Republic Day!

Posted in Uncategorized by Rohan Shravan on January 26, 2011

Dear All,

Happy Republic Day to the world! India is one of the better examples of the Democratic Countries in the world. None is as diverse and complex to understand as India is. I have always felt, it’s not a country but continent in itself, sometimes for the good and for the bad. The good part comes when we see and observe the variations in languages, cultures and history. And the bad part comes when I see a division, more states, communal fights, etc. It’s a mixed experience to be here, because from Switzerland to Sahara desert, India has its own instance of every climate, ecological balance or geographic state. This reminds me of one instance when we were making reliability report. We suggested that device should work from -3 to 50 DegC and our Chinese counterpart said, no city will have that temperature range. We told them, Delhi is our capital!

Coming back to the quick updates:

All next batches will have the updates pre-installed. Our team will get in touch with all the individual customers and help them install the update, so there are no ‘bricking’ issues.
Next Order stage is starting soon. We are just ensuring that from Mastercard to Banking issues would not be there this time.
All the members of the NotionAddicts, NotionInkHacks, NotionInkFan and those who commented before 22nd of January WILL be the part of the next pre-order.
Few blogs reported about the source of Mail’d. I remember posted either in blog or comments, that Mail’d, is indeed based on K9 and is an open source application, and along with the K9 source, our work will also be there in the source code. Jesse (K9 Project Founder) and we at Notion Ink are thrilled with the opportunities of working together.
XDA community, we love you!
Chinese New Year is coming, and we are ensuring that the vendors doesn’t loosen up

[Update: Removed for the reason we will soon learn! ]

With Warm Regards

Rohan Shravan

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tkayca said, on February 12, 2011 at 09:46

Yesterday, I completed my pre-ordering the Adam (Pixel Qi, Wi-fi + 3G) as part of the second round. A little painful since my CC company flagged it as a possibly fradulent transaction inspite of being pre-verified. But got through the third time. Should get the device between the 25th February and March 10th time frame. Can’t wait to start using it. Am also looking forward to the Honeycomb upgrade.
A couple of questions for Rohan:
a. will the upgrade to Honeycomb enable the use of the Android Marketplace on the device ?
b. when will the device be sold through mobile carriers like AT&T, Verizon etc. in the US ? What will the data plans look like ?
c. Are there any plans to add phone capabilities to the device in Adam 2 or beyond ?
d. Why did I not get to choose a color for the device ? Was that not the point of the color survey and feedback – to offer the device in more than one color ?

b.
lumd said, on February 12, 2011 at 01:05

for akll those in the U>S> that ordered the Adam, I too am waiting for my adam supposed to ship 2/14 but I read of a case at sears for 5.99 for the Gtab that would fit tht adam and while I will wait for a specific case for the Adam ,I did purchase the case for th Gtab total cost 6.32
lu
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Arun U R said, on January 30, 2011 at 19:32

Guys,

My Adam was supposed to ship on Jan29th. Just now saw a mail that mine belongs to the touch screen damaged batch and estimated shipping date is not Feb14th (buffer included). Thats a lot disappointing

Rohan,

Should I blame my luck ?

Arun
Chris said, on January 30, 2011 at 19:09

Got anybody same mail, that the shipment would be 14th February 2011 (Buffer included)!
Biswajit saha said, on January 29, 2011 at 15:17

A bright sunny day today.. What will make us happy today?
I guess for me if the shipping date shows : Shipped, its 29th jan after all.
what about you?
Jozua Maas said, on January 29, 2011 at 00:24

I’m really looking forward when the next preorder starts. The first time I couldn’t order cause I have a mastercard. Hopefully this problem will be solved this time. Are the ones who wanna order informed via their email address or via the Notion Ink website?
Regards, Josh
Jay Pee said, on January 29, 2011 at 00:02

I hope that this time you will not miss me and few others with hotmail account. Now you have extra time on your side to plan, You may want to make sure all the emails from the old blog comments are captured.
agnerbo said, on January 28, 2011 at 18:40

in light of recent delays in shipping of our adams i would like that NI told us if they are on track and that they will be shipping the 29th batch tomorrow.
agnerbo said, on January 28, 2011 at 18:13

in light of recent delays in shipping of our adams i would like that NI told us i they are on track so they will be shipping the 29th batch tomorrow.
Suresh said, on January 28, 2011 at 17:57

Looking at the FCC photos, I think the trackpad is still there. Its just hidden somewhere
ac2211 said, on January 28, 2011 at 17:37

PreOrder2 this weekend?
Dennis said, on January 28, 2011 at 17:36

My Adam is supposed to ship on Jan 29. I emailed info@notionink the following question:

NotionInk,

Does the Adam support Micro SDHC or Micro SD or both?

from Info notionink
to “Dennis”
date Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 6:22 AM
subject Re: Micro SD Card
hide details 6:22 AM (42 minutes ago)
Dear Dennis,

Greetings from Notion Ink!

We would like to inform you that the internal storage of the Adam is 8GB Flash. It support both microSD and microSDHC cards.

In the meantime, we would suggest you follow our blog notionink.wordpress.com and website notionink.com for all the updates/information about Adam. Hope this information helps and please let us know if you have any further queries that we can assist you with.

Warm Regards
Notion Ink Design Labs
Manoj said, on January 28, 2011 at 16:57

Hey Guys!

The FCC website has been updated.

“https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/GenericSearch.cfm?calledFromFrame=N”

put Y2G as grantee!
- Manoj said, on January 28, 2011 at 16:58
  
  check out the internal photos!
- Manoj said, on January 28, 2011 at 16:59
  
  “https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=1410707″
- Manoj said, on January 28, 2011 at 17:05
  
  and here is the adam Quick guide
  
  “https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=1410706″
- Manoj said, on January 28, 2011 at 17:12
  
  this sites will not work.
  
  please use the first site of fcc grantee search. then you can find all the stuff.
Kostas said, on January 28, 2011 at 16:50

Really nice product but I think it’s taking a loooong time to get it
“Next pre-order”? Why is it pre-order again? (
Don’t get me wrong, I am not blaming NI, I am just too anxious…

Anyway, I hope we can get it soon.
barteau said, on January 28, 2011 at 16:21

Bonjour , merci de me prévenir par mail pour lancer la commande
Murali said, on January 28, 2011 at 15:51

Did Apple just launched iPad officially in India?
If so, is it sheer coincidence?
- xge2 said, on January 28, 2011 at 15:57
  
  Yes heard that…But who cares now. Whoever wanted one, got it from abroad. The entire world is now waiting for ipad2 and they decide to launch it here for stock clearance! Apple always ignores Indian market!
FJG said, on January 28, 2011 at 14:13

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anniyan92 said, on January 28, 2011 at 13:58
- Prantha said, on January 28, 2011 at 14:07
  
  Very cool! The hardware looks very solid.
  
  Thanks!
- Manoj said, on January 28, 2011 at 14:11
  
  anniyan92
  
  cool! thanks for posting this.
  
  The multi-touch test photo has been posted by Rohan before.
  Today i got the complete picture.
  
  Thanks again!
- Andrew said, on January 28, 2011 at 14:22
  
  very cool. looking forward to pre-order 2
- anniyan92 said, on January 28, 2011 at 14:50
  
  actually i found it in notionink hacks..
- anniyan92 said, on January 28, 2011 at 15:28
Eric S said, on January 28, 2011 at 13:57

Dear Rohan,

First off, I would just like to say that after years of anticipation and seeing the Adam in action, I am completely impressed. The utilization of the Pixel-Qi screen technology to merge the tablet and e-book market was genius. The hardware is top notch, performance is awesome and android w/ eden is the sugar to top it off. Unfortunately, I have not been as fortunate to find the pre-order information until now, so whenever your next pre-order happens. COUNT ME IN PLEASE! Thanks
Amith Narendra said, on January 28, 2011 at 13:42

Ok Ok Ooooo okkk people… 29th cometh & i’m waiting for my Adam…. Next week is my hope to be fondling the Adam & running it through its paces…!

Rohan… Yaaayyyy !
Cathy said, on January 28, 2011 at 13:20

Okay, WordPress is hard to follow, and it keeps putting my comments in strange places, but, after trying to read every word I could find, anywhere I could find, I haven’t been able to find any actual “hands-on” comments or reviews by anyone who actually got an LCD model Adam … did any actually ship yet ? Is it possible those models are in later shipment batches ?? Or did I just get caught in WordPress and not find? Thanks all.
Ioannis said, on January 28, 2011 at 13:15

If I buy an HSPA+ or an LTE dongle will it run the maximum speeds, or are their dongles not working for Android?
- fredx said, on January 28, 2011 at 16:46
  
  Huwai have some dongles working on Android, but it is still early days. There is always the option to run a MiFi dongle though