Adam for young students! Solaro

Posted in Uncategorized by Rohan Shravan on January 17, 2011

Hello All,

This video is again taken from Adam’s direct HDMI output. Adam means a lot of things for all of us. I have seen artists loving the device for its Canvas application, and business personnel for the office support, calendar and email apps. But without partners, we cannot expand Adam’s reach and functionality. This video shows you how Adam and Solaro (will soon be available on Adam) can work together to help students learn in the digital environment. This video is a short introduction on the current iteration. Visit www.solaro.com for more details and content. It’s very simple and efficient app, take a look!

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Frav said, on January 18, 2011 at 17:04

Thanks for another vid!
Ganesh said, on January 18, 2011 at 17:01

No update on FCC site yet.
- Carlo said, on January 18, 2011 at 17:30
  
  I wouldn’t worry. First of all, in the US they are just waking up right now and secondly, if I am not mistaken, Rohan has already received the confirmation from the FCC. Whether their site is updated or not doesn’t make a difference in terms of shipping dates.
- Ganesh said, on January 18, 2011 at 17:38
  
  It just feels good to see it on the FCC site also. I am only worried that our regular reviewers will start calling NI a scam again because of this.
- gecko said, on January 18, 2011 at 19:04
  
  Dilbertian Ganesh:
  >am only worried that our regular reviewers will start calling NI a scam again because of this.
  
  You’re worried that some fools might act like fools? Don’t you have anything better to do? How about playing with lint, like this:
  “http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/17/da-vincis-last-supper-re-created-in-laundry-lint/?test=latestnews”
- seabeetodd said, on January 18, 2011 at 17:40
  
  that is because it is only 7 A.M. on Tuesday in Washington DC. they were closes yesterday for a holiday. I would think it will be up today sometime and if not it really is a non issue because Notion ink has the numbers they can start shipping. I’m sure they don’t have to wait for it to be posted on the website.
- Ganesh said, on January 18, 2011 at 17:43
  
  There were actually updates yesterday and today to the site. If you check final action date from 16th Jan till 18th Jan, you will get 111 records. NI is not in the 111 records. That’s why I posted here to see if anyone has anymore information about it may be from other sources.
Veeraraagavan said, on January 18, 2011 at 16:57

Nice Video. And, I have one redundant question – any of those in 15-22 received your Adams? or any Shipping info/tracking numbers?
- Ganesh said, on January 18, 2011 at 17:00
  
  I guess people in the 9th Jan batch are still waiting… So highly unlikely that people in 15-22 Jan would receive any info about Shipping.
Alex said, on January 18, 2011 at 16:34

shipping please!!
Ordzo said, on January 18, 2011 at 16:02

One thing , i dont understand yet…
When non-eden application is launched then it can work only in fullscreen, am i right ?
Application can work in panel(s) if its made for trhat !?
- SAMADHAN RAUT said, on January 18, 2011 at 16:05
  
  You are right
- wtff12 said, on January 18, 2011 at 17:30
  
  indeed. This is a good point you raised and I would like to hear more about this aspect from Rohan. I’d like to know whether support for displaying non-eden apps as leafs is a planned feature for the near future.
  My personal assessment is that most popular android apps will not be optimized for Eden. NotionInk is not yet a big enough global player for this to happen. I also don’t want to replace every app that I’ve come to like with an alternative that I might or might not like better.
  
  So, the fact that non-eden apps are not displayed as leafs ails me quite a lot wherefore I’d like to get more information about the matter, especially since I am currently not able to fathom a good reason for why non-eden apps shouldn’t be displayable as leafs.
  My line of think is that it would be perfectly feasible if the Eden-”OS” behaved as follows:
  
  - when a non-eden app is the active leaf, it just operates as usual. The app’s resource requirements in this context whatever they might be are not an issue because at any given time, there is only ONE active leaf.
  
  - when a non-eden app leaves its focus (i.e. becomes an inactive leaf), the Eden-OS takes and saves a screenshot of the app and displays this screenshot inside of a special Leaf Adapter. To be more precise, this behavior wouldn’t be implemented directly in Eden but rather as a further panel type. Rohan already talked about the software design of having several possible panel types. So just imagine that there is another panel type which acts as a non-eden-app adapter. So, after the screenshot of the non-eden-app has been taken, Eden passivates the non-eden-app, freeing up it’s resources and memory and just displays the app’s screenshot as a leaf.
  
  This way, usual android apps could partake in the Eden metaphor and one could copy-paste information between the three leafs on a screen regardless of whether they were specifically tailored to Adam’s SDK or not.
  
  If Eden should come with landscape support some day, the panel adapter would just have to take two screenshots of the app on passivation, one for each orientiation.
  
  Now, it should be easy to understand that that would work perfectly for android apps that do not keep on operating in the background when not displayed, but one could argue that the approach wouldn’t work for all other apps. But then again, how *does* Eden handle those apps currently? I can only hope that the services a usual android app starts keep running after the app is closed. Otherwise the statement that normal android apps can run on Adam would be wrong. If so, then the behavior described wouldn’t introduce any further performance or recourse consumption above the one caused by their current launch configuration.
  
  For these reasons, I do not understand why stock android apps are not being displayed as leafs and would therefore get more information from Rohan and team on whether they plan to add support for that soon.
- Hermann said, on January 18, 2011 at 17:53
  
  Rohan already mentioned that Eden will ask the user to automatically create a panel for Non-Eden Applications starting the first time. So you can decide for yourself.
- wtff12 said, on January 18, 2011 at 19:15
  
  you are right: Rohan did say that.
  But later on he said that stock android applications can only operate in full screen mode. Also, take a look at the video where he opens a stock android app. The text in the video says that eden prompts you with options of what to do, but one can also see that the options consist of a) launch app (meaning fullscreen mode) or b) exit.
  Furthermore, if stock android apps could run in a leaf/panel then having a dialog upfront that asks you whether or not you would like to do so, makes no sense. Instead it would be better to just launch the app in leaf mode just as any of the native apps and use the same mechanism for switching to fullscreen mode from there as is used for the native apps. It would require the same number of clicks/actions as the upfront menu and would be more consistent with the approach for native apps.
  
  So, if stock apps CAN run in leaf mode, the launch dialog should be disposed of as it doesn’t make sense and if stock apps CANNOT run in leaf mode, the launch dialog should be disposed of because it offers no actual options to choose from. You could only launch the app in the one mode it can execute in (i.e. fullscreen) or abort the action which you can do anyways right after the app has been launched.
- wtff12 said, on January 18, 2011 at 19:17
  
  sorry, the video I was talking about is “Introducing Eden – XIII” and the behaviour for stock apps is shown right at the beginning. around 0:30
motionfreak said, on January 18, 2011 at 15:45

tracking numbers out? how long does the ink has to dry before you can ship? should be finished by now?!?
SAMADHAN RAUT said, on January 18, 2011 at 15:39

IRC 5 users

Now talking in #notionink_adam

ON SERVER chat.freenode.net

Come on guys

lets discuss
or use web mirc

“http://webchat.freenode.net/”
channel #notionink_adam
calle said, on January 18, 2011 at 14:54

Yesterday I ordred new glasses. – 10 days deliver. – Now I got two thing to look forward to, and it will be nice whatever comes first!
Sorry for my english – I hope Danish will be supported soon, too.
I still love this concept!
Srini said, on January 18, 2011 at 14:51

social chat on twitter is the best option.
Chat stays put even after the people are gone. Better exposure too.
Srini said, on January 18, 2011 at 14:50

social chat on twitter is the best option.
Chat stays put even after the people are gone. Ofcourse a better exposure
SAMADHAN RAUT said, on January 18, 2011 at 14:38

IRC

Now talking in #notionink_adam 4 users

ON SERVER chat.freenode.net

Come on guys

lets discuss
or use web mirc

“http://webchat.freenode.net/”
channel #notionink_adam
- Srini said, on January 18, 2011 at 14:48
  
  social chat on twitter is the best option.
  Chat stays put even after the people are gone. Off course a better exposure.
James said, on January 18, 2011 at 13:43

i voted for Adam too. it is now over 60.5%
Doja said, on January 18, 2011 at 13:13

The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane. – Nikola Tesla 1934.

Notion Ink = Sane and clearly (giving us what we need and will help us)
Ap*ple Inc = Insane and deeply ( Imposing i-crap and selfish nature) i-don’t bluetooth and i-don’t play flash (Duh!!)

PS: @ Rohan… Was Notion Ink derived from NI in NIkola?
I might be wrong but I’m noticing an emerging pattern.
- Gabe said, on January 18, 2011 at 19:51
  
  +1 – Like the Tesla quote
SAMADHAN RAUT said, on January 18, 2011 at 13:07

IRC

Now talking in #notionink_adam

ON SERVER chat.freenode.net
- SAMADHAN RAUT said, on January 18, 2011 at 13:09
  
  Come on guys
  
  lets discuss
  
  “http://webchat.freenode.net/”
SAMADHAN RAUT said, on January 18, 2011 at 12:58

About some comments on Voting

“http://www.phonearena.com/news/Best-tablets-of-CES-2011-Peoples-Pick_id15974″

Its not cheating,actually poll itself asks “Which was the best tablet at CES 2011?”
and we want to say many times that yes Adam was and is…………well to be frank phonearena itself hasnt covered Adam in CES which they should have covered….So multiple voting does describe how We love Adam.

Anybody passionate of Motorola can go in similar way but Motorola is liked by some but we love Adam….I must promote what I appreciate.
Other tablet voters are not taking any efforts so they are lagging behind…
Dominic said, on January 18, 2011 at 12:45

Can’t wait for them to ship then maybe they will open up orders.
ac2211 said, on January 18, 2011 at 12:09

“There are no applications on file that match the search criteria specified:
Grantee Code: Y2G”
Gabe said, on January 18, 2011 at 11:42

Just thought I’d kill some time sharing something I’ve been excited to do with my new Adam. Let me preface it by saying that it’s nothing groundbreaking but it’s something that I couldn’t do before with just a laptop (or an iPad).

I’m a huge fan of nice beers and wines but am cursed with a horrible memory. I’ll always try new beers and wines when I go to the store but forget which ones I liked…and which ones I definitely didn’t. My plan is to use the Adam’s camera to take pictures of the labels of the wines and beers that I like and then add notes on style, taste, price, and complimenting food choices and be able to save it as a library of ‘good drinks’. Having usb ports will always allow me to save it to an external hard drive and the Adam, with its comfortable ergonomics, will be easy to take to the store so I can browse my past selections by label (picture) or key words and find the wine/beer choice I’m looking for.

Again, this isn’t an idea that pushes the Adam too its limits, but it’s something I haven’t been able to easily with just a digital camera and a laptop. I’m eager to hear more ‘out-of-the-box’ ideas of how other users might use their Adam. In the effort to be constructive while waiting for Rohan’s next blog post, I certainly encourage others to share their thoughts.

-Gabe
- Cathy said, on January 18, 2011 at 12:04
  
  @Gabe,
  
  Thanks for sharing your idea. Think it has implications for keeping track of any number of “lists”. For myself, I do a little bit of very fine embroidery using silks and specialty threads that are sometimes hard to find. I’d like to keep an “inventory” list in Adam, at my side always, so if I run into such items, I can check if I already have or need to add to my collection, etc. Using Adam might help Tesla break ground, but for most of us, we’re hoping Adam just makes our days easier and maybe more fun … not a bad goal at all!
- smick said, on January 18, 2011 at 13:44
  
  That is a very cool project Gabe. Any time you can make efficiencies, it’s more fun and probably worth the time and expense. Who could remember all that wine.
  
  You know I was thinking about your project and I thought there must be a few Android based personal database apps. Sure enough there are! Maybe that would work for you. Once you get it filled up, you could probably port it elsewhere to so it was accessible from outside the Adam so you could get it from your phone or on the web even.
  
  LuckyDroid makes Memento – “http://luckydroid.com/?page_id=3″
  And there’s AndroidDatabase – “http://www.androiddatabase.info/”
  
  You could also use the WordPress app on a phone / and the Adam and take pictures and blog about wines directly from the device. That would also create a database and is pretty simple way to document things..although perfect instant retrieval is probably less likely with a WordPress blog.
- Gabe said, on January 18, 2011 at 19:48
  
  Appreciate the suggestion smick!
- Drnishiz said, on January 18, 2011 at 16:02
  
  Fantastic idea.It has given me inspiration to catalog for both business and pleasure.
- karen said, on January 18, 2011 at 18:01
  
  Let’s give another example. We collect ‘old vinyl’ 45 RPM records for our jukebox. We have over 1800 pieces, listed in excel, with labelnumbers attached to it. That’s simply too much to remember.
  There are digital catalogues for the most valued ones. Label and -number with the pressing (1st, second…) make the price. And sometimes at yard sales or in small stores we come across 45 RPM records.
  It would be nice sooo to have Adam to check (A) if we have it already and (B) what’s a reasonable price to pay.
  
  BTW, I have the feeling we are in the eye of the storm now.
Jas said, on January 18, 2011 at 11:33

Some ppl must have received their Adams by now..at least in India…they should come up with how they r feeling..and what’s final cost including import duties and taxes..
solbi said, on January 18, 2011 at 10:40

I keep checking the website for an update I know won’t be there…. *sigh* It’s hard being a Notion Addict…
Ahmad Hasan said, on January 18, 2011 at 07:55

Any recommended capacitive stylus for Adam?

Still did not receive tracking number until now (expected delivery date 15-22 Jan)…
Just curious, anybody has actually received Adam?
- rj said, on January 18, 2011 at 11:04
  
  you received a tracking number?!?
- Ahmad Hasan said, on January 18, 2011 at 11:27
  
  Nope… nothing… only Order Number from pre-order 1…
  
  Should we get DHL tracking number?
- Mobz said, on January 18, 2011 at 11:40
  
  I do not mean to dampen the spirits however to be realistic the devices will not ship this week for those who had delivery dates from the 15-22 January.As it is quite evident that NO ONE has received their devices as yet (If someone had received it we would have known about it either from a post or from video or some other sort of disclosure) and those with the early shipping dates would in all like situations receive it first.
  
  The other thing is that with the delay, there would be a backlog in terms delivery and Rohan mentioned that the ship had landed during CES, this would mean that the devices would all need to be labelled with the FCC number. Now if I am not mistake I had assumed that all devices would be shipped from China as such it is quite wiered that the US supply was being sent via ship instead of being shipped directly from China. If the devices are in the US then where are they labelling them for the FCC requirements.
  
  I have contacted the NI team who have sent the same message they sent when the order was confirmed. I honestly doubt that one, any devices have been shipped already, two, all devices will be delivered by the end of the week and three, it is quite a job to send out all the tracking numbers to all the pre-order clients so it might happen that you receive your device before even receiving the tracking number
Budi said, on January 18, 2011 at 07:50

Watch out for Motorola XOOM.
It’s android 3 with upgradeable to 4G
Gigantor said, on January 18, 2011 at 07:48

Here is Xoom…now they have a website for you to send them money to buy the tablet anywhere in the world.

“https://www.xoom.com/sendmoneynow/home?receiveCountryCode=”
- Eric said, on January 18, 2011 at 11:55
  
  gigantor,
  
  ur being funny. it has nothing to do with motorola. i used this service to send money to Asia.
Gigantor said, on January 18, 2011 at 07:45

I just wonder why Rohan did not meet with CNET at CES to have the product reviewed or even introduced for a product overview. No mention in any of their articles and they are the most important one!

“http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/digihunter/post.htm?id=63022538&scid=hm_bl”

“http://ces.cnet.com/ces-tablets-ebooks?tag=hdr”

Even MSI and ZTE, brands I’ve never even heard of before were introduced by CNET.
- smick said, on January 18, 2011 at 13:16
  
  MSI is actually a pretty popular and important brand. They make quality motherboards, PCs, video cards that a lot of people swear by and plenty of other things. That’s why their tablets are getting exposure.
  
  Linking to the US website, but they probably have many international pages.
  “http://us.msi.com/”
marcdimmick said, on January 18, 2011 at 06:23

Any moment now we hopefully should get notice of our tablets being sent. Fingers cross. Can’t wait, warts and all. Just getting tired of the nay sayers. I just wish they would go and buy there apple iPad. NI may not be perfect but they are exactly what we have brought. The idea and dreams, call us nutty but who cares, were are happy and just itching to get are hands on our adam.

Postings coming soon from the users, that should leave very little space for the nay sayers and maybe they will just fade away. We can only but dream, which is what Adam-ites are great at