5 TB. For the larger 3.5″ external hard disks, they need to be powered externally.
    (d) NI family members asked a few times to post the hands on videos before the pre-order. You felt it is not necessary, because you wanted to unveil the product to the world in CES 2011. After getting a lot of flak from androidpolice and other tech bloggers, you eventually decided to demo the videos.
    (e) NI family members indicated a few times that they couldn’t order the Pixel Qi variant because of whatever reason (didn’t receive the e-mail, credit card not accepted, went out of stock very quickly etc). No assurance was given that they will be the first ones who will be given a chance when the next phase of orders will be opened.
    (f) We haven’t heard anything official from you about FCC. As NI family members, it is not necessary for us to receive every piece of information you hold, but, getting FCC certification has a direct bearing on the orders shipped to the US. People want to hear what the status is either way. They don’t want to refresh the pre-order page hundred times to check whether their adam has been shipped or not. There was conflicting information given in the interview with Engadget or Crunchgear. It is better to clarify these things beforehand so that people do not get impatient and start making wild comments on the blog posts.

    I am looking forward to a detailed post from you on how do you wish to take things forward from here. You mentioned you would like to do things slow and steadily. That is absolutely fine with most of us, but the information needs to flow in right earnest. You are not like the other CEOs. You are unique and we all like when you are open and forthright with your views and share the information you possess.

    The above comments were made just to indicate, how heartache can be avoided (for both for you and the NI family members) by simple and effective communication. Apologies, if my comments sound totally out of kilter.

  1107. This e-mail is to inform you that your shipment is ready, but we are awaiting final FCC and CE numbers which are to be printed on the device before we can ship them to you. The Holiday season in December pushed the administrative work and it will be cleared within this week.

  1108. This is the first time I see something about CE. Always it has been about FCC approval. Hmmm… Can you tell the rest of us, when and from where did you receive your email?

  1110. Adam wasn’t officially at the show. Rohan and his merry band were visitors. Notice that the interviews they sought out, except Crunchgear, were held outside the convention hall. Ergo, Adam cannot be the ‘best of CES’. Rohan & Co. seem to have had two things on their agenda: silence their vocal critics, and meet partners. I buy the argument that they have serious supply bottlenecks and want to widen their marketing only when they can meet resulting demand. That makes perfect sense.

  1117. yeah, but he’s either on a plane ride, or just got back and it’s +10 hours from normal. I’m sure the man’s tired.

    we can wait to hear about our tablets… (although I’d rather not)

  1120. Dear Alexander

    Greetings from the Notion Ink Support Team!

    This e-mail is to inform you that your shipment is ready, but we are awaiting final FCC and CE numbers which are to be printed on the device before we can ship them to you. The Holiday season in December pushed the administrative work and it will be cleared within this week.

    We request your kind patience and cooperation till we inform you of your shipment.

    As you may already know, the Notion Ink Adam was recently demonstrated to a lot of people at CES 2011, and the Adam was appreciated greatly and loved by everyone.

    We really appreciate your continued support and effort that you have infused into creating the Notion Ink Community.

    Warm Regards
    Jon
    Notion Ink Support Team

  1121. Karen you are right. If Bol.com puts it up, then I even believe that NI has committed a minimum quantity to certain distribution channels.

    It will be interesting to see which online shops will be the first to take orders with Adams ‘on stock’ or with a shipping date of less then a week.

  1122. when I was pre-ordering…

    I thought “Indian company/ indian product” — no importing.

    Now this importing comes into scene and no information on how this is going to go.

  1123. @Alex Thanks for posting this. I wonder on what basis are they sending this mail. Did you mail them asking for status or was it voluntary from NI?

  1124. @alex, did you email preordersupport to get that reply?

    cause I’ve got 9th Jan date aswell but yet to receive any updates…

  1125. Any updates from the January 9th shippers? Did any of you receive a tracking number?

  1126. guys,

    any information on the import duty in INDIA
    12.5% or near 30% or is it 105%?

    How come none of talked about this till now here?

    Even the sales people at NI are not saying anything about this.

  1128. I guess Kobo has the biggest collection of books…about 2 million…We don’t know how much google books will have.
    Amazon has around 775000 books…
    So that is a good reason to use Kobo, over google books…
    And with the honey comb update, one should be able to use google books too!

  1132. Thanks Rantz Hoseley for sharing this.

    I particularly liked: “THIS is “V1″, and there are a LOT of really stunning things in development for upcoming releases…” it really seems that the journey only just started 🙂

  1134. I actually remember one thing – few years back – Dell laptops for India used to get assembled in Malaysia – and people used to get a duty waiver when they give a declaration- that it is for personal use, when it actually shipped to them. Is that still applicable in India?

    I hope it is seriously! But then if I have no option but to give duty – then it is gonna be a pain – but I will shell it out 😦

  1135. If you check the previous blog posts(specially preorder one), there has been an extensive discussion over the same. Some fellow commenters even posted the DHL link too for calculating the taxes. Moreover Notionaddicts has a dedicated section for calculating import and custom duties and charges specific to India are also mentioned there.Thanks

  1136. Here’s one article-
    “http://www.techtree.com/India/Features/Tablets_That_Could_Take_Down_the_iPad_2/551-114105-899-3.html”
    They are considering Xoom, Playbook and ADAM can take down the iPad2. While I think that can’t happen yet, I like that people think there is potential in ADAM. 🙂

  1137. In regard to shipping and FCC / CE, I posted this on my blog “notioninkfan.com” earlier…

    I received this email from Pre-Order Support last night:

    Dear Greg

    Greetings from the Notion Ink Support Team!

    This e-mail is to inform you that your shipment is ready, but we are awaiting final FCC and CE numbers which are to be printed on the device before we can ship them to you. The Holiday season in December pushed the administrative work and it will be cleared within this week.

    We request your kind patience and cooperation till we inform you of your shipment.

    As you may already know, the Notion Ink Adam was recently demonstrated to a lot of people at CES 2011, and the Adam was appreciated greatly and loved by everyone.

    We really appreciate your continued support and effort that you have infused into creating the Notion Ink Community.

    Warm Regards
    Jon
    Notion Ink Support Team

    Good things are worth waiting for, so what’s a few more days, right?

    I prefer to look for the positive and this may work out better for me in regard to creating unboxing videos, etc. I have an extremely full schedule this week and was wondering how I was going to get everything done if my Adam would have arrived this week.

    I’ll post more about shipping when I hear anything else…

    (FYI: My estimated shipping date still says January 9.)

    –Greg

  1138. @QA-Proponent So Gartner expects 35 million tablets to be sold in 2011 (19.5 million n 2010 x increase 2011 of 181%). Looks like NI and PQ need some manufacturing muscle.

  1139. @ Alex, @ All, I actually would like to know what you people think /know on this (bit lazy to search myself today). What do other companies do, when they do not get the FCC as expected? They just adjust the pre-order shipment date by a week or 10 days later if they expecting the numbers by one business week? Or they do something else?

    If something of that sort had happened earlier, then it would be right for NI also to do the same.

    BTW, I remember Barnes & Noble delaying its Nook pre-order deliveries by a few days (a week or two), though not sure whether it was for FCC or something else.

  1140. i got the same exact e-mail from them. So i’m guessing if the product does clear this week that they’ll start shipping it starting Jan 17 or something

  1141. Or get a mobile wifi hot spot device from your preferred carrier. That way you can use 4G if available too.

  1142. @greg, thanks!

    but like alex, did you get this after sending preordersupport an email or did they volunteer the update?

    Another 9th Jan order here, been patiently waiting and checking email (incl. spam) and blog for these type of updates but I’ve received none… 😦

  1143. Just what I expected. I forewarned Rohan that this could happen and also indicated to him that please inform the buyers (in US and Europe) beforehand so that they don’t wait in anticipation. Usually, during Christmas and New Year things slow down business wise and the approval process in the government certifying agencies does slow down too.

  1144. Alex mentions the same mail above. I really wish they could iron out these creases fast so that people dont begin doubting their intentions again. Anyway, I am really looking forward to your unboxing videos, Greg. You have been the voice (and a very widely audible one, at that 🙂 ) of this community on the internet and more than I want the Orders to begin again, I want you (and many others) to get their ADAMs 🙂

  1145. @ Himanshu: Thanks – I was gonna give him the link. BTW, I hope that we can get it waived for “Personal Use” declaration like I have mentioned about dell laptops and duty waivers.

    And like in Dell scenario – where a lot of people I knew got the duty waived off – here also, the order has been place with an Indian vendor, with the product being assembled outside the country.

    I do hope, we (those from India) are able to get 0% duty since I think Adam also falls in the same customs category.

  1146. But the problem is it is not clear about the percentage
    it could be anywhere between 12.5% to 105% — this is manageable pain

    Now…
    Another shocking thing is that …
    you know how indian customs works. They can hold it for months together (especially the company being new one/ product being new one/ product name being new one). —- this is the most irritating thing. I always have horrible experiences with govern employees here. Customs… that should be the worst I faced so far.

  1149. Rohan,

    You need to explain yourself. I have been bragging to all my friends about getting one of these and telling then that it would ship the ninth, but all of a sudden I get this startling email. In America we are coming up on the Martin Luther King weekend. That means no mail the 17th. If you could ship the orders for the 9th to the US via DHL, or at least offer an upgrade option to UPS or FedEx. DHL in the United States is slow because it relies on the USPS for interstate transit and delivery. The Adam is an amazing product, don’t get me wrong while i’m on my rant. My frustration comes out of impatience, because if only I had all the time in the world, I would build an Adam myself.

    Extremely Dedicated Customer

    Jason S.

  1150. But you know the meaning of “estimated” ?
    What´s up people ? Just a few days delay !
    Some are waiting for more than a year….

  1151. +1 abt the explaining part that NI (I call it NI instead of Rohan as it is the company’e responsibility and not Rohan as a person) has to do now. We all understand the hurdles you have to face with these certifications. But what would have pleased we (the family) is that, NI should have been proactive in this communication. A simple blog post quoting the same text as mentioned in the support email rather than replying to support emails individually. Well I guess we can stop that page refresh for a while now. 🙂

  1152. Thanks @Himanshu
    Thanks @Veeraraagavan

    Looks like there are quite a few indian buyers here. Shelling little extra is OK with me too.
    Wish that….
    – I do not have to get in touch with customs people personally.
    – DHL delivers me and pay any due and collect my adam

    This wait is killing me. Rohan is also busy with his work now-a-days…

  1153. Thanks @Himanshu
    Thanks @Veeraraagavan

    Looks like there are quite a few indian buyers here. Shelling little extra is OK with me too.
    Wish that….
    – I do not have to get in touch with customs people personally.
    – DHL delivers me and I pay any due and collect my adam

    This wait is killing me. Rohan is also busy with his work now-a-days…

  1154. You are damn right. No valid reason for NI not to have bought some space, unless NI comes out with one. Pixel Qi had one and ideally Rohan could have had one just next to them. Does marketing policy of NI says no dollars to be spent in reality except for blog? Come on, people saying about cost should think and speak.
    When I read from blog (before CES) that Rohan at CES would make everything official, i anticipated much, but seems like he was sneaky.! Instead, he could have sent his baby for the reviewers out there to examine themselves before ces.

    All said and done, ces didn’t complain of NI for their presence, so I leave it there..
    And, iam just waiting for preorder to start.

  1157. I got bored this weekend so I visited the nearest Apple Store in Hawaii.
    “http://thisiskawaii.com/forum/topic?id=9202#p28806”
    Just showing some love in here. 🙂 Congrats Rohan at the CES.

  1158. Has the FCC grantee code for NI changed?

    It used to be “y2g”, but searching for it now “https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/GenericSearch.cfm?calledFromFrame=N” returns nothing now as opposed to something last month..

    any ideas?

  1160. I think you need to search here:

    “https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/GranteeSearch.cfm”

  1161. Same message,

    “There are no grantees on file that match the search criteria specified.
    Grantee Name: Y2G “

  1162. I found them still listed with “y2g” under grantee search (“https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/GranteeSearch.cfm”), but there hasn’t been anything under application status.

  1164. yeah, but if they knew it would’ve been nice to get an email about it like it says on the status page… it seems the only people who got that email were ones who took the initiative and emailed preordersupport…. people like me who didn’t email found out here on WP.

  1166. NI already has a shipping date for the people that ordered? If it isn’t pixel qi I think I would not looking this site anymore, Pqi is the only thing now that make me want Adam, mainly because of the other great tablets that come, and Adam didn’t using honeycomb, and etc etc…

  1167. @rama

    good questions……..hope rohan com eup with answers to all these……BTW where r u rohan now? US or India

  1168. 1 Grantees Were Found That Match the Search Criteria: Grantee Code: Y2g Displaying records 1 through 1 of 1. Attachments & Correspondence Grantee Code Grantee Name Mailing Address P.O. Box City State Country Zip Code Contact Name Date Received Y2G Notion Ink Design Labs Pvt. Ltd. 6th Floor, D Tower, Subramanya Arcade, Bannerghatta Road N/A Bangalore, Karnataka N/A India 560029 Rohit Rathi 11/24/2010 Perfor

  1169. *****PRE-ORDERED DELAYED ****Notion Ink Adam tablet pre-order deliveries have apparently been delayed, with the company still waiting on final FCC and CE numbers before they can ship the slates out.
    “http: //www.slashgear.com/notion-ink-adam-pre-orders-suffer-minor-labeling-delay-10125451/”

  1170. **PRE-ORDERED DELAYED ****Notion Ink Adam tablet pre-order deliveries have apparently been delayed, with the company still waiting on final FCC and CE numbers before they can ship the slates out.
    “http: //www.slashgear.com/notion-ink-adam-pre-orders-suffer-minor-labeling-delay-10125451/”

  1171. When I worked in the restaurant business I worked for TGI Fridays. They did not advertise at all for their first 20 years. NOT AT ALL!!! And they built their multi-billion dollar company on word of mouth and word of mouth ONLY. In Madison WI TGI Fridays quickly became the busiest restaurant in the city. Now TGI Fridays is franchised and sold the farm in my opinion and advertise like crazy. But for their first 20 years they did not.

    Notion Ink does not need to spend thousands of dollars to get the name of their product out their. We, their consumers will do it for them. Notion Ink’s biggest problem at the moment is how to make enough and finding enough contacts in stores to handle their tablet.

    In my opinion they didn’t even need to go to CES. They just need to get their product in users hands so that all of our friends and family can see them. They in turn will want one, and so on and so on. Rinse repeat.

  1172. @Rahul, that is indeed my understanding. That you can read Google Books on any browser (so also via Android).

    In addition they have an Android app plus a growing number of magazines. Unfortunately still mainly for the USA but that applies to Kobo as well.

    Google claims to have nearly 3 million free books (usually classics I assume) and expect to have “hundreds of thousands” new releases and bestsellers. With exception of the magazines, I expect both Kobo and Google to satisfy mu demand, so I’ll see which magazines appear in whose newsstand.

  1174. Disagree.

    NI Adam was a also a showcase for Pixel Qi. Pixel Qi must have been very happy to be around. In you garage sale analogy – Its like somebody selling lego art in my driveway made from lego pieces only I sell. That will help me rather than hurting.

  1175. Joshua Price, to Andrew:
    > its worse to arrogantly fling illogical poo, which is what I’m starting to think you are doing.

    If you’re just starting, you’re slow. Andrew’s poo party left a long time ago.

  1176. not really cause it implies I should be constant emailing pre-ordersupport and/or hitting F5 here…

  1177. No word if it’s true or not yet. It says at the bottom that they are waiting for a statement.

    Either way, at the most it would be next week. And I think because of the release day being pushed back so many times Adam fans wouldn’t mind another week.

    As long as it ends up being awesome that is.

  1180. Shipping delays, as per slashgear:

    “http://www.slashgear.com/notion-ink-adam-pre-orders-suffer-minor-labeling-delay-10125451/”

  1181. Shipping delayed WTF
    “http:// www. slashgear .com/notion-ink-adam-pre-orders-suffer-minor-labeling-delay-10125451/”

  1183. This has been a problem with NI all along, and they don’t seem to have learned yet. They’re very secretive with bad news, even minor things like delays. It’s best to level with your customers, and keeping them informed is only common courtesy. It’s a sign of NI’s lack of experience with public relations that these things have to be pointed out. Rohan’s blog post following the pre-order mess was titled “What have we learned” (or was it “What we have learned”) . They still haven’t learned enough.

    On a less dyspeptic note, Ganesh, I’m trying to figure out the theological implications of how your avatar applies to your name (the elephant-headed god of wisdom, is it?), but the effort is making me dizzy.

  1185. Elephant headed for sure… but Lord of Beginnings and Lord of Obstacles is more commonly known for Ganesh. 😉
    Wish I could do something about the NI “obstacles” with FCC and CE 🙂

  1186. No need for the capital letters. We already knew there was a possibility of a delay. this issue was discussed in the last post (Posting from Adam). I think Rohan was waiting to see if they would be able the solve the FCC # issue on tiome before the weekend.

    Check thos video where Rohan talks about it. Look at 5:42 section:

    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy5I_LK-Xf8&feature=youtu.be&a”

  1187. hmmm todays view of the blog has all the posts not in posting order. Oh well.

    Forgot who asked if Rohan is still in Vegas or on a plane back to India, but lets say he left today.
    Currently there are two ways to get back to Bangalore Hindustan Airport, India (BLR)
    from Vegas.
    Option 1: leave Vegas at 10 AM get to to JFK, NY, then leave JFK to Doha, then Dohar to Bangalore (arriving on Wed Jan 12th at 3AM.
    Option 2: Leave Vegas at 10:50 AM to Los Angeles, then to Dubai, then to Bangalore also arriving on Wed jan 12th at 3 AM.
    So if he left today He probably won’t make any blog entry until Wed or Thur (if he wants to sleep)

    Now if he left yesterday the 9th, then he’ll get in on Tues at 3AM. same rule applies except one day earlier.

    Note: 3AM Indian Time, that would be 5PM EST (New York) since India is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of New York.

    TS

  1188. You may have hit the nail on the head. I look for the radio in Adam to do far more then expected!! We shall know when the first adopters receive their Adams. The mystery feature will soon be revealed in total.

  1190. Initial reviews on google books is mixed:
    “http://www.tuaw.com/2010/12/06/google-books-app-feels-rushed-disappoints/”

    something regarding “streaming” books?

  1193. @Paul (Paul Schoe said, on January 10, 2011 at 18:36,in case this comment gets misplaced)

    Hi Paul,

    Thanks for your observation. It appears that NI is in a sunrise field. Adam has already received one professional product review by Joanna Stern of Engadget which seems encouraging. Efficacious execution will be a key for NI which will include the manufacturing capacity aspect as you bring up, and support. I am very happy to see Apple and Motorola (both innovative and pioneering American companies doing well after going through tough times). I also hope that Microsoft also catches up so that there is more competition which will benefit us users.

  1194. I am a part of the “I don’t want to wait for anything” generation. However I for one will be waiting for my chance to purchase an adam. The last post sealed my resolve. In a world that will not wait I want to be one of the many who will and become a part of something different and good. We should all learn something about chasing dreams from the NI team.

  1195. I actually expected a delay in shipments given their track record and lack of experience. Now dont jump on this comment … but just look at how these guys have managed the process so far. Dont get me wrong, I wish these guys well and am a big supporter but most of what these guys do seems to show the lack of polish. An example of this – the customer service email to me said, ‘I am sorry but this is completely out of our control now.’ I have run Customer Service teams before and while I understand the truth of this statement, I never let an executive say something like this. This is simply lack of good planning and anticipation, but as they grow they will learn and become better at this.

  1196. I must agree with this. It’s Lord of overcoming obstacles. 🙂 I guess now Dilbert is appropriate

  1197. Quick side auestion – Is there some way to better control the flow of comments on WordPress? The comments are all jumbled up by date making it nearly impossible to follow everyones new comments. I can’t find anyway of controlling comment view here.

    Sorry – I just feel like I may be missing so much of what is posted here.

  1198. I subscribe to the comments by mail. I find it more easier and effective. Every comment is sent to you as a mail. Of course it’s too much of mails but I guess you can find ways to organize them in mails in a better way and easily searchable as well.

  1199. Yeah there is. Whenever you comment next time, check the box with text of “follow the comments”. You will get a mail whenever a comment is posted here.If you have a gmail id, please mention that as it will combine all the comments(up to 61) as a thread in a single mail. Moreover whenever you will click on the name of comment poster in your mail, most of the time it will take you to the exact position where the comment has been posted so that you can easily reply it :).[most of the as for me whenever wordpress becomes buggy some of the time it takes me to the start of the post]

  1200. Or RSS – there’s a link to the feed at the end of each of Rohan’s posts.

    Has anyone else noticed that the “Jon” who signed the e-mail about the FCC/CE delay might be the same person as “Rohan”, since the names are anagrams of each other, if you change one of the letters and add or subtract another couple?

  1201. Does that mean I can take wifi and use it for everything (except for mobile calling). Is that the only difference between wifi and 3g?

  1203. May be 🙂 as Jon is a very uncommon name in India. Even in my Christian friends I have heard John but not Jon till now.

  1204. Btw there is disappointing news for guys who were speculating Reliance wireless broadband tie up in some way or other with adam. They will be launching their service on 28th December 2011 😦

    “http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_mukesh-ambani-s-4g-revolution-to-begin-by-the-year-end_1492550”

  1206. It was in response to asking Pre-Order support about shipping status…

    I have been in contact with Pre-Order support several times and Jon sees to be the person that always replies. He answers all the questions I have asked to the best of his ability…

  1208. Most of my queries were also answered by Jon earlier. Somehow this time no reply yet. But I have not heard anyone else mentioning any other name than Jon. Looks like Jon is the only person in preorder support.

  1209. An official announcement from NI would have been nice.
    I wonder if all Jan9th received the email.

  1211. @send2dev Thanks for the Google Books review. I tried it as well and wasn’t overwhelmed. But that was online reading and not via the app. It seems that Kobo produces a better reading experience (for the moment). I hope that Kobo is able to get more magazines and that they can open the News-stand for non-US customers.

    I though that mobility is one of the main reasons for magazines to go digital. If I live in the States then I can buy the magazine in a store. E-publishing allows these magazines to reach out to those who are not in the States. Not yet apparently. So as soon as I get my Adam :), I will look for a good VPN solution so Kobo thinks that I am in the States ;).

  1212. Now somehow just have to wait for Pre-Order 2 and hope I can get it in before they all sell out!

  1215. i remember Rohan mentioned in one of the videos that it will take 5 more days to get the FCC number. so possibly 1 week delay

  1216. Also there is no point making a huge splash,You would ony dissapoint because you could not supply.
    I am already nervous about trying to get a preorder next time around

  1218. Mail that some people are getting means that still did not put that label on the back …

    ROHAN would it be possible that these data are put in the sim and microsd port? Like this photo “http://www.engadget.com/photos/hp-slate-hands-on/#3494157”

    So the back of adam would be more clean and beautiful

  1219. Definitely Paul – will be interesting to see what type of magazines are supported. I know this is very dorky, but I like variety puzzle books from dell that are sold here in the states. [soduko, word searches, logic puzzles, etc.] Would love to see them go digital, but feel they’re a very old-fashioned publication and it won’t happen.

    I’m sure we’ll have some great options though since the android tablet market will probably expand applications exponentially this year.

    Enjoy your Adam, Paul! 🙂

  1221. See, if Jon = Rohan, that would provide an elegant answer to the question of why NI didn’t proactively e-mail its customers about the delay, rather than letting them find out through slashgear or the blog comments here.

    By the way, nobody has to go to the trouble of pointing out that this doesn’t make any sense, because I DON’T CARE.

    So there.

  1222. @send2dev For your Soduko Android seems to give plenty options. I found 5 programs already in the Market and that will only increase.

    Within a year I hope to be able to wake up with a newspaper from my own country (NL) on my Adam and every weekend the latest copy of my favorite mags. Adam will be many different things for many of us 🙂

    I found vpnuk.net as an option that gives me a US ip-address for Adam. That will give me access to a lot more content (US magazines, Youtube, etc.).
    Adam will open the world for me!

  1223. Will the Adam be functional in the 3G network of my choice and will it support HSPA+?

  1224. 🙂 good news … i picked a good one … I will definitely take you up on your suggestions … looking forward to having something else fun to do on my ADAM … thanks again!

  1225. That is just the grantee code search for an FCC ID, which is Y2G. This is not the authorization for the device.

  1226. definitely will be waiting for an update via blog post on the delay to make it official. I’m sure it will show up sometime today. For now, let’s relax and enjoy our start to a new week.

  1228. You can google the quote to find the source:

    “While the Notion Ink tablet nominally has a 1024 x 600 pixel display, the 3qi screen can actually display 3072 x 600 rectangular pixels in order to make text look better in landscape mode. The company is working on upping the resolution both vertically and horizontally so that tablet-style devices like the Adam will be able to display high quality text in portrait mode as well.”

    I thought I could use Adam to read PDF’s in the portrait mode. Based on the quote, why anyone talks about Adam and Pixel QI as if they are competing with the Kindle. Without high quality text in portrait, isn’t the iPad a better e-reader?

    Please comment.

  1229. I would really like to know the specific status in regard to shipping. Things like…

    Once they have the FCC/CE numbers do they have to apply them to all the tablets and package them before shipping? Or do they have the assigned numbers they need (and already have them on the Adam) and are just waiting for some formal clearance before shipping?

    Are they shipping from the manufacturing location or are they already strategically positioned in various locations (ie; are US destined tablets shipping from within the US)?

    Anything they can tell us that gives us a more accurate idea of when to expect them at our door would be great. 😉

  1230. I guess you can mail Jon about these. I also mailed but you seem to get quicker reply from NI. 🙂

  1231. These devices simply provide a wifi connection for any of your wifi devices (tablet, laptop, iPod touch, or…). They are mostly 3G but 4G will be available. Verizon has the “MiFi” and other carriers have other models. The drawback is having to carry a second device and the device needs its own power source (batteries). You can find more info via Google. 😉

  1232. I bet Jon does not have that info available or is not allowed to tell us. 😉

    Maybe Rohan will take mercy on us and let us know…

  1235. No gecko, you have it all wrong. Jon is actually an anagram for Obama. It’s all Obama’s fault, and he is the one who delayed Adam. So he rearranged the letters of his name to spell “jon”.

    Want proof? Email Rohan and ask “Is jon Obama?” I’ll bet you won’t get an answer. 🙂

  1238. Lol… @Joshua … I have a request if someone can do it … please please archive these comments posted on different posts :). Will be a fun to read all of them on our own adam one day when we remember those days of adam inception.

  1239. Sovereign John:

    That’s pretty harsh. I’m sure NI had to buy a ticket to CES, maybe it’s cheaper than a booth but come on. CES isn’t hurting, nor are the big names like Motorola, Samsung, etc who did buy space. I’m sure in their minds they could care less about lil’ old Notion Ink.

    I for one would rather see NI focus money, attention, and time on completing their software and getting their product in the hands of consumers. Regardless of how many rupees or dollars it costs, I’m sure NI is working in the red (i.e. no money coming in). NI is the under dog. When you’re the under dog you have to hustle and work with what you have. I think it was smart to show up to CES to quiet the naysayers, worrying whether they bought a booth or not is pretty trivial.

    I’m not the type of person to make excuses for people or companies when it comes to right and wrong regardless of how much I like them. I have my own issues with Notion Ink they just so happen to not be as trivial as they’re taking food out of CES and Motorola, Samsung, Toshiba’s mouth because they walked the halls with their unit instead of having a booth. In my opinion that hurt Notion Ink more than it hurt CES or the big brands. It’s no like someone could say “hi, can you point me to the NI booth”. So that really was a negative/downside for NI and a benefit/positive thing for the big players.

  1240. Day by day I feel more sadder and sadder with Notion Ink. The product is the best, well, will be the best in the market” once it arrives, but I’m not confident with the company, with the contract terms, with the warranty, the delays, the still unknown feature, etc. I would not like to know what could happens in case the hard or soft fails. 2 months or more to be repaired?
    I feel that pre-order action was done to get costumers’ money before CES in case we change our minds after CES and prefer another product, taking into account the several tablets are going to enter into the market with similar features and adjusted prices.

    I’m really sorry to say that because I was excited with the Adam, I was very hopeful, but now it is what I feel.

  1241. emails were sent to folks informing them of the delay. Check out Greg’s site
    “http://www.notioninkfan.com”

  1242. I left a good link in the above that had a link to several excellent articles that were very positive about both Notion Ink and the Adam.
    however the comment is awaiting moderation, I assume because of the included URL.

    I’ll try again.

    m dot timesofindia dot com /tech/personal-tech/gadgets-special/Early-reviews-gloat-over-Indias-iPad-challenger/articleshow/7248992.cms

    You should be able to figure out how to unobfuscate the above and view the site. Worth a read to see some feedback from CES.

  1243. Well to be honest it doesn’t really matter too much. the way text is rendered on a screen can be optimised to take advantage of the extra resolution in both landscape and portrait mode.
    It’s essentially a hardware form of anti-aliasing,ie : removing jagged edges from straight lines at an angle or a curve. Thats what makes text crisper. So the adam will be a better e-reader either way thanks to the higher resolution.

    cheers
    Jayanth

    PS: Didn’t Rohan say they will be talking about big announcements about content and pre-order 2 ? That still hasn’t happened so am guessing that Rohan is still in the USA.

  1246. Notion Ink you are doing Great. You have a World Class Product in Hands and you are also the company with heart and mind in right place, am pretty sure things will fall in place now or soon.

  1250. That is where Notion Ink team falters, but I guess they are vehemently trying to sort thing out with the FCC and the shippers….Just a quick update on their homepage would be great if Rohan is busy sorting things out, and hence not able to post an update on the blog….or maybe he was traveling back to Bangalore.

  1251. Where is Rohan? He could be on the move back to India. I believe he will post as soon as he can.

    Maybe NI needs to clone Rohan, so the original Rohan is on the move, his close can post.

  1254. When is next preorder going to launch.

    Am i included in private invitees. Plz do include me rohan

  1255. Thanks Jarrod. I am still a bit hesitant about dismissing the class aspect as I have read on a number of sites that the difference is sensible. I am not a speed freak, but in order to be able to judge it would be better to have a hands-on experience or seeing a video about it. I am leaning towards gettina a 16gb class 10 which, along with the 5 gb circa of free space in the adam, would provide enough storage.
    Before doing so, I will try a mcro sd 4 gb class 2 sandisk I have and make a couple of trials with apps, photo’s, video’s and mp3. I will let you know my findings as soon as I get my adam (assuming the recent delivery drawbacks get sorted out ;-))

  1256. It works wel this way:

    “http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/gadgets-special/Early-reviews-gloat-over-Indias-iPad-challenger/articleshow/7248992.cms”

    thanks for the link

  1259. I sincerely think it is high time to update the NotionInk homepage! What do others think?

  1260. Btw SDHC cards will not work on adam? as its having a slot for micro sd cards(?). Any help?

  1261. @twospirits I am happy with the commitment that we all show, but isn’t publishing possible travel scheme’s a huge invasion of somebody’s privacy? Let’s give the people at Notion Ink some privacy as well.

  1262. To Rohan or anyone who might know:

    Is there any chance there will be a higher resolution LCD option available? (a screen with 1280×800 like Xoom and Toshiba has shown off during this last CES?)

  1263. Are these emails only going to a select few? I never got the delay email, and I even checked my spam folder. And my preorder status page is still showing a Jan 9th expected ship date.

  1264. We all mailed preordersupport at notionink dot com and then received the delay email.

  1265. Anyone can find that info on any travel related sight. I only posted it because there have been quite a few members here asking the same question “Why isn’t the blog updated”, “why isn’t Rohan commenting” etc and and it shows one reason why he hasn’t commented on the blog. He is in transit. Obviously the CES event is over and thus he should be traveling back, my post shows that he can’t comment until he gets back into India. I see nothing in my post that would jeopardize Rohan or his team of their privacy.
    There are over 2 dozen flights flights with numerous combination of connections to get from point a to b, i did not mention the flight number or airline.

  1266. That slashgear post was really funny. I too never heard Jon. Lived and educated with Christians, I never came across any Jon in India. Also in such a professional email no last name used. I do not think there exists an email at all. Till now all emails from Notion Ink just says warm regards and Notion Ink Support team. No names there.

    All pre order customers definitely check the blog. I hesitate and find hard to believe that one would send an email to Slashgear and NOT update the blog themselves.

    Excerpts – SlashGear was forwarded a Notion Ink email from a pre-order customer, which claims that “the Holiday season in December pushed the administrative work and it will be cleared within this week.”

    In the same email community starts with captial ‘C’. I think it is an effort to do a dig at notion ink from Slashgear again

  1268. I guess microSDHC should work. Most of the current day readers/slots work with it. I guess it would be really a stupid decision by NI design team, if they have a slot that only supports microSD. microSD has a limit of 2 GB and microSDHC cards come from 4GB and above.
    “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroSD”

  1270. I must say in this post, slashgear is right. I also got the email from preorder support. All the mail communication I have had earlier with this mail address has been replied by Jon. I am also surprised that there is no last name and it seems like only one member support team. But I don’t think it’s an effort by slashgear to take a dig at NI. Infact they are the only tech site which have given coverage to this issue (So that few people who do not follow all the comments here can get the information, apart from Greg’s site of course)

  1271. No thats not true I have gotten 2 emails from them and both were signed by Jon I was just a little conserned that Jon was and or is the only Tech email guy

  1273. I reckon the are coming off the crazy sched from CES. It’s going to be a busy week on their side.

  1274. I was talking about SDHC cards. I am about to buy a class 10 SDHC 16 card. So was interesting to know whether they can be supported by Adam or not. And thanks for reply Ganesh. Gecko has transformed u from Ganesh to Dilbert 🙂

  1275. Don’t worry Andreu. Notion Ink allows you to cancel your order even till after the CES. So if you feel that you have seen a better tablet out there that is available now, then you can still cancel.

    Unfortunately, having seen all the reviews, I will be afraid that you will soooo jealous when you see the hand-on reviews from the first Adam owners. They say good things are worth waiting for, and I believe that my Adam, when it comes, will proof that saying true 🙂

  1276. Hope you’re not teasing us…

    No one will get their Adam for awhile. FCC thing. See for yourself at “notioninkfan.com” or Slashgear.

  1278. Thanks for the confirmation Ganesh. I can see your post and mine was only few minutes apart ;). Anyways are you also expecting to get the adam this week or the following week?

  1279. Thanks Greg. I thought the same. My question arises from the point why do people go for 3G version of tablets?

    1. With wifi I can always buy a mobile wifi hotspot broadband card and use it. With 3G I don’t require to buy one.

    2. If I order 3G based on the frequency band NI provides I may lock in to a specific provider (if applicable). I can’t move to Verizon as they are on CDMA (however with wifi I can move across providers as long as they provide wifi broadband).

    3. The cost for broadband internet is more or less the same as wifi or 3g network.

    4. 3G may have a farther reach compared to wifi hotspots but is available in most of the cities.

    5. with wifi I can bargain prices across networks which I may not with 3G services.

    6. Admitted that I need to carry an aditional adapter but provides me with the flexibility to travel across countries and still use the local wifi network.

    Trying to figure out which is better option to buy (can utilize the extra $50 for accessories) as I may not require internet on the go unless I plan to browse youtube on the go (if so wifi hotspots are cheaper than 3G services).

  1280. i think it is their default auto generated email template used by the Customer Support team.

  1281. I guess SDHC is a definite no-no. If it was few days back we cud have hoped it as the mystery feature. Now I don’t think that’s going to happen.
    Being a big fan of Dilbert myself, I don’t mind being called Dilbert than Pointy haired boss!!! 😉

  1282. I am on the 9th Jan batch. So was hoping to get shipping info yesterday itself. Like they say, “If you ask your boss, when should it be done, the standard reply is yesterday”. I would also have liked my ADAM delivered yesterday, but… Anyway hopefully should get some info from Rohan (lately aka Jon by few fellow family members :)) in a couple of days.

  1283. (I made the following comment in regard to the shipping delay on my site and thought I’d share it here too.)

    Before we have another hurricane created by a butterfly flapping its wings…

    All we know is that there is a delay that Notion Ink claims will be resolved this week. Everything else is just speculation.

    I too would like to know more, but until Rohan posts something on his blog there isn’t a lot of sense getting all worked up about it.

    (But I like to look at the glass as half full.)

    I don’t think there are any issues that would delay shipping more than a couple days. But if I am wrong and we find out it is going to take a lot longer, then we have the option to cancel our orders and wait a few months for some other tablet to come to market.

    As for me, I’m going to try to be patient a little while longer.

  1284. NI is only learning how to be a technology production company…If i were everybody here, I would prepare myself NOW for this sort faultering on every level of this products lifecycle. They just don’t have the in-house expertese yet to always get it right the first time…that seems to be the track record so far, and Im sure they will correct this problem (or should I say problems like this in the future), but expect this sort of fumbling on future warranty returns, maintenance actions, product support and shipping. it is, what it is…pre-mature.

  1285. On a lighter note, pre-mature on a pre-order sounds ok right??? 😉

    I guess every dream start-up goes through this. I can bet all the so called big players, went through this in their early phases. The question how quick were they in growing out of it.

  1286. Sam,

    Now that you mention it. I have to wonder why they went to CES at all. They didnt have a booth. They weren’t on the invite list….and another android tablet got selected as BEST IN SHOW (and won major corporate endorsements $$$$$ Cha-ching!)…not good for NI. But also not entirely bad for them in that they got a chance to face some of their fiercest critics and came out redeemed, that might have made it all worth the MONEY and effort to fly over from India. But it had to hurt to see the XOOM announced and be hailed as best in show.

  1287. WordPress is horrible, every day is a new adventure for how comments get posted in here. Sometimes replies get posted as parent comments, and vice versa. the sometimes you can find new comments under “older comments”, and other times you can’t find comments at all. I have honestly never seen such a psychotic comment engine on the web.

  1289. I just asked the magic eight ball your question and the answer came back:

    “Answer unclear ask again later, Love Rohan”

  1290. Is it really “pre-order 2”, or is really just NI is “now taking orders”? Isnt the pre- part of ordering over??? This I file under “mysteries of the universe”, because I have no idea why there would ever be a need for pre-order #2…either the thing is ready for release, or its not.

  1291. I suspect, as someone else suggested in here (but NOW i can’t find their comment), that maybe only those folks who have a 9 january ship date are affected. the rationale being that those given the 15-22 January ship date range already have a range given, and the note on that date range does not say that date range is CERTAIN…in other words…it can slip and they wont have to say a word and the note will still be correct. So if I have to guess (and it looks like I have to) im betting that only the folks with the specific 9 January ship date are getting the email delay notifications.

  1295. @rantz

    What do you recommend for the 4 year old age group (boy)? A few recommendations would be ideal.

    Thanks in advance.

  1296. I dont think Apple would buy from PiQi. They are about doing things their own way and different. I believe the huge order of 7inch displays is for EVE

  1297. It’s almost certainly not a software defined radio. As cool as that would be, it is difficult and expensive to implement and would need a very wideband antenna to have much of an advantage over a regular radio.

  1298. @SDHC comments:

    The e-mail I got from Jon in Preorder support said the term SDHC just means big SD, They guarantee the adam to work with an SD card up to 128GB and a USB stick to 128GB. That is it. They say SDHC and SD is same just bigger… Also, make sure you format it with FAT32. Android doesnt read NTSC yet (NI is trying to figure out how to make it work since it is faster than FAT32). I was planning on trying this with my 1TB external HD as soon as I get mine, if it doesnt work as a whole, then I plan on reformatting it in segments of 128GB and see if it will recognize as multiple USB HD drives instead of one big TB drive…

  1299. I have asked NI-Team if my order (15-22 January) will also be delayed.
    India is currently sleeping so i expect the answer within the next 10 hours.
    I assume that only the 9 January orders are a little later…

  1301. What I expect NI and ADAM to deliver:

    Physical Ergonomics: Best of all tablets due to circular, rubberized edge.

    Productivity: Pretty good off the start for getting your basic and office tasks done.

    Communication: Hopefully we won’t have to wait till honeycomb to have Skype video chat. SIP audio and video should available from the start. Capability to make mobile phone calls is likely to be present as ADAM it is not tied to a carrier as yet.

    Speakers: Better than other gadgets of the same size.

    Eden: Looks responsive in the demos, but I expect a learning curve and a lot of questions still linger in my mind. e.g. if we are reading in a pane, then how will we flip a page with a flick when the same gesture is supposed to flick panes too?

    Movies: Okay on LCD model. Unsatisfactory on PQ version.

    Audio: I think Rohan once compared the audio to the Nokia N series, which is quite good, but still leaves something to be desired for audiophiles.

    FM: This feature is so much dependent on the antenna and chip that it is better to expect the pitts and be pleasantly surprised if it is good.

    Reading: Ergonomic handle and PQ do bode well for this feature. But, the demos shown till date show a full screen version without any split panes which means that the eyes have to traverse more from left to right tiring them out after a while. Try the Sony PRS-950 ereader in split view and see what I mean.

    Camera: Good for video chatting and small videos in bright light. Nothing more. In my opinion, dedicated camera quality pictures should not expected. Even the form factor is not suitable for that purpose.

    Mapping: Hopefully Mireo’s pricing and app will be decent enough. (Copilot Live for USA is available with full 2GB data for Android phones for $4.99. Data for Europe is $65.00)

    Replaceable Bezel: Frankly, I do not like the idea because of my experience with Nokia Phones. The darn bezel used to keep falling off.

    Support: Same stuff as Google with Nexus One. Expect a reply via email in a few days rather than instantaneous gratification via a phone call. But, massive fan support. In other words, geeks will be happy, normal users won’t.

    Accessories: Expect to purchase generic ones as not too many partners will prefer to join the NI bandwagon until they can ramp up the production numbers.

  1302. i think he is half way home by now, but could be that he is still in Vegas. Locked up in airport security.

    Breaking News Now…
    Notion Ink CEO Rohan Shravan is currently in custody after a scuffle with Las Vegas International airport TSA personnel after refusing to release his Adam tablet for inspection.

    News at 11

    lol Just joking.

  1303. @ karen said, on January 11, 2011 at 01:50
    It is based on the fact that the Notion for Adam formed in Rohan’s mind while he was still an under graduate in 2007 at IIT.

  1304. One more article about adam ::
    “http://www.pcworld.in/news/notion-ink-adam-tablet-post-ces-primer-44142011”

  1307. I just hope that if anyone has gotten any sort of notification
    that their unit has shipped they will post news of it here. 🙂
    Mine says shipping date of 15 to the 22 so I’m thinking their
    are some that are shipping starting today.

  1308. Wonder how many of us end up in custody at the airport because of Adam.

    I’m planning to take my Adam for a trip. Guess I have to go through that x-ray(?) machine with Adam. I think I’m small enough to go through.

  1310. Word of mouth is the best!
    Infact couple of my collegues enquired about Adam tablet after seeing my screen saver with few pics of Adam. They are also waiting for pre-order 2 to start.

    I remember Rohan mentioned that he can open the order immediately for LCD version. I’d appreciate if he can do that as many of my friends are impressed with Adam.

  1311. Problem: I’m waiting for my Adam, while people keep bickering about how late it is and blah blah blah.

    Solution: (i.e. My strategy for not being anxious/disappointed)
    Just marked my calendar for NI Adam to arrive my doorstep on March 19th! If it gets here before that… woohoo! If not, I think I’ll cancel the pre-order and wait for Adam2.

    Problem solved!

    (PS: Those who are questioning NI’s integrity because of delayed shipments… Really? The only reason you yappidy-yap is because you were given “insider” news at every step. Companies have product delays WAY worse than this.. and that too, REGULARLY. Just work at a big name, and you’ll know).

  1313. Some of the posters, looked at the photos from CES, and said they could read the FCC number printed on the tablet

    Here is the blog comments

    “In the engadget videos, it looks like there is an FCC number in small print above the CE number. Any other news on this???

    “http://www.engadget.com/photos/notion-ink-adam-preview/#3743634″

    Picture #19 out of 24.

    Reply
    Suresh said, on January 7, 2011 at 03:22 Good Catch Borismedia, Zooming in, i believe that is the FCC number

    Reply
    borismedia said, on January 7, 2011 at 03:44 If I zoom in and try to read it really hard, it looks like it has the statement:

    This device complies with Part 18 of the FCC Rules.

    Part 18 is for Consumer Devices.

    Reply
    Richard said, on January 7, 2011 at 05:19 At 1:09 into the Engadget video by Joanna Stern you can see the FCCID, which appears to be: Y2GNI3421A01. However, I cannot find any documentation on the FCC site in relation to that FCCID.”

  1316. Rohan said in the video that the numbers on the back label were not correct and don’t bother looking for them.

  1317. Then we really have no idea if it is a day, a week, or a month?

    so, they just painted on numbers, to make it look legit, I wonder if they would have problems with customs, if they found out they had fake numbers on it ?

    I am hoping my tablet is still shipped Jan 15th – 22nd, but now I am concerned

  1318. I also find the flow of comments very confusing. Yesterday I wrote to WordPress and asked them to have a look at this thread and the chronological issue. It seems that the Blog is working as it is suppose to…the issue (I am told) is that Notion Ink allows for up to ten levels of threading (replies to replies). WordPress has suggested that Notion Ink either turn off threading or limit the number of levels. If any one from Notion Ink has the time to read this, we should be grateful if you could turnoff or limit the threading to say one level 🙂 Here is a copy of WordPress’ reply:

    “Hi Richard,

    I took a look at the link you provided and it does seem like the comments are in chronological order. However, there are many levels of threading (replies to replies to replies and so on). Each level is correctly ordered, but it might be hard to follow because there are so many layers. If this is a concern, I would recommend that you contact the blog owners about either turning off threaded comments or limiting the number of levels of replies possible. (Currently, it is set to 10.)

    If there is anything else I can help you with, please e-mail me.
    —
    Dinh L.
    Happiness Engineer
    Automattic | WordPress.com”

  1319. the silence is a killer!!! nothing since Rohan’s post on the 8th…no announcements with any of the “partners”, nothing from any of the people that had originally interviewed him…something…from someone?!?

  1320. food for thought for those wondering about the selecton of micro SD — from wikipedia below .. but honestly if someone with knowledge could way in on the comments regarding the “multi” use of micro SD cards ( interested to see in SDIO format the idea of NFC or Near Field Communication ) … so this would make me believe that the ADAM is expandable possibly because of this choice by NI … personally with the dual USB ports I was not concerned with the micro SD choice. in any case this is hopefully something to pass the time as the ADAMs are being held captive presumably by the FCC — which i hope is nothing like most US state DMV offices … comments on below welcome:

    “microSD is a format for removable flash memory cards. SD is an abbreviation of Secure Digital. The cards are commonly used in cellular phones, as well as in some newer handheld GPS devices, portable media players, digital audio players, expandable USB flash memory drives, Nintendo DS flashcards, and digital cameras.

    It is the smallest memory card available commercially; at 15 × 11 × 1 mm (about the size of a fingernail), it is less than one eight (1/8) the size of a standard-sized SD card.[1] There are adapters which allow a microSD card to be used in devices intended for standard SD, miniSD, Memory Stick Duo and even USB cards. However, they are not universally compatible. Many microSD cards sold online and in stores are packaged with a standard SD adapter to use the card in devices that take standard SD but not microSD cards. TransFlash and microSD cards are the same (each can be used in devices made for the other), except that microSD adds support for SDIO mode, enabling non-memory cards like Bluetooth, GPS, and Near Field Communication devices.[2]

    A point of confusion can come from the difference in the microSD and the newer microSDHC format. The SD and SDHC share a similar form factor, but not all devices are compatible with the newer high-capacity format. This is even true with devices that have been developed by SanDisk such as their e200 series of MP3 players. Using 3rd party firmware, however, SDHC reading capabilities can sometimes be possible.[3]

    Older TransFlash cards are available in 16MB and 32MB format. microSD cards are currently available in capacities from 64 MB to 2 GB, while microSDHC cards are currently available in capacities from 4 to 32 GB. This is the largest microSD card yet, and the limit of the microSDHC technology as well. microSD cards with larger capacities will be in microSDXC format.”

  1322. me too…maybe we will get another “coming weeks” comment from Google. I suspect they had some bug fixes and maybes some patches because of the recent android malware.

  1323. +1…oh how much we attribute to the Jobs man, hahaa! Now, wouldn’t it be great if Rohan caught a flight to New York because he is going to be a part of the Verizon Wireless announcement that is taking place on tuesday?

  1325. I am not sure if you have travelled between India and the US within the space of a week. I have, on multiple occasions, on business. The jet lag is brutal. Consider the human under the CEO shell. As we all know, he’s been pulling very late nights. I can imagine that his days and nights were full in Las Vegas. He may even have been disappointed in some of his alleged partners. Spare the feller a thought. He’s likely on his way back, travelling Economy. He’s not CEO yet. He’s still ceo. Sleep well, fellows.

  1326. Well not to defend WordPress, but this blog is one of the biggest ever that I’ve seen in WordPress. Don’t believe it was meant for such big blogs and this many responses.
    TS

  1327. Think again. They are yet to receive final FCC certification. Once they do, they have to get the final label printing done on the back, and then ship it. The product is legit, as we all know by now, including some, who I won’t embarrass by naming, who thought Rohan was a Nigerian prince in search of a bank account to park his millions. I was expecting to get my Adam by the end of this month, but I have reset my expectations to the end of Feb. and will now sleep better. I know it is coming, and I will be glad when it does.

    Not to suggest that NI couldn’t have handled this better. The community here, the alleged family, is a forgiving lot, but they deserve better.

  1328. I agree. I mentioned this before that he is in transit, but apparently that has fallen on deaf ears. The guy won’t be able to respond since it takes time to get back to India, and even then, like you mentioned he may be jet lagged and too tired to give a fully detailed response like he usually does.

    TS

  1329. I suspect his name is Jonardhan Mukhopadhyay. The name Jonathan, of which Jon is the leaf (panel) version, is unusual in India, even, I suspect, among the tiny surviving Jewish population there (the younger persons having migrated to Israel in the 70s).

  1331. I don’t believe anyone should fault NI for the slowness of the FCC. If I recall from one of the CES videos, Rohan mentioned that the tabs are on a boat waiting for the go ahead to release them. That would imply that they already have their actual FCC numbers on them. The one shown at the show was a dummy number. Its cheaper to ship by boat than by plane, especially from China (just like the Koreans and Taiwanese do with many of their shipments). Since NI is not a big company they may not have the resources to ship by plane. Of course, I could have misinterpreted Rohan mentioning the boat reference to Crunchgear . But I do believe that is what he said.
    As for the community deserving more, sure, in one way that may be true, but one cannot deny the fact that Rohan was put into a spot to announce certain dates when there are obstacles beyond his control that can prevent him from fulfilling those promises. We just need to be patience with the process. Soon enough your Adams will be in your hands.

  1335. Why NI is not updating their website. The homepage doesn’t look professional at all (my view). It looks more of like a black & white movie (my view). Rohan, can you please put 2% of the adam’s quality for website update? Still the mystery feature is not updated although its released.

    I have been requesting for quite long, there is no contact no. on your website. I understand once you put the no. you would be bombarded with calls from all over the world. At sometime, you need to do so. So why not now? That way you guys would be more prepared/practiced to handle the call volume once people receive their dream tablets. Everyone is so excited here to receive their adams, they would show ‘0’ patience once they receive them and for reason couldn’t contact NI’s support.

    Pixel Qi videos/LCD videos, tech specs (updated with mystery feature), production quality images of adam from various angles, support section, etc….
    (If possible host the videos on your site rather than external sites).

    Adam’s fan sites have more detailed information compared to NI’s site.

    Few minor brush strokes would make a lot of difference in the customer’s perspective about NI.

    Please do consider my above statements as a constructive feedback and not as a criticism.

  1336. There is a standard indian name called Janardhan Mukophadyay… something similar to Benito Mussolini amongst italian names before 1944

    There is a anglification of indian names to suit a western audience…

    take my own name, when I immigrated to US 10 years back for example… from “Anand Shah” to “andy”… primarily businesses in US were apprehensive of us continuing our indian names, requested us for business purposes to take on a US name…

    so I would sign off as Anand Shah, but my email would be a andy@something…

    and the last name “Mukopadhyay” is a bengali last name, predominant in a indian state called “West Bengal” west of Bangladesh.

    rest assured… if you did see a name “Jonardhan Mukopadhyay” it is mostly “Janardhan Mukopadhyay” rather than “Jonathan” and therefore Jon

  1337. And I had it wrong, it can be seen much clearer in other videos, as part 15, but that’s besides the point when the FCC number is not right, per Rohan.

  1339. agreed. They should lose the concept of preorder2, and just go ahead with “order”

  1340. That explains a lot- I think threading is a nice thing and it makes for better flow in reading, and 10 levels of threading is quite generous. I wish people would choose carefully where they put their comments, so that the 10 levels of threading are rarely exceeded. One level threading is actually a nice idea for a blog of this magnitude (around 100,000 hits in 2 days!).

  1341. Where are you from? What frequency bands does your network use for 3G?
    HSPA+ is not supported on the ADAM. It is a “4G” (4g in quotes) technology and the ADAM does not have hardware to support it.
    Read more about the 3G issue on my blog here:
    “http://fundaazoflife.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/notion-ink-adam-the-3g-hoopla/”
    Hope this answers your questions.

  1343. And we need it urgently…………
    It’s too quiet……… Anybody received his Adam already?

  1347. Another one on ebay…
    “http://cgi.ebay.com/Notion-Ink-Adam-LCD-WiFi-version-/200564240835?pt=US_Tablets&hash=item2eb28f71c3”

  1348. This is not the issue Richard. Threading is many of times handled better. But it seems that word press is not designed to handle hundreds of comment. So after a threshold it start behaving weird. Even a normal comment(not in the threading) lands up anywhere. In my opinion wordpress is just passing the buck. There is never been problem is following the threading part. It’s the jumbled position of the new comments

  1350. So according to you ::

    This will not work on adam “http://www.transcend.co.in/Products/ModDetail.asp?ModNo=268&LangNo=0&Func1No=1&Func2No=”

    While this will “http://www.transcend.co.in/Products/ModDetail.asp?ModNo=195&LangNo=0&Func1No=1&Func2No=”

    I was thinking of buying SDHC cards to use to for my DGCAm too but it seems that will not be the case now. ANy more expert opinions :)?

  1352. @NI family,

    Check this link out. It shows the true potential of adam and it is worth the extra wait;

    “http://www.i4u.com/44562/notion-inks-adam-caught-video-ces-2011”

  1353. So, to sum up… We still don’t really know what card to get. 🙂

    “microSD” could be microSD, microSDHC, or microSDXC. Until we get confirmation, I’m holding off on buying any cards…

  1354. Need help –

    I’m scheduled to get my Adam in Feb. Honeycomb will be released in March, which means Adam will have a upgrade

    Is there a likelihood of any of the following –

    a. If it ships in march, it will come with honeycomb
    b. There will be auto upgrade pushed through the internet, or available to be downloaded by existing customers

    If neither is possible, will it be better to cancel order now, and wait to another pre order?

  1355. Tegra cannot handle the 3072×600 resolution. All ADAM does (and all other pixelqi devices) is turn the back-light on, off or in between- resolution stays the same.

  1356. There is a difference between “fans” & “fan followers” i think.

    1>Fans admire the entity (NI) & their product(s) [Adam] & will surly convert to a potential buyer at some point of time. While the second type;

    2>Fan followers are the crazy bunch aside. These guys would shell out their money at stake & buy (products) blindly with complete faith in their Idol entities.

    While in the 1st Pre-order Fans:Fan followers were of 60%:40% respectively from the population out here. But now, though yet technically we haven’t got the Adam out on the shelves as of now, or the Launch perhaps. But, just the reviews in hand from various sources.
    But the conversion ratio stands-> Fans : Fan followers = 0:100% as of now.
    Just the reviews from non-consumers did it all…well the Magic!..
    NI you Rock!..& Adam the 1st & the Greatest man/Tablet Ever! 🙂

  1358. Motorola Xoom tablet named by Cnet as the best tablet and won top honors as the Best in Show at the recently concluded CES 2011 in Las Vegas.

    The winner happens to be an Adam competitor. This kinda takes the wind out of the Notion Ink Adam. It would have been wiser to have setup a booth to get some recognition. The Adam was not even mentioned in the Tablet category when it was suppose to take CES by storm with its excellent features. This also means that more of the masses will gravitate into buying the Xoom over the Adam…unless of course they must have a Pixel Qi screen.

  1359. The Adam would have garnered more attention, probably on the same level as the Xoom if Notion Ink had a booth. A formal launching or press conference would have been nice, to introduce the Adam to the masses. I wonder if Rohan even had a press meeting with CNET?

  1360. There is a difference between “fans” & “fan followers” i think.

    1>Fans admire the entity (NI) & their product(s) [Adam] & will surly convert to a potential buyer at some point of time. While the second type;

    2>Fan followers are the crazy bunch aside. These guys would shell out their money at stake & buy (products) blindly with complete faith in their Idol entities.

    While in the 1st Pre-order Fans:Fan followers were of 60%:40% respectively from the population out here. But now, though yet technically we haven’t got the Adam out on the shelves as of now, or the Launch perhaps. But, just the reviews in hand from various sources.
    But the conversion ratio stands-> Fans : Fan followers = 0:100% as of now.
    Just the reviews from non-consumers did it all…well its the Magic!..
    NI you Rock!..& Adam the 1st & the Greatest man/Tablet Ever! 🙂
    We aren’t just the fans…we all are the fan followers!.. 😉 So be ware, we’re watching you Rohan! Do take care of your family. Cuz family is 1st.

  1361. Honeycomb is a vaporware for now. Once it’s released, be it March or May it’ll be some time before NI can port Genesis to it. I would guess at least three months.

  1363. That’s interesting….I thought the Eve is suppose to be a killer smartphone. 7″ screen is mighty huge for a smartphone. If it’s going to be an e-reader cum tablet device that would compete with the Samsung Tab, Dell Streak, RIMM PlayBook, and the up and coming 7″ iPad — then i’m all for it!

  1365. Rohan

    You promissed to ship our fast Adam on Jan 9th.
    It’s 11th already , and we have not received any infomation.

    Why don’t you post new entry, or You shoud at least send e-mail to your families!
    Or you will lose everyone’s trust!

    Any reply is welcome.

    Thank you.

  1366. Pre order 2 Pre order 2 Pre Order 2!~!~
    Let hav pre order 2 already!~ Dun make me go Xoom.. I waited for a year for this man… 😦

  1367. Good point. Case in example, White iPhone 4. It surely doesn’t take THAT long to get a while coloured phone instead of a black one. No FCC or CE either but still indefinately delayed!

  1368. @ Moto and XOOM fanboys,

    Here is a review by Robert Evans, who is not afraid to call a spade and spade. Just because CNET says it is best on show doesn’t necessarily mean it is.

    “http://www.i4u.com/44543/motorolas-xoom-was-not-best-show-ces-2011”.

    @ adamites and NI family,

    Do not lose heart. adam is the best tablet out there. There will be teething problems in any new venture. I now understand why Rohan didn’t want to reopen the orders. He wants the first shipment delivered without any incidents. He doesn’t want too many things happening simultaneously that needs his attention. There is a limit to his multitasking skills. He only can do so much. Though he is the creator of adam (which can multitask like no tablet has done before), his multitasking ability is finite :). The only fly in the ointment is his communication. He and his team needs to communicate pro-actively so that people’s anticipation/expectations is always kept to the minimum. For ex: this episode of FCC, he should have dampened the expectation by saying that they anticipate delays and inspite of their best endeavours they will not be able to ship as expected previously. These are pre-order delivery dates. They can always change.

  1369. Incidentally, it wouldn’t be pre-order 2 as by then the first deliveries will have taken place. So it will just be order. Right? Unless…. NI doesn’t get FCC by then either. Ouch!

  1370. I think “mission accomplished” at CES – a number of tech review sites got a “hands-on” with generally great feedback and reviews.

    It would have been nice for NI to get “best in show” but as they are such a young company (with long term plans) they could not realistically cope with winning large corporate endorsements at this time. I think that Rohan is pragmatically building up at a speed that they can (barely) cope with.

  1371. I guess you can also check about microSDXC as well. But I am sure class 4 microSDXC itself will cost more. Not many Cameras support SDXC, so that’s also an issue if you plan to use the same for both.
    In my opinion, microSDHC should definitely work. Otherwise that would become one of the biggest negatives of ADAM. I would go ahead and buy microSDHC class 6 minimum, if I get it in a good sale. Otherwise, I would just wait for ADAM and then decide.

  1372. Wonder if the FCC problem is delaying all this new order..? I am waiting to order many hopefully by at least by MC (and other direct payment methods like bank transfers).

    Anyway, after CES, NI got more than enough good press especially for not being officially in CES.

    Anyone who has been in CES will know that it is a HUGE success for a small company product given that there are hundreds of big and small players in this tech zoo called the CES!

    Xoom and Playbook are all good in their own ways..both company trying not to sink from the Apple onslaught which may yet again correct some of their shortcomings in IPAD 2 but IOS still is not as “open” system like Android. NI seemed to be not too worried!

    Honeycomb may be great news for all those tablet makers who did not spend enough on their software. For example, Viewsonic might gain a lot from the honeycomb if it can be upgraded to honeycomb without much pain. Gain for NI would be there too but Eden may still be better than the stock option of honeycomb for multitasking which some users may prefer. From the demo of Xoom (assuming that it is stock honeycomb) I think Eden is way better for clean transfers from one app to another and to have at least three working apps visible.

    Definitely, NO tablets among the many out there are as unique as Adam for the form factor (including the swivel camera), obviously. On the other hand, the form factor makes adam far more easy to use (just try typing using two hands on any current tablets without somehow making them stay slanted); Apple cheats by putting these in slanted mode holders in all their shops (no holder included in the box) making people believe it is that easy to use!

    This is my 2 cents worth after being at CES.

  1373. @albert wertz
    This is the comment, that I’m waiting for, thank you so much. I’m using some of my Hard Drives in FAT32 mode for MAC OS so FAT32 isn’t a bad thing for me but I need that 1TB support so much.

  1374. I think Notion INK will shine at the market.
    Are there any good innovative products that failed lack of advertising.

    Apple and HTC advertises themselves by news.

    I wanna buy a notion INK ADAM for my father, but if it supports Telugu.

  1375. @bsmdbt agreed. I don’t understand how WordPress can have so many blogs while they spend so little attention to upgrading their functionality and to the clear bugs that they have in their comment positioning system.

    It seems that every comment that is posted to the last parent comment on a page, will not be placed correctly. It is indeed sometimes a real adventure to find posted comments back or to try to follow a thread. It is not that this is a very complex blog. It doesn’t even have like/dislike options which would drastically increase the usability of the blog and reduce the number of necessary post (such as ‘@greg +1’)

  1376. Jon informed me that my order (15th – 22nd) will be delivered as advised.
    No delay so far….

  1378. @Richard I disagree with the response from WordPress. They number of levels is not the issue. In many cases even second level replies do not end up below their ‘parent’.

    They don’t have to look at it, they can simply test, go to one of the items at the bottom of the page, reply to that, and 9 our of 10 it will not be placed correctly. Only for parents that are not near the end the replies seem to be placed correctly.

  1382. @paritosh

    we don’t have to wait for Honeycomb for calling with video. Fring already has video calls and works on current Android version.

    Why would capability to make mobile phone calls depend on a tie to a carrier? According to me it depends on the hardware and the sim-card. So if your hardware (phone/Adam) supports GSM & phone calls and you have a sim-card, then phone calls will work on any carrier that supports GSM. No tie-in with a carrier, just means more freedom to choose a carrier of your own choice.

  1383. @Rama Maganti That is a very convincing video at i4u, very good sound from the Adam as well.
    Did you see that they had two Adams around (at 1:45)?

  1384. I agree with Himanshu and others – threading is definitely NOT the issue. The post I made originally was not in reply to anyone other than Rohan’s post – I made it at the new post box at the bottom. It should have showed up at the bottom. Instead, it immediately showed up a few hundred posts up.

    Oh well – unless and until WordPress recognizes and fixes the issue, I’ll be stuck. Although I appreciate the suggestion, I am not going ot click the box to receive hundreds/thousands of emails. For those of you that do that – you amaze me. I can not imagine being able to handle that kind of email volume. You obviously have super powers I could never dream of. 🙂

  1385. Yep heres the video “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2hXFOyf9pE”

    basically she says if you are working for Apple you cant talk about it, and that they have a massive backer of the 7″ screen and have access to the 2nd largest manufacturer in the world due to the 7″ contract.

    I think it looks like apple has nabbed Pixeqi order and thats why they probably did use a booth. I bet they will call it dual dispaly, retina + Ipaper.

    Adam needs to move fast.

  1386. Rohan was firm in ruling out a 7″ tablet in one of the interviews. Eve is a phone, I am sure (although I must admit I was dead wrong about the secret sensor; I wstill haven’t recovered from the revelation that its an FM radio).

    Remember that the ‘brains’ of a tablet these days are identical to those of a smart phone. So, if you isolate the brains into a smart phone and dock it into a tablet, which has the larger screen, the ports and so on, and manage to design the separation cleverly enough then you have something way smarter than the Motorola Atrix docking system, which I found clunky in its concept. So, you take your tablet around with you, but pop the phone part out (Eve) when you want just the phone. Of course, making the popping in and out reliable would be tricky. A long time ago, I am dating myself here, I enjoyed the use of an Apple Duo Dock 210, which I still have and still works, with an awesome 12MB of RAM!

    So, Adam and Eve, Eve made ‘from’ Adam, so to speak. Oh well, mere speculation.

  1387. I totally agree with you on this, Rama Maganti.

    And I would like to add this to all:
    please stop whining about The Booth.
    It sounds like, to be or not to be’; it’s a done deal, get over it.
    It’s Rohan’s dream, his Adam and his company, his momentum and that decision was also his alone.
    Maybo unfortunately, but we don’t sit in NI’s Boarding Room.
    We are here to give him input (facts & our hopes) and feedback for the development of the product, Adam.

  1390. Agree with you Greg, we all waited for a long period of time and just few days wont harm anybody. I personally want Adam to be a complete finished product (dream) when it is shipped. We are lucky enough to preorder and i feel sorry for other members / pals who couldnt and still waiting for round2.

  1392. I’m not sure if this one has been posted here yet but I like it because is shows BackBreaker being played in full screen with accelerometer control. And it’s also a good (though brief) write up.

    “http://www.i4u.com/44562/notion-inks-adam-caught-video-ces-2011”

    Does anyone know if this game is a phone app being stretched to full screen or a game that was made for tablet resolution? (ie: I wonder if it gives us a good idea of what phone size apps will look like when stretched to full screen).

  1393. Still hangin’in here, waiting for my turn to order (with Mastercard or Paypal).
    That will happen some day, i can imagine.
    Imagination is more important than knowledge.

  1394. IL Magniifco,

    I have had the same idea for some time. It is similar to thunderbird 4 (the phone) poping out of thunderbird 2 (the tablet).

  1395. @Il Magnifico

    lol. +1 for interesting concept. unfortunately it means that you are tethered to a notion ink phone. Although i’m sure the phone would be awesome, it takes away the freedom of choice for the consumer which I’m sure a lot of people would have trouble doing.

    still… its ideas (great, or not) that keep innovation alive 🙂

  1396. Hey karen dont worry & you will my friend. If not than i will do it 4 u by my visa if needed. Now cheer up and make some noise.

  1397. I really don’t see myself going anywhere without my Adam and while socializing I tend not to have my cell phone on.I would like to have open access so that with bluetooth it could serve as a phone.

  1398. A song dedicated to those who did preorder.

    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twDsyH_7iw8”

    All we need is just a little Patience..

    (Cant post the video as the link goes to moderation so can any one post the video here?)

  1400. A song dedicated to those who did preorder.

    All we need is just a little Patience..

  1402. I hope to feel that way soon, Biswajit saha, but for now it’s more like
    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVpDOIPx_sY”

  1403. Why are those the only two ways? I can think of atleast 10 more ways of connecting LAS to BLR. People flying to India typically fly out from JFK/Newark/Dulles/O’Hare/LAX/SFO. The usual connections are somewhere in Europe – Heathrow/Frankfurt/Paris/Brussels, or the Middle East – Dubai/Doha/Kuwait, and there are even direct 14hr flights to Bombay/Delhi.

  1404. I have had the same idea for some time. It is similar to thunderbird 4 (the phone) poping out of thunderbird 2 (the tablet).

  1405. LOL, someone willing to bid on a LCD/WiFi Adam?
    “http://cgi.ebay.com/Notion-Ink-Adam-LCD-WiFi-version-/200564240835?pt=US_Tablets&hash=item2eb28f71c3”

    Feels like following stocks; up or down…?

  1406. Hey Rohan,
    i am not saying it was intentional, but do you see patterns for Adam, as for nano in the blog :
    “http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/01/learning_from_tatas_nano_mista.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HBR.org%29&utm_content=Google+Reader”

  1407. Thanks for your very kind offer, but i’m not worried (yet).
    At least my mobile is Adamised now to cheer me up, thanks to you:
    “http://www.4shared.com/audio/sBkkPXDt/Adam_Ringtone__Biswajit_saha.html”

  1408. So… If the Adams HAD shipped on time and the FCC certification had gone through…Genesis would be live by now, wouldn’t it?

    Rohan, can we get a sneak preview if Genesis is ready to go? I’d like to check out what the app store for Adam is offering!

  1409. I guess they are still busy solving the delay stuff. So until they resolve it, I guess we can’t expect any post from NI.

  1410. Has anyone heard any information on whether ADAM will be granted access to the Android Market?

  1411. Check this please:
    “http://www.thewindowsclub.com/india%E2%80%99s-ipad-challenger-the-adam-tablet-from-notion-ink”

    In june 2011?
    And what about the third picture?

  1412. They are expecting some snow in Washington DC today. Assuming the FCC is working out of the region, I would not expect FCC clearance to come this afternoon (snow is starting around noon) and possibly tomorrow as most government agencies will be closed if they get more than 4 inches today. Hopefully it (FCC clearance) came yesterday or comes this morning to the folks at NI.

    They don’t deal well with snow in the area. Trust me, I use to live there.

  1413. Hey guys, let’s be faithful to each other and stop spreading the news of adam by mouth.We can very well do that once we successfully order one.I know i m showing my selfish attitude by saying this but i can’t help it because i fear that i may not be able to get my adam even in the 2nd round as there are too many people in the queue.
    (just kidding)

  1414. Hey guys, let’s be faithful to each other and stop spreading the news of adam by mouth.We can very well do that once we successfully order one.I know i m showing my selfish attitude by saying this but i can’t help it because i fear that i may not be able to get my adam even in the 2nd round as there are too many people in the queue.
    (just kidding)

  1415. The game is made for tablets as well. Since tegra2 is coming to many tablets. OpenGL allows for multiple resolutions.

  1416. Didn’t someone at CES have something similar to that? Thought l saw a pic of it.

    7:30am Tue in beautiful Contra Costa County CA.

    LeoP

  1418. @Glen because gmail threading takes care of it. It’s subsume up to 61 comments in a single mail. Let’s try with gmail and you will surely discover tht we obviously dont have super powers 🙂

  1419. I am sure NI-Server will collapse once the button “order now” will be shown on their homepage 😉

  1420. Off topic – I have a feeling 61 is coincidental. I have had few conversations, limiting themselves at 50 or even less. Some even more than 70. I am guessing its by conversation size/timestamp. Not sure which one though.

    I do agree about the super powers though. I would have made an Adam myself if I had the super powers. 😉

  1422. It’s only 2-4 inches of snow expected and it isn’t going to start until after 3PM EST. Additionally, it has been many years since the DC Metro area has had any real problems dealing with snow of that amount. An early close for the FCC isn’t going to happen today. Trust me…I live here.

    Now…when can those of us that were registered users but somehow forgotten in the pre-order start ordering?

  1426. I’m twittering it daily @rohanshravan, @notioninklovers, @adamtabletnews and @notioninkhacks…

  1429. That is not true, at it peak frenzy on the pre-order day it still didn’t top the list, Opera’s everyday blog with nothing special happening was above it.

  1431. If you stay under 4 inches you’ll be okay, agreed. Guaranteed that if you get more than 4 inches the government will be on a liberal leave policy in the area tomorrow. As you know, that means offices are open, but most don’t show up.

  1433. I agree, next time it will come up with an order screen with a estimated delivery date 5-6 weeks out, as they ramp up production, the delivery date window will shorten up,

    Same thing Apple had to do with the ipad, first it was 4 weeks estimated shipping then 3 weeks, up until it finally reached 1-2 days shipping.

    I would not be at all suprised if they held off on retail distribution. It appears that they have rethought that, since they opened up web orders world wide, that was not on their original plan. But now that they will be able to sell out all they can produce, why introduce a retail channel, that just lowers their margins. I don’t think they will do the retail channel until production is way up.

  1434. Putting the CES and FCC issues aside, I just want the Adam to roll out so Notion Ink will generate some income and with it, some room to breathe. While waiting to order is tough, I can not imagine what they are going through at Notion Ink waiting for the red tape and production questions to finally end….

  1436. It will not show up here in the blog, he is not going to put something negative here, it would be picked up everywhere. They have sent the email to those affected so far, there will be nothing else said about it officialy

  1437. Not to be mean, but Rohan says a lot of things are about to happen, that never do,

    anyone have a chance to use the power calculator yet, that was withing a week of coming out, way back in October.

    How about the final logo?

    How about interview with Notioninkhacks part 3, when asked about problems with FCC, and the answer, there have never been any problems with FCC, that was like a week and half ago.

    I am happy I pre-ordered, but I am just saying there are lots of things that are going to come out, that never do, and other things that arn’t problems, that really are.

  1438. Hey Rohan.. one good reason why i bought my ADAM is simply because of your phylosophy around doing Quality things and not just business. when people think that way, things usually are done in the best way possible! therefore, people is happy with the service and will come back, recommend or simply be so in love with the way you do things that they would simple want to take part of it… Buying an ADAM, its not just because it has showed to really beat Apple IPAD in so many ways.. but because i would like to see true believers like you being succesfull with their dreams!… when people say Life is not fair… well i just think about KARMA…. things will come back to us Multiplied… i have seen it so many times and that is pure phylosophy!!! do WELL and WELL is what you are going to get!! thanks so much for sharing your dream with us….

    Warms Regards

  1439. Actually the mail was sent to people who only sent a mail to preorder support asking for status. To say that NI sent a mail to all affected is not right. I still expect them to put it officially in a different way, may be status change in the preorder login or a blog post. If not anything, knowing Rohan, I think he would mention this in his next blogpost – whenever it is….

  1440. By the ways i though of something Cool to develop on the ADAM is it is not already done…. where would be a good place to give some ideas for who ever may want to develop. unfortuantelly i have no programming skils but i know there are very skilled people aroudn here.

    The idea is to be able to connect the Adam to a LCD screen, and have the application run in the LCD while the ADAM is being used as a keyboard and mouse pad. this way, we can say we have a fullsize computer on the palm of our hand, and the best of all .. a computer not running WINDOWS!!!! YEIH!!!

  1441. Here is my take on the delay in shipping. Patience is in order. My order is suppose to ship 1-15-1-22 and I expect it to be late but am hoping to be pleasantly surprised. The only option out there that even comes close to the Adam is the Xoom and it is not even out yet so I see no reason to give up hope. If the Xoom hits the store shelves and Adam has still not shipped I may need to rethink this but I am pretty certain that is a long way out yet so at this point, patience and some peaceful contemplation of the wonders of the universe is in order.

  1442. At the time I posted that, I only placed two of the countless flights connections available, i did not want to bog down the thread and take it way too off topic by posting all teh available flight patterns.

  1443. usually (but not always) the FCC makes/shows changes on Thursday. With this snow hitting the northeast US, things may be delayed even more.

  1444. @Family

    Please don’t get me wrong. it’s not so hard to imagine how many things like FCC are out of any one’s control in NI. its time for hope and wishing good luck for our adam .

    “Whatever happened, happened for the good; whatever is happening, is happening for the good; whatever will happen, will also happen for the good only.”- from an Indian scripture

    i belive the saying that , when the going gets tough , the tough gets going.
    Come’n adam we are here :waiting sooooo eagerly )

  1445. FCC approval is not required for Europe, probably some European customers got their Adam.

  1448. Hi AkashS.

    Compared to Tata, Rohan at least had a much better start. According to the article:

    “That’s really three steps — thinking up something that’s wanted, identifying who actually wants it, and working out the details of how and under what circumstances they will use the product ….. Tata has had trouble with just about every one of those steps.”

    Rohan has a clear vision of a new way of information gathering, working and entertainment. He will lead us the coming years towards the realization of that vision. From reading the blog and listening to the interviews, I have the impression that Rohan, contrary to Tata, was spot-on. Tata has to push their Nano, Rohan has to see how he can have production keep up with demand.

  1449. Yep, I agree. I did a little research earlier and found this video of some Android tablet games offered by Gameloft… We can expect some good stuff as Android tablets become more common!

    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUJZzmy_Dn8”

  1450. @Swapan,

    For Europe one needs CE certification. Slashgear mentions that both FCC and CE numbers are awaited. So US and Europe need to wait. It shouldn’t be a problem for India I suppose.

    @NI family/Pre-order buyers

    Does anyone from India has their adam delivery status shown as “shipped”?

  1452. Basically January 12th IST and still no official comment on the pre-order delay? The odd individual has received an e-mail and basically has to post it themselves? :/

    Unsurprising, but never-the-less disgruntling. Hopefully these deadline issues end at hardware distribution.

    If round one shipments are delayed, there’s no way the round two shipments will depart on schedule – I’m gathering round one shipments will go out around January 16th (although this no comment thing leads me to believe they have no idea when they’ll start), which probably means your January 12th shipment schedule is probably a week back from that – towards the 23rd.

    Here’s hoping my speculation is completely off base. :/

  1453. @Kromot: nice idea. I would love to use a projector in stead of the lcd-screen while using my adam as keyboard. So my audience does not see me typing while I do not need an external keyboard. Problem will be that you might want to ‘click’ on items on the screen so you then have to move your finger over the Adam, while looking at the projection as your Adam shows your keyboard.

    Many TV’s now have a wifi-connector that allows you on a windows machine to use them as a wireless external monitor. Imagine that you have your Adam in your hand, walk freely through a classroom, and determine what is shown to the audience.

  1454. Quote from per-order status page:
    “*This is our best estimate of the shipping date. The actual date may vary; we will keep you informed in case that happens.”

    I agree with all of those who have called for patience, but I find it irresponsible that only those of us who sent an inquiry received an email explaining the delay. NOBODY was informed about the delay/change in shipping date as stated on the pre-order status page. Thought this kind of thing would already have been in the “lessons learned” category by now…

  1455. @greg thanks a lot for the video link in “http://www.notioninkfan.com/”
    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy5I_LK-Xf8″

    5:34 rohan clearly shows the adam’s back side and said the FCC is delayed and the are waiting on that . he did not hide anything. best young Tech CEO .

    we love you rohan and Team NI

  1456. sorry, could be a double post…

    Found a PQi and LCD preorders for sale @ “http://www.tegra2tablets.com”

    Not sure if the guy is selling just one or both, seems like both.

  1457. This may sound like an overly simplistic statement, but when is it going to come to pass that I will be able to buy the notion ink Adam? I know there have been pre orders, but not only are they sold out, I suspect that is the kind of thing that tends to happen easily when you don’t actually MAKE a lot of a product.

    Basically, there are these tablets going on sale which are going to run Honeycomb. They are going to be sent from the manufacturers to high street and online retail. A customer will be able to walk into the shop or browse to the shop and buy it.

    There is also this Apple thingy you might have heard of. i…Pad or something. You’ll be able to buy these in shops too.

    Having a product and selling a product are two different things as I am sure you know.

  1459. Maybe he’s at the FCC right now, making sure they are really reviewing the Adam?

  1460. Hey guys, i got very important mobile number of the person from NI and that through internet only. He is linked to FCC REGISTRATION. but lets be calm we are having our Adam soon.

  1461. I don’t think they had any problem passing FCC, hence the reason Rohan once said, “what problems with the FCC?” And I believe they already received notification that they passed. The issue is administrative. They don’t have the numbers yet and they can’t ship the product without them. I’d bet once you pass there is a ton of administrative paperwork involved before you get the number. It is not like they walk out a lab, say you pass, here is your number, congrats!

    NI email eludes to this even though he wrote, “cleared this week” at the end. I don’t think he meant cleared in terms of “getting clearance.”

    “but we are awaiting final FCC and CE numbers which are to be printed on the device before we can ship them to you. The Holiday season in December pushed the administrative work and it will be cleared within this week.”

    My opinion.

  1465. oh, it hasn’t fallen on deaf ears…but its not like rohan is the only person that can post something from the ni team. its all good, i’m not complaining ‘cos i’m jumping ship…i guess it was more the rhetorical: “the silence is a killer!” statement…stating the obvious…and knowing that up until now, no one from ni but rohan has posted anything, and knowing he’s most probably in transit…that the silence was only going to be that much more prolonged…and more of a killer…cool with you twospirits?

  1467. Actually Genesis is fully operational(on Adam), albeit only accessible via the Adam’s interface right now. But I can stat with 98% confidence that Genesis is live, plus Rohan had the app on his Adam at CES

  1468. No Adam’s are shipping as the information is being silk screened onto all the devices. Because if you travel to those countries with it, you are required to have FCC certification.

  1469. Not to confusion. We are all here are worried about the FCC registration issue. Actually while surfing the net I got the notion ink staffs name and mobile number. But i dont wanna disturb that guy for just asking whats going on.

  1472. Guys,

    This is a FCC certification for Verizon Iphone. Please see the dates for Date Received

    “https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=670419&fcc_id=’BCG-E2422A'”

    Really FCC does give its certification in One day or the big boys flexed their muscle? The request for Confidentiality letter was dated on Jan5th

  1473. Just think about it, they are not going to give info about a new better model coming. Or else everyone would wait for it.

    People are already saying they are going to wait for a higher capacity model, just from a casual mention that one would be available.

    so the answer is, there is zero chance that there will be a higher resolution option announced any time soon.

  1475. I purchased the high-end adam and received my American Express bill in the mail with the items dollar amount. Paid my Credit Card bill and still have to wait for the second
    shipment.

    How is that for having faith in NI…………………

    LeoP

  1477. Looks to me many of the tests were conducted back in November. I am don’t how to read these well, it’s not my thing, but based on the last document, “dts test report” the dates of the tests were November 11th.

  1478. Rohan wrote: “There are a few announcements and releases coming in CES like information on our partners, the plan and Pre-Order 2 status.”

    I guess he is writing a laaarge blog-post. 🙂

  1479. Motorola Xoom vs Apple iPad vs Notion Ink Adam vs Asus Eee Pad Slider

    “http://www.blogsdna.com/15421/motorola-xoom-vs-apple-ipad-vs-notion-ink-adam-vs-asus-eee-pad-slider-–-tablets-comparison-chart.htm”

  1480. Engadget did it again: the adam is amongst the top 3 tablets at CES!
    “http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/11/best-of-ces-2011/”

  1482. Hmph, still feeling grumpy I didn’t get a ‘family’ preorder email the last time – even though I had posted in the past. I really want a tablet and this does look the best. I just wish I could buy one!

    Ceri

  1483. Rohan – I, along with a whole bunch of other pre-order people, am very concerned that my Adam tablet will never be able to a) upgrade to honeycomb; and b) never be able to access the android marketplace. This is a terrible lack of communication and requires an immediate, unequivocal response. We have been your mainstays throughout the delays and changes and occasional broken promises. Above everyone else, this group should be informed fully and accurately about such a seminal issue. Please, don’t reply to this if you are not from Notion Ink. Speculation doesn’t help. I really want to love my soon-to-be delivered new toy.

  1484. Please don’t say that that was the reason you didn’t order in PreOrder1!

    Visa and Amex were the only ones allowed. MasterCard might be supported this time but not sure,

  1485. Please don’t say that that was the reason you didn’t order in PreOrder1!

    Visa and Amex were the only ones allowed. MasterCard might be supported this time but not sure

  1487. Now if you are jumping ship then why even post in the blog, there is no need to bloat this blog more than it is. As for thinking anyone else from NI should be posting anything, or its partners, lets be real. No one other than Rohan himself has been talking directly talking to the people here. So to assume that someone else from the company or its partners will doesn’t make sense. People just need to be patient and wait till the guy is home and relaxed enough to give a full detail post.

  1488. Scott I have to disagree. On the contrary a software defined radio would be very easy and inexpensive to implement. The hardware should already be there. The coding involved is not all that complicated,

    Interesting…… ….. the post about the software defined radio was removed. A post I made about the possibility of the radios software enabled ability to tune the cellular band and allow Adam to make and receive cellular calls was removed as well. I now believe the mystery feature fm radio could very well be more then just an fm radio. It looks like there is a secret surprise that “someone” does not want found out. At least until the first adopters receive their new Adams. If this post disappears I’ll know pretty much know for sure.

  1489. Sure glad I didn’t pre-order – everyone hopes this will only delay a week, but no one can be for sure. I think taking pre-orders before all this was ironed out was a little risky. Hope it works out for everyone!

  1490. WordPress is really wacky…….After making the above comment my page reloaded about 4 pages back and there was the comment I made that I thought had been deleted. I feel like I’m in the land of Oz here on the blog. I still can’t find the post that someone else made about a software defined radio that included a wikipedia link. It may not be a conspiracy, but it sure seems like it.

  1491. Yeah Paul is correct, the issue with what is happening here is really far more complex than the number of levels.

    I have personally written a REPLY to a specific comment using the “reply” button and seen several differnt results;

    1. It got posted as a NEW COMMENT, not as a reply;
    2. I had a reply show up under a totally differnt parent comment.
    3. I had the reply NOT show up at alll.
    4. Ive had it show up properly.

    None pof those symptoms match what was said by WordPress. The only thing I find the blog fairly consistent at…is being inconsistent in how it handles comments. Yesterday for example was the first day in a week that it seemed like the comments were being placed properly for me. the day before none of my comments were showing up, and the day before that they were being misplaced under other comments. I think it has a mind of its own.

  1492. twospirits not true, the political news sites that wordpress is associated in have more than twice the traffic /comment flow as this blog. But I think WordPress acts the same way there (havent checked lately, but I do remember wordpress being a bit clunky)

  1493. Hmm! Someone has a different take on adam (see below). What do you folks think?

    See here –
    “http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/26252/”

    1. Notion Ink Adam tablet launches with a totally custom app store — that may never be populated.

    The highly anticipated Adam tablet by Notion Ink arrived at CES in all its glory — an incredible form factor, an innovative transflective display as viewable in sunlight as in a darkened room, and a thoughtful tablet interface designed to give Apple a run for its money in terms of defining user interactions for years to come.

    But the tablet also has one glaring flaw: a custom app store, called Genesis, that is incompatible with the existing Android market. This means any outside developers wanting to build for the Notion Ink have to commit to re-coding their app specifically for a tablet that has to compete against countless other Android-based devices. It’s a classic chicken and egg problem: Notion Ink needs apps to make their tablet usable and popular, but without it being usable and popular, not enough people will buy it to make developing for it worthwhile.

    Apple solved this problem by being first and through its long history of iOS development on the iPhone; other Android-based tablets are at least compatible with the Android market. (The Adam is too, but only to a limited extent.) Like some lone madman wandering in the desert, Notion Ink has declared that developers can either adhere to the ideological purity of their custom interface or take a hike… I wonder which one they’ll do?

  1494. @Jared – RE: Titles for 4 year old boys

    There’s some very good stuff out there these days…

    Top Shelf publishes Johnny Boo, Dragon Puncher, Corgi, and Owly, which kids love.
    “http://www.topshelfcomix.com/”

    Dark Horse is reissuing Tales of the Beanworld, which is like a Pixar movie… kids love it as much as adults.
    “http://www.darkhorse.com/Search/beanworld”

    And in ‘superhero’ fare, DC has been publishing Tiny Titans, which is another funny all ages book.
    “http://www.artbaltazar.com/tinytitans”

    There’s lots more out there, but those are good starters!

  1495. Friends…it is easy to keep the overview if you simply click on “subscribe to comments with RSS” and choose for example “Opera Mail” !

    You can sort by date or name and find your comments. I have also subscribed this blog on my HTC Magic with Google RSS and am able to follow your comments everywhere.

  1499. 😀 no me too.. arrived 4 hours back! Was waiting for someone to post first! How is yours? Mine is Black and White with matte screen guard! Love the speakers!

  1501. wow! cool, mine is black n white too. Colors are indeed little washed out on PQ, but in sun its fine I think. I need to now get used to monochrome content now! liked the stand as well, but could have been more rigid.

  1507. @ Wally West said, on January 12, 2011 at 03:18Could this link be the one you are talking about?

    “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_radio”

  1509. @Suresh

    I used a Visa but it didn’t go through because 1. I made a few mistakes, and 2. the bank was hesitant int eh beginning. They don’t like taking risk with international companies. But So, it was a combination of things.
    This kind of things happens more often than people might think.
    But it was not NI fault, to any stretch of the imagination.

  1511. No matter what critics say. No matter I or anybody bitch about.
    No matter they drop one new android tablet everyday.
    No matter Xoom or G slate will come with so cool honeycomb love.

    I realrealized Adam is worth waiting!
    There must me so many guys like me waiting and exited for adam to come out.
    And then disappointed. Looking around to spend the cash they ve been saving.
    But on what?

    So far I bought archos 7, eken m001(lol thts lame), played with my wife’s ipad.
    But there is no freekin thing that satisfied my hunger of a tablet.

    So I am writing this in favour of all my buddies out there. Dont spend money on garbage out there. There will be a day when we will see an actual Adam seating on the shelves of BestBuy or FRY’s. Just like we wait to buy macbook till new semester starts ($100 student discount free ipod touch) I’m gonna w8.

    And still if you feel like buying some crap. Just go over the pics in previous post! Because I think there is no hardware that can be compared to Adam.

    So till I get one. Im seating in this dark corner of my basement.
    Murmuring Adam….. Adam…

  1513. pre-ordered delayed because of the FCC, means they have not started mass production yet, He spelled out the process and mass production doesn’t start until FCC is received, the information is printed as part of the production process, it is not a sticker added later.

    These are not setting in a warehouse waiting for a sticker to be applied.

    Once they get the approval, the production line starts up, (subject to factory constraints) the product rolls off the end, and likely ships to a third party logistics company who begins shipping them out to customers.

    I would expect more then a few days delay. The factory is not setting idle waiting for Notion Ink to say GO.

    So sadly I would say, my pre-order has not been built yet, and neither has anyone elses.

  1514. I agree the hardware exists and the coding is doable for a software defined radio. This could be possible if you want to be flexible with the modulation scheme in one or two bands, but I don’t see that being very useful for the average user. It would be much more useful for the radio to be able to operate over a large range of frequencies so you could just load an update and then be able to use some new blazing-fast 6G service. The RF design for something wideband like that would be difficult, physically large (unless developing some custom MMICs), and would probably be a pain to get through FCC. Being a new company I’d really doubt NI would try to tackle something like this.

    Also, consumer electronics are disposable these days. The Adam will probably be unused by most buyers after 2 years because they’ve moved onto something newer and better. A software defined radio would only be commercially useful to keep an older product able to interact with changing communications networks. It’s cheaper to make single purpose radios instead of software defined ones and so we won’t see software defined radios in consumer electronics as long as we keep viewing them as disposable.

    That said, a wideband software defined radio that can be arbitrarily modified by the end-user would be friggin sweet. The FCC would never allow that functionality off the shelf since it would allow the user to direct the device to violate FCC regulations, but i’m sure 3rd partu firmwares would start popping up.

  1515. Hi there,clever guys !
    I see all of you here talking about the delivery, the booth,.Honeycomb,… I want to have good software. My biggest concern is that Adam wil not be able to manage big PDF’s. I did a test wit Ipad reading pdfs of drawingplans (I’m an architect) and it was a disaster. Reading in ok, but zooming and panning was a real disaster.I used goodreader,one of the better softs! A normal computer can do this so much better. Can the Adam too? I m not talking about drawing on the tablet, just reading it and if possible annotate: so the better apps in android: are you ready for this already? By the way : how will printing be managed.?I have the impression that our tablet will be better than the apps!

  1516. No that’s not the case. Since all the tests have been passed and we need to match the schedule, production started on 4th. The labeling is the last part.

    Regards

  1517. go get some rest, I’m gonna do the same and hope we all get some good news soon…! 🙂

  1518. A complete non-issue. It has been made clear time and time again that standard android aps will be able to be loaded on Adam even before the Market is available and they have said the market will most likely be available when they upgrade to Honeycomb. Apps that want to take full advantage of the Eden interface will need to tweak themselves for that purpose. Best of both worlds, standard android aps and apps designed specifically for Eden. I don’t see any of this as a problem, seems like an advantage to me.

  1519. Actually the term might be better stated as software enabled rather the software defined, The system I speak of is already used on many cell phones. My droid x has fm radio on it and is accessed with an application. Your right that cell phones and tablets like Adam will be quickly outdated and upgrading them is not really cost effective. Most will just opt for newer more sophisticated model. My whole point is in the case of our beloved Adam the chip that is already on Adam is likely able to make and receive cellular GSM phone calls. It just needs to be enabled through software much like is done was Galaxy Tab in Europe. The same hardware is on the Galaxy Tab in the Usa but is not enabled for cellular phone calling. Mostly because the carriers want you to buy a phone and Tablet as well. Xoom may very well be in the same situation in the USA. XDA developers have already hacked the software on the USA model Galaxy’s to make those tablets able make and receive cellular calls. That is what I mean by software enabling, and why I contend that it is simple and inexpensive to do. So software defined might be the correct wording. What I would like to see Notion Ink do is enable Adam for cellular calling world wide which would be for more impressive then just having FM radio. If they choose not, because they may have there own phone coming out, then XDA might very well hack Adam to make those calls. Through all of this I still have a feeling Notion Ink just might to leave a bigger surprise then FM and enable the Adam for Phone Calling as well.

  1520. On of the reasons the mystery may not be updated on the website is because it may not totally defined yet. We all have heard fm radio, yet there maybe more to it then that.

  1522. I believe that was the link, although ADAMS RADIO IS likely to be more software enabled like galaxy tab.

  1523. It will be good to see those who pre-order get their hands on one and start their unboxing and reviews. On the other hand, Chinese New Year seems to be around the corner, fingers crossed.

    I didn’t get any during the pre-order, so I am still hoping for Pre-order round 2 for a PQ version.

  1524. Hey Paul, great find.
    Totally interested in this kind of VPN. The US have SO MUCH MORE online content than NL.

    Greetz.

    Daryl

  1525. Say what?? If I’m not mistaken everyone who’s order is delayed was sent an email explaining the problem and expressing Notion Ink’s regrets. Rohan also mentioned a possible delay in an interview at CES. So, there was multible announcements.
    I for one would rather Rohan put all his energies on getting my adam sent to me as soon as possible and not worry about letting us know every detail. If your adam is going to be delayed, I’m certain you will also receive an email explaining the situation. I’m just hoping I don’t get one, lol. My adam is scheduled to be sent Jan 15th – 22nd, hopefully this delay won’t affect my delivery, but if it does I will be quietly moping in the corner and impatiently waiting…quietly. Haha

  1526. You may be on to something there, I heard Obama was actually born in India and then in the dark of night sent to Hawaii by the way of Kenya. Btw, you know he is really a Buddhist monk in disguise and out to force all Americans to shave their heads.

  1529. Rohan,
    Thanks for giving us the update. Sounds like you’re in the middle of putting on a million stickers on our Adam’s before they are shipped out.
    Take care and thanks again for the update.

  1530. Im not so sure. I find it hard to believe adams are already en route to the US, and waiting at some port for FCC clearance, which, once granted will allow for the numbers to be put on the devices. How will they be put on the devices? Some sticky label? Will they all be unpacked and then repackaged? The logistics of that alone would be a pain, and who wants a sticky label on their device?

    Instead, I hope the FCC issues a set of numbers a manufacturer can use for production. In the event the device does not get FCC clearance, its no matter for the manufacturer, because they can still sell the devices, just not in the US.

    Also, because of cultural differences, “on the boat” may not be literal…

    I even got an email from the now world-renown “Jon” stating Notion Ink was not even sure DHL would be the shipper.

    My 2 cents 🙂

  1531. Thanks Ike,
    Several times I requested Notion Ink this information, but they did not reply.
    After reading your comment, I canceled my order (had to declare I’m giving up 5% of the charge…).

    BTW, The original game boy advance was color screen without back-light. What’s all the fuss then about Pixel QI if all they do is to switch off the back light (I thought it was all about the superb resolution).

  1532. Yep you are right, but i was thinking that keboard should not use the hole screen of the Adam therefore you can say you use teh lower part of the screen as the keyboard and the upper part as a touch path. i guess touchpad area should not bee TOO big, but maybe it becomes weit since there is not a Tactil border to stop you from running your finger over the keyboard section. i guess i would have to sit down and learn to program on Android to find out 😉 … believeme if that means using My Adam a little more… i am on for it. hahaha i am anxious to get mine.

    Regards
    Kromot

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    You can look at it here. It actually looks better.

  1537. Please could someone moderate my post so I can start participating actively ? Would be absolutely fantastic !

    Wondering now when pre-order 2 will start. In a blog entry called ” 🙂 (update)” it was mentioned it would only be a few days away, but that was on the 15th. 🙂 More than a few days have passed, lol, patience all around. Patience for getting approved, patience for a new pre-order, IF we get to order one it’ll be patience for the arrival, … And os on. 🙂

    In a world where instant gratification is generally accepted as a rule, it’s probably healthy and educational for us to learn some patience. “Good things come to those who wait”. 🙂

  1538. Please could someone moderate my post so I can start participating actively ? Would be absolutely fantastic !

    Wondering now when pre-order 2 will start. In a blog entry called ” 🙂 (update)” it was mentioned it would only be a few days away, but that was on the 15th. 🙂 More than a few days have passed, lol, patience all around. Patience for getting approved, patience for a new pre-order, IF we get to order one it’ll be patience for the arrival, … And so on. 🙂

    In a world where instant gratification is generally accepted as a rule, it’s probably healthy and educational for us to learn some patience. “Good things come to those who wait”. 🙂

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