Pain till Valentine

Hello there,

All of you who pre-ordered and helped Notion Ink start building the community must have received an email today. One email is on the confirmation of shipping and the other one is on the delay. Those who are in the later group (5.31%) are angry as I could see their comments and the emails.

It is extremely unfortunate that we are in such a situation. We could not have expected the accidental damage of the touch screen shipment, and that too just days before Chinese New Year eve. Even though the damage was to a part of shipment, we cancelled all because in such a case you cannot predict the defective and working screens manually. Our friends at Sintek requested their employees to miss their New Year week and instead manufacture the lost numbers. Most of them agreed.

Blogs are not easily accessible in China, and these employees don’t speak English. But their mangers do and know how to read your reactions, comments, thoughts on the peoject and are extremely passionate about Adam like you, and probably this is why they were able to convince their employees to work for you.

You shouldn’t go through this useless pain, but there is a whole group at Notion Ink and at our manufacturing plants putting in all the efforts at delivering you Adams. You have came this far with us, I will request for little more patience. We are listening and working on your suggestions at support at notionink dot com or preordersupport at notionink dot com.

Regards

3,045 thoughts on “Pain till Valentine”

  1. I have a question about the trackpad (which was announced at the beginning).
    I’m a bit confused because as I remember, one time Rohan said the trackpad is disabled( out of conecpt?) in Adam 1 because of some issues/ take too much time to let it work perfect. So, I thought we get the Trackpad in disabled mode and later with a software update, it will work.
    Now, on the photos from the production Rohan had taken and shared in the blog, I can’t see any trackpad on the backward, only the FCC thing, Adam logo etc. (So, no trackpad in Adam 1?). But (!) I saw the FCC documents 2 days ago and on these photos, there is a trackpad ? I’m a bit confused (because I thought it’s forbidden to change the product, if they aren’t the same as in the FCC documents).
    Is there a sticker on the final product which hide the trackpad?

  13. For those who keep getting delayed is there a possibility that we get a free gift for our troubles and distress??

  14. While a two-week delay can be frustrating, I think it’s much preferable to the alternative: getting a very unusable Adam that needs to be shipped back. Just remember everyone: the rest of us are waiting even longer to get ours by getting in the second round of pre-orders. 😉

  17. I was moved to the 14th and have not received any e-mails at all, I already checked my spam folder too.

  18. I saw pics and there was no trackpad at all. So trackpad will be I think in Adam2

  19. I understand the problem and accept it. I hope this down time will allow NI to get the software bugs addressed while we wait.

  21. Probably after valentine, that is my guess anyway 🙂
    The wait is painfull, but well worth it

  23. I know that the Adam has been riddled with delays. However I can understand this one, I have worked in a factory for years and done my time in shipping and receiving, these things happen. Everyone gets pissed off, from the worker driving the forklift up to the CEOs. I hope that the delay is a over estimate, but I do understand how this happens. Good luck. (Hoping to get my Adam in February)

  25. Respect your comment BUT there are about 50 of us that were in the 9th January mess up who now have 14th february, but others have NOT been moved. SURELY fairness would say we should NOT have been moved but given priority.

    This is how PR works best.

  26. – Order Date 9th December 2010
    – Original delivery date 9th Jan 2011
    – Pushed to 15-22nd Jan 2011
    – Pushed to 29th Jan 2011

    AND NOW pushed to 14th Feb 2011 !!!!

    Rohan – I’m extremely disappointed with Notion Ink. Why did you have to wait until this time to update the status of my delivery?

    I had high hopes of Notion Ink and Rohan – now I feel betrayed by them.

    Do not come back on 14th Feb and give me an update saying it is delayed.

  27. Guys, it’s a tough cookie to swallow, ok.
    A major disappointment, don’t get me wrong here.

    On the other hand, all kwew they were taking part in a new business’ Pre Order.
    All who followed this blog, should undersand the learn-while-we-devolop thing here.
    It took three years to develop, and we all invested in that development.

    Rohan mentioned January 8th (Slow n steady…):
    ‘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!’

    I guess that still counts.
    A quick Revolution or a evolution (which asks for a long breath); the world’s changing thanks to NI.

    Will be waiting for a nice Valentine’s message.

  28. only 5.3%? I can not believe …. it is assumed that only 50 people passed on 9 January to 22 February, and now this …. and we can not believe …..

  32. BTW angry does not truly reflect the feelings we have for NI are the moment.

    DO NOT mislead and let down your first preorder customers as they will determine the fate of NI

  36. @Rohan.
    I and many others appreciate all of the hard work being put into your company as well as your product. I understand that there will be bumps along the way and I support Notion Ink whole heartily. keep up the great work.

  39. Hi Rohan,
    I have been following Notion Ink since last December and have been very patient. Today I went to check my preorder and it now says Feb. 14. It’s disappointing because since last year I have seen the delays from April to summer to Fall to November to December to January and now February. I have told many people about the product and now this happens. I was scheduled for Jan. 9 than to Jan. 29 and now February. My enthusiasm for the product has really been snuffed out. I just want to let you know that I am frustrated and would like to know why am I being delayed again? Thanks.

  40. Your comment is awaiting moderation.

    Yeah, I am one of them 5%, that sucks… I cancel yesterday because I knew something like this was going to happen. I do not want it anymore.

    Nice email:

    Dear John

    Greetings from Notion Ink!

    We understand that you have been eagerly waiting for the arrival of your Adam. However, we regret to inform you that a fraction of our touch-screens got damaged during transportation due to which your shipment has been effected.

    The Chinese New Year holidays that are in the first week of February further add to the delay. However, our touchscreen partner, Sintek, have agreed to work through the holidays and deliver the screens as soon as possible. We are afraid that until we receive these touchscreens, your device would not be ready for shipment.

    The estimated date of your shipment would be 14th February 2011 (Buffer included).

    In case you need any further assistance, please contact the Notion Ink Support Team at “support@notionink.com.”

    We thank you for your continued patience and co-operation in this matter.

    Warm Regards
    Notion Ink Support Team

    Not

  41. Rohan, are you considering any compensation to the 5.31% that have been delayed repeatedly? Free memory card, free shipping, expedited shipping?

  44. The small number of tablets that were damaged should affect the Feb. shipment people not the people who had Jan. 9th date like me. This does not make any sense. How can I be part of the 5.31% group Rohan when I was in the first scheduled group?

  45. Karen,

    That is all very nice and we DID want to follow that dream but it is a TWO WAY process.
    NI have mislead us, we trusted them and all we get is a steady stream of excuses that do not hold water if examined closely.

    I have supported NI and Rohan for 6 months, was in first preorder and have been move 3 times when others have not.

    I desperately wanted to keep the faith, but this latest “delay” was the last straw. People will look at NI, laugh, and go buy an IPAD or XOOM. I am nearly at that point myself.

  46. I manufacture myself in China and it´s an example how Notionink can work the hearts and minds of people. I have done everything I could and my chinese manufacturer as well to get an extra run of machines and they couldn´t get it done.

    My product is much more expensive than that of NotionInk but whatever we tried Chinese New Years means a complete stop. Even if your assembler is willing to spend large amounts of money to convince the workers to go on, all the others are closed so it makes no sense. No spare part, no logistics, nothing.

    So that NotionInk got his manufacturer so far should not be under estimated. That´s an extreme case and must mean that the manufacturer: is extremely happy with the product, enjoy their working relationship with notionink AND that they truly believe it will be a huge
    success!

    I can understand peoples frustration so I wanted to let you all know that this is really an enormous success for NotionInk. The chinese business men are very keen. They don´t deal in `promises, expectations, prognoses, etc. They just want cash NOW and they wont change their production runs for a rush order, let alone during this New Year in China period.

    (Rohan, if you are reading this, let me know how you worked your charm this way 🙂 I couldn´t get it done and from the two of us I have the larger company if you remember from Vegas)

  47. Why not share the pain Rohan, Why dont you run some discount( So as to encourage Adam addicts not to cancel orders and gain some faith/goodwill back) to those who moved to 15th … I think 25%-35% should be fine…any thoughts?

  49. I am totally confused. I always considered myself as among 50 customers as my shipping date is 31 Jan where as all others have 29 January. So as announced now am I shifted to 14 Feb or all in batch 2 and 3 ?

  51. I have received my Adam (I know I’m lucky) but the contrast is bad.
    Does it belong to the damaged screens” ?

  52. oooh, can I get some bottled sweat of a china man. Just so I can show people how hard they are working over there through their new years.

  53. If it’s shipping on V-day, will we be getting a special V-day edition with Red Sides and a pink packaging box? 😉

    Really Notion Ink, pacify the “50” group first. As much as I can see, we are the most vocal group in this recent delay. Yes, emotions run high; words get exchanged and time passes but people remember your faults more than your positive side.

    Fix the 50s; Commit on delivery and let them trickle down the good news and be on your side on any argument.

  55. Come on guys,
    This things happen in this world. It is a little delay, but the product is well worth some waiting, and we are not children that we cannot wait some weeks more (even for people like me that has decided to buy the NI for professional reasons).

    Good luck to Rohan, NI and Sintek to solve all their problems and get into mass production as soon as it will be possible!

    Marin

  56. Still no comments about EAP2 I note – Notion Ink seem to just ignore any questions that are awkward

  58. Im so much attached to adam (that is how when I love something) and was really disappointed and bursted out in email to notion ink and in previous blog entry. I feel ashamed for my reaction but I cant help it , that is how I’m because I love adam and so much attached. My wife know that better than anyone.

    But same time I admire Rohan and believe his words than anyone. His new post will keep me cool and I’m trying to be so. Wont believe I have tears coming. Im so much attached than anyone else.

    Rohan make sure We get the best of all with zero defects, all updates and if possible screen pasted. Also make sure it is not further delayed. Also make sure if anycase it is defective on recieving you will replace it unconditionally without any charge. Also provide some benefits to make us happy and early adopters to be jealous of us. you can do something for us Rohan.

  59. I have received my emails (about 4 hours ago) about my adam shipping and I am very excited. I feel empathy for those that have not shipped as well as the workers in China who are putting in extra time and possibly missing a holiday.

    Thank you everyone at NotionInk… I am very excited to get my hands on the tablet. Thank you to the employees at SinTek… I appreciate your extra dedication and hard work and wish you the best. I hope you are able to find some time to celebrate your holiday and find time to be with your families… (Please forward my thanks to those who don’t have access to this blog)

  60. Very unfortunate situation for the manufacturer, notion ink and the customers. I hope this can get resolved quickly.

    🙂

    Thanks for keeping us informed Rohan.

  62. Mine was delayed again, again again to 15th Feb.
    Are there someone who actually was not delayed?
    It seems like my bad luck is just getting bigger and bigger. I feel like the 2nd preorder will get their Adam before I do.

    So I cannot expect delivery at my doorstep before March 1st? It would have been nice if Notion Ink did not withdraw the money before delivery, but I can see it’s been quite a while since they got their money.. Where is my Adam?

  64. Mine is also delayed to Valentines day… This is just crazy! I’m also really dissapointed. Being an avid follower of this blog, ordered the 9the of december and have to wait another two weeks is just unjust. And putting this in % is ridiculus since no one can check if this is really true. How many Adams were already delivered? How many people are in the same situation as I am?
    I am really angry! 😦

  66. I love my adam. It works a lot better since the update. Also the gps problem is an infamous off-by-one error which means it is easily fixable with an update. Viewing angles aren’t as good as I expected but no worse than the iPad, maybe I ask for too much but I want to hide the notification bar.

  67. We all have the freedom to make up our own minds about this.
    If you think you’re better off with another device, go for that option.

  68. They are not able to ship PO1 adams, why do you think they will concentrate on EAP2 at this juncture?

  69. there is no trackpad on tihs version. hardware itself is removed. i dont think trackpad wld be very useful

  70. In my mind I now consider myself lucky as I got the confirmation today mine was shipped. A few days ago, I was one of the unlucky ones. From unlucky to lucky and all it took was an email telling me my adam was shipped.

    I can’t imagine if I got another delayed email. I was on the brink of canceling myself. Rohan asked me to hold on a little while the other day, so I did. It paid off today. I quickly forgot how upset I was a few days ago.

    I do think NI has now entered the “danger zone.” NI sees this of course. Throwing in a 4-8GB card or something might help, it might not. Sending a personal email or even better yet a letter via regular mail to those delayed again can help as well. Maybe put the ideas together…send a letter out this week with a small card in it. It’ll cost just a few bucks to those 5% of people. I am sure it will ease tensions a bit. Of course, not for all.

    Damage Control! It’s not a crisis here, but if we are considered family, we do need to be considerate to our family members. Your off to a good start with this blog post, but take it one extra level. Small steps add up! Those delayed need a little something from you. Something personal.

    IMHO

  71. You´re allowed to complain but see my older post with the explanation about manufacturing in China.

  73. This was already posted on prev blog, but will post mine bec people asking…

    TNT is pleased to advise you that GATI (ON BEHALF OF NOTION INK) has arranged for a shipment to be collected from them on 30-Jan-2011 and delivered to A WERTZ.

    The Shipment has a TNT CONSIGNMENT NOTE NUMBER: **********

    To be able to check the status of the shipment simply click here >> Track my Shipment and more detailed information on the consignment will be available.

    If GATI (ON BEHALF OF NOTION INK) has provided a reference, this reference can be used to track the consignment.

    SHIPMENT TO :

    you dont care
    where I live
    some place in US

    SHIPMENT FROM :

    GATI (ON BEHALF OF NOTION INK)
    XIAMEN
    XIAMEN
    FUJIAN
    361006
    CN

    PIECES: 1
    WEIGHT: 1.800 KG
    SHIPMENT REFERENCE: NIO647136
    DESCRIPTION: NOTIONINK ADAM TABLET PC
    If you would like to find out about the many ways TNT helps you to track your shipment, or if you would like to know more about the services provided by TNT, simply connect to “http://www.tnt.com” and select your country at any time.

    —————————————————————————————————————
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    If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system.
    If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person.

    Please consider the environmental impact before printing this document and its attachment(s).
    Print black and white and double-sided where possible.

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  75. My order has also been delayed until February 14th, same as the rest of you. This is utter “CRAP”. And there is a lot more than just 50 people that it’s affecting. It’s not unreasonable to be pissed off at all by what’s happening. No e-mail letting us know why our my order has been delayed, I have to come onto a blog to find out what’s happening with my order. Doesn’t Notion Ink have a customer service center that notifies their customers when their order has been delayed and the purpose of the delay? This is what “ANY” reputable business would do in the event of a delay in service.

  77. I expect Notion Ink will do the same with PreOrder2 delay delay delay… Why is rohan not telling a bit about it? I assume we will not see it before March…

  78. @Rohan,

    Why can you not get someone to check the order dates of your customers?

    For example I ordered my LCD Adam on the 11th December, one of the very earliest (First batch) and I have been delayed repeatedly to 14th February?

    I am a teacher, my students are now saying they wouldn’t want an Adam as they have seen what I have been through. So that is 30 young people. If each of those tells 2 others and so on it will get out of control.

  79. I agree with you! This calls for a gesture from NI to us who have believed in them this far and haven’t got anything back for our trust. My money was credited from my account a month ago and by the time the adam will arive, it will be two! And I don’t believe they just saw today that they couldn’t pull it off. A message a little bit sooner could have prevented this reaction. I’ve been checking my e-mail all weekend… and especially when people on this blog started to say that they already recieved their trackingnumbers!
    Djeezes!!!

  80. I dunno… was very awkward on the last hour for the last blog post ><; and people got this response…

  81. hmm shit happens.
    Rohan I think I am more worried about the defective screens?
    Is it safe to say pixel qi is rubbish?

  83. maybe was his stats 5% of Jan 29 and all people on Jan 31 that were preponed and now put back at their original date?

  84. I don’t really need the trackpad, it’s just a nice bonus feature.
    But maybe, when there will be a Adam refreshed Version in 3 months (Adam 1.5 :D), with a trackpad (for example only), it would be very annoying :(. (Cuz all people who preordered, get a non full featured Adam).

  85. I Hope the second pre order starts soon. Hope u inform us with payments are available.

  86. What I understand from comments here is that many people who ordered on 9th Dec.,2010 got emails with information about delayed shipment.

    However, what I do not understand is how people who ordered later (i.e., after 9th Dec., 2010) got their adam shipped today?

    Rohan do you care to explain????????????????????????

  87. I won’t be surprised if that happens. As much as we would like to support a good startup, it is also important they understand they need to deliver or the promises they make…

  88. I’m seriously thinking of canceling. As everyone said, we shouldnt have been effected by this “unfortunate accident” as we were originally in the 9th Jan shipping date, we should be given priority! This is my worst ever experience for buying an IT product!! And I hope that NI will do something about that.

  89. Okay I am pretty upset about this, I mean come on two months to deliver my product? Still at least I have a date that hopefully wont be pushed back again, and I have to say I am very pleased to hear how much effort is being put into resolving the issue. I hope nothing else goes wrong and I am locking forward to seeing my Adam in the near future, if its not to much to ask could the people with delayed orders get some Notion Ink decals for waiting so long?

  91. It is sad for the community and Notion ink as well. People have followed for years and some members like Mr.John Velas has cancelled the order with inconsolable pain and frustration.

  92. Karen,
    as I’ve come to understand you didn’t get the chance of pre-ordering! So it isn’t just for you to make comments… I can’t believe that if you were in our position you would react so calmly. Anybody whose adam is AGAIN being delayed is upset and dissapointed!
    And I wouldn’t be all that suprised if the 14th my ship date will say ‘1st march’.

  94. Sorry Greg,

    I have always respected your views but those who have been moved from 9th January 3 times now to the 14th cannot stomach any more. I honestly believe this could be NI’s undoing and that would sadden me greatly

  95. Me too, and I didn’t receive an email about the delay.
    Rohan, are you sure you have everyone’s email addresses used in our pre-orders?
    I emailed pre-order support and no replies.

  96. Rohan, not sure what to say… if you’ve people lining up to cancel their orders, you can count on me to fill one of the cancelled orders. When someone takes part of any pre-order campaign – one should be prepared for these unforseen delays. That said, I’m not the right person to comment on what one goes thru having pre-ordered and been waiting for their adam.

  97. I do NOT believe your figures I was in the first group pushed as one of the 50 into the front of the second group. Now you are bullshitting again with 5% how is it possible for me to be in that 5%.

    There is No WAY POSSIBLE.

    EXPECT A CANCELLATION AS SOON AS I GET NEAR A PC on phone at the moment.

    I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY TO ALL OF YOU AWAITING PRE ORDER 2 …..DON’T BOTHER AS IT WILL BE XMAS BEFORE YOU GET ANYTHING.

    I ALSO URGE ANYONE WAITING FOR THIS OR THE FEB BATCH TO CANCEL.

    IT IS ONLY GOING TO BE A SHORT TIME TO BANKRUPCY FOR NI.

    I REALLY DID FOLLOW THE DREAM AND REALLY WANTED NI TO SUCCEED

    ALAS IT’S. NOT TO BE.

    P.S. IF YOU HAD THE DECENCY TO ANSWER EMAILS OR BLOG POSTS, OR EVEN TELL THE TRUTH THEN @ROHAN YOU MIGHT HAVE EARNED RESPECT.

    BE TRUTHFUL I CHALLENGE YOU TO POST THE NUMBERS OF ADAMS SENT AND THOSE LEFT TO SEND.

    AND ALSO TO TELL THE TRUTH BEHIND THE DELAYS. BECAUSE WE ARE NOT CHUMPS OR IDIOTS AND FROM THE FORUMS AND BLOGS WE CAN SEE TRENDS.

  100. Now that’s disappointing.

    I’ve been moved to 14th Feb as well, but didn’t recieve any mail at all. I hope, NI fixed the issues they had with their mail server when they opened preorders.

    This way, I’m just a bit mad as I first didn’t recieve my preorder code, almost trusted NI when saying “public preorders won’t open until 12pm”, but opened way earlier (taken the time zones into account), getting delayed for a month and now two additional weeks.

    Counting every single event up, with the given numbers (70% of mails didn’t arrive back then, 5% of adams are delayed now, …), the odds of getting delayed from “you’ve posted on this blog, so you’re one of the first to preorder your adam” to “at valentine’s day, choose between your wife and your adam” are somewhere around 2%. Given that we signed up for EAP as well and neither of us recieved their preorder mail, this is quite bad.

    On the other hand, it’s semester break, so except of application development for the “family”, there wouldn’t be much to do with the device, right?

    Right?

  101. 50s here.

    Actually, I don’t see any problems to find 50+ Adams out of the cancelled lot and send them to us, seeing that some guys DID get their shipping details today.

  102. Does this imply that the upcoming preorder mentioned in the previous few posts is delayed?
    Or has that already passed me by? I’m fine with waiting either way, just want to know how patient I need to be 😉

  104. I took on a new nick because my interest in notionink started as a professional issue. However I became attached to this product, the way they operate and as I´m in the business myself I do understand what´s going on behind the screens and what a major operation this is.

    Things that can go wrong will go wrong is a hard learned lesson. However this exceptional company is reasonably open about it´s mishaps while others just hide behind their PR dept. I have met several of the Notion Ink partners and they are all young, but extremely smart, always looking forward, confident even in difficult times so they won my heart instead of my wallet.

    I call myself Inker-5 out of respect. The first four names should be on their business cards as they already call themselves inkers. From a small investment this became an addict. I´m never a fan and certainly not of a company. I wouldn´t be found dead with stickers on my laptop or a cap with Apple on it, but NotionInk is a different case. I even inform my wife about it, while i deal on a day to day basis with loads of products and I never tell her.

    So indeed: good luck to them and whoever can´t wait just buys another machine. I was on CES in Vegas and I wouldn´t have bought any other machine introduced there. Not only because I became a fan, but also none offered the features of adam.

  105. I did not mean it that way at all, Albert. I appreciate the fact that the Sintek workers are powering through new years to deliver the product to us, however, the misleading blog posts have caused nothing but problems for users like me. I have read your other comments and I have seen that yours was shipped, so you are not as pissed off as many of us.

    The problem I have is things like this: “The second & third phase of shipments will start on time.” -> “Little bad and good news, one of our shipments for the touch screens got damaged while transportation which is going to effect a fraction of our customers.”

    I was in the 15th – 22nd shipment, then put to the 29th. When a small fraction of us are being delayed, that does not at all sound like anyone in the 29th shipment will be delayed. Little things like that are what causes problems for us. I for one am a student who went 100% digital on textbooks this semester at a gamble that I would not be delayed as I have been. I now have no tablet to read these books on and I am forced to purchase at least 1 hard copy of a book. Now I am in no way blaming Notion Ink for this, as their track record indicated that there would be some delays, I did not expect many.

    The reason so many of us would like some compensation is because they asked us to pre-order WITHOUT seeing the final product, only renders and prototypes. This lead to things like the screen being glossy and not matte as we had always been told. Sure the screen protector helps, but its not the same as a true matte screen. Then we are delayed due to FCC, understandable. Then we are all pushed back to the 29th and 31st for some reason none of us know. Now we are pushed back to the 14th due to a vendor issue.

    If Rohan had kept up the communication that was common throughout the entire process of making the product, that would have been fine! But instead we are now left in the dark and lucky to get a blog post, and even luckier if that blog post has the relevant information that paying customers deserve.

    If we had answers we would be ok, but we dont, and this is angering all of us so some compensation would be nice.

  107. I call bull f*king $hit on this (5.31%) really the math doesn’t add up. there were atleast 25 people on the last blog before the convenient new happy valentines blog was put up… so 5.31%X=25 right? that would mean 470.8097928 people got pushed back and I thought only 50 people were pushed to the 29th group to begin with. in case you want the rest of the numbers

    24 451.9774011
    23 433.1450094
    22 414.3126177
    21 395.480226
    20 376.6478343
    19 357.8154426
    18 338.9830508
    17 320.1506591
    16 301.3182674
    15 282.4858757
    14 263.653484
    13 244.8210923
    12 225.9887006
    11 207.1563089
    10 188.3239171
    9 169.4915254
    8 150.6591337
    7 131.826742
    6 112.9943503
    5 94.16195857
    4 75.32956685
    3 56.49717514
    2 37.66478343
    1 18.83239171
    0 0 <— should've been your target

    but then again whats the point a smile and a wink goes a long way right…

    you screwed those people who had jan 9th to jan 15-22 to jan 29 royally. there are a lot elephants in the room some pink but all with good memories.

  110. Looks like we in the “50” group didn’t get a higher priority to ship first let alone an email about the delay. I am in no hurry but I paid for this a month ago. Give us a discount or something. Throw in a case…something

  111. I’m sorry for calling it an IT product, there is no need to be rude. I stayed up on Dec 9th, I pre ordered, I paid in advance, and I have waited and got pushed back, I have my rights to be angry and oh..I have a right to mis-categorize the product as well, there are polite ways to tell people about their mistakes. Its people like you that give this community a bad name.

  112. Me too! I know a few people that want to order now that they know mine has been shipped.

    I can’t wait until adam v5, by then, without adam, you won’t exist.

  113. Its the old 80 20 spread coming to haunt us. 20% of the people get 80% of the attention

  114. well, I calmed down again.

    @NI: Do your thing, get the batch done and send them out. Just don’t send us malfunctioning devices and send them on time*

    * before july would be great

  115. This is completely unacceptable, even from a startup.

    The company took my money, and gave me multiple delays over and over and over again. If the Xoom comes out before hand I seriously am considering cancelling my order and just getting that instead. The only thing the Adam had going for it over the Xoom was the QI screen,.

    The ONLY thing.

    But the the Adam is going to give me this many headaches it’s not worth it just for the QI screen.

    Rohan needs to come out right now, and say everyone delayed until Febuary 14th will be getting a discount or some extra stuff or something. And we need to be receiving daily e-mails with status updates, even if the update is only “no progress today, please be patient.”

    But the communication from NI so far has been horrendous. I’ve gone from hardcore supporter from CES2010 to thinking the company is doomed to fail because of the way they treat customers.

    I’ve sent an e-mail to pre-order support. If I receive no response at all (as I did with a previous e-mail) that will be the last straw.

    We’re you’re bloody customers NI, how about treating us with a sliver of respect.

  116. Murphy’s laws (Notion Ink’s Laws?)

    * If anything can go wrong, it will
    Corollary: It can
    Corollary: It should
    MacGillicuddy’s Corollary: At the most inopportune time
    Extension: it will be all your fault, and everyone will know it.

    * If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong
    Extreme version:
    If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the FIRST to go wrong

    * If anything just cannot go wrong, it will anyway

    * If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which something can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop
    Corollary: It will be impossible to fix the fifth fault, without breaking the fix on one or more of the others

    * Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse

    * If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something

    * Nature always sides with the hidden flaw
    Corollary: The hidden flaw never stays hidden for long.

    * Mother nature is a bitch
    Addendum: and not an obedient one at that

    * Murphy’s Law of Thermodynamics
    Things get worse under pressure.

    * The Murphy Philosophy
    Smile . . . tomorrow will be worse.

    * Quantization Revision of Murphy’s Laws
    Everything goes wrong all at once.

    * Murphy’s Constant
    Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value

    * Murphy’s Law of Research
    Enough research will tend to support whatever theory.

    * Research supports a specific theory depending on the amount of funds dedicated to it.

    * Addition to Murphy’s Laws
    In nature, nothing is ever right. Therefore, if everything is going right … something is wrong.

    * More Laws

    * Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

    * It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

    * Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.

    * Rule of Accuracy: When working toward the solution of a problem, it always helps if you know the answer.
    Corollary: Provided, of course, that you know there is a problem.

    * Nothing is as easy as it looks.

    * Everything takes longer than you think.

    * Everything takes longer than it takes.

    * If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.

    * Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.

    * Every solution breeds new problems.

    * The legibility of a copy is inversely proportional to its importance.

    * no matter how perfect things are made to appear, Murphy’s law will take effect and screw it up.

    * You cannot successfully determine beforehand which side of the bread to butter.

    * The chance of the buttered side of the bread falling face down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.

    * The chance of the bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.

  117. there were only 50 who were supposed to be on the 29th that as we got bumped from 9th to 15 -22 date to the 29th that would be like 3 people and I’m one of them oh lucky me

  119. Dear Rohan,

    My shipment is “collected from sender” at Xiamen and now in Transit.

    Could you reassure me that my order is not affected by the damaged screen issue ?

    Thank you.

    I still support Notion Ink.

  120. I appreciate your optimism but Rohan is a total fail as for the “50” with big huge quotes that keep incessantly getting bumped

  122. Hi Rohan,

    9th Jan –> 15th Jan –> 29th Jan –> 14th Feb. What a Joke !!!!

    Based on what criteria have you selected those unfortunate customers ( Including me ) ?

    Let me explain to you my problem ,

    1) I was in those 50 customers who are shifted to 15-22 Jan batch from 9th Jan batch. So i should have been included in the first list of 15-22nd batch. Then later you told that it is delayed to 29th and it was still ok . Now you guys are telling me that it is delayed till 15th of February ? How did you selected these people ? Based on what criteria ? If i think logically then i can’t see any answer other then you are not honest with us.

    I already sent 2 mails to preorder support and no reply from them.

    Regards
    Gaurav

  123. Mine got pushed out too!!! For some reason I was thinking that mine will get shipped on time on Jan 29 per Rohan’s statement (“The second & third phase of shipments will start on time”) in his blog post earlier. May be my adam is not a part of the second and third phase shipments…:-(
    I was really hoping to show off the adam at the superbowl party next week to all my friends.

    Well…I waited this long….Why not 2 more weeks!

  124. +1 agreed!!! If not a discount, then a free gift, or at least a more regular communication of what is going on!

  125. 2)
    What I understand from comments here is that many people who ordered on 9th Dec.,2010 got emails with information about delayed shipment.

    However, what I do not understand is how people who ordered later (i.e., after 9th Dec., 2010) got their adam shipped today?

    Rohan do you care to explain????????????????????????

  126. OR…they should just offer us the tablets ??!!

    Seriously…I understand the frustration but a bit of patience will not kill anyone. There is no “pain” in here, just overreaction. Just get out, get some fresh air, meet your friends and soon you’ll have ADAM in your hands, you’ll look back and realize how unnecessary all this ruckus was.

  127. This is complete B.S. After going through the painstaking fun of trying to pre-order, and being one of the ones that got his credit card declined, then was finally able to order with the general public “Minutes after it was open Mind you”, then being pushed back to the 15-22 of January from the 9th, then the 29th, and now to February 14th………REALLY!!!! I posted last night that this was coming due to the broken monitors in manufacturing and Chinese New Year. I have a REALLY hard time believing it is 5.31% that is being affected. Originally i was told i was one of the unlucky 50 that got delayed. I would think those Unlucky 50 would be given priority over the original February shipment. This doesnt seem to be the case, just seems like more delay tactics and excuses. At this point my patience has run out……Im really sad to say this is the final straw for me and im going to have to cancel at this point. Im done. Ive put in way too much time and effort for more delays and empty deadlines. Before i get flamed for this let me just say, i have been an advocate of notion ink and follower since since day one, supported and defended NotionInk and Rohan in all my daily conversations with all my colleagues asking why havnt you gotten your adam yet and why the delay. Im tired of this at this point, checking my order status every day only to be fed lies about shipping details, everything is on time, its on a boat, blah blah….etc…etc…

  130. Bad luck for everyone who’s Adam has been delayed.. hopefully the buffer Rohan calculated in feb 14th is not necessary and you will get your adam sooner!

    For people who are waiting for pre-order2 (like myself); we get more time to see Adam in action, so we can make a better choice (I prefer LCD now I have seen PixelQi in action!). I also hope Preorder2 Adams will have updates software (Honeycomb???) and access to the Genesis market.

  132. Lets see whos is part of 5.31% of the following – I am one of it

    Adam
    Aditya Sharma
    agnerbo
    Ahmad Hasan
    AlbertWertz
    amarko
    Amith Narendra
    Andrew
    back2front
    badbilou
    Ben
    Biswajit saha
    Brian Long
    Brian Zable
    buzyahazz
    Can90
    cx650t
    darksheer
    Darkurion
    darshan
    David
    Dennis
    Donnie
    Drew
    Drulated
    dubatc
    Esben Laursen
    Gerald Park
    GregW
    hank
    HO WING KIT
    jacknone
    jeffdelfield
    Joe
    John
    John Velas
    Jon Entous
    Josie
    Karim EL MANSOURI
    Keng
    Kromot
    Lakshman
    LeoP
    Louis
    ma10wong
    magic51
    marcdimmick
    MarkR
    Mary Margaret
    Michi
    mki7680
    Mohanan CG Nair
    MP
    mr
    Ned
    Nilesh Zabak
    NoelDickover
    packetlosss
    Paranoid_Android
    Paul Schoe
    penguino09
    Peter
    Phil
    pjm
    Pramod Gururaj
    Prashanth
    raja52
    Rajesh Tomar
    Rao
    RB
    Riley Kenz
    Robert Kazimiroff
    Sam
    SAMADHAN RAUT
    sanal
    Sandip
    seabeetodd
    sen
    Shakti
    Shrikant
    Shritosh
    shyamgeek
    Sid
    sujithprathap
    Suresh
    Tapan Dave
    Tess.y
    testifyin
    Tim
    Tom P
    Uday
    Unai
    UTSquishy
    Vinay
    waqar
    ww86

  133. Well, and again the day of delivery moved…
    I was so excited to get my adam soon, its shipping date was announced at 31th Jan.
    then i followed all the blogs & forums around, to get a easy time without my adam…
    So again i´ve been moved to the 14th Feb now.
    Will it be the last movement???
    Ok, i just agree, that all the devices have to be checked again cause of the screen issues!
    Seems to be the only serious way, without forcing a possible disaster….
    And i think, its good for the quality management of NI to do that!
    Chinese products are famous in europe for quantity not for quality….
    As german customer i am expecting a real quality product, cause the dream of Rohan
    should not only be the usefullness of adam, it of course should be a high-quality device, which has a longer deadline than 2-3 years, has to live longer…
    In my point i want to use it for many years, so it is not damn bad if it takes only 14 days longer for delivery!
    I agree to Rohans decision to make a step in this direction.

    Wish all of you friends of adam nice days til arrival of the adam ;-))

  134. Hi Greg,

    Can you please get a reply from Rohan , based on what criteria a customer is shifted from 9th Jan batch to 15th Jan batch to 29th batch to 15th Feb Batch ?

    Regards
    Gaurav

  135. Seems to be very little placating people now @Rohan.

    You and NI had an obligation to post truthful, non ambiguos or misleading comments and you have repeatedly failed.

    PreOrder 1 should have been money on receipt of the device, then people can accept all these delays.

    You have our money, 100s of us have no Adam and wonder if we ever will.

  136. @anish – you are wrong about the 50 people being pushed back to the 29th. Many Many Many more were.

    What I think happened was, once the pre ordering opened to the public something happened at some point in the system. After a little while, instead of giving people a date range of the 15-22nd, it gave them a date of the 9th. I ordered the second it opened to the public as I didn’t get my pre order email from Rohan. My date from the second I ordered with the 15-22nd. I know for a fact that people that ordered after me that night got a date of the 9th for some reason. I was surprised they got an earlier release then me. Then Rohan corrected those people into the same release date as me (15-22).

    So i believe the reason many of those now pushed to mid February are those that got a wrong date the second they ordered. You were not pushed to the 15-22, it was as simple mistake in the system that was rightfully changed immediately. You were at the tail end of the 15-22nd to begin with. You were never the 9th. I hope you understand that.

    If you were pushed from the 9th, chances are you were one of the last people to order on that pre order day.

    I can’t say this is all fact, but this is how I always interpreted it.

  137. this is same question I asked them. I have sent many emails. I’m too interested to know because my case is same as yours. One thing for sure now I expect very very perfect adam. even a small scratch they should replace no questions asked.

  138. from TNT:
    ************ Details
    Reference NIO647136
    Pick up date 30 Jan 2011
    Destination PARKER
    Delivery Date
    Signatory
    Date Time Location Status
    30 Jan 2011 21:32:37 Xiamen Shipment Collected From Sender.

  139. I am sitting on the proverbial fence about ordering in pre-order2. I hope that pre-order 2 does not come out until some of the “unbiased” websites have had opportunity to put Adam to the test.

  140. Hi Rohan,

    The touch screen damage is not happened after delay schedule. You should release this information before shipping date. If you release it before that, I can accept. However, you release it after shipping date (29th Jan). That means everyone should be know.

    I think I must never purchase your product even better , best….
    I also tell everyone that I know don’t purchase such pre-order product.

  143. don’t worry cnet, engadget crunchgear and the like are getting the same duplicates i dont think they’ll be deleting it

  144. No you can’t. Yours will be delivered next week and a frozen porch. I will need to get that bottle. Let us know how you like your Adam when it comes. Hopefully without a frozen screen.

  145. I understand, was just making jest. I was in your situation until I got my shipping confirmation last night.

  147. +100

    Agreed. My shipment has also been delayed further to 14 February. 😦
    God knows what happens on 14 February. Will it be another delay? And delay?
    And delay…

  148. @ Rohan,
    I believe you can be almost anything, I do not understand why this should take another 2 weeks present, I think almost you abide to this schedule as well.

  150. me too… guess I’m one of the unlucky “few” we should probably make a blog and call it notioninkrejects.com or something 🙂 and warmest regards to you all

  151. I’m one of those that received the email that said my Adam would ship on February 14th. I would have much preferred to receive it sometime last week because I’m going on vacation on Monday to the Ukraine. In the end the extra delay means I’ll arrive back here in the US just before my Adam does. So it works out for me in the end.

    I’ve seen all the posts about how other people felt about the reflectivity of the screen and other minor things. I’ll hold my opinion on the Adam until I get it in my hands, but I think I will be satisfied with the product.

    I can think of a few updates I’d like to see for the Adam 2. I’d like to see the same size screen with at least 1280×720 resolution. I’d also like to see an option for a Wacom Pen or the Neonode zForce touch screen so there will be no problems with glare on the screen.

  152. So is the no apolagy thing a cultural deal?
    Your problem with your suppliers should not be my problem, to be honest. And certainly notifying us after the shipment day is certainly a blunder in customer service.
    The issues that I expected are the GPS issue. I fully expected there to not be minuses where there should have been pluses. But this? In my eyes the product should have been in your factory in china alreay.
    Again no apology for NotionInks mistakes? How bout: I would like to sincerly apologies for not getting the shipments out when they should of. “insert explaination here” Signiture: Again thank you for being patiente and we will try our best to make it up to you.
    Apolagieze,
    notionink

  154. Personally I’m wondering if this is grounds for some form of class action lawsuit. I talked 2 of my friends into buying adam, and all of us have been delayed. It’s obviously more than this 5% nonsense, which is a blatant lie.

    Sad thing is this all could have been avoided if Rohan had bothered to talk to us and be truthful. Now he’s alienated a massive chunk of his customer base.

  156. The 5.31% is complete B.S, there are dozens of people at Notionaddicts who are also delayed.

  157. The “no apology” may be cultural but not for the other 95% of the world, it’s expected and respected

  158. Same problem for me like a lot of other people, no email replies.
    Are you delayed Feb 14th or 15th? Mine is Feb. 14th.

  159. hey….i missed the last pre order…..wanted to ask for the time of the next order…but seeing the situation here as in the delays in the first preorder itself……its a pointless querry…..by the way…rpohan…..when will this pre order thing change into a full scale production like the ipads and others??????

  162. I’m very, very sad beacuse my shipping date is now Februar14th.
    I’m short before canceling my oder.
    I stay here as “supporter” since the beginning, but I never gotten a email for pre order1. Than I have make my preorder when it was public and my estimate shipping date was delayed first from mid January to February. Than ist was changed to January 31th and now it’s February 14th. In the moment, but I think it will delayed again because of some new problem.
    We all are hearing alot of promissed from Rohan since month. And now, some features are absence, track pad, mystic feature and so on.
    And what’s about EAP2 and Beta tests ?? GPS doesn’t work, no market access and so on. That are bugs which have found a good beta tester. But I never heared here about Beta test and EAP2 (I was on the waiting list).

    I thgought, NI will becomne a big player, but not in this way. In this way NI works in the moment in in the last month, NI will one of the company’s with good ideas, but not more.

    That’s all very very worst.

  163. Everyday I would defend Notion ink mainly because I didnt understand why people were spazzing out BEFORE the date that rohan suggested. I had it set in my head that everything was ok since he REASSURED us everything was on time. AS a matter of fact i notice now whenever we get assured of something its because its a LIE. After waking up this sunday morning and reading what I read.. I BETTER get something free with this order.. something that intices me for waiting all this time. I was 100 percent for NI until this morning as I am a goal oriented person.. i can be calm when I know a goal is ahead.. and rohan you SET ME UP. Honestly.. Honestly… for real.. i would rather take my chances of getting a bunk one.. and have to send it back.. then have to guarantee that I have to wait now. You better overnight these because I am furious..

  164. again I would say that I’m not upset about the delay I can handle that I know it happens all of the time and more so with a new company. my problem is with the at best bad communication and at worst lies and half truths. Even todays post Adams are being shipped emails on the way turned to sorry delayed again. we the people delayed should have known this as soon as Notion Ink knew and I’m sure they knew over a week ago. WE should never have found out today more then a day after the 3 times rescedualed ship date. also this lie that it is only 5% how can this only be 5% of the people effected. everyone of the people that I have seen so far were the ones that started on the 9th we should be the first ones not the last to get shipped . My question is if this were only 5% why was in not the last 5% why are people on the list that were first told the 9th then moved. all we are asking for is the truth and we are not getting it. That is the problem bad (very bad) customer support get with it Rohan I still have not recieved my email I only know I was delayed by checking the website

  165. just means you’ll be bumped to mid march like what happened to us the the jan 9th people got delayed for fcc

  166. forget preordering. wait until you can get a “complete” ADAM with all promissed features.
    And don’t wait for ADAM 2. I think it will never arrive. With this marketing NI will be closed in one year.

  167. I am one of the guys who got pushed to Feb 14th. And I am disappointed, since I have been waiting eagerly for this. I have also been on the Dec 9th to Jan 29th to Feb14th now route.

    I live 1/2 km away from the NI offices in Bangalore – so near, yet so far…

    Though I am sorely disappointed that I can’t get my hands on the Adam yet, I appreciate the situation NI finds themselves in. I see a lot of frustration in the comments from people who have been delayed, and I feel it too… but, I think we extend the support to these guys some more.

    I want them to succeed, and I would like to extend my help in whatever way I can. One of them is probably by being a little more patient…

  170. It was rude indeed. calling Adam an IT Product is not a big crime. That happens with everybody when angry.

    @avt1702, Feeling sorry for delay happening with you.

  171. Here’s a more realistic update:

    95.69% of the Adams have been delayed and only 5.31% have shipped.

    I’m getting better at understanding Rohanese now.

  172. Rohan, I think you need to give us some statistics now. How many have you actually shipped, how many are completed daily, how many have been delayed, how many screens were damaged, etc

  173. Gah, my bad, I’ve seen people saying both Sintek and Sinotek and for some reason thought Sinotek was the correct one. Two completely different companies, at any rate.

  174. EXACTLY.. because the way the information is spread by WAITING till the last minute to break the news.. its killing me. Its like working all week and expecting to get paid on friday.. then boom friday comes and they are like well it will be next friday but i assure you its on time.. and you dont spaz… work all week and then on that friday they are like oh.. sry its delayed again. Then throw some REALLY LOW figure (5 percent) and then tell me you cancelled them all because of it.. NO you eat the costs for that error and you send all on time.

  176. I’ve been catching latest updates on NI blog since November, and would like to say that Risk Management in Product Development is not being followed in NI, which can lead to their downfall. Tablet market is getting hotter day by day, new entrants are tried to get hold of their pie. Rohan and team have to take action immediately and straighten things out or else NI can go down in the history as the one which could never get off the ground. No Adam for me for the time being, I’m contented with my Nokia N900.

  177. I think it is cultural. Even with Preorder stuff that was clearly their miscalculation, there was no apology.

  178. “Delay” – Jan 9 to Jan 16 to Jan 29 and now Feb 14. Understandable considering Lunar New year in China
    “Website” – same old – nothing new – no information about software, genesis, nothing new “About us” – nothing their either
    If Rohan is thinking that he is a superman good luck to him. We need to know the organization, business, faces behind customer support.

    Yes, Apple = Steve Jobs — but that was after years of brand building and cash reserves.

    To me, this exercise was about crowd sourced dream product building – and possibly business building. Rohan may be good engineer and great spokesperson – but has yet to demonstrate business savvy. This is not a personal attack on Rohan – but a reminder that he needs to demonstrate that he has surrounded himself with competency in order for customers (not just investors) to gain confidence in Notion Ink as a solid company. I would like to continue my support (is it shear madness??) but my expectations have been lowered. With this level of complacency – I expect NotionInk to wither on the vine – Rohan, surprise us again and show us that you can do it! Have someone else contribute to this blog on YOUR ORGANIZATION’S behalf.

    Good luck and I will stop my visits to this blog and wasting my time.
    Santosh

  180. I am also part of the 5.31%. I was also one of the unlucky 50, and now it seems we are both part of the unlucky 5.31%. B.S

  181. Just wondering: Is THIS the “Bonus mystery feature ;)” everyone used to talk about?

  182. Same here. I haven’t gotte a mail about shipping delay. I found it only on the preorder status page.
    I’m also one of the 5% you are talking about and a full agree with you about the “truth” we are hearing here from Rohan.

  184. I wonder why I haven’t received this email yet! Anyone from India who has been shipped but not got this email?

    @Albert – no foot in mouth for me – I am simultaneously checking email as well.

  185. You know, I’m thinking based on Rohans numbers and such we should just play the lottery. All “50” of us just can’t possibly lose.

  186. With this slow pace, I couldn’t imagine 2nd round in near future.It might take months and months to receive adam to the buyers’ hand even if they start 2nd order in the following a few months.

  188. Yes it’s easily explained “we want to go down as the worst startup, CEO,customer service EVER”

    SHAFT THE LOYAL (BIG BIG MISTAKE)

    ALL THE FORUMS, THE PRESS, THE TECH BLOGS. Will take this to heart

    Why ohh why were orders not sent in the sequence you received them

    You should hold the deliveries and really sort and send in sequence.

    I am sure those who have been fortunate will understand and welcome this move as just and warranted

  190. People do you really think that a 14th Feb delivery says that Rohan actually got the workers at Sinotek to work over Chinese New Years. Sounds more like that factory is empty right now and wont be working until about the 6-7th Feb …after New years…otherwise how long do you think it would take to produce a “fraction” or sorry Rohan what was that 5.31% (hardly a golden ratio) at the Sinotek factory what are they making the screens out of yarn and cotton wool by hand?? If its truly such a small portion of your pre-order business then they would have been able to produce the 50+ screens prior to the new years Celebrations ie 28th-29th and shipped…

    Yes I’m just a little Pissed with the lack of Communication but what really upsets a generally placid and logical person is the fact you keep changing my Shipping date the day after its supposed to be “Shipped” and only after a constant bombardment of emails from the poor customers do you:

    a. actually change the ship date.
    b. tell us what the hell is going on.

    We most likely have bank rolled your little rock show Rohan with our pre-order upfront cash on a rendered / prototype.

    We would like a little respect / compensation for our good faith and continued loyalty.

  191. I don’t give them a year after this latest mess I think they will be going out in weeks. they need to turn everythin over to a marketing ferm or Rohan needs to learn to quit promising so much. and if he promisses more then he can do he needs to communacate faster. At least your just back where you started I started on the 9th

  192. Hi,

    You can’t say it’s cultural. I love my culture and country even though i don’t reside there. Since notion ink is not honest here, you can’t blame it on culture or country or race.

    Regards
    Gaurav

  193. Thanks Rohan. That was very clear communication. I believe the LCD’s were shipped, but the second round of Pixel Qis due to damage during transit were all cancelled and postponed to 14th Feb. Unfortunately, the people who were placed in the second batch of Pixel Qis are the most hit. They were shunted from 9th Jan to 15-22nd Jan to 29th Jan to 14th Feb. I hope the 14th Feb date is met without any further delays. Any delay (beyond 14th Feb) will be the last straw in the first pre-order saga. It will put a question mark over NI’s credibility to deliver (anything within a reasonable time frame).

  194. yes, that will be a good alternative, but it has no PixelQI and that’s the only reason why a want a ADAM. But when I’m reading, that the colors a bad on PixelQI I don’t know if it is really what I what.

  196. This is really unfortunate. NI, we need you to manage people’s expectation a little better. Rohan, if you had shifted the date when you gave the news about the screen accident, people might have taken it better.

    I really hope that people understand you guys. I do.

  197. So far at least 48 people on NotionAddicts have reported being one of the 5.31%…..

  199. Wrong!

    I ordered an LCD and it hasn’t shipped, delayed 3 times since 9th Jan to 14th February, an absolute shambles.

  200. Albert for all the sarcasm that you shoved our way yesterday, u’re lucky you’re getting yours.. Mine’s delayed.

  202. Those pushed from the 9th to the 15-22nd should never have been given the 9th as the original date. This was explained to you immediately and rectified right away. Understand you never had the 9th as a delivery date. It was a system error. Your date was the 15-22nd. In fact, you were one of the last people to get your orders in the slot of the 15-22nd, therefore we are finding your the ones that are now delayed even further.

    NI explained they are being shipped by time and date of order. Simple. First to Order, First to Ship.

  203. @Rohan
    How did you decide who would receive their adams and who woul dhave to wait? I have had my shipping date pushed back 4 times now. It is incredible to think that I have supported and been so patient with your company. I would have never accepted something such as this from any other company. We are your customers and we have been your supporters, but for me the support ends now. No longer will i rationalize fo you Im calling you out.

    Everyone who has had their shipping date delayed once again I call out to you. Join with me i nthis:
    Rohan, I am giving you 24 hours to reply to me. It can be an email or a comment, but I would like to know how you plan to compensate us as customers who have had to deal with the misdirection time and time agian. Here we sit and wait for the final time as the “small group” who you have yet again not fulfilled your promise to. If no reply is given to me I will cancel my order.

    I am but one person and my idividual order may seem insignificant, but consumers if we band together maybe we can get some real answers.

  204. I haven’t got any email but my adam has been delayed to 14th Feb as well. I feel a bit disappointed about it, but surely not as much as many of you guys.
    What I think is: do we have a proper alternative? If our problem is to get something as soon as possible, I am not at all convinced we would be able to get a Xoom or the Toshiba tablet before we would actually get our adam.
    Moreover, no other tablet has a Pixel Qi screen! (I know, it’s a kind of dual fact this one, but for me it’s quite interesting as I will use the tablet for reading a lot).
    Therefore, no big deal for me.

    PS: I tend to believe Rohan and if he tells us that it’s because of an accident I see no reason why I should doubt him. Of course conspiracy theories are always attractive, but I believe that reality is often simpler than we think.

  205. And by the way, I have paid for my ADAM in December. So I have given NI a credit. And I think there will be alot of people which have paid for ADAM. So NI will have gotten a big credit.

  206. Completely agree. That’s poor form to know that a number of the shipments were impacted BEFORE a targeted date, but not notify them until AFTER the date was missed.

  209. I only hope is that all people who were delayed will get a problem-free Adam. Rohan , make sure all units are working and all the hardware problems were fixed before they leave the factory. After all this mess at least this is what you can do.

  210. I hear they are going to send out a Rohan bobblehead doll that each time you shake the head it will generate another delay excuse.

  211. I am number 5.31%

    Happy thoughts to the chinese managers and workers. Thanks for doing this effort for Notion Ink and me. 🙂

  212. Wow NI ! Another delay!? I was in love with NI but now with all this I’m afraid to order one (if I ever get in to those pre order, lame processes)
    I am looking forward on to the g-slate with 3.0 already as stock.

  214. The 29th group was a small batch compared to the first ones sent out. My estimate at this point is 5% represents about 50 of us, I stopped counting at 35 people posting the were delayed. That means the 29th batch is approximately 1000. It nice to hear more and more people saying that they are really enjoying their Adam. It makes the wait a bit more tolerable. Read some of the previous posts by people who manufacture with Chinese suppliers. It will be encouraging.

  218. It’s cultural? You mean to say Rohan should grovel on his knees, the way Steve Jobs and Bill Gates does, when their schedules slip or they screw up?

  220. If this is the case then why are those people who were part of the 15-22nd being delayed even further then expected, first the 29th, then the 14th of Feb…..I would have expected Those people to be given priory over the original february shipment. It doesnt add up and it doesnt make sense. If that unlucky group of people were the last ones to get their order, then why have the system reflect a shipping date of 15-22 instead of the later february shipment like many others had originally. Not So Simple any more is it? Really not First Order, First to Ship…

  221. I seriously think that the February folks that got “preponed” ended up getting put ahead of the famous “50” that keep getting stomped on.

    Btw, I think I figured out why Rohan thinks it’s 5.31% that got delayed. In his calculation of 50, he lost one place, so it’s really 500 and he keeps carrying this figure through to all his calculations. The real number is closer to 53%.

  224. Delayed to the 14th, disappointed but I’ll survive. Still no e-mail though and that is a little disturbing so I think I will e-mail them just to make sure some other issue isn’t involved.

  226. @jared thanks for the explanation I guess I should’ve realized everything since the beginning of my pre-order has been a series of errors… I have to say this has been the worst early adopter experience I’ve had. (yes before the numerous people clamor on about pre-orders jump on my back I’ve been part of pre-orders before)

    Customer service has been sooo poor and unlike anything we are used to in the US. At this point I’d be speaking to the escalations department and getting my product for free! But here with the CEO actually responding directly it just seems like he is so impotent.

    NI is setting a new standard in low expectation… sad because I’ve been touting the website/blogs/videos for a year and I feel embarrassed for having done so

  227. I have a suggestion for those guys who still ready to wait and not going to cancel. Can we all (maybe signature from all as request) send an request to Rohan with following points.

    1) Some discount (free shipping, memory card etc)
    2) Adam will be delivered tested thorougly with all updates etc
    3) If for some reason we get defective adam, will be replaced unconditionally (this is the reason we are delayed for).

    What you guys think?

  228. Just like they can’t ship Adams, they can’t do math.

    I think it’s pretty obvious by now that it wasn’t only 50 people that got bumped from Jan 9 to Jan 22.

    Likewise it’s not 5.3% that got delayed even further to Feb.

    I bet it’s closer to 500 and 53%.

  229. @magic51: WHEN WE ORDERED we were told to expect a 6 to 8 week of delivery time. The order was on December 10-th, add the 8 weeks and you arrive at the beginning of February.

    I agree that NI might have been over-enthusiastic by communicating earlier estimated shipping dates AFTER we ordered. A clear mistake of an over-enthusiastic CEO of a new company with limited experience in how much can go wrong. But from shipping in the beginning of February when we ordered, to the 14-th of February is a very good achievement on any pre-order process. Most companies who deal with pre-orders don’t come even near their initial estimates.

  230. Rohan: I am really happy with the the prompt update in status this time and a clear reason for doing so. Information is key; lack of information (or worse, insufficient information) is what lets people imagine their own scenarios and creates confusion, anger, and panic.

    Even though this is the third time my shipment is being pushed back (Jan 9 -> Jan 15-22 -> Jan 29 -> Feb 14), the experience itself is not new to me. I somehow always seem to be particularly badly hit by Murphy and his great law – assuming the selection in this particular case was random. Or have a cognitive bias that filters non-Murphy experiences out of memory easily (more likely).

    Bottomline – I’m going to look on the brighter side, and getting it shipped out on Valentine’s day would give real credence to the “Created with love by Notion Ink” comment on the sticker. Take that the rest of you!

  231. @Albert w have you got your dates and if so can you truthfully say time and date of your pre order

  232. I really think that those 5.31% should get a discount …not sure if anyone got discounts those who were part of EAP or who won the logo contest. It may be another false promise.

  235. I am also part of the 1/9 > 1/15 > 1/29th > 2/14 group…. very disappointing to say the least.

    I honestly would not be surprised if I can get my hands on the Xoom before I can get my hands on my Adam. (And I just found out about the Xoom about a month ago!)

  238. Congrats Jason, really nice to hear from real Adams out there in the field.
    We are all jealous and hope to be in your situation soon 🙂

  239. Thank you to the employees at Sinek. I will wait for a shipping code on 14 of February. Also, I have not received an email from Notion Ink about delay. But it is ok :), I will happy after about 3 weeks. I believe, Notion Ink is not a non-starter.

  242. Appreciate the update Rohan. Is the comment in the email about delays “buffers included” mean, there is a chance Adam could ship slightly early as well?

    Also, any consideration on providing free shipping for those waiting….. ?

  245. I strongly believe they removed it because of IP/patent issues. The newly announced Sony portable gaming device NXP has a trackpad which is similar to what NI had before. So probably NI is waiting to get legal clarity before they could use it on any of their devices

  246. Seriously!!!!, how many times has Rohan told us everything was on time and, its on a boat on U.S shores, FCC passed, Shipment is on time, only 50 people were affected..etc….There are many more examples that give reason NOT to believe him anymore and this IS reality.

  247. Wow…this really sucks. I wonder if those of us affected were delayed due to the order of production or if this was random.

    First no trackpad.
    Now no matte screen. What were they showing us pictures of them scratching…the screen protector?

    Seems like lots got slipped to the 14 th. Was it only 50?

    I wonder what the problem really is. Not like Rohan hasn’t led us down the garden path before.

  250. hey … i don’t understand why if i was dated to the 29th.. i was shifted to the feb14th delivery… gosh,. i am leaving my country on february 18th and won’t even leave somebody to pick it up since it is most likely to get stuck in customs and i have to pay more money!!!!!… man please if someone reads this… HELP, has someone already cancelled their order??? are you all getting your money back??? i mean i don’t want to do this.. but is the most logical way to act now that they will send my adam when i leave.. (for a a long time!!!!)

    I am still supporting NI. but this is really unfortunate that the lack of maturity causes this problem.. please ROHAN i hope you read this and try to do something about it!!

    Warm regards
    Kromot

  251. @Gaurav, I agree with you that an explanation is due on the basis of the selection. I can only hope that the ones who booked later are the ones who will get delayed (for each version). If it’s anything other than that, I would be extremely disappointed.

    @Greg, I agree with you that giving information is good but it also needs to be complete. I am lucky that my device has been shipped but I dread to think what I would feel if I was delayed yet again. The least I would need is an assurance – not that I am part of a small minority but rather that the FIFO principle is being followed and the reason you’re delayed is that someone else had paid prior to the time you did. Fair you think?

  252. A dicount would be a nice idea. But the better one is: Telling the truth !!!
    How many ADAM are shipped to “normal” customers. I think the most devices are shipped to “big player” like Android police and Notion Ink hacks and to companys.
    There are only a hand full of people who has gotten the ADAM.

  254. 3)
    What I understand from comments here is that many people who ordered on 9th Dec.,2010 got emails with information about delayed shipment.

    However, what I do not understand is how people who ordered later (i.e., after 9th Dec., 2010) got their adam shipped today?

    Rohan do you care to explain????????????????????????

  255. I can’t believe Murphy can give me so much of a trouble. One among the unlucky 50 and now one among the unlucky 5.3%. What are the probabilities. Can’t comprehend this one. Are the one moved into Jan from February also getting moved? Ideally they should be ahead of the unlucky Jan ones. Right? Even after that am I still in the 5.3 %. That is even more difficult to believe.

    Yes I am disappointed. Very much so. It seems to be a never ending wait.

    Others might jump in and say move on.. choose another tablet if you have to. No I am not doing that. I want Adam and only Adam. But the wait is agonizing and now very disappointing.

  257. “Rohan: I am really happy with the the prompt update in status this time ” Are you joking ?

    After 1 and a half day of actual shipping date (29th Jan), he is updating us.

  258. Ravi, forget it. There never was a earlier shipment. That where all good talk for us here.

  259. Plus one all the way.

    Ppl doubt in someone’s honesty. You never doubt in dishonesty of anyone.
    So, like that if you see the nature of doubt, you always doubt the positive.

  260. Out of curiosity, which are some of these ‘unbiased’ websites? I would like to follow them too.

  261. it’s not that we don’t believe that damage happened I’m sure it did it’s all about lack of communication. when did the damage happen 1 or 2 weeks ago most likely so from that date it was known we would be delayed but Rohan kept posting happy post shipping on time then even after they missed the ship date yesterday he still posted today Adam on it’s way Emails coming soon only to find out about 7 people got good news and about 60 got bad news. Then he has the nerve to post that it only effected about 5.3% we can read the post we know how many it effected even using statistics figuring some people won’t post it’s easy to see it was about 95% of the people still waiting for their orders

  262. Have you find any replacement yet? Better than Adam?

    I am in the same situation, and looking for options….

  264. The real answer is up there in Rohan’s post, and he also warned us well in advance. I’m sure those who were pushed back were randomly picked. What kind of other ‘real’ answers are you expecting? Just the fact that you expect something else to be the ‘real’ answer – some conspiracy, let’s say – shows the outlook needs to be changed.

    Take a deep breath (not meant to be patronizing – it really helps), and hold on for 14 more days – it isn’t that long if you ask me.

    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBiLNN1NhQ”

    (This is my 4th updated date too)

  265. Sounds like this would be a good time for a system wide reset… Even though I am slated for the second pre-sale, I would hold off until all of the issues caused by pre-order 1 have been totally and completely taken care of. This includes updates, manufacturing probs and building up the support structure. I am frustrated and eager to get an adam but it would be best for all that things calm down to a dull roar before a new round of sales.

  267. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates never took my money first and then made me wait.

    So yeah, some groveling would be a good start. But a discount or some extra stuff like a 32GB SD card with the tablet would really be what I’m looking for.

    I’m seriously looking for a reason not to cancel right now. Rohan has about a day until I say **** it and cancel.

  269. Hmm, Well I wonder if I should just cancel my order and order an iPad 2 that will probably be anouncing Feb 9th for 800 bucks for their high end model….I guess I can wait and wait see what comes around on Feb 9th.

  270. Common buddy, by now you should understand, it was all lie. I was supposed to get adam before 1 week of release with discount since i was on eap waiting list.

    It’s sent to public 15 days back and i’m still waiting. I was in those unlucky 50 customers also and now in 5.31% also.

  271. Crumbling Brand Recognition and a Lost Marketing Compaign:
    Notion Ink, how I believed in you and eagerly anticipated the arrival of my Pixel Qi screen. For the last six months I have been proudly touting that I was waiting for a better tablet than the iPad, and I proudly shared the name Notion Ink with colleges. But I can no longer! Your reputation has crumbled and become rotten due to your treatment/PR of your customers. Examples include: the pre-order fiasco, with unclear specs of the internal memory, the credit card billing issues (being denied from the US, then also being charged a foreign exchange rate, plus the $50 shipping), and most recently how unprofessional can you get to notifying your customers the day after their product should have shipped, that it will now be delayed two additional weeks.

    With this time you have given us, I have reflected on why I am willing to continue waiting. I know that the single largest reason I want your tablet is the Pixel Qi screen. I am still exited to receive it, but when I do I will NOT be touting your brand to my friends, and when a competitor offers a Pixel Qi screen, you should be shaking scared because your reputation is already damaged and I will not be able to stand up for you.

    Please get your act together, realize this group of people could be your Marketing Campaign if they CAN believe in Notion Ink.

  272. I have no idea what to say about this delay.
    I have only one in my country to order ADAM as i know and more than 1000 are waiting my review including my students who want to order.
    It is time to tell them to go with iPAD or XOOM.

  273. So here we are; preorder 2 delayed, we don’t know yet…. Deliveries done for some people, some are happy, others not. Should we preorder or shoudn’t we? What screen to preorder?
    A lot of questions, doubts, unanswered questions. We understand NI is doing its best but have any view on the situation. I openend a little survey on notioninkusers.blogspot.com to get a view on the screensituation. What did people preorder and are they happy? How much is doupting?? … With everybody filling it in we could get a better view on things and be able to decide better?

  274. Thanks Rahim 🙂 hope you, or anyoneelse dont have go thorugh something like this, and NI should make sure of that, its the least they can do.

  275. Exactly my thoughts, posting B.S numbers is what pisses me off, and trying to play it off like its only a few people, when clearly it is not. Given the track record so far, there is every reason not to believe anything that is said anymore…

  276. well i will be canceling as well for personal reasons.. i will leave the country and no longer be able to receive i.. so … that would be money lost! even if i don0t want to, if no answer is given i will have to cancel as well!

  278. Exactly how does it make sense that I being on the jan9th -jan15 -jan29-feb14th shipping delays doesn’t get a priority to be shipped. what is the logic behind that? I woke up this morning hoping to get my shipping info instead I get your tablet is delayed again.

    Fool me once shame on you. fool me twice and three times and now a 4th time? Shame on me because I must be crazy waiting on the same thing but expecting different results.

    There should be compensation for this. No other business would be allowed to “tear you a new one” and be able to make it. I understand there are followers and people who want to believe. I was one of them. If NI doesn’t offer some kind of compensation then sorry for these countless mistakes I would rather take the hit and cancel my order then keep waiting for something that should already be in my hands because it’s paid for. It’s the principal of the matter. It’s bad business practice if a company (startup or not) to let this kid of bad customer service (regardless of what Greg states on his site) to let happen.

    They shouldn’t have let the pre order happen unless they were almost ready to ship. if i knew that the first shipment wasn’t shipping because they didn’t even have fcc then i wouldn’t have even put my money down. For some reason i read that they had fcc and bought. Maybe i just miss read it or maybe it was one of the “India people don’t like to say no” things and was a work around. Who knows.

    Things to take back from this:
    1. Don’t pre order something. Its just about on par with stupidity as standing out in a line for 3 days to wait for a consumer product, but at least in this case I would have gotten my item.

    2. Any company that takes your money and keeps on pushing back actually giving you your item ie more then once. cancel your order right away they are not very predictable and are laughing at you that they have your money and you have nothing to show for it.

    3. A company that talks about dreams and family and all that hippy stuff is blowing way to much steam out their butt that should be put toward getting their product out the freaking door, is just trying to buy more time and trying to make you feel good about yourself even though everyone knows your getting screwed.

    so on that note. GL with everyone who has gotten there adam, gl to everyone who is getting shipped today and gl for everyone who still has their thumb up their butt waiting for their adam.

  280. Sorry, that depends on the time zone you’re in. I also took into account the delay wrt shipping date for the previous batch to get their status updates – if it’s a constant delay, there must be a standard reason for it beyond NI’s control.

    Also, the heads-up was given in a post 2-3 days earlier, so you always knew there was a chance it could be your shipment that’s going to be affected.

  281. No..not so..The estimated shipping date from factory is being shown as 14 Feb 2011 as every else now. But the below statements (like earlier) are removed which said the date is expected and can change. Hope they are sure for now. …!

  282. Wish I shared your sentiment. But if the Chinese factory messed up they should be working through the new year. Your holiday < my money.

    Notion has become a joke because this factory messed up.

  283. Joe, forget preordering. You will pay for something and then you have wait moth for it.

  284. This is the first time I’ve been so upset. I drove to Hyderabad to visit you, I’ve been following you from the time the idea of the Adam was just an idea. Been part of EAP, Have stayed up all night to place the pre order, got bumped from 9th to 15th to 29th to 14th Feb. I’ve also got you guys 8 orders and have nothing to show for it but the let down of being bumped lower and lower in the list 😦

  285. i’m sorry but missing a annual holiday is something far worse than a delayed tablet pc, you never had to begin with. I hope the Chinese workers get compensated well for their work. They have to sacrifice Family time for this. I feel sad for them.

  286. It should be a secret box that opens 1 week from delivery.. but then on the 7 day it says it wont open for another 2 weeks due to delay…test patience until you smash box on floor and find out that there was nothing in it and anticipation is the only special thing here..

  287. I’m one of the “50” group. and i got it delayed to 14th.

    in the matter of fact i’ve been involved with every delay there has been. at the beginning I was in the very first patch.

    Until this point i’ve been quite patient, but this really starts testin my nerves. To be honest I don’t believe there newer was a small “50” group it was a much bigger group same goes to this new 5.31% group.

    This far i’ve been involved in small group of 50 and after that the 5.31% group. What are the odds in that? And I’m quite sure I’m not the only one who got pushed from very first patch to this very last one.

  288. @WSBurbank
    Thanks for writing what I mean. My english isn’t so well to write it. I full agree with you. I’m in a IM department and I make user support / help desk. I have talked to alot of people the should wait for ADAM. But now, I will tell them to buy a XOOM or somting else.

  290. Well I dont think id ever get angry enough to go get a ipad..lol and the xoom is still too expensive.. got my money on the LG tab from tmobile.

  295. Frustration is one thing, misinformation/lies is something else. You know what the mystery feature is, now don’t be insincere.

  296. So far based on the notionadicts poll 58 people were delayed and only 5 got shipped.

    I’d say this proves that in Rohanese, 5.31% means 95%.

    So 95% got delayed and only 5% shipped.

  297. I was also on the EAP2 waiting list and one of this 50 people. Have you count the people which where under the 50 ?? You will count more than 50 !!!!!!
    This 50 is one of the lies we have heard here.

  298. Let me just clear that up.. Its NOT a late estimate. NI does EARLY estimates that turn out to be later than said. I dont know when they will learn but its always best to estimate say feb 5th instead of the 29th like they did.. so when its delayed its NOT SUCH A BIG DEAL

  300. looking at all of the post and using statistics I would say about 500 were sold and about 30 were effected by this delay

  302. yea…..it doesn’t add up something else is happening that we are not being told.

  303. I think Jared has a good handle on this and I also think it would be impossible to know how many people originally got February dates and then got preponed to January 29th and now have been pushed back to February 14th. I have been delayed, I don’t like it but I think it is futile to push and pull at the numbers and make yourself more angry. I still think it will be the best hardware choice for me so I will wait.

  304. I was only prevented from placing an order by Mastercard and having followed developments feel much better as I realize more and more that this is a developmental process and wether we rec’d or did not receive our Adam we are learning either by actual use or as followers of those actually working and further evolving and actually working in further developments. When I committed to become involved, I subconciously realized that it would be an evolutionary process that I was becoming involved with as it was Rohans dream. It was a work towards that ideal computing partner that as some one mentioned was modular and once perfected would evolve by software and modular changes. It would become something that would evolve with me if that was possible. We all change, expand, develop new skills/faculties and I have allways felt limited by my resources. This is the dream and I am banking on Rohan, the NI team and (dare I say) the NI family of kindred spirits to partake in this evolutionary process. There is an article in todays NY Times on how the mind undergoes changes if we meditate and I feel that I have grown by undergoing this experience. I feel so positive about this entire thing, Hey, life is one big frustration for some and for others it’s a voyage of joy.

  307. Hi rohan
    I am one of the guys got delayed till feb 14th. Upset , but can cope. It is not our Chinese workers fault . They should NOT work through their new year just to get few days early production.
    Just ask them to enjoy their new year and work later.
    It is only a tablet – not life saving medication!
    Please call them and say so

    To delayed group friends
    could we agree for this ?
    Say yes – if you are in this unfortunate group and support Chinese break
    or
    no
    if you are eager to get Adam sooner -with Chinese collegues working through new year
    yours
    shiva

  308. I dont know if there is a case here with anyone but mine has shipped and this is my order date ant time
    Ordered Date: 2010-12-09 18:07:56

  310. @ whatsinaname

    Save that BS “Murphy’s Law” for another time.

    You are taking up valuable real estate.

  314. I am starting to believe certain regions are getting priority because it is cheaper to transport them together.The regions which have less will have to wait.

  315. so the february bunch got pre-poned and the jan15-22 (most of which were originally jan9) got moved to 29th, and now feb 14th??

  317. Just a question.. for the people who got tracking numbers via email just today… what does your preorder status say on the notionink.com page?

  318. Looks like NI had to make a decision that among the preorder customers 5.31% will have to wait for another 2wks. How did NI select the unlucky customers?

  319. Just cancel it and spare yourself the pain of dealing with these cultures, of which Notion Ink obviously is fully representative. I see where some of you are coming from.

  323. Amazing how a two hour difference in order times works out to a two month difference in product delivery.

    I’m also concerned that the FCC product approval depicts the trackpad electronics but am now informed by posters that this is missing. Major altercations to a device require re-approval from the FCC.

    Was led to believe that the ADAM had user replaceable batteries. The ones in the photo don’t look very “user replaceable”.

    My account was charge for the full amount in Dec. I have received NOTHING in the way of any correspondence from Notion Ink on my PURCHASE.

    I am not a “religious zealot” for NI or ADAM. I AM A CUSTOMER and this is NOT
    how you treat your customers if you expect to stay in business.

    I figure that when my ADAM finally does show up it will be called Noah and it will release a flood of happiness and not the WRATH OF GOD…

    Notion Ink: We’re not happy until you’re not happy…

  324. what does your preorder status say on the notion ink page since you recieved your tracking number?

  325. Come on folks. Things are not going perfect, but it’s a preoder. There are no b&m stores where you can pick it up. There’s no hotline to call. Email communication in order delays or customer support service is always frustrating. We cannot expect a Company the size of NI to be able to do so much initially. Try the same with the other android tablets. You will get even less support.
    Delays are frustrating, but have patience.

  326. I also found out on the preorder status page. This is looking more like 5% shipped and 95% did not from the count.

  329. No.

    If they were randomly picked then Rohan lied. It should be first ordered first shipped as he said. This is obviously not the case however.

    I’m honestly not buying the story about workers working thru Chinese new year. If they were then the screens would have been much faster than the 14th.

    I don’t trust anything Rohan says anymore, not a word.

    Up until yesterday (the 29th) I would have been all bright side of life with you. But now I am enraged and I want answers and I want to know what Notion will be giving me to make up for this mess, be it in the form of discounts or extras, or if I should just cancel and get the hell off this nightmare of a startup company.

    I don’t care about Rohan’s dream, I care about my tablet, and I care about my money.

  331. +100, I have canceled my order as soon as I received shipment delayed to 15 Feb email. Thanks Notion Ink for testing my patiences.

  332. Just a question.. for the people who got tracking numbers via email just today… what does your preorder status say on the notionink.com page?

  335. Sad to hear about the date being changed to 14th February but I prefer to have a product that works. I have “The estimated date of your shipment would be 14th February 2011 (Buffer included).” in my email. What does ‘Buffer included’ mean?

  337. Nook color rooted.

    Half the price, has everything but the ports and the Qi screen.

    I’m happy you believe Rohan, I do not. I feel he’s a liar and I’m really on my last nerve with this. I defended this thing for over a year. Enough of your stupid dream Rohan. How about a tablet that actually exists in reality.

  338. For the people who got tracking numbers via email just today… what does your preorder status say on the notionink.com page?

  339. there will be now ADAM2, because NI will closed this year, because of bad customer service an not telling the truth.

  341. Okay, time to test this. Everyone who was delayed please respond, and everyone still on for the 29th plese say so

  342. Rohan, get you act together! Do not say everyone got a mail about the delay if you are absolutely sure of it. I did NOT get any E-mail about anything. Yet, when I checked the approximate date of sending HAS changed from 29 of Januari to 14th of Februari.

    I am truely disappointed. Not with the delay, that’s no problem at all. It is about NOT making communication to customers priority no. 1.

    I refrained from nagging until now, because in nature I am a person with patience.

    I hope you will work on improvements.

  344. I find it hard to believe only 5.31% are affected. I know we are to believe only 50 were moved to the 15-22nd but like the 50 this number is just not believable. What Rohan is saying is that a company the size of Sintex (approx 2.75 billion USD capitalization) need the whole of the Chinese New Year period to produce a handful of screens, I’m not sure Sintex will appreciate that slur. As has been requested many times just give us the truth.

  345. You obviously didn’t see the update they put and then instantly took down saying that this problem with Sinotek was not supposed to affect this batch of orders.

    NI hasn’t had a clue this entire time, and simply hoping they do now isn’t helping.

    There’s no Santa Claus either.

  347. Hi Sen, I am one of the (very) lucky ones whose Adam was shipped on th 29-th (got informed by email on the morning of the 30-th and already got a call from the courier) 🙂 I feel very sorry for those of you who have to wait longer.:-(

  348. .. for the people who got tracking numbers via email just today… what does your preorder status say on the notionink.com page?

  349. Agree. It’s actually quite sad. Just wonder how YOU would feel if your company asks you to work through the New Year’s holiday.

  350. why are there 19 bloggers which “like this” ??? No one should hit the “like this” Button !!!

  352. Yes a review would be appreciated. Its hard to find a good review from an average user is that isnt biased. I planned on reviewing my unit when it arrived.

  353. Why would one need to access a chinese blog, to track/manage production plants??? And whats the problem with Sinotek staff not speaking english?! Thats how the whole other companies get their products assembled right? And even if there is a need, in’t it easy to contract a translator?!

  356. The only way these guys in China are willing to do it during the holidays is that they screwed up the shipment of screens and are forced to pay for it.

  357. Ya where have i heard that before…..We are beyond worst case at this point. 4 Delays already REALLY!!!!.

  361. Like many of the very vocal posters on this thread, I too was one of the chronically delayed pre-orders.

    I stand here with egg on my face, talking up Notion Ink and their Adam. I have been vocal that there has been delays, but the communication chain has been fairly direct and clear. This morning, I went to check my Pre-Order status, truly expecting another delay, but hoping to be pleasantly surprised. Of course I was not. I see videos of some of the units in the wild, so I know they exist, but other tablets are coming to market now and my patience is wearing quite thin.

    In the morning, I am considering a cancellation… and not just that but a full chargeback while it is still within my rights. Get enough of those, and you wont be able to take Credit Cards in the states.

    Rohan, time to ‘make this right’ as we in retail call it.

  363. No.

    The factory screwed up, the factory makes it better. The workers are getting paid overtime, and from the post it seems to have been voluntary. ( I also don’t believe this whole story but that’s besides the point. I don’t the factory is to blame at all, Rohan is.) I’ve worked thru holidays before, you suck it up and do it.

    I’m far more furious at Rohan than the factory however. Throwing out a whole shipment because a few screens got cracked is nonsense. And really, you can’t tell if the screen is defective until it’s in the Adam? I find that EXTREMELY hard to believe.

    Either way, I’m still taking 24 hours to see if I should cancel or not. Right now I’m canceling, I’m waiting for Rohan to give me a reason not to.

  364. I posted this after the first bad release and i will say it again we need to change their name to no show ink.

  365. @magic51
    I am happy that you proved me wrong here. That puts a question on which screens were damaged? I am getting mixed signals here. As this thing is being run on a batch process, they surely wouldn’t mix the LCD and Pixel Qis on one assembly. Assembling Pixel Qi screen I guess is more complicated. Thus far only Pixel Qis were shipped based on the comments I read on various NI releated blogs. This morning I read from buyers who purchased LCD variant that they received confirmation about their adams being shipped. So to run two batches (one for Pixel Qi and one for LCD) from now onwards to Feb 14th is a difficult ask. Unless Pixel Qi’s were all shipped in the first batch of shipments and it is only select group of people needing LCDs that are being shunted around. I thought LCDs were the easiest to source and assemble. I could be completely wrong once again.

  368. Its yet another fail for NI. If only 50 odd customers are effected, why dont NI manage from the stocks already received by them. Ofcourse because 50 is not the real number.

    NI seems to keep falling into pits after pits. As I said before sometime, NI may be good at design but sucks at delivering. With so many faills, Rohan has simply lost his word.

    P.S. I was in the Jan 9th, pushed to 15-22 Jan, then 29th Jan and now 14th Feb.

  370. I’m asking me all the time: Why is the my estimate shipping date swapped from January31th to February 14th ? The problems with the accidental damage was for the shipments of January 29th. So why are all other shipments also delayed ? There is something wrong.
    And that’s the main problem. We never hear the truth.

  371. karen:
    > with a dream you can build Nations. Someone wrote in the comments, they don’t care what dreams we have.

    That would be me. Dreams aren’t so interesting unless you have the competence to translate them into reality. I want to buy a product, not a dream. Rohan’s head is in the clouds – he wants NI to be #1 in customer service, but seems unable to go about putting that dream into reality, even though the very clear path has been outlined here many, many times.

    Sorry for the humorless post; I’m not feeling well.

  372. Ordered on the 10th.. my shipment says FEb 14th.

    I want to know what it says on the preorder page for people who just received tracking numbers.. is it out for delivery, shipping.. or still feb 14th? or Jan 29th.. which is it.

  373. I like to read all of the comments that are posted before I post. I too received my email informing me that I was one of the unlucky souls who was affected by the Sintek mess. My Adam was ordered on Dec 13th and so I guess that explains it for me. What really upsets me about this whole affair is not the moving of the shipping dates (moving targets). What really upsets me is the treatment to the customer. I work in a manufacturing company – our customers are what keeps the doors open, provides a paycheck to me and my family. Without them our business can not SURVIVE. Notion Ink must understand that the CUSTOMER is the most important part to any business. I would venture a guess that they knew earlier in the week which of us would be affected and having our ship date changed. Would it had been so hard to reach out to those CUSTOMERS and let them know personally – email, phone call, or mail?
    We are adults and we can deal with life’s disappointments when they happen. Our ability to adapt to ever changing circumstances is what makes us who we are. Your apologies no matter how genuine they may be will not be enough. If you are truly behind us 100% then you will do something to make this right for 4 Time Disappointment Group. Rohan you have the power to make this right.
    Regards

  375. @Jason: you do a pre-order with a 6 to 8 week expected delivery time and you think of suing when you get your Adam 1 or 2 weeks later then that was promised during your pre-order?

    You must be from the US, the country where there are now more lawyers then manufacturers and I hope that you have deep pockets because in this situation there is no legal base to file a claim for the unfortunate situation that you have to wait till the 14-th.

  376. uhh notion addicts has it at over 60 delayed already. And I haven’t even added mine to that count yet.

  378. 18 Feb 2011 or end of Feb. If this came from NI I would need to say estimated……..

  379. This statement is false. My brother’s company has three emplyoees and thousands of customers. This kind of lack of comunication and lack of respect for their customers isn’t start up issues. It’s just plain ole bad business practices. If something like this would have happend to my brothers company he would have asked me, my wife his wife etc to get on the phone and call every single customer and let them know their product was delayed. And would not have rested untill everyone was apoligized and amends were made. Instead Notion Ink shirks responsibility and blames others for their issues. bad bad bad
    And where is NotionInks customer service page, their support page their contact numbers!!!
    And just an fyi for those for you following Notioninkfan. Beware Greg is doing business with notionink which depends on their product sales. So…

  380. I ordered wifi +Qi screen.

    Delayed till the 14th. Live in the U.S is anyone cares.

    Notion ink has become a joke in my mind now. This is beyond unacceptable and Rohan’s poor communications aren’t helping.

  382. Certainly possible. Its the likelihood that is relevant. My initial expectation, despite everything Notion Ink said, was Feb. 15th, and I was a Jan 9->15-22 batch at the time. An expectation is a measure of central tendency, given all the uncertainties which, in NI’s case, are amplified as we all (ought to) understand. So, if they had indeed shipped today, I would have been pleasantly surprised. As it is, their revised ship date for me is Feb. 14th, which is squarely on my ‘Expectation’ date. There is, in my rational expectation, a non-zero probability that it will further slip by about a week or two. Any delays beyond Feb. would be highly unusual. Not to mention, highly disappointing, of course.

    If people can’t stand this uncertainty, they should cancel and move on. Otherwise, just deal with it. Not to excuse the shabby and discourteous communication from Notion Ink, of course. But, ultimately, this is a transaction, and once you enter into it, you try and behave like an adult, instead of beating your breast or threatening to jump off buildings.

  385. You can only give someone the benefit of the doubt so many times. Its crystal clear that we are being fed lies, its freaking obvious, dont insult my intelligence by telling us its only 5.31% when it is clearly not.

  386. @Rohan,

    Here are a lot of people which are thinking about canceling there order. And I think, they are right. And I think, after 4 delays noone should pay when he cancel is order, 5% where announced when I ordered mine.

  387. Agreed, I am not looking for half off or anything like that. But it would make me feel better if something could be done to make those of us that where delayed feel better. Even if it is just a extra power cord, a car charger, a case, sd card, a tee-shirt.

  388. Exactly what is Rohan supposed to do? People are behaving as if he somehow had a choice in the matter. I am not an apologist by an means but there is a reality factor here that needs to be considered. The screens were damaged. The factory can not come up with immediate replacements. The facts are really that simple. It is extremely disappointing but on the other hand it is not particularly hart to understand.

  389. LOL !! That is SO cool !! Hey you know what ? You sir might just be the next Mark Zuckerberg who, according to the Social Network movie, created Facebook after his girlfriend dumped him !! I mean, you can surely relate to him: more delay in your tablet’s delivery / being dumped by his girlfriend.

    Don’t you think you might be a bit overreacting ?? I mean, slightly…maybe ?

  393. Hey rohan.. just to let you know this was my christmas gift.. i got NOTHING ELSE… so that means i still have D**K from christmas… please can you ship my damn order out already so I can stop playing with my D**K and play with my tablet.. ok thanx

  394. He could stop being a liar and actually post some real information. Contact the customers directly, and let us know what’s going on. Discount the product or throw in some extras as a bonus.

    There’s a ton of things Rohan could do, but he’s a liar, so he won’t.

  395. 4)
    What I understand from comments here is that many people who ordered on 9th Dec.,2010 got emails with information about delayed shipment.

    However, what I do not understand is how people who ordered later (i.e., after 9th Dec., 2010) got their adam shipped today?

    Rohan do you care to explain????????????????????????

  396. Hello everybody, I created a form, a google doc to document the Notion Ink’s journey with the Adam believers and heretics. It will be a public service to understand how a startup can survive and innovation can survive. Please see below the links and see if you can share some of your thoughts. I am not an MBA student or a marketing analyst intending to take benefits out of your response.
    Form : “https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dFl3eEJZbTJTMjIzQTVEYlVyelcxRXc6MQ#gid=0”
    Document editable for public: “https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PXerNAU0wMrDo8gTe1_QPXYG-RL95D1tCETAKWHmqlo/edit?hl=en#”
    Document readable for the public: “https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ShnP5tCYQszjJpYdHmHl2mU2kAS3S5yFI8VCc2xiYPQ/edit?hl=en#”

  397. BTW if anyone is wondering why they havent moved to offical forums.. is the same reason why there are no official forums for the government.. if its organized you can actually make a stand.. when its like this we cannot work together to get information and share it or attack NI.. all of our anger gets lost in the pages..

  399. A bunch of lies and after already having been delayed ages..then getting into the 15th to 22nd week..then delayed again..and now one day after the shipping deadline has already past letting me know that my device is delayed again and i am one of those 5.3%..thats just total bullshit…thank you for the device..you keep it..i am asking for my refund…i am super duper disappointed…and i would make sure i let everyone know about it….and yeah i am one of those who has been following the Adam for more than a year now…i am so very disappointed..

  400. Uday mabye you dont realise but NI actually changed our shipping dates earlier today probably while you where at work from 29th to the 11-15th Feb then back to the 29th again…this was after plenty of annoyed bloggers wanting an answer to no shipping email on the 30th Jan a day after our supposed shipping date… Then waited a further couple hours before once again changing the orders all back to the 14th Feb the only reason Rohan probably even blogged is because he was copping that much flak via email and the blog prior to this one that he had no other option but to post a new blog with at least some explanation at the same time some of us received emails stating the delay… its just bad business practice

  401. again it is not the delay that is my problem it is communication or rather lack of it. don’t post lies like “shipping on time ” when you know full well that is not going to be the case. don’t say 5% when it looks like it is effecting every person that was first on the 9th then the 15th then the 28th. yes problems happen yes delays are a part of pre orders. but being lied to is not and should not ne part of it.

  402. Mine just says shipped, the email tells me where it has been waiting since the 9th of Jan. but not where it happens to be on Jan. 30th.

  403. Yea so they included a buffer.. i see.. so finally they are making a late estimate.. ok.. we will see.

  404. At 1-month LIBOR, it amounts to about USD 1.50 or so. This is your opportunity cost, in pure interest terms.

  407. Karen.

    Rohan’s dream and vision is nice and all.

    But I live in reality, and reality is a cold cold place.

    In reality $500+ is a lot of freaking money. In reality a tablet PC doesn’t change the world.

    In reality companies that lie to you consistently and take your money with no product are companies that deserve to go out of business.

    I’m sick and tired of Rohan’s dream. # months ago maybe I would have been willing to go with him. But now it’s put up or shut up time.

  409. Ok..1-2-3 start….
    “http://androidcommunity.com/notion-ink-adam-touchscreen-damage-means-valentines-delay-for-some-tableteers-20110130/”

  410. @Jason: the screens are most likely made by a supplier to the company that assembles the Adam. So first the screens have to be produced (for which they work during Chinese New Year), then they have to be shipped to the assembly line and then they have to put together. There is a lot of logistics and planning involved when a company is faced by a faulty shipment of parts so if it “only” results in a 2 week delay, it means that all parties involved are doing over-time.

    ( with “only” I do not want to minimize the huge disappointment that many feel, I use it to indicate that really all partners have to work hard ot fit all thta in such a short time-span. Production-planning has to be adapted, other customers may have to be post-poned etc. etc.)

  411. Can I request notionaddicts to make a poll among delayed feb14 group
    1. they support Chinese holiday for workers and thereby agree to postpone delivery for approxmately one more week?21/feb/2011?
    Or
    2. let Workers work and get Adam by 14/feb / 2011

    dear friends from notionaddicts – could you pls do this poll?
    Thanks
    shiva

  412. A company that care about customers would compensate all this people which had once more messed around.

    Rohan , put a microSDHC 32GB card extra in the package or something like that.
    I think many people would appreciate that!

  413. The FCC does not show a trackpad. That large silvery rectangle is the GPS antenna, not a trackpad

  414. I was delayed until the 14th and my order was made the day before the LCD sold out.

  415. Sen the logo guys were complaining weeks ago about not getting thier discount I ASSUME they still haven’t either….Imagine that all EAP’s in the same boat as well.

  416. I am also part of the delayed group. I’ve been waiting for the release of this tablet since summer. Also had the shipment date changed 4 times and I believe there should be some compensation for this because it really is unfair to all of us who have been waiting patiently to having to wait some more. It makes me think if we ever will have this tablet at all.

  417. Its the Lies that are pissing everyone off. “Exactly what is Rohan supposed to do?” STOP LYING TO EVERYONE” we are not morons!!!!!! it doesnt take a rocket scientist to see that he is being dishonest. The screens were damaged!!!!! so suddenly all the orders are cancelled? what happen to shipping on time and only a small fraction was affected?? total B.S. That is a Fact, clear and simple.

  418. All of these other tablets have a price point above $600. This is one thing I don’t understand. Everyone was excited because the adam was offered at a much lower price than the IPad but now you ppl are talking about buying tablets that are the same price. Wtf! Yall can keep those tablets as well as the Ipad. And can you really be serious about the rim playbook? Who the hell wants an oversized blackberry storm?

  419. In that case I say $1.50 to all… There that should fix it. Can we all relax now.

  421. For those who have received their adams, I just have one quick question for you. If the adam you have now were a trial unit, would you go ahead and purchase it at the end of the trial period? I know it may be difficult but I would appreciate a simple Yes or No answer. Many thanks.

  422. Hi All,

    joeysnackpants makes a good point. TAKE NOTE Rohan and NI – If enough people cancel their orders for Adam then credit card companies will boycott NI and refuse payments to them.

    Please Rohan get this sorted, I don’t want to see you fail and from now on get someone who really knows the English language and it’s ways to look at what you are posting to make sure what you a saying is what you mean

  423. Mki,

    dont you think getting the Adam would be a lot?? forget discount, case, etc. lets have the tablet first.

  424. i have already asked for my refund..and i hope a whole lot many people do that..so that it teaches the company a lesson…to be truthful….seriously…it would help them in the long run…

  425. I honestly don’t believe they’re working thru the new year.

    2 weeks for a run of supposedly 50 screens? Bullshit pure and simple.

  426. just going, and prove why we wait for is valuable!
    but maybe not many times for your bland!
    you have many antagonists now!

    good luck for everybody here!

  427. I really don’t understand how this can be blamed on Notion Ink right now. I mean it was one of the manufacturing partners that broke the touch screen, and NI just found out a few days ago. The reason they did not tell us about it until now is because theyt were likely scrambling to figure out what to do in addition to dealing with several other issues. While I understand that an extra 2 weeks of wait can feel devastating, its really not Rohan’s fault for this delay. Besides, how would you fell if you got the broken tablet and had to wait another several months after getting to play with your adam for a day?

  428. No.

    $500 and two months of them “holding” said $500 with me having nothing to show for it.

    Delay once….fine…delay twice..I’m pissed but sure.

    This is the end. Rohan needs to give me a reason not to cancel and just go root a Nook color.

  429. +1….they are working hard to put out the Adam and sacrificing their Holiday, let’s not lose sight of that.

  433. dealyed till the 14th here.

    Unless I cancel tomorrow which I’m seriously considering.

  434. According to @behrendorff on “Notionaddicts” he ordered adam on 2010-12-12 07:01:38. see the image below

    Link: “http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/1552-Did-you-receive-an-email-29th-Pre-Orders”
    (comment no. 10)

    @behrendorf’s adam is already shipped. How is it possible that those ordered on 2010-12-09 are not receiving it, whereas those ordered on 2010-12-09 are not?

    Rohan do you care to comment????????????????

  435. Brian,

    Getting the Adam not enough compensation for you man????

    Come on they are a start up. 😉

  436. Thanks for posting.
    Some of you need to take a chill pill and calm down. This is what happens with a preorder sometimes. If you can’t handle a few bumps, then you shouldn’t be pre-ordering anything, from any company. You have to expect bumps when you are dealing with a completely new product and even more so when you are dealing with a brand new company.
    If you manufacture in China, the Chinese New Year is always something that catches you by surprise if you have no experience manufacturing in China. I know because my wife deals with China and the first time she was caught completely by surprise at how everything just stops during Chinese New Year. You get no warning, all production and business just stops. Period!
    So just calm down, you’ve waited a long time, a little longer will do no harm. And anyway, it’s not like you can just go out and buy something else right now. Adam will still be one of the first Android tablets to market and easily the first pixel qi tablet.

  437. I would like people to know that Notion Ink is not alone when it comes to getting their products manufactured. In the US there is a company called Ceton Corp. who developed a quad tv tuner card for pc’s. They have sold and delivered thousands of them. Each order placed have had months of waiting time associated with it. This is a US company who has already sold thousands and is still struggling with its supply line. This is not exactly an Indian issue and Ceton has been in the game for much longer. You are not alone.

  441. While I am, of course, disappointed at having to wait longer, I am still irritated at all the posts calling Rohan a ‘liar’ and such. We wouldn’t be in this place if he hadn’t been trying to be as upfront and honest as possible.

    I, for one, really appreciate that, and I’m concerned that the “entitled” attitude of the users complaining may negatively affect that transparency in the future. C’mon guys, you’re not 12.

    I want to post a comment of thanks for the people who have given up their holiday to work so that some of us can receive our product that much sooner. I hope this message doesn’t get lost in a sea of whining and that the above mentioned managers can read it and know that at least one person out here is grateful for their labor.

  442. @Mehdi: Don’t be too hard to Sen. He has found his purpose in life.

    (and you are right, Sen seems as attached to his Adam as Zuckerberg was to his girlfriend)

  444. I’m not saying it’s a cultural thing.

    I’m saying Rohan is a horrible businessman and needs to get his ass on here right now and start making amends.

    It has nothing to do with India, and everything to do with Rohan being to caught up in his damn dream. Get out of the dream and into reality where your tablet will actually exist!

  445. @g123k (animatrix30 or edouard)
    I thought your screen looked the best so far on the videos. Is your contrast bad? i commented on the previous post saying your screen was the best on view of all the user videos. If your screen is bad as well, I don’t trust Pixel Qi screens anymore.

  446. @Himanshu,
    Why to ignore this comment. It makes perfect sense to me. No need to be a fanboy all the time. After all, NI is in the business of selling and delivering is the most important part, right ?

  447. This is Ridiculous, Lesson learned about “Not to preorder”, is getting reminded again and again by pushing the date of shipping, Thanks once again mr @Rohan.

    This whole situation sucks….

  448. I failed to understand- if NI is so good with MATH ( always talk about the Golden Ratio) how come they missed the calculation of the average manufacturing duration / Adam?,f the delivery supposed to happen on 29th, I guess the Sinotek screen should have been shipped to manufacturing plant 2/3 weeks back and ideally they should have noticed the RED flags about 2/3 weeks back and should have done some remedial actions ( Posting topics like “More Updates: & “Republic Day!” in the foreground and doing damage control in background) by then, But it seems that on the background front the top management at NI were scratching their ass and were waiting for the worst to happen….hence failing miserably.

  450. @paul shoe: “WHEN WE ORDERED we were told to expect a 6 to 8 week of delivery time. The order was on December 10-th, add the 8 weeks and you arrive at the beginning of February.” Math is obviously your strong suit.

    Generally when a CEO says something we tend to believe him. With most of the customers that is a tendency, obviously you dont fall in that bucket. So when a CEO promises not once, not twice, not thrice but four times … people get pissed. Dont know if you read the various forums, people are willing to accept a delay with some pre-communication, but it is difficult to digest after the date is missed.

    most people gush about the dream. I dont care for the frickin dream … want what i paid money for. you can get it to me late, but let me know that you are going to be late. After putting down $550, i bloody well will expect it. Also most people including the usually unflappable Gecko (whose posts i enjoy here and at other forums, keep em coming) are losing all interest in the dream.

  451. And if NI were so sure of getting FCC approval what made them stop the production?, They should have had all the Adams on the go as the got ALMOST 2 WEEKS extra..Thanks to FCC

  455. Damn right I’m from the US.

    6 to 8 week delivery time..that got changed multiple times..not by joe schmoe of notion, but by the CEO himself, Rohan.

    Lying about the specs of the machine.

    You know what I could go on but really I shouldn’t have to beyond that. The CEO of the company lied to us. Blatantly, and in print. If that’s not grounds for a lawsuit then nothing is.

    You must be from outside the US where they take everything, including most of your “modern culture” from the US. A country where we shipped our manufacturing jobs to so you could stop living in the stone age. Oh what’s that? You’re all still buying planes, guns, military supplies, telecommunications equipment, GPS, and all sorts of other stuff that was manufactured here in the USA?!

    Do you wear Jeans? Take those off sir, they were manufactured in the US and must by your definition be evil.

    Damn us and our desire to bring peace by global commerce. Next time we’ll stay isolationist and let you rot since you won’t have us to sell your “manufacturing” to anymore.

  456. Dear Mr. Rohan,
    I waited patiently for pre-ordering Adam but to no avail. You did not send me an email, though I had been following your blog and commented too. Now as you told that the second stage of pre-ordering is expected to be provided in the next few days i am waiting (im)patiently for an opportunity.
    May I know whether my mail ID is included in your next list and if not, why so?

  458. +1

    Im one of those “50” lucky customers, first move to group 1 to group 2 and now move to 14

    Thats just unfair with us.

  460. I would like a discount on my next order, actually. You know, buy a PQ+3G version (as I already did) and if your order was massively delayed (as mine was, from Jan 9 to Feb 14) you get 25% off a second LCD+WiFi version. That doesn’t sound too unreasonable.

  465. Phillip … where are you … we need a doctor for Gecko?!?

    @Gecko, sad to say I agree with you completely about NI and Customer Service, and he had and has so many resources offered here. Feel better soon.

  466. Actually I just realized something…
    Why has my Adam been delayed? I’ve ordered a pixel qi display not a LCD one? If the reason for the delay is the LCD batch getting damaged, it shouldn’t affect the pixel qi ones!

    @Rohan any comments on this?

  467. Paul, do as he says, and take your pants off, even if they are made of serge de Nîmes.

  468. I don´t know what or who got “messed” up and I cannot use that information to anything anyway. I can relate to what the next step is and that is: we will get our Adam and somebody are missing their new year happening because of that.

    Yes I am eager to get ‘my Adam’ too but as long Notion Ink are doing their best to get me my Adam, I don´t want to get frustrated about some delay. The product and the vision of Notion Ink are still the same…

  469. for people who were original a feb release and then got pushed up what do yours say now.

  470. Agree. But i’m not sure about the “50” number…there were more than 50. And what the heck is this 5.31%? 5.31% of what? And what has happened to the “preponed” orders from Feb to Jan 31…do they get it before the 29th batch?

  472. I’m out. Sent my cancellation email. I really had high hopes for the Adam but delays after delay have dashed my hopes. Maybe I’ll get and Adam 2 when its available and the business has more time working out all the kinks.

  474. Viewsonic G Tablet…comes with 2.2 but you can flash it to any ROMs from XDA including Eden 🙂

  475. @packetlosss: I had a shipping date of the 29-th, got notification that it was shipped on the 30-th and am already contacted by the courier. However I did not report that to NotionAddicts, and there might be (many?) more like me.

  477. Hmmmm, if they are struggling to fulfil the orders that are delayed at the moment, the next pre order is in for another long wait for their shipments. i would have assumed by now they would have had a healthy stock pile ready for the next round.

    its all pointing in the wrong direction!!

  478. Duh? Stop drinking that Koolaid!!!

    2/14 date (with buffer) is to accomodate the Chinese New Year…at least for the 5.31%…so don’t expect any sympathy from this “minority” group who are being dragged thru the mud.

  479. +1, I tried to preorder, got screwed by the server, but my gf (who didn’t have an earlybird link) got hers ordered. Then she didn’t tell me it was open xD

    So I’m waiting on round 2, too. Every time she starts bitching about the delays, I remind her that I didn’t even get mine ordered. =(

  481. @Joson: I can fully agree with throwing out a whole shipment when you find out that some of the screens “got cracked”. There is too much risk that the other ones contain flaws as well. Better to take the heat for late shipment then to take the heat for shipping of bad quality systems ❗

  482. Completely agree with you Jason. I don’t know how others are buying the crap that is being dished out by Rohan.

  483. Subs:
    > most people including the usually unflappable Gecko (whose posts i enjoy here and at other forums, keep em coming)

    Well, you won’t enjoy my posts today because I’m sick, and you don’t want the details; suffice it to say there are fluids and colors involved. Anyway, I’m not pre-ordering, have reptilian patience, will look at other tablets as they come out, especially pixel-qi ones. I expect all will have issues; I don’t expect all to be so lacking in customer service. My major concern at the moment is the NI has no system in place to handle defective units except to try and convince the customers that they’re supposed to be like it. Plus I’m still running a fever; that’s another major concern at the moment. Plus I’m supposed to feed a friend’s cats, but I’ll get someone else to do it.

  484. I’ve already considered going for one of the other tablets- but then I remember pixel qi and realize I wouldn’t be happy with any of them.

  485. Ooouuhhmmmmm ….. deep breath …. Ooouuuhhhmmmm …. deep breath.

    That’s me doing some deep breathing and meditation after reading my new email from NI … and …. hold on, deep breath …. I’m trying to bring my blood pressure back down to prevent me from just unleashing all h3ll in a poetic-justice-scathing forum post. Well, I too got moved to Feb 14th (from Dec 9, to Jan 15-22, to Jan 29th, and now Feb 14th).

    It would be real easy for me to unleash my anger and frustration in this reply post – and I might add, it would be warranted. I’m choosing to take the high-road, but I’m not going to put on a false happy face and tell everyone to “just relax,” “it’s ok,” “NI is great,” “the Adam is worth it” … blah, blah, blah …. I’m past the point of “positive affirmations.”

    I have remained patient and even loyal by not “bashing” NI on the forums and not canceling my order. In fact, I’ve tried to pass-off every disappointing update and comment from Rohan, as growing pains of a new company – giving NI the benefit of the doubt. Furthermore, I’ve been placing my feelings and emotions on a “scale of justice” with positive reviews, customer experiences, and product potential on one side and carefully balancing the frustrating news, delays, defects, and Rohan’s cryptic messages on the other side. Up until this point, I’ve added “extra weight,” in the form of “belief” to the scale, so that it always tended to lean and weigh in a positive direction.

    The extra “weight” that has been a “positive-tipping-belief,” has slowly eroded and has caused my scale to become a never ending see-saw of frustration and now anger. It’s hard to imagine that a company and product can cause such a groundswell of support without even having successfully “launched” a fully working product. My decision of support and eventual purchase came from a belief in a product that, on paper, appeared to be a technological advancement in PC portability and convenience. Couple this with the CEO’s passion and fresh-approach of communicating with the end-user, and it was easy for me to “drink-the-kool-aid” and become obsessed with Adam.

    Well, the effects of the kool-aid are beginning to wear-off and NI had better use some of my hard-earned money they’ve been holding hostage to invest in their Marketing Dept. The back-lash from this latest “extremely unfortunate … situation” (as my email stated) will be enough for even the die-hard fans of Adam to cancel their orders and look elsewhere for a product they can believe in.

    @Rohan – it’s your move. What are you going to do … first, to help your “family” feel comfortable with their decision to invest in your dream and company? second, not lose your current dwindling fan-base? and third, keep NI from becoming known as a company that consistently miss targets, shipping dates, and speak mis-information with confusing facts? One frustrated “family member,” or even fifty, may not hurt your company’s image … but hundreds-of-thousands of frustrated customers can taint a company’s name for a long time.

    Rest assured, I haven’t canceled my order …. yet. And if/when I do, you wont just be losing one “family member,” you’ll be losing about five customers … because if I lose my faith in NI and Adam, then my five friends who have been convinced (by me) to hold off on purchasing a competitors tablet, will invest their money elsewhere.

    Help me, help you …. start keeping your promises – or don’t make them in the first place.

    Continued supporter … for now.

  487. You are hoping that you will not bumped…but there will be another update (of course after 2/14) that you are in the 2.3% of the affected batch and will be delayed.

  488. Stop with the 50 Number that is a total and complete lie. There is no truth to it. Period

    If it were true and now only 5.3% of those are affected by the damaged screen issue. Then if you round up there would only be 3 orders delayed. And since I ordered two tablets myself and have had my date changed from the 9th all the way now to February 14th. It is safe to say Rohen is full of it. And a million smilely faces won’t cover that up

  490. @ Sam From Wisconsin: Where does this come from “Greg is doing business with notionink which depends on their product sales“?

    I don’t have that impression at all, and if he did, I expect Greg to be open about it and would still trust his reviews. Over a period of half a year he has proven to be a straight shooter (who is a fan of notionink).

  491. Uh, Levi’s was the last major manufacturer of jeans in the US. Please note my use of the past tense. Please look at the manufacturing location of your GPS unit, or your telecommunications unit. Please note, in fact, the huge amount of consumer electronics manufactured here in the US, which is approximately none.

    I’m as patriotic as the next American, but I prefer to be proud of things we’ve actually done, such as inventing cheese sushi.

  494. I was in the 5% that got delayed…but did not get any email. The only way i found out was by checking the shipping data status.

    So…Rohan….where is the email?

    I thing you should consider give the 5% of us who got delayed by 2 more weeks, access to the Genesis marketplace with fee downloads of atleast 5 apps…as a consolation!!!!

    Srini

  496. my guess is it is one of Rohan’s half truths and that they are not staying open for them. we are talking about a very small order I’m sure any screen company would have this amount in stock already. I’m also sure any company could produce the amount of screens we are talking about in 15 or 20 minuets not days . Just more puffed up words from Rohan

  497. +1, This is all what I wanted. Just tell me if I am affected by the damaged screens. I have waited this long and I don’t have any problems waiting for another two weeks. However, this cannot drag on! If on Feb 14th, I get another delay, thats when I need to rethink on this whole NI thing.

    Now my only concern is the a bunch of grumpy sinotek employees working on their biggest holidays. I hope that does not affect the quality of the screens that they are making because of the need to work during the holiday.

    It better not affect the quality of the screens and the adam as well and request Rohan and NI to be prepared to face another backlash if the quality of the screens is not upto the mark.

    Best of luck Rohan and NI

  498. Rohan, maybe a video message would help ease the pain. People act a little differently when they can see a face. Also include an update to the software and what is being done. maybe show us some video shots of your team there working diligently to fix glitches in the adam? This type of VIDEO would go a long way. Thanks.

  500. @ all.
    I should have been clearer i guess. The ‘world’ of home appliances, tablets, PCs.

    Pinpoint yourself a deadline/point of no return, and step back and wait.
    If you come to the conclusion that point has passed yet, cancel your order.

  501. Alexander:
    > i’m sorry but missing a annual holiday is something far worse than a delayed tablet pc

    Missing *the* annual holiday, pretty much the only time they get off. I wish I’d preordered only so I could make a credible request that my order be further delayed.

  503. Inker-5…

    Manufacturing delays do happen for even bigger companies leave alone a start-up but how that gets managed and how the customers get updated differentiates the good companies from others.

    In the case of NI, they are very, very bad. I did not even get an email when the previous 2 delays happened (at least they have sent an email this time around…a small positive)…but the updates come only after the dates have passed. Why is it taking so much time?

  504. @Himanshu
    I’m a big supporter of NI, of Rohan and his dream. I have sold at least three additional units to others just because they see the excitement when I talk about the device, they want me to post a UTube video of me and the unit. As I said in earlier post I have no problem with the moving ship date, my problem is with the lack of communication to the CUSTOMER. I too have a hard time understanding why those who placed their order after us are receiving their Adams. In Business you always stride to take care of the oldest back orders first. Given that our units were ordered mid Dec they would have to be the oldest orders that NI has. I don’t think that its unreasonable to expect a slight compensation for having our orders delayed 4 TIMES. I think it would go along way with those affected and it would show that NI truly is committed to its Customers.
    Also I understand all about the Pre-order process and that delays can occur. Yes I am relaxed I don’t need to take a chill pill. I appreciate that NI wants to ship a good quality unit and I’m very optimistic that is what I will get.

  505. what colors? red? is it like rice water? smell fishy? I need details man. How about doing a 72hour fecal fat sample. Where do you live? have you traveled recently? have you eaten rice? uncooked meat? salad? drink an stream or lake water w/o boiling it? try fasting.- does it go away?

  507. well this is a unfortunate incident , which delayed delivery to few our friends . it is really frustration to wait, but it looks everybody is trying their best to deliver. so have patience. all the best to notion ink team.

  509. I wonder what would happen if I told a patient I was prescribing them a chill pill.

  510. I agree…update needs to come before and not after the date has slipped. And since Rohan seems to fancy %, how much % that he wants to put in that the 2/14 date will be met?

  513. @Shiva
    Are you kidding me. Its serious business and not emotional crap. I truly believe that Rohan is not telling the truth (or even half). These chinese workers thing is just a scapegoat. Rohan has lost credibility so I am not buying his words.

  514. ‘With a good product you can kill whole army, but with a dream you can build Nations.” That’s what Rohan says…. Well here’s what I have to say….

    “With a bad delay you can kill a whole army of fans, but with a series of lies and deceptions, you can build a NATION, no a WORLD, full of harsh critics.”

    Over the past few months, I’ve spent a ridiculous amount of my valuable time on the ADAM: checking the website for updates, typing in my pre-order number, reading this blog to try to decifer Rohan’s cryptic messages, going to other sites and ruthlessly defending Rohan and his team (user name is JMAG on most responses to other blogs).

    NOW… If that 14 Feb date slips, I am going to spend the same inordinate amount of time being the harshest critic Rohan has ever or WILL EVER face.

    BIG BOY PANTS, ROHAN, BIG BOY PANTS

  515. My order was 12/9…never seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Sorry, correction…I do see the light but it is the light of the oncoming freight train that keeps hitting me with every delay 😦

  517. According to @behrendorff on “Notionaddicts” he ordered adam on 2010-12-12 07:01:38. see the image below

    Link: “http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/1552-Did-you-receive-an-email-29th-Pre-Orders”
    (comment no. 10)

    @behrendorf’s adam is already shipped. How is it possible that those ordered on 2010-12-09 are not receiving it, whereas those ordered on 2010-12-09 are not?

    Rohan do you care to comment????????????????

  518. uhh I can think of many many brands of Jeans made in the USA. Levi’s went out yes, but if you’ll actually read the whole comment you’ll see where I admit we gave a lot of manufacturing away. That said However last time I was in Denmark every pair of jeans I saw was “made in the USA”.

    Retail Telecommunications are not manufactured in the US correct, Commercial are however. Ask Boeing.

    I much prefer the pop-tart Sushi to Cheese Sushi.

    The Chips for GPS may not be made here, but the system was invented here.

    Oh yeah, BTW, Pixel Qi is an American Company. Enjoy your American designed screen.

  519. Well done Rohan and NI team and all those who are putting in exrta effort from China.
    I am have no regret in waiting till Feb 14th for my Adam
    And eagerly waiting for the pre-order2 so I can order a few more..

  520. Just have some faith guys. lots of you are acting like notion ink is not a real company and they are going to steal your money. Notion ink has a product that has been fcc approved. do you honestly think a fake company could do this. when all you you preordered you should have understood that this is a startup company and there will be bumps along the way. Do you ppl think that Motorola or Apple or HTC could get away with taking your money? No. So calm down. Just be patient. That’s what “preorder” means. You pay for the product, They take the money and manufacture your product, You get it in the mail later. I have faith and will be part of the next preorder. And even if it takes till march or April to get to me. There will still not be anything that compares to it on the market. So you can either quit complaining and order one and wait a month to get it. Or you can not order one and wait three or more months to buy the next best thing. It’s your choice. But please quit pushing your opinions on to others.
    Keep up the hard work Notion Ink, I’m patiently awaiting preorder 2

  522. According to @behrendorff on “Notionaddicts” he ordered adam on 2010-12-12 07:01:38. see the image below

    Link: “http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/1552-Did-you-receive-an-email-29th-Pre-Orders”
    (comment no. 10)

    @behrendorf’s adam is already shipped. How is it possible that those ordered on 2010-12-09 are not receiving it, whereas those ordered on 2010-12-12 are receiving it?

    Rohan do you care to comment????????????????

  525. Correction:
    According to @behrendorff on “Notionaddicts” he ordered adam on 2010-12-12 07:01:38. see the image below

    Link: “http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/1552-Did-you-receive-an-email-29th-Pre-Orders”
    (comment no. 10)

    @behrendorf’s adam is already shipped. How is it possible that those ordered on 2010-12-09 are not receiving it, whereas those ordered on 2010-12-12 are receiving it?

    Rohan do you care to comment????????????????

  527. Fevers a deadly for Gecko’s, so I hope that you have placed your hammock inside because going outside might cool your fever, but Gecko’s run the risk of arriving into below zero hibernation in the current weather.

  530. Exactly. But I did not bother to send them an email because I know i’m not going to get any response.

  531. Rohan!! why is my conments missing for the last few times? Is it time for me to stop ?

  534. @Il Magnifico
    Its not just the LIBOR for NI. If NI were to borrow, they would need to pay a LIBOR + spread. With their history (start up, etc.), it would be at least 4% spread. Ask Rohan and he would let you know. BTW, the Indian discount rate is more than 7-8.5% so Mr. Rohan is enjoying pretty cheap money if you ask me.

  536. 3)

    According to @behrendorff on “Notionaddicts” he ordered adam on 2010-12-12 07:01:38. see the image below

    Link: “http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/1552-Did-you-receive-an-email-29th-Pre-Orders”
    (comment no. 10)

    @behrendorf’s adam is already shipped. How is it possible that those ordered on 2010-12-09 are not receiving it, whereas those ordered on 2010-12-12 are receiving it?

    Rohan do you care to comment????????????????

  537. I KNEW IT !!
    I always suspected that Greg could not be real !! This guy (is he really a guy, maybe a robot…or even more, maybe an ADAM-BRAINED ROBOT ?!) has been quietly, gently, intelligently posting everywhere to defend NI and Adam, to inform newbies for more than a year. OF COURSE he has to make business with them !!

  538. Seriously, I don’t trust the date with or without buffer. The buffer should have been added when the 15-22 got pushed out to 29…and not “pre-poning” the Feb orders.

    I have a nasty feeling that the “pre-poned” Feb customers will get their units before I get mine.

  540. I have just asked them to cancel my preorder…

    Anyone out there that have succesfully cancelled their order? How long until my money is refunded and will they refund the entire amount?

  542. Thanks, proto-Doc Wertz. I haven’t had much choice about the fasting; it’s been forced on me. I especially liked your advice to wait until my symptoms go away before answering you. You will be a fine doctor, preferably in something like radiology where you don’t have to deal with patients.

    Don’t know about the fecal fat sample, but I’ve been reading about fecal transplants, which doesn’t really help with my nausea:
    “http://www.slate.com/id/2282768/”

    @Paul Schoe:
    lizards sometimes induce fever when they’re sick by moving closer to their light bulb, or the equivalent in more-natural settings, which doesn’t make them any less comfortable, but medical necessity takes precedence.

  543. 1. I thought the pre-order 2 would be delivered by valentine as supposed to initial delay Beco’z of FCC. Looks like I have to wait till march/April end for pre-order 2.

  544. alright, i have been more than patient, i understand unforseen events, i think i can wait a little bit longer… this is the last time, and only because of the damage not being the fault of notionink… if there is another delay, i will have to cancel my order because i cant tie up that money with no returns… i believe in you guys, but it is getting kinda tough

  546. @subs: maybe “math is my strong suit” because I can add 8 weeks to an order date of December 10th and then arrive at the beginning of February, but I feel to see how that means that I “dont fall in the bucket of people who “tend to believe a CEO“. I assume logic is clearly not one of my strong suits 🙄

  547. I hope it doesnt get caught in the storm. Suppose to be worst storm this winter… might cancel classes again on this one.

  549. I was delayed to the 14th. By the way, you guys should check how long it is after purchase where your credit card company will refund your money should you dispute the charge. I know that American Express is normally 60 days.

  550. This is ridiculous–delay after delay after delay. It’s always something. I have been patient up to now, but at this point I am frustrated and angry. Notion Ink has done nothing to help me feel better about these delays. They have not offered credits, accessories, free downloads, nothing…. They merely ask for my patience. I realize that Notion Ink is a startup, but they have reached my limits of understanding.

  551. Please pre-install the screen protector for delayed shipments. Any one interested in having screen protector pre-installed keep going here.

  552. Paul…even with a 8 week expected delivery time, my units should be shipped by Feb 9 (since my order date was Dec 9). So, NI has screwed up on their 8 week commitment too.

    And to begin with, they should not have updated the expected ship date on the order status and kept it Feb (with 8 weeks lead time)…and used some internals dates to do batch-by-batch shipments.

  553. I am pretty angry right now cause of this. I have been waiting a while for my Adam after all. However, I’m not holding it against NI, Rohan, or anyone at the factory. Crap happens, I’m pissed it does, but it does, and this seems like something no one could have had control over. So I hope that no one else here is holding a grudge against NI. It would be silly and pointless! Just my 2 pennies. I’m going to be waiting patiently for my Adam, and at least I’ll have it in time for next semester at school. Also, thanks to the guys at Sintek, I’m sure a lot of people appreciate it, and would immediately give them a big hug if they met one of the employees. I know I would.

  554. true people rushed NI for the tablets. Now the first batch without the update caused lot of problems. Im sure if it was delayed by a few days the update would have been installed at factory.
    The product is seen by all the OS and basic software is seen by users. At least now there should be no rushing NI on deliveries.

  555. John Velas said, on January 30, 2011 at 23:02 I do not want anything special, just do not lie.. I cancel already.

    Reply
    Robanada said, on January 30, 2011 at 23:41 Can I have yours?

    Robanada, no you can’t have someone elses, because they aren’t shipping.

    I will sell one of my two pre-orders right now, I have an LCD with 3G that I am not going to keep now.

    I am still trying to decided on the Pixel Qi with 3g, I am very close to going down and just picking up an ipad, since I could be using it this afternoon

  556. In several posts, I had commented about my calendar entry for my Adam. I think NI will help me achieve the future-predictor stage.

    In my calendar I have marked “March 19” as “Adam arrives on my doorstep”. I did that when they had “Jan 9th*” on my ship date (with an asterisk, of course). Oh how I love being true!

  557. They are recalling/postponing ALL the shipments assuming there could be many tablets with touchscreen damaged.

    1. This shows the competency level of the production plant. Now the same plant is gonna be used to fix back the device, who knows, they may again do some other mistake.

    2. If one or few tablets are damaged, how come and on what bases do you assume all other tablets and most of them will be damaged too.

    3. If its a common possible mistake which could have happened on ANY tablets, whycome not even ONE of the already shipped and reviewed tablets doesn’t have this touchscreen problem?

    4. Exactly when and how did Rohan or anyone find out this touchscreen issues?!?

    5. The whole thing maybe a lie!

  558. @Rohan this is a good point that was made above. I would like to know as well, as well as many others im sure. How the hell do you explain this? I ordered 15 Minutes after Greg did and now im in the Feb 14th batch. What the hell????

  559. will tune in now for updates in mid feb.
    mobile world congress is in barcelona from 14th to 17th feb, lets hope rohan has some aces up his sleeve and there will be something to cheer then.

  560. WTF Rohan, pushed back AGAIN??
    And no mail in my inbox too.

    (5% delayed again.. seems like a lot more when you scan trough the replys)

  561. Its not the LCD or the PQ screens that were damaged. It’s the touch screen layer that’s common to these that were found defective. As the post says, it was difficult to weed out the individual screens that got affected, so they nixed the whole batch, so it affected both PQ and LCD orders. I am sure if they take possession of this batch, they can salvage many over time or, at least, cannibalize the parts for repairing other units. Assuming they have a service center somewhere.

  563. You can check it yourself using the link posted.

    Small correction to the above post:

    @behrendorf’s adam is already shipped. How is it possible that those ordered on 2010-12-09 are not receiving it, whereas those ordered on 2010-12-09 are receiving it?

  564. …I was trying to put my name in respond for Anish post – it is at bit messy in here

  565. @magic51

    of course you can go ahead and buy ipad/galaxy tab, but what will/would happen in that scenario is that you’ll find after a few days/weeks that although you have purchased a tablet other than Adam and now when many of your friends/colleagues have received their Adams and then at that moment you will grudge with yourself like this -> ‘Goooooosh had i waited a little longer’ i would hav had had an adam with me and not this piece of junk (ipad/galaxy tab). lolz

    good luck my friend in case you decide to switch to the other dumber side (in that case do a favour -> transfer ur adam booking to me, i’ll be more than glad to have one)

    lolz

    🙂

    😀

  566. You can check it yourself using the link posted.

    Small correction to the above post:

    @behrendorf’s adam is already shipped. How is it possible that those ordered on 2010-12-09 are not receiving it, whereas those ordered on 2010-12-12 are receiving it?

  567. Everyone who is considering canceling should check the window of time they are allowed by their credit card company to dispute charges. American Express is 60 days. Given that, the expected date of Feb 14 will be outside that window for most people (who used AMEX).

  569. Lol Gecko, that is one way to help restore the normal flora to fight C. Difficile. My favorite part is this “And then there’s the do-it-yourself crowd. All you need is a bottle of saline, a 2-quart enema bag, and one standard kitchen blender.” … then what? throw the perfectly good blender away?

  571. Whats the point of a discount on a future product if they can’t deliver on the one you already ordered and paid for?

  573. Rohan said, they already had a cushion built into the estimate, so they aren’t giving a best case estimate, they were given a worst case estimate and now they missed that by a mile. stop makeing excuses for them, Notion Ink doesn’t have a clue what it is doing, it is flying by the seat of it pants, as the saying goes, and fighting one fire after another.

  574. Those who wanted the IPAD dont need an Adam. Dont get me wrong IPAD is good for media consumption. Nice interface. But hey no flash in IPAD. The long list of things it does not have is not worth repeating. It is not a bad product as it is defined but for most who are looking for ADAM it is not the product.
    As for XOOM that is with Verizon. When it will be launched remains to be seen. Paying $30-45 per month for 3G connection will put the damper on many. IPAD WIFI only is the major selling product in the Apples tablet portifolio. Which indicates that most consumers are not willing to pay a seperate fee and get tied up with a Service provider. Remember if it is Verizon this tablet cant be used with other networks!
    As for customers outside of US this may come only 3-6 months after US Launch.

    There was a WIFI launch slated for Brazil in mid second Quater.
    So Xoom is not a choice for most people at least for the next 4-6 months.

  575. sorry to every1 who has been delayed again

    i have to admit i keep gettin more and more relieved on missing out on the pre-order,

    i feel i was swept up in the euthoria of the adam, but now after all these problems i think i would sooner bite the bullet pay a bit xtra and buy a xoom ipad 2 or toshiba or LG tablet least i know i will prob getting a better customer experience and wen they are released prob have equal or better specs than the adam,

    im really disaapointed to write this as i was lookng fwd to getting an adam but too many problems have added up to my brain over rulling my heart.

  576. Rohan

    Thanks for proving me correct by pushing out the dates again. You dropped the ball again. The only positive that I see is that you are consistent in messing up on the ship dates…and never providing an update before the deadline has gone by.

    If you were trying to do some magic to prevent the dates from being pushed and were not successful then I’d expect a personal email from you, the CEO of company, instead of generic email from support. You owe us that level of courtesy.

    As many in this blog have done, I have been recommending NI, Adam and Eden to many of my friends…and they are waiting for the second round of pre-order…but when they see me going through these delays and unprofessional treatment they are having doubts…and I don’t blame them. THANKS FOR THROWING EGG ON OUR FACES!

    If you are really serious in your dream and whatever promises you dish out in this blog then please call me at 1-408-646-3026.

    And please give the exact order numbers that are getting affected instead of generic BS like “50” or “5.x%”. We deserve better communication.

  577. Mods are still active – there’s an alpha port of clockworkmod, care of Rothnic @XDA. The man is a genius!

  580. Where do you come up with a two week delay. My order was on the 9th of December and the first estimate was for January 9th, is it not estimated at February 14th, that is 5 weeks, and what possibly makes you think they can hit the 14th ?

    they have no credibility at this point, I find it amazing that people are still asking about when pre-order 2 will start.

  581. I am in the delayed group too, but i an happy not to have bigger issues than that to deal with.
    It is very frustrating though, but I think I will get over it…

  582. Again, I know they are a startup, I understand things will go wrong. Had Rohan communicated this with everyone, instead of getting our hopes up high and then crushing them we may not be as mad.

  583. Me too…I now think back to CES and the Techcrunch interview by the guy who was hounding Rohan about the device and the future of NI.

    In retrospect, that guy was not way off the mark in term of NI and their ability to cope with in the fast changing tablet arena. NI does not have a clue about how to run a business! It will become harder for them to compete particularly since the tide is changing somewhat and peoples patience is being tested to the max.

    Apart from the terrible reviews thus far, and not considering the lack of communication and total disregard for the truth, NI do not deserve any respect for the way they have handles things thus far,in my mind atleast. It was an achievement to get where they are but the broken promises, false specs and an ageing product which took 3 years to produce, but could not be delivered on time and of good quality is quite a shame.

    I personally think that Ni does not have the funding and have thus prolonged the orders to fit in with their capcity limitations. Holding these funds probably is earning them quite a bit of interest unless it is tied up in subsidising further units which is probably the case. There was no damaged screens and if there was, why has this occured only in the last two days when the devices where actually to be shipped?

    I would demand an explanation for the lying and scheming mentality thus far but I know I would not get one. if rohan can answer one question, that is why has the screens only arrived on the 28th-29th of January, when they were already supposed to be shipped by the 22nd January? Why would Rohan say at CES that the devices are already on a ship to the US, which was ridiculous at the time of comment, and then could not be shipped on time? It is utterly pathetic that we have too deal with a company like this.

    Yes, some will say go and buy another device if we dont like the device or how NI is run but the fact of the matter is that we were all eager to order and wait for the period they had mentioned, even with the delays but the lying is pathetic which should not be tollerated by even the most avid fan of NI.

    I do feel sorry for those who have openly delivered unboxing videos and showed their defective devices yet are not ableto get the device changed.

    I can guarantee that there will be many more disgruntled people who will find that they would not be able to send back their device under warranty even though NI pronounced that this would be the case. For example, if a device is shipped to South Africa and has a problem, the costs to ship it back to China or India for that manner via TNT, DHL or whoever they use is extremely expensive, and even though Ni would have preferential rates, they would deny a certain percentage a return due to this fact.

    The other thing is that if these devices are to be sold to ordinary people who do not know much about things like trying to unbrick your device or load new firmware NI is going to have a major backlash considering that there is no guarantee that you would receive a defect free device or one that has not been opened before arrival.

    Good luck NI, this would be my last device ever purchased from you, and although you will not need my purchase in the future your integrity has been stained by the lies and deceit thus far

    And for all the die hard fans, wake the hell up and stop living in “Dreamland”

  584. Yup…and who is going to buy another Adam when you know it is never going to ship?

  585. it could be models. We dont know the full logistics between how many of each model are produced at a time. there are 6 variants and each time they have to change the setup when manufacturing. They are not going to make each one as they were ordered and change every time. they are going to make 100 PixQi3g, then Pix Q1 wifi, then LCD 3g then lcd wifi, etc and diff stuff like that. somewhere in the process they had an excess of one and not enough parts to finish the others so they filled what they had completed in chronological order. Someone on a later date was filled bec that is what they had in stock

    need to compare apples to apples, were they the exact same model? if so, I would then get upset

  586. Gaurav, I don’t think its that bad. I still have faith in NI. I would cancel my order in a heartbeat if I thought they were dishonest.

    I am frustrated yes, I seem to have been waiting forever for my Adam and I have been so close a couple of times now. There are a lot of feelings in this product, I do not really know why, I usually do not get my feeling clogged up in a product, but this one has indeed captured me so I guess that why I get so frustrated. That and I have a bunch of colleagues that say every time, where is your Adam? Why don’t you just by an iPad?

    I don’t want an iPad, hell will have frozen over before I buy and use anything that is so close to a dictatorship as any product can be.. Anyways I seem to have drifted of, I dont think that NI is dishonest, but yes they probably could have handled it a little better, but then again we might not have had this blog and then it would be far worse.

  587. We have a saying at our place in northern India ->

    ‘girte hain jawaan maidane jung me bar bar, lekin aakhir me jeetata wohi hai jo girkar phir kadha ho jaata hai mere yaar’

    lemme translate this for ya gecko->

    One does falls from his horse many number of times but in the end it is the one who wins is the one who rises everytime he falls!

    So if there is the delay, nevermind, be supportive as you have been all these times, u’ll see the problems/delays will vanish as if there were none!

    in the end all i’ll say dear gecko you need to go and see a vet!

    get well soon!

    😉 🙂

  589. Well, now that my shipping date has been pushed to 14th i certainly have one positive point- My exams are coming (8-18th feb), and i havent read anything!!!
    So instead of waiting for it to ship i will be spending more time with my books, and guess what??? Certainly my Adam will arrive just 1-2 days after my exams…..awesome

    But that doesnt mean i am not sad!!!

  592. @magic51
    India is the second most populated nation in the world, next only to China. India is however fast catching up. India and China together make up 1/3rd of the world population. So the 95% quoted is technically incorrect. But people cannot hide behind the cloak of culture. If someone has used it before on this blog, then it is just a smoke screen for an excuse. I come from India though I don’t live there, I think it is basic human etiquette for someone to apologize, if there is a delay or if something goes wrong. A sorry can mend many bridges.

    Somehow that is not how the businesses run. It is rare to see a CEO of a company apologising for a faulty product or a delayed shipment (Apple for iPhone 4, Microsoft for Vista, Facebook for security lapses, Toyota for faulty cars, HP for monitors catching fire, Sony for batteries catching fire, Notion Ink for delayed shipments, etc…). Admitting any wrongdoing or a mistake committed would be inferred as incompetence and would spell disaster for any company (start-up or established). Notion Ink’s problems stem from unclear and ambiguous communication. Myself and gecko had commented numerous times on this blog saying that Rohan needs is a good PR person who can deal with the matters of communication in a clear and concise manner. We haven’t seen anything to that effect so far.

    A company can afford to slip or trip only a set number of times. They are like lives in a video game. They need to be used effectively. The moment one runs out of lives, it is GAME OVER.

  593. AlbertWertz:
    > throw the perfectly good blender away?

    Of course not – return it to the person you borrowed it from

  594. Sorry…the patience well has dried up here. NI and Rohan better deliver without any excuses.

  596. Ho ho ho…very good one. Is this the mystery feature…getting to understand Rohanese?

  598. I will be so glad to get my adam, get rid of it and be done with this fly by night, totally reactive, outfit.

  600. Jan 9 -> Jan 15-22 -> Jan 29 -> Feb 14 -> ???

    I wouldn’t be surprised if it never arrived.

    Not sure about cancelling me order yet; looking at Xoom and Nook Colour.

  601. yeah in about 4 months with $45 per month in US and 6+ months else where in the world. You will need to XOOM so the time passes.

  605. I am among those who are waiting for the notification of the 2nd preorder–and realize now obviously that the e-mails being sent were notification for delays for the 1st preorder debaucle…

    I also have a Viewsonic G-tab which I purchased while waiting for the Adam–as I had to play around with something… and have flashed a number of ROMs on it, including the one from XDA for Adam. Interesting–but does not function flawlessly.

    Also, I agree with the earlier post about NOT wanting to have a commitment to a 3G service if I don’t want to do that (wife won’t approve). For the tablet I have now, I can connect to data via my wifi-tethered phone, which works fine if I am not in a real wifi zone…

    Further, as I looked at the xoom, the only things that appear better (besides possible availability sooner ???) and the screen resolution. The things for which I am holding out for in the Adam:

    1. Pixel Qi
    2. GPS. The Xoom cites the Google maps, but must use only interpolated position from cell phone data… I want an actual GPS. Not found anyplace else…
    3. Improved batter life (supposedly)
    4. Platform with optimized OS with upgrades supported. I assume that this will be the case. Further, it doesn’t seem like NI has problems with XDA, so rooting the device, etc. is “supported”
    5. Form factor. Come on–it’s cool. I toted my G-tab around with me at church today, and it’s like holding on to a small cookie tray. Ditto for my wife’s Ipad.
    6. Sound. Gotta have good sound to play at least Angry Birds… and it seems to have stereo sound unlike others not yet even out there…
    7. Access to (at some point) both Genesis & Market. Hacks out there now to put Gapps on the Adam (not like I have one). It’s not like there are a ton of things out there that work well on a tablet right now–many simply don’t work or are only 1/4 screen.

    Anyway, there’s my 2 cents worth. GPS (hardware) will rock–esp. if you can preload maps (1 GB on my Nuvi, so hopefully possible).

    If anyone knows of any android GPS programs out there (in case map problem not yet fixed for USA), I’d be curious to know. Would NOT want to have ongoing costs for that–just a simple 1x purchase…although I suspect map problem will be resolved (?)
    8. Everyone and their dog has an Ipad. Be a Pepper.

    Anyway– still waiting for an opportunity to order.

  606. Which is? Never give any proactive updates…and even if there are any, seeded with ambiguous data like 50 or 5.x%? Man, what a vision.

    It is not good if have a vision for a great product…you should have the same vision for customer experience too. It is all one package. NI and Rohan have not got it…and I doubt they’ll ever get it.

  607. I’m not angry just very disappointed, gonna get an iPad on Tuesday to play with till my Adam gets here.

  608. I have manufactured in China, and saw this looming when I saw the delays compounding… I am surprised that they are working through it the New Year, because sometimes during this and the Moon Festival, entire plants and power grids are shut down.

  610. “Do not come back on 14th Feb and give me an update saying it is delayed.”

    He won’t that update won’t come until the 15th or later, they never give information timely, our orders where supposed to have already shipped, and I got no email, I just got to check my status on today and see it is changed again, and Rohan headline just a few hours ago was

    “[30th Jan: Adam on its way, emails are being sent out]”

    So what happened between Rohan updating the blog with that and a few hours later, telling us it is delayed to the 14th

    Does he really have no clue what is happening in his company, explain that, a post on January 30th, saying they are on there way and a second post on January 30 saying they are delayed 2 more weeks.

    LIES LIES LIES that is what it is.

  611. As I said before….

    “The world will go as it will, not as you or I would want it to!”

    Shit Happens

    No one is to blame it is just life. Will be a nice V-day present.

  613. I’m in the same boat. Each time I have been part of the small group of exceptions. 6 weeks of delays leads me to believe there is something else causing problems.

  614. I understand you supporting the company, but where is the great work, so far, the first adams have shipped, and the GPS doesn’t work in half of the world, that is a lot.
    there is no genesis marketplace, no longbox support, no youtube, all these things are a major failure,

    they had to rely on notioninkhacks to get the word out on how to unbrick your adam.

    becasue they don’t have a support formun, or anyway of effectively communicating with their paying customers. I personal have ordered two adams, and have not has a single contact from them, the only thing I got was a credit card confirmation from the processor, so I know they have my email, since I got that.

    Oh yeah, I dd get a status update that my tablets are delayed yet again.

    But please where is the great work at ? there is great potential, but there has not been great work done so far.

  615. Mine got delayed to the 14th, and I’d like to stand in as a proxy for the silent customers who are not whining about it.

    By the way, I read all of the eReader reviews at GoodEReader yesterday. I really liked the Plastic Logics Que ProReader. But the company cancelled the Que project–I think it was after some preorders had already been made–because they felt it was no longer competitive in the market. So they were going to start from scratch on another product.

    As bumpy as the ride has been for Notion Ink, and even though the product isn’t perfect, I’m glad they are pushing ahead and didn’t cancel the Adam. It’s the only product that has the features that are important to me, even if they aren’t perfect yet.

  616. I lose confidence in you.
    I’ll wait but It’s the last time I spend money in company than you.

    Desappointed

  617. Ya shit does happen….this is more of a shit storm. NI and Rohan are to blame for the failed communication and empty deadlines. Facts. No denying it.

    It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises but only performance is reality. ~Harold Geneen

  620. Informed would be if we actually got the email he talked about, but instead nothing

    I don’t feel informed at all, I feel dumb for being such a fool and defending Notion Ink.

  621. No it was an early prototype that they liked, but is not in the specs of the ordered adams.

    Fanboy

  622. I already have an iPad since last year. Still waiting for the adam like everyone else here.
    Will probably get an iPad2 when it comes out.

  624. Good to know that my comment was deleted. Thanks. And yes I checked the older comments already.

  625. In Hawaii we seldom exibit anger. The Aloha spirit and all. But WTF! My Visa was charged and the delay excuse list continues to get longer. In most parts of the world your account is charged when the product ships. Notion is sitting on the interest float. Something needs to be done.
    Also, am I to feel relief or grief regarding the solution worked out in he factory over the Chinese New Year next week. Never buy a car manufactured on a Monday or manditory holiday (doubt if they get double time compensation).

  627. how should he know the answer?
    they printed out all the orders and took them home. the kid spoiled them with milk and the yhad to hire a cryptologist to decipher them again.

  628. Raptor, Marcus, & John:

    Arun is correct. Notion Ink could not put a trackpad on the back because NI would be sued for Patent Infringement by the patent holder.

    Rohan was wise to avoid a lawsuit against NI.

  629. Ya i definitely would NOT recommend for anyone to pre-order until all first pre-order round shipments are received. I think thats obvious at this point though.

  630. @Harvey186
    I think this is the most important thing you must know, the rest must work then:
    “http://o2online.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/472″

    I am interested in the extra tax you maybe must pay…? and what place you are in Germany, if you must pay extra tax pls.
    Thnx

  631. @Jason: US must by my definition “be evil“? Why must having more lawyers then manufacturers be evil? Or is this projection and this is what you think yourself?

    We are all still “buying military supplies” while the USA is “bringing peace by global commerce“? Maybe your newspaper doesn’t publish the USA purchasing budget of the military.

    So “we could stop living in the stone age“? Last time that I checked, you got your ancestors and cultural background from our beloved countries. But maybe your newspaper also provides no history backgrounds?

    Luckily you have a wide cosmopolitan look at things and are happy to buy technology that is designed in India and manufactured in China. I am happy that you are so broad-minded. Surely a good example for all of us.

  632. Ordered Adam 101210.

    Notion Ink collected my $475 101222.

    NI promised to ship 110109, then between 110115-110122, then by 110129.

    Now, by 110214 (with buffer).

    Please ship me my product or issue me a 100% credit by 110214.

    After that, it is between you and VISA.

    Steven Nixon
    Oklahoma City
    NIO11688598

  633. So only 5% were affected but over 90% of Notionaddictsdot com posters are in that 5%?

    Rohan, put simply, most of us don’t believe you anymore.

    As on of the 90% affected (or 5% in Rohan’s terms), I have two questionsfor Engadget,Greg, or whomever else Rohan will respind to:

    1. The problem with the screens occurred on the 29th – why is it that you were still telling us that our 22nd shipment date was still possible?

    If the screenswere damaged on the day before the orders were to go out, and the shipment is now delayed, how is it possible that the rest of the unit wasn’t damaged? Are youreally just going to change outthe damaged screens on the units? This sounds like we are all getting “refurbished” units on the 14th. Prove to me that this isn’t the case.

  634. Man my comments seemed to be removed !! i looked in both newer and older comments and not there!… mmm wornder if ther eis some moderation.. though they were not offensive at all.. just asking if someone knew how long would it take to get our money back if we cancel our ordering.. not that i am not supporting NI anymore.. but i will be leaving the country on FEb 18…. definitelly no time to get my Adam .. Sniff… need to cancel to buy something temporal that help covering during my trip..

    man.. this is not good..

  635. can you go there and see whether they are still on holiday and how many people they are. Is it really true that they consist of only three guys?

  641. “The reason so many of us would like some compensation is because they asked us to pre-order WITHOUT seeing the final product, only renders and prototypes.”

    NI did not ASK anyone to pre-order. They OFFERED a pre-order that you and others CHOSE to partake in.

  643. Ha ha The impatient generation is learning a lesson in patience! That too from the gang leader of the impatients!!!:)

  644. Come on! Get the Big Picture and go together, producers and users, towards a new era in cmputing. NotionInk, you all have our respect a confidence.

    I’ve not ordered yet, because of currency excange problems here at Venezuela, but I expect eargerly to purchase one of this little machines 🙂

  646. This is from Notioninkfan January 19 2011.

    An opportunity to help design a case for the Adam…

    I have been contacted by a designer looking for input from the Notion Ink community. They would like to know what kind of case we would like for the Adam.

    If Greg has no vested interest what so ever..Greg please let us know.

  647. I’m just desperate in getting my Adam. That’s it. 🙂

    I was a Notion Ink lover, I’m a Notion Ink lover and I’ll be a Notion Ink lover

  648. dnt bother with free gifts……lets just hope that first of all our adams ship on time and secondly they all work perfectly fine like the way it was demoed at ces.

  651. At first I took it patiently taught the characteristics of my future tablet with illusion …. but apparently they think we are fools, and we do not realize that almost everyone here are of the 9 to day 50 of 15-22 January and now 5.3% February 14 …….

  652. Just got in to read more of the blogs, I was amazed how the worms turn, supposed to be the best thing since sliced bread, delays are just that delays, nothing more, no one died, no one got ripped of, a delay is just a delay, I can understand how frustrating it must be, to wait and wait for orders to get to you all, so you can play with your marvelous Adam Tablet, the nail-biteing anticipation to hold it in your hands and switch it on for the first time, the bragging rights that come with you getting in on pre-order 1…..

    Guess what I missed pre-order 1 and eagerly await pre-order 2 if I am allowed to get in on it…. I will if i have to wait till PRE-ORDER 15, because at the end of the day I have seen many of the other tablets and know they are capeable of doing what I want them to do, and some of there hardware might be better or worse…. but I want the ADAM I have set my mind on it, it stands out from the pack, you could give me one of all the other tablets and I would still want the ADAM….

    Please stand by the company and give a little patience to the waiting….

    But also there should be more communication from Rohan and his team, all the blogs have been from him and I think he should run his business and get someone to post more blog regularly, his time would be better spent chasing up all the problems and sorting them…..

  653. I don’t mind the extra 2 weeks. I don’t owe a pad now so I can’t miss what I don’t have. I understand that things can get broken while shiping and I rather wait a bit then having them to rush to sort it out and get a semi broken one by mistake.
    Let them sort it out!
    Let the workers have their holiday!!! Workers in China work realy long hours and don’t have much free time. Let them enjoy their well deserved holiday and I will wait longer for my toy to use in my loads of free time compaired to theirs. Hope you get what I mean and it didn’t get lost in translation!!

  654. I agree with your Laksman that they should not have published the earlier dates. A few weeks ago they even “pre-poned” the February dates. That is the problem with this blog. We are almost sitting on Rohan’s lap. That provides a unique experience which has been worthwhile and entertaining for many of us.

    The problem is that by sitting on his lap, we also got the roller-coaster ride that almost every CEO has when he launches his first product. For example: we get the delights when something goes faster then expected (promising quicker delivery dates) and the cramp in our stomachs when unexpected turns are made (resulting in delays).

    For PR at this moment, it would have been better if NI had sticked to their original 6-8 week delivery time. Then we now would have had only 1 delay. But then we would have missed the unique blogs of Rohan, the experience that he has put us through and the roller-coaster ride.

    If Adam is doing what it promised to do, then all of this will be for the best. Everybody here will feel that they have been part of the ‘making of‘. And given that Notion Ink does not only focus on hardware, but will also please us with updates on software in the future, I have the impression that we will all become proud owners. From a PR perspective, even though it resulted in this disastrous way of communication, this blog will then still have worked positive rather then negative.

  657. Funny…all my comments to previous posts are showing up but the one that I addressed to Rohan has not.

  658. One of the main reasons I wanted to buy adam was the matt screen. Now I read everywhere that the adam’s screen is as ‘glare’ as the iPad (except you put an anti-glare cover on it — but the same is true for the iPad, right?). Can anyone tell if adam’s screen is really matt?

  660. Everyone is mad. To be honest, I am not. I know it sucks, and I did manage to secure a tablet in the 29th ship bracket. It has not been delayed, it has been shipped.

    If it had been delayed until Feb. 14th I wouldn’t be mad.

    NI is a startup company. They don’t have experience. Why does everyone want to hold them to standards of a large company.

    One day NI will be a big company, have a little faith in them and calm down everyone. I am 100% for NI. You go Rohan.

  661. One other thing.

    I have been in situations like this personally, and made the same mistake. That mistake is being too optimistic. Being too eager to tell a customer “Yes, I can do it.” It doesn’t make me a liar, it just means that I didn’t have a good enough grasp of what was involved. Even out to the “most are shipping on time, some are damaged” comment – if you really pay attention you can see it here. When they first learned of the problem they posted about it too soon, because they want to keep you guys happy and let you know what is going on. As the week progressed, it must have become obvious that it wasn’t as simple as that. Once you’ve posted the words, you can’t take them back, though. Not a lie, but too much honestly combined with not enough experience.

    If there is anything to be learned from this process it is probably to “wait a couple days and then comment.” A week might be better. They may be learning that lesson even now.

    As for the numbers, I have no idea how to take that. For all I know, there were thousands of these things sold to non-English speakers who don’t comment here, not the vocal minority who are making a huge fuss. Percentages can be tricky that way.

    What I’m getting at here, anyway, is that you guys can’t have it both ways. On the one hand, you demand immediate answers now! Communication! … and on the other, you demand stick to what you say! Can you see that these two desires are in opposition? Rohan is getting caught in the crossfire, and I feel for him.

    We’re so used to dealing with corporate crap that we don’t know how to take it when all this stuff isn’t hidden from us. If Notion Ink had just posted, from the get-go, that orders would begin shipping in, say, March – nobody would be crying up a storm. But they wanted to do their best for you, they cut it too close, had some snags, and this is the result. The reason we all feel disappointed is because our expectations have been countered repeatedly. The question is, were those expectations accurate? Who can say? It’s not often we get this level of inside information about such a process. Use it to inform yourself in the future.

  666. Look at the back of Adam, in the FCC pics. There is definitely a Trackpad form :D. It’s not there in the final product but nethertheless, I dont care a pap for it.

  669. I think the reason more people are angry, understandably, is because many of us still have yet to receive an e-mail advising us of the delay problem. Instead, once they started receiving nasty e-mails then they decided to place an update on a “BLOG” advising people of the delay. It’s a very impersonal way of doing business and not a good way for your customers to find out about delays for items they’ve already paid for. Because it is a start-up company I expected a lot more from Notion Ink.

  670. I’m out. Sold mine on Ebay. Made money. Trust me when I say this thing is beta at best. I was going to write up a big long review, but now that it is sold I will save my breath. If and when you get one, I’d root it on day one. Good luck all.

  671. last I knew MIG 29 was not manufactured in USA. You dont know half of the ‘you all’
    AirBus is beating Boeing hands down. Shall we start a discussion on the other dream some where else? Aka.. Boeing Dream Liner??!!:)
    Jeans manfactured in USA??? LOL That was what you are proud of?? Hey where did you learn growing cotton from? By the way the largest denim fabric plant in in India. Yes india and it accounts of 1/3 (YES ONE THIRD) of the total denim manufactured in the world!!
    When you invent the zero and the decimal system lets start a discussion forum else where we can hash these things out.
    And no your manufacturing jobs were not shipped so we could go out of Stone Age(Though I wonder why anyone wants go out of the Stone Age. With the Taj Mahal made of Marble, Numerous Fantistic Forts Like Red Fort, Agra Fort, Udaipur fort etc made of Red Sand Stone, Fantastic Temples like the Hoslya temples in Southern India made of Granite. Hey the Sidewalks and Curbs in Banglalore are made of solid Granite!)
    they were shipped out else you would have slipped into Martian Mud age pretty fast if it did not happen. Right now the biggest markets for Cars, Computers, Mobile phones and many other products are China, India. Any other country comes next. If you include Japan Korea and rest of Asia those statistics begin to sound pretty intresting. Africa is still to come online but give it a couple of decades we will see who ranks where.

    Why dont we leave these discussions out to where they belong outside here.
    Here Adam is what we come for.
    CEO lying about what? delay for a few days in delivery which is called “estimated”? Hey you are welcome to cancel as some others have done. You cant catch somebodys collar and ask them to perform for you.

  672. For continuing to expand our general knowledge…

    this seems to be the company… looks like they are also in to the photovoltaic business…

    “http://www.sintek.com.tw/index-english.aspx”

  673. It’s a bunch of B.S.

    Most likely they are having financial problems and can only order parts piecemeal or failed to pay a vendor and they are requiring an upfront check before providing more product.

  674. Yes…dreams have to be translated to reality.

    @ Karen…
    Forgive me if I don’t have the “vision” to see the dreams. I want the product on hand to share the dream and enjoy it.

    You keep saying cancel…but Cancel with 5% penalty (or should it be 5.31%?). We are being held hostage here.

  675. Why reply then? I guess you cannot follow simple instructions.

    Mine is delayed….again. And my patience is very short for any other surprises from this chicken $hit operation.

  676. Delay happens.

    I know it is terribly disappointing for you guys waiting on Pre-Order 1, but NI cannot control EVERY ASPECT of the manufacturing process (of both the company in China that is putting the tablet together, and the companies that supply parts to it).

    Some parts of the manufacturing process are simply out of NI’s control and, because the company is brand-new, Rohan probably did not think to add in a few “fudge days” (or weeks) to the promised delivery dates.

    They want to deliver a nice, working machine to you. Please be patient. I am sure it will be worth the wait.

    BTW – I hope to get in on Pre-order 2 and I hope that Rohan will wait until AFTER Valentine’s Day to announce it. 😉

  677. Everyone is NOT holding them to the standards of a large company. When Rohan says “shipping on time” He is setting that standard for everyone to follow and not the other way around. We did not demand a certain ship date, it was given to us by rohan. I have given them the benefit of the doubt over and over again, and to say they dont have experience and they are a statup doesnt cut it and its simply not good enough. Good businesses learn from their mistakes and NotionInk does not seem to be doing that. This is business cut and dry, excuses are just that “excuses” and are invalid and worthless to the customer. “This isnt how you treat Family” if that is how you see us. What the Majority of everyone here is asking for is communication, honest truths, and not last minutes updates about only 5.31% affected customers, when we know that is a lie.

  679. yes if 950 was the total for all of the pre sales group 1 2 and 3 it could be possable and that sounds close to me.

  680. Rooted my nook color and waiting for something. By the time this thing arrives Xoom is around the corner, Ipad 2 to follow , and probably others from Asus. Btw it’s okay to delay a product to get it right, but the way they are handling is very unprofessional and filled with lies … that I do not appreciate !!!

  681. I hope so, I decided to wait until CES to order, so I missed out on preorder 1.
    I’ve tried to comment before, I don’t know if it got posted though.
    Do you guys think I’ll still get to order at preorder 2?

  683. Try touching/clicking the top-left corner of your screen (where the Battery icon is displayed)…that should hide the notification bar.

  684. Friends i trully understand your feelings and deeply touched by your emotions. One thing is sure we all love ADAM and we all are mature enough to cope with it.
    This song is dedicated to those who missed shipping this time.

  685. @ mhasija

    We also have a saying in the US. No translation needed.
    “Get out while the goings good” ➡

  687. Disappointed at the further delay, but it’s ok I guess. From what I’ve been reading on the more professional reviews out there, there are still software related issues with the Adam. I’m happy to wait until Notion Ink get it right. Looking at the reviews, there’s not really much I can do on the Adam until the software bugs are fixed. I’d rather get the complete and awesome product that the NI team intended it to be.

  688. gecko (and others who are disappointed):

    I am absolutely sure that Rohan planned to deliver on the dates he promised. But, what he did not anticipate were the problems with the manufacturing process – and the delays due to holidays in foreign countries.

    He was not “lying” or intentionally “misleading” any of us. That is kind of a ridiculous conclusion. He has relied on the promises of others, and it is those others who have not met their delivery dates. He did not anticipate broken screens, etc. Granted, he probably should have. But he did not intend to disappoint anyone.

  690. This news just came out:

    The ever popular game “Angry Birds” has just became obsolete and is being replaced by “Angry Bloggers”

  692. I am sure that the bugs will be addressed and that Eden will work much better on the second and third batches of Pre-order 1.

  693. On another note glad to see the overpriced ADAM from the american ebayer has dissapeared of EBAY, the one he was selling for so much must have been one of the delayed ones, I hate it when people try to profit from things they dont have yet….. greed makes the world go round.

  694. So only 5% were affected but over 90% of those affected on Notionaddicts dot com are in that 5% figure?

    Rohan, put simply, most of us don’t believe you any more.

    As one of the 90% affected by the delay (or 5% in Rohan’s language), I have two questions for CrunchGear, Engadget, Greg, or whomever else can get Rohan to respond:

    1. If the problem with the screens occurred on the day before the orders were to go out, and the shipment is now delayed, why were you still telling us the 22nd delivery date was possible? Seems fairly clear to all now that you knew early on that there was no way you would be keeping this date. I’d love an answer to this, but not as much as my second, FAR more important question:

    2. If the screens were damaged the day prior to shipping, I’m going to take a leap of faith here and say the units were already put together. If that’s the case, and you are now manufacturing new screens, are you just planning to remove the old screens and put the new ones on the units that previously had the defective screens? If so, you are really shipping us a “REFURBISHED UNIT”. I need an answer from somebody why this is not so – the only explanation that I can come up with is that the 29th date wasn’t realistic either (and Rohan knew that just as he knew the 22nd wasn’t possible), and that they had yet to be put together.

    In any event, generally, companies cut the price of a refurbished item by 20-40%. If you are indeed planning to send us refurbished equipment, are you going to be testing it first, and more importantly, are you going to be giving us a partial refund for not shipping us a new item?

  696. Suggestion to Notion Ink:
    Now don’t make us wait for any news till Feb 14.
    Update us sooner…much sooner with the news…any..good or bad

  698. I sent a similar set of questions to notion ink this morning and have yet to receive a reply.

    +1

  699. I am one of these people who have been pushed to February 14th. I am going to wait and hope it will arrive soon. I think it’s still a promising product and an amazing achievement for a small start up from India. i am prepared to make allowances for Notion Ink’s failings. It does not have the vast networks and company structures of Apple or Samsung have, and so when things go wrong, it has nothing to fall back on. Demand is currently outstripping supply and people are expecting them to be able to respond like the big boys. Further more the CEO does not have a PR department nor a customer services division like the big companies. It is a small start up after all! At the end of the day, you place an order with the risk of delays. Those delays are bound to happen because they are learning everything from scratch. Perhaps with hindsight some of the delays could have been avoided but it’s happened now. I hope Notion Ink will be learning. A steep learning curve because of a lot of pissed off people!

  700. Rohan was sending emails to just the people whose Adams are being shipped right now.

    The people waiting in the third batch of Pre-order 1 will not get an email (yet.) Rohan is letting them know the estimated ship date on the website at “http://www.notionink.com/preorderlogin.php.” When the Adam is “on its way” (meaning that it is actually being shipped – and in transit to you), he will send you an email to let you know that your “Adam is on its way.”

  701. Very good observation about the units shipping as REFURBISHED…I too would be very curious to see what Rohans response to these questions would be.

  703. If you cannot cancel, there are fans here who will gladly purchase your Adam from you.

  704. It’s a pity that so many people now turned to dislike and insult NI and Mr Shravan. Most of them seem to have forgotten that they are part of a pre-order program. You can’t insist on fully developed software if you buy a device that is not even published.
    Many videos are showing the Adam running very responsive and reliable on alternative starters and games.
    The repeated delay is very annoying for people awaiting their paid for product. Again this is pre-order and the touch-screen problems, for example, were not foreseeable. To communicate and explain such problems that fast shows character.

    If anyone reading this has received or will receive a preorder 2 email and refuses to use it, feel free to send it to me. I still want to make my own experience with adam.

    vendetta1987 [at] freenet [dot] de

  706. I am willing to bet that Rohan is MUCH MORE disappointed than you guys.

    Can you imagine how he felt when he heard about damaged screens, manufacturing delays, and Chinese holidays?

  707. I am sure that Rohan will wait until the above issues are resolved and AFTER his Pre-order 1 customers are happy.

  708. Rohan,

    You have a problem and it is not with the Adam.

    All of us who spent our money with you saw in the Adam “something” that we all really wanted. For a multitude of various and different reasons we all made a financial commitment to your product. But more than that, we all made an emotional commitment as well!

    It was the only kind of commitment we really could make. We couldn’t make a logical commitment because we never got our hands on the product… to run it through its paces… the intelligently decide if the Adam was everything it was supposed to be and whether it would actually meet are needs. Without that hands-on opportunity everyone who ordered an Adam (and those still dying to pre-order one) had to overcome our common sense and let our emotions banish our fear and doubts long enough to to send you our money (a tangible sign of our faith).

    In reality, of course, decisions made in that manner are for the most part stupid. And when these type of decisions don’t pan out it leads us to not only question the veracity of those who we believe talked us into making such a stupid decision. But more importantly, it cause us to question ourselves! Whether we were tricked or not is not the question… the question is how could we have been so stupid as to be tricked! Why were we not smart enough to see it coming? It makes us embarrassed and exposed and angry!

    I said at the beginning that the problem is not the Adam. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the first of any technological gadget is going to experience delays and bugs. If we are honest with ourselves, we, the first purchasers of the Adam, had to know that there would be problems and as early adopters we could have potentially bought an item that will never work correctly. Disappointing? Yes, but those were the dice we rolled.

    The real problem Rohan is not the Adam, but you. It is your silence. You have left all of us “emotional” customers with nothing solid to evaluate the situation with. By not getting ahead of these problems and communicating them to us in a timely manner you have left us with only one of two choices… YOU are either a LIAR -or- you are INCOMPETENT. Neither choice is a desirable one. Either choice means that we were taken in… that we were stupid in a way we did not anticipate… and once we get done beaten up ourselves, we are coming for YOU!

    I have followed the development of the Adam for at least a year now. I’ve read this blog religiously since that day I discovered it. I have watched it with amazement and amusement at all of the backseat entrepreneurs who have offered their advice on everything from technical specs to marketing. I have shared their hopes, their pride, their fears, and now, unfortunately, their anger. In all that time I have never felt any urge to add my comments. (Hell, I didn’t even sign up to leave a message until the day you announced that your more vocal “family” would get first crack at ordering… you nearly killed me that day!) Now, as I look forward to my February 14th shipping date I only have one thing to say to you…

    DON’T LET US DEFINE YOU AS EITHER A “LIAR” OR AN “INCOMPETENT” WITHOUT MAKING AN EFFORT TO TELL US WHO YOU ARE… AND WHAT YOUR COMPANY IS ABOUT! And the best way you can do this is by being a upfront as possible with both the good and the bad in a timely manner!

  709. Thanks @AlbertWertz , this is reassuring. Like many others I’ve been a staunch believer in the adam & NI but recent events have got me doubting. Until today I felt that it wouldn’t be fair to cancel my order so close to delivery, but now that my delivery date has been delayed once more I’m for the first time seriously considering canceling. This is why this question and the replies I hope to get are very important to me.

    I see yours has shipped by the way. Congratulations. Interesting that you’re getting yours before I get mine, considering you were originally on a later batch as I recall. Oh well, I guess NI works in mysterious ways.

  710. Amazon Kindle 3 is a textbook case of correct pre-order.
    I pre-ordered Kindle 3. in JULY – The page said order before 10 AM xxx date to get delivery on 27 xxx. ( just example – don’t remember the dates exactly)- also ordered case and extra charger – Amazon charged me a single shipping fee. The charger and case were shipped earlier and amazon sent an email before delivery and after delivery with tracking and also mentioned about absorbing costs of shiiping as they did seprate shipping. The Kindle was shipped 2 days before planned date – again perfect email. emails before shipping informing me to anticipate shipping details. Shipped email ith tracking details and delivery in Hand on promised date – Mind you not leaving the factory on promised date.

    And the icing on the cake. Amazon refunded me 9 USD after they revised the Kindle price – 3 months after delivery at the time of commercial launch . I guess Notionink is better off hiring someone with experience in the online retail business or must start studying the industry practices and try to better them .

    In any case I am patiently waiting for mine as I believe it is still the only customizable tablet for serious user

  711. I guess many would understand what you are saying…..
    Get Well Soon 🙂
    My desi freinds would have liked to say “Get Well Soon, Lucky”

  712. Mine delayed too. Notion can you publish a list of number and names of all the people who’s shipment is delayed till 14th. and also how manu screens were broken in shipment and the order that was canceled…

    Or every one who’s shipment is delayed can you please reply to this post to see how many actually are delayed and what is 5.3% really means in numbers.

  713. Mine got shifted to…. but right now I am in a state where I just don’t care… since nothing else meets my price-point and a tablet specs, so I am okay with it…. but hate the fact that they choose to communicate only after the deadline is done when they clearly knew this would happen….

    However, I am curious… how did u arrive at the number 50?? I didn’t know they were sending out arnd 1000 units in this batch….

  714. Prantha with the avatar of the cat about to puke (I know because I’ve had that same expression myself recently):
    > he did not intend to disappoint anyone.

    Of course he didn’t intend to disappoint, and I actually don’t care about the shipping delays except as one of a rather large number of indications that Rohan is clueless about customer service and doesn’t seem to know that he’s clueless. He keeps repeating the same mistakes over and over again. I don’t care about shipping with buggy software, either. I do care that some people have received defective hardware and NI has not been very helpful; I’m definitely not ordering until that problem is straightened out.

    Again, I recommend my ill-informed rant here:
    “http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/1519-Liar-or-Bad-Communicator?p=17504#post17504”

  715. I have been waiting for my new car for 2 months already, the company lies all the time about this or that problem. It’s a really big company so they were supposed to deliver my car in time (for which I already paid a lot of $$$). Well but you know what?! shit happens! I won’t die without the car and I won’t die for the waiting for a new tab.

    If you guys are so pissed, well, shame on you. Nobody asked you to be early adopters, it was your choice. Being early adopter has always its risks, expecially when we talk about a startup company. I’d have taken the risk as well, but I didn’t get in the first preorder list.

    Being said that, NI needs to be a little bit more careful and organized, the product quality it’s not always the key for success and Apple has many tricks up its sleeve on this topic.

  717. oops… lots of typos…

    make that “too” in the first line…
    and tablet specs, instead of “a tablet specs”

    not to mention that I just want a tablet, don’t really need one… big difference

  718. Oh just stop it. This is a failure of the management. Yes I do expect them to take into account all these thing before taking pre order. There shouldnt be any excuse except natural disasters.

  719. Wow. Today is the first time I’ve ever had a comment deleted on this blog. No worries – I’m just sending my very legitimate queries directly to Engadget and others now.

  720. This has really ticked me off. After the lie about the 29th shipment being sent in the blog etc. etc. and then waiting till the 31st to let customers know. I am still waiting for that supposed email.

    Also, I have kept quiet while being moved from the 9th to the 15th to the 29th and now to the 14th, I can no longer do so. The blotchy screen on the PixelQi is also dissapointing.

    Since the Xoom is coming out on the 17t, there really is no need to wait for the Adam anymore as it will be delayed again, of that I have complete confidence.

    Let see how well notion lies will deal with the banks as they fight to lie there way out of what I now considered fraud.

    Gotta say I am pissed that this “dream” has been shattered. Also, pissed that I am always in that unlucky 50 affected (lol, of the group of 50×50… more lies)

  721. nice idea. I wouldn’t expect less from a Medici, wich was a family from the city where I live 😉

  722. All of you who pre-ordered and helped Notion Ink start building the community must have received an email today.

    OK NO WE DIDNT (NOT ALL OF US)

    One email is on the confirmation of shipping and the other one is on the delay.

    STILL NO

    Those who are in the later group (5.31%) are angry as I could see their comments and the emails.

    WOW 5.31% SEEMS TO BE 90% OF EVERYONE HERE

    It is extremely unfortunate that we are in such a situation. We could not have expected the accidental damage of the touch screen shipment, and that too just days before Chinese New Year eve.

    YOU DIDNT EXPECT IT BUT YOU STILL KNEW OF IT WHEN YOU SAID NEXT SHIPMENTS WOULD STILL BE ON TIME

    Even though the damage was to a part of shipment, we cancelled all because in such a case you cannot predict the defective and working screens manually.

    THIS IS A DISPUTABLE POINT, I WOULD HAVE RATHER TAKEN MY CHANCES WITH 5% but I GUESS YOU ARE REVEALING YOUR LIE HERE..

    Our friends at Sintek requested their employees to miss their New Year week and instead manufacture the lost numbers. Most of them agreed.

    WELL YEA CAUSE THEIR PRODUCT GOT F’D UP

    Blogs are not easily accessible in China, and these employees don’t speak English. But their mangers do and know how to read your reactions, comments, thoughts on the peoject and are extremely passionate about Adam like you, and probably this is why they were able to convince their employees to work for you.

    ONCE AGAIN ITS PROLLY BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST TAKING RESPONSIBILITY

    You shouldn’t go through this useless pain,

    NO WE SHOULDNT AND YOU SHOULD HAVE SENT OUT THE ORDERS AND THEN DEALT WITH THE ISSUES LATER

    but there is a whole group at Notion Ink and at our manufacturing plants putting in all the efforts at delivering you Adams. You have came this far with us, I will request for little more patience.

    THE PROBLEM IS YOU CAN ONLY ASK FOR SO MUCH PATIENCE BEFORE YOU HAVE TO GIVE SOMETHING… SOMETHING…

    We are listening and working on your suggestions at support at notionink dot com or preordersupport at notionink dot com.

    HOW ABOUT RESPONDING TO SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS THAT WE SEND YOU.

    Regards

  723. @Vendetta, there’s a fairly clear axiom when using social media – don’t mislead people. Had Rohan been straightforward with everything, even bad news, the vast majority of everyone here would still be fervent supporters. When it becomes clear you are being mislead, your interest in a company’s ability to succeed drops significantly. This has nothing to do with pre-order questions. Yes, we all took the risk and should be dinged 5% if we cancel (assuming they still have the cashflow to cover the cancellations – Come on 2nd Pre-order round – bail us out!). Regardless whether I ever receive an Adam now, I no longer will be touting this company or its product as something others should buy.

  725. waqar
    thanks for the response. Iam not kidding. I understand there is mis-communication from rohans side. we are upset with him. but why should chinese workers work in the holiday period?
    People dont like to work ( even if it is pre-scheduled) during christmas or new year for non-emergency services. if it is un-anticipated, no body like to work.

    you may say they are convinced/ paid incentive. but in reality – is it not mis-utilisation?

    adam- will be 3 days sooner- if holidays are for 3 days.

    again what we are gaining ? why should we push this? what is it? is it life threatening disease preventing medication? it is only fun giving gadget!! how do we get right to force them to work? because you paid money. i am sure you and me have not worked in unanticipated holidays to get equal amount of that money!
    agree?
    shiva

  726. well two empty weeks until next delivery. If there is nothing else to do than wait and get nasty with Rohan, we could rather talk about adam 2, dont you think?
    Lets put Dream machine on again to forget about the situation.

  729. Unlucky to be pushed out yet again…. 😦

    Can it be that the 2 weeks of wait (supposedly with buffer) includes the time required for the additional screens to be brought in or something…. any guesses? Considering mine was a PQ could that mean further delay? (if they need to get additional screens from PQ)

    What would be logical is that the people pulled in from Feb be pushed out. But putting myself in a decision-making spot, I have to agree with that being a logistic nightmare… for those supposedly with a shipping date of Jan 31st, the list and shipping details should/would have been compiled already… and a last minute switch is never a good idea…

    and even if that is possible, it would be a bad business decision…. think abt it… you have this 5.31% of (already somewhat unhappy) customers who would be unhappy at being pushed out multiple times, but you would make another similar number happy by meeting a advanced Jan 31 deadline…. on the other hand, pushing the Feb batch out back to Feb makes everybody unhappy, though some to a lesser extent…. and adding the logistics to the mix…. I would definitely go for the affected shipment batch to be pushed back…. but resource-permitting it would make good business decision to throw in some form of reward for the patience (Dell, with their repeated deadline miss on their WP7 phone threw in a bluetooth headset… not much, but it’s the thought that counts)

    I myself am in the unlucky few…. but my current situation makes me a bit numb to all this…. there are much more important things in life than waiting on a tablet…. now why don’t I cancel? when I pre-ordered I took it up as a gamble (a big one considering that the amount makes a substantial amount of my student income) and set very low expectations, but high hopes…. that is my motto for happiness…. whatever happens will most probably end up exceeding my expectations 🙂

  730. levpius:
    > My desi freinds would have liked to say “Get Well Soon, Lucky”

    Thanks, Levpius. I hang around Javanese a lot more than Indians, and the word “desi” always makes me smile, because to the Javanese, “desa” means “village,” and sometimes it’s not exactly a compliment. If you say something “Smells of the desa,” it means it’s crude and backwards. The extreme irony is that the Javanese got the word from Sanskrit in the first place.

  731. If it was really only 5.31% of the people, and those people all cancel their orders I’m sure NI will be disappointed, but it won’t kill them. So cancelling your order is just preventing you from getting the device you wanted. But speculating that Rohan is lying isnt going to help you any.

  732. I feel for the people in the group which got delayed. I hope as a group they learn from their mistakes and get things finely turned. I guess that is why you can say it is pre-orders.

  733. Mine has been delayed until the 14th of February as well. I have had two demo’s of this tablet scheduled and had to cancel both. My company liked what it saw in this tablet and if my testing would have proven how beneficial it would be to students over the iPad that they cannot even access their courses on due to flash, but now its more egg on my face. I realize everything doesn’t go perfect all the time, but with 3 delays now, what more could happen. I just want my ADAM now, I have my CC bill with this big charge on it and nothing to show for it.

  734. I think I will disagree with u on the statement – “YOU SHOULD HAVE SENT OUT THE ORDERS AND THEN DEALT WITH THE ISSUES LATER”

    They seem to be between a rock and a hard place…. look what happened to a few people who recd damaged screens…. apart from their misery and obvious delay in getting a replacement, there was such a hue and cry…. u really think that would be the way to go? would you like to be in that group receiving a faulty screen…. my hunch says u would have made a big deal about it…. I would have…

  736. 1. Why we are not hearing from PreOrder2 – You have said soon? Tell us please your definition of soon…
    2. You have received money from your customers before two months and still some of them have received nothing from you. Do you think that is fair? And is there any good explanation?

    I have to say I am sorry, it was one of the best Tablets around. But with your delay-tactic and the non-communication you are destroying the dream.

    And what is also funny, you are answering to many posts when everything is fine but when people are complaining you are saying absolutely nothing. Sorry that is bad manor.

    I know this is a very hard post, but in my opinion its the truth.

  738. Rohan,
    The customer must be compensated. Give them so insentive for this malady.

  740. So, Sam from Wisconsin, let me try and sum up here:

    1 – You are frustrated by this delay situation (perfectly understandable btw)

    2 – You legitimately take your frustration on NI and…Greg ?! (Yes, legitimately IS sarcastic)

    3 – You pretend there is some kind of Machiavellian scheme, Greg would be making money from the orders of ADAM

    4 – You quote this message Greg posted on his website. Yes, he said he had been contacted by a designer for helping him to design a case fro ADAM

    5 – You ask the very same Greg to wipe the sh@t you have been spreading about him ??!!

    FYI, nothing in what you say proves that Greg would make money out of ADAM. AND, even if he were making money out of this case design, buying a tablet does not necessarily imply buying this case, does it ??

  741. Dear Topherthehidden, many companies work with pre-orders. There are many reasons why they do so:
    – to give long time customers an option to get the early release
    – to create a group of first time users so any final glitches can be ironed out before the product is mass produced
    – to get the financing to do final development or start the manufacturing process
    – to demonstrate to financiers that there is a market
    – etc. etc.

    Pre-orders exist in almost every industry that provides a tangible product. From cars to computer games, from clothing to . . . tablets.

    Nobody is forced to enter a pre-order phase. After all it is a high-risk process. The product isn’t there yet (e.g. Tesla’s electric car) so there is a high risk. In addition a quick search on the Internet shows that for pre-orders delivery dates are postponed more often then not (sometimes running into many months or even over a year), specs change, often the price increases and you run even the risk of losing your money.

    So in general people only do pre-order when the company has a very good reputation, when they want to support the developers, or when they see something that they really, really like.

    Among companies that open pre-orders, Notion Ink has beaten most odds. They were a start-up with no previous manufacturing experience, they offered complex high tech hardware that had not been produced in that combination before, they paved paths were others didn’t go (building a multi-tasking environment on top of an operating system) and offered a low price as well as a very tight delivery period. Entering a road to failure was written all over it.

    And yet they didn’t. They produced the tablet, they impressed their audience, they got good reviews, they even started delivery well within the period mentioned at the time of pre-ordering. And now, apparently due to a problem with one of their suppliers, they are unfortunately 1 or 2 weeks late on the delivery of the last batch.

    That achievment doesn’t mean that Notion Ink has made no mistakes. From a PR point of view this blog has been both a blessing and a disaster. Personally I think that it is more a blessing, but that is a personal opinion. But if Notion Ink has done one thing, then it is proofing that even pre-ordering from a company that has all odds against it, can be worthwhile. We will all get what we ordered. Too bad that for several of us it will be a one or two weeks later then promised originally, but taking into account all the odds against them, they have managed an incredible feat.

  743. David:

    If you did not receive an email, then your Adam has not shipped. He is only sending emails to those whose Adams are actually in transit.

    Until you receive the email, you can check pre-order status on the website.

  744. @Prantha, this is not true. I received an email from notionink today letting me know that my order was delayed and was pushed to Feb 14. This email was flagged by my SPAM filter this time and placed in my junk folder, even though all other emails from NI did not get flagged by my SPAM filter.

  746. @Noel. You’re right, I’ve sent them two e-mails already asking for a formal explanation as to why my shipment is delayed, still no response. I’ve not received one e-mail from Notion Ink throughout this entire ordeal about all the freakin delays. All I ever get is an updated status on the pre-order status link, but only after I e-mail them asking about the status. Their customer service is for crap. So Yeah, NO E-MAIL at all from Notion Ink about ANYTHING. Start-up company or not, when someone sends you an e-mail asking about the status of their shipment and you don’t reply right back, but instead just update the pre-order status then I think you can say that you’re not dealing with a reputable company.

  748. Oh my God….that was perfect Paul….maybe Himanshu was trying just that.

    @Himanshu, we believe in the NI team, and that is the reason why we “preordered”. That does not mean we cannot vent our frustrations and concerns. If we dont, who will? We are not blaming NI team, but I guess we are asking them to be a bit more business savvy. We very well know that a preorder may go wrong, and maybe this is a negative experience for a majority of us, which the majority did not expect. BTW expectations can be discussed in detail at length another time. So chill out…when is your Adam arriving?

  749. Same here sent 3 emails already asking about the delay and the status of my shipment and nothing.

  750. Yeah, I’m interested too, but I decided to punch out – just sent my cancellation email. My fear for the rest of you is enough will cancel that NI won’t have the cashflow to handle the Feb 14 order. I truly hope that doesn’t happen and that those of you who stay with it get a great product.

    For me, I’m dropping back to the Kindle and an Android Tablet to be named later. I truly love supporting startup hardware manufacturers, but I just need honestly. I can take incompetence, and delays, just not all the misleading.

  753. Hi all
    I am one of the guys with adam delivery postponed to feb 14th.
    I think we need to relax. Rohan has being one of the most open CEO of any of the companies. He has opened a blog, joined hands with us to develop adam so far. He had answered many many questions , in the last 1-2 years when the was developed in front of our eyes. we (most) have enjoyed the process. He has shared all the innovation with us.
    He has commented in some place that – he cant answer all the questions (or cant reveal all the matter). He will have many many issues. He can reveal few- he may not be able to reveal few other things. But he has been one of the very approachable CEO, we have observed.

    He also has accomplished many of the dreams into reality. He , with his team has
    A.developed a product which is comparable to the highly successful ipad from biggest organisation,
    B.made world wide release of the product -very ambitious not heard before
    C.developed interest in the technical geeks
    D.and more than anything kept all of us in the process of development of the product.
    A young man of around 25 – to achieve so much is not a simple task.

    With these credentials on Rohan’s side he deserves our confidence and trust. He will deliver the dream product and he is capable.

    No one is complete. Rohan has his limitation. He couldn’t communicate well, couldn’t define deadlines precisely, missed understanding/ differentiating the things which are in his hands from the others where he has no control. But he has shown that he is exceptionally efficient in other areas. Shown his mastermind in some feild – that is true.

    We need to relax. Give it some time. He will learn from this and come back. He has not made any blunder. We will get adam – we already have a relation with the NI , and the blog members. dont you feel it?
    Just relax. Give its time.

    yours
    shiva

  754. Looks like Rohan will have to face more hard comments in the next few days.
    I just came back from library and it feels as if our old loved blog is going to explode with anger!!
    I bet he must have learnt a lot to deal with such unfavourable situations in his IIT days but with such response its going to be much difficult to look where did he went wrong!
    Everyone seems to be pushed to 14th( even me) and this time most of them are going crazy.
    I would have loved to see Notionink reaching heights without these glitches but it was not that easy, nor will it be!
    I am fine with this delay as my exams are on the edge but i know how all of you are feeling….(waited….waiting….still waiting…….huh!!!!)

    @Rohan- Dont consider us to be your enemies. We just want what all of us anticipated for so long. I hope all of this will make you a good learner and sooner or later every single NI fan will be holding their Adam, thinking about this tough journey we all shared and succeeded. 🙂

  755. expecting an update from Rohan on Monday morning India time….have seen some really long outbursts in the last 4 hours reading the comments.

    By the way, my ‘estimated ship date’ is now Feb 14, 2011.

    February 2011 > Jan 31, 2011 > Feb 14, 2011.

    That is how life is. Totally unexpected, so have patience, and try respect what the other person is saying.

    All is well that ends well. I hope pre order 2 does not start before the software glitches are fixed. I can wait for my Adam for another 2 – 3 weeks, but not for the software issues.

    Rohan please realize ‘our’ dreams!

  756. Agree. HIGHLY doubt they are getting a factory to stay going on Chinese New Year, thats nearly impossible. Let alone if this is some 5% of orders and Rohan said they could produce millions of LCD screens a month, how is this taking 2 weeks more than the days they have already known about it and working on it?

  757. SORRY IF IT IS REPEATATION- APOLOGIES
    Hi all
    I am one of the guys with adam delivery postponed to feb 14th.
    I think we need to relax. Rohan has being one of the most open CEO of any of the companies. He has opened a blog, joined hands with us to develop adam so far. He had answered many many questions , in the last 1-2 years when the was developed in front of our eyes. we (most) have enjoyed the process. He has shared all the innovation with us.
    He has commented in some place that – he cant answer all the questions (or cant reveal all the matter). He will have many many issues. He can reveal few- he may not be able to reveal few other things. But he has been one of the very approachable CEO, we have observed.

    He also has accomplished many of the dreams into reality. He , with his team has
    A.developed a product which is comparable to the highly successful ipad from biggest organisation,
    B.made world wide release of the product -very ambitious not heard before
    C.developed interest in the technical geeks
    D.and more than anything kept all of us in the process of development of the product.
    A young man of around 25 – to achieve so much is not a simple task.

    With these credentials on Rohan’s side he deserves our confidence and trust. He will deliver the dream product and he is capable.

    No one is complete. Rohan has his limitation. He couldn’t communicate well, couldn’t define deadlines precisely, missed understanding/ differentiating the things which are in his hands from the others where he has no control. But he has shown that he is exceptionally efficient in other areas. Shown his mastermind in some feild – that is true.

    We need to relax. Give it some time. He will learn from this and come back. He has not made any blunder. We will get adam – we already have a relation with the NI , and the blog members. dont you feel it?
    Just relax. Give its time.

    yours
    shiva

  759. someone has to code this logic in the order app, and then there may be some issues there too….some getting more disc than others 😉

  760. It has nothing to do with impatience. It has to do with having the rug pulled out from under me numerous times while Rohan stands over me with a trollface smile.

    If the ship date had been Feb 14th from day 1 I wouldn’t have cared. If the issues with the screen had been talked about as soon as it happened, not when some guy pointed it out on a forum, I wouldn’t have cared as much.

    What pisses me off is Rohan inability to learn from his mistakes. His inability to communicate in an efficient manner. This is actually the first time I got an e-mail telling me about a delay. The last two I only found out about because I checked the pre-order page.

    The customer service has been horrible and at times dishonest. THAT is what pisses me off.

    So get out of your generation bent or go tell some kids to get off your lawn. Either way don’t tell me I have no right to be pissed.

  761. He will not. I have never received an email from notion ink. And I ordered two tablets. Both have been delayed repeatably. And never have they sent an email

    I also emailed customer support about 6 hours ago with no response and I don’t expect to get one. They seem entirely incompetent to me

  762. Hello,

    This is my first post. For that matter it is practically my first post anywhere on the internet.

    A little background. I have been following the blog since last summer. I did not receive a pre-order email yet I still managed to order a pixel qi + 3g when general pre-ordering opened up. I own an OLPC computer with a pixel qi screen and love the screen (despite the software and organizational problems of the OLPC group).

    I am not in general an early adopter, despite having worked with practically every PC since the eighties, both personally and as IT support. I have wanted a tablet computer like the adam since 1981 (not a typo). I considered an ipad (and have played around with friend’s) but the closed nature of the software and hardware, even with jailbreaking, leaves a beautiful piece of hardware decidedly hobbled.

    I have just been notified that my adam will be shipped by Feb 14. I am okay with that. Let me repeat – I am okay with that. Of course, I would like my machine as soon as possible, but if I needed the functionality of a tablet right away there were (and are) options for me.

    Nothing that has happened since I ordered has really surprised me. Every event has happened before to other manufacturers, many times over and often to me as a consumer. The difference for me is this blog and the community that formed BEFORE the machine was released.

    I ordered in December after reading all the vapourware stories and scam alerts, with my eyes wide open. I understood that this was not a general release; that as Notion Ink’s first product there would be, in all probability, hiccups in the process; and that the shipping date was an estimate.

    The work of the Notion Ink Hacks people and the videos made by those with functioning machines lead me to believe that when I get my machine I will be quite satisfied.

    I do hope Notion Ink deals fairly and quickly with those who have received defective units. How that plays out and what Notion Ink learns from the last two months will, in the long run, be major factors in determining Notion Ink’s success in future.

    One final thought. I think people here (and in general) should refresh their understanding of the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning.

    Yours,

    James McCullough

  763. DO NOT EXPECT PRE-ORDER 2 UNTIL MID-FEBRUARY.

    I believe Rohan has learned a few things with the delays in Pre-order 1. But he has our names and email addresses, so he will let us have first dibs when he opens ordering again.

    BTW – The difference between NI and, say, Motorola is that Motorola had lots of experience encountering delays and broken promises from parts manufacturers and assembly plants. As a result, Motorola did not make any direct promises to their customers. Nevertheless, Motorola first expected to release their slate in November. “http://www.unwiredview.com/2010/07/26/10-inch-motorola-android-gingerbread-tablet-slated-for-november/”

    I had a similar experience waiting for the first Google (G1) Android phone. I checked Google and T-Mobile every day after it was supposed to have been released, but it took MUCH longer than they originally expected. I remember my disappointment every time I checked.

    My husband told me to give up and get an iPhone like his, but I wanted an Android phone. And I was very happy with it when I finally got it.

  764. @gecko: You sound really sick IMO. This would be really silly humor if you trying to make fun of the word ‘desi’

  768. Think about those few who got defective ones. Their situation is much worse. By the way my order didn’t go through twice and next round of order is VAPORWARE.

    NI went from start-up to screw-up. Sorry state of affairs. Right from opening up orders for the followers of this blog till date, NI has been struggling.

    Best of luck Rohan.

    By the way, you took up my challenge and have failed. I don’t see next round of orders happening until Feb 14. Unfortunately I’ve been proved right 😦

  771. If he felt something he should have shared with the people who paid him money. His communication skills have been abysmal this entire time. He needs to come out with some form of major mea culpa.

  772. Pathetic service and most likely a pathetic excuse of a product after being lied to and taken for a ride. Those guys who mentioned earlier that this was a fraud were right!

    I have defended Ni at every end hoping that given a chance they would prosper. I now realise that their lies and deceit are incomprehensible. Why would a company, even a startup, with a massive fanbase do everything in their power to screw it up.

    Lies about the specs
    Lies about the shipping dates
    Lies about how many people were moved from the 9th of January
    Lies about the devices being ready to be shipped (All the pics they have showed yet they mention that the screens were damaged now after the specified shipping date, my question is were those pics of devices without screens?Were the screens still in transit when those pics were shown?Why is the hell were we told that the devices were ready to be shipped but had to follow a que of sorts which postponed the shipping date?)
    Lies about the 5% that are delayed (Clearly this is a pathetic attempt to con us!. We are not idiots Rohan so please do not treat us as such)
    Lies about the matt screen
    Lies about being scratch resitant

    Lies…Lies…Lies

    To top it all they have the nerve to talk about pushing up the date for the February orders. why the hell, if the January orders cannot be shipped would the February orders be on time. Who gives a crap if the workers are reading the blogs. It is not their fault, nor do they care as they would probably be paid for it (lets hope so) and why should that be used to calm our fears?

    NI is quick to talk about Adam 2 yet they cannot delivery on Adam 1, which after reading and watching videos reviews thus far, looks sub standard to be honest. Whats the difference to the Tegra 2 Viewsonic gTablet then?The GPS, based on reviews still thinks its in China for crying out loud. Bricked devices…How the hell is an ordinary person going to take it when they get their devices with screen problems, software problems and possibly a dead device.

    No market
    No Genesis
    No Flash
    No RADIO
    Requires hacking to make it work decently
    Warranty probably is not going to mean anything to get the device to a working condition

    “We could not have expected the accidental damage of the touch screen shipment” —-Please Rohan, I am not an IDIOT so do not take me for one! Why had you not mentioned this a week ago as I would assume that the devices to be shipped on the 29th should have been done by then! Or are you saying that the screens are put on and shipped immediately?Is there quality control? are the devices tested in such short notice…Please do not feed us your bullshit!

    I hope that the blogs such as techcrunch and engadget pick up on the NI incompetence and lack of communication as well as the sub standard products thus far!

    An email notification of the delay would have been nice and I would have understood but since you think we are IDIOTS I have lost all respect for you and your team.

    The Notion Ink hype was pushed forward by your fans yet you treat us like imbeciles..

    You have lost many fans in the last week and I am sure it is going to continue unless you cut the bull and stop thinking that your NI FAMILY with stay together for long

    Rohan, I would liek to formally tell you that you are a LIAR! Now deal with it and get your act together, you and the other 100 employees who are part of this sham!

  775. 50 is a rough estimate. When they said the same thing about 5% before it was supposedly (thought obviously not) 50 people who got pushed back. They gave us the 5% number again (and it’s still obviously bullshit).

    But even if it was 200 screens, it should still only take them no longer than a day to make the way factories are set up.

  777. I doubt that NI will be financially hurt if you cancel (even though Rohan and NI’s employees will feel really bad.) There are many of us waiting in the Pre-order 2 batch who are willing to take your Adams.

    I hope you are not taking a precipitous action for which you will be sorry in less than a month. Please think about it before acting hasty… Fifteen (to 20) days is not that long to wait, despite the disappointment you feel.

  778. I don’t see how you can say it was 5.31% when it’s been proven again and again that that number cannot possibly be true.

  779. the most annoying thing is those who got their adam shipped commenting on us (delayed group) to keep calm, dnt blame anyone, take blame on yourself for pre-order, i would have not reacted had mine been delayed. It is all good to say now that you know getting yours. Why dont you send me yours and get one from me when i get it (be it march, december). They are the one adding salt to wound because all of us were in same batch and all of sudden some are getting and this division is really strengthining.

    Guys anyone there for cancellation?

  780. Who received the delay email ? survey being taken,,, on

    ttp://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/1560-Who-received-the-delay-email-(14-of-feb)

    go vote

  781. @NoelDickover: don’t worry for the cash-flow of NI because of the cancelled orders. There will be more then enough takers for the tablet whose attractive combination of specs, shape and software has not yet been beaten by any other tablet available or announced.

  782. Be patient until February 15. Pre-order 2 will not commence until Pre-order 1 is resolved.

  783. Maybe, but the second batch of pre-orders has no business taking place until every from PO1 has a non damaged working adam and Rohan has made restitution for all the BS he’s put us through.

    Then, maybe then they can do PO2.

  784. All I asked notion ink (in my email) was Rohan to give me explanation on what basis they choose who will get delayed and also any discount for this delay. I wanted rohan to email me himself (I guess he owe me and everyone an email) and we are bound to that courtesy. They haven’t bothered to even take care of it. This is making me more annoyed.

  785. This is Bull Sh@# I have been following notion Ink for a while now been there since the start!!! A feel betrayed! There are so many tablets coming out and im still a loyal Adam supporter But come on guys! Send us our tablets! And I think we should get a discount or maybe an app cash card!!! Case or something!!!!!

  787. Hi,
    My delivery got delayed to Feb 14 also. I didnt receive an email, information on web site only.

    Manufacturing problem is a possible cause that can be trusted. Although slightly surprising when speaking about few pieces. Are screens prototypes manufactured individually ?Also I understood all preorder 1 was manufactured already 2 weeks ago as photos shown, and shipped to notionink before shipment to us.

    Anyway I will wait these 2 weeks. I hope these includes margin this time, as each new delay becomes more difficult to accept. Please no new one even for new software…

    Ni: Take courage, technic is some time capricious, but communication is a lot more difficult, and I find it ok until now.
    Hey fans, dont burn too fast our star, and handle out frustration still 2 weeks 😉

  788. It’s not the delay, it’s treatment from NI.

    Everyone needs to stop thinking the delay is the problem. When people support your product for years and are among your first orders you treat them like kings.

  789. Delays happen and I can live with that, and this is a start up. However, each time a small percentage of people get effected by delays. It is mathematically improbable that the same people compose that group, but it seems to be the case here.

    If the factory cant keep up with demand then say so. If the factory will not assemble until they are paid upfront due to new business credit concerns just say so.

    Adam will get here when Adam gets here. In the mean time give us the straight story.

  792. APOLOGIES IF THIS IS REPEATED- BECAUSE GETS MODERATED…

    Hi all
    I am one of the guys with adam delivery postponed to feb 14th.
    I think we need to relax. Rohan has being one of the most open CEO of any of the companies. He has opened a blog, joined hands with us to develop adam so far. He had answered many many questions , in the last 1-2 years when the was developed in front of our eyes. we (most) have enjoyed the process. He has shared all the innovation with us.
    He has commented in some place that – he cant answer all the questions (or cant reveal all the matter). He will have many many issues. He can reveal few- he may not be able to reveal few other things. But he has been one of the very approachable CEO, we have observed.

    He also has accomplished many of the dreams into reality. He , with his team has
    A.developed a product which is comparable to the highly successful ipad from biggest organisation,
    B.made world wide release of the product -very ambitious not heard before
    C.developed interest in the technical geeks
    D.and more than anything kept all of us in the process of development of the product.
    A young man of around 25 – to achieve so much is not a simple task.

    With these credentials on Rohan’s side he deserves our confidence and trust. He will deliver the dream product and he is capable.

    No one is complete. Rohan has his limitation. He couldn’t communicate well, couldn’t define deadlines precisely, missed understanding/ differentiating the things which are in his hands from the others where he has no control. But he has shown that he is exceptionally efficient in other areas. Shown his mastermind in some feild – that is true.

    We need to relax. Give it some time. He will learn from this and come back. He has not made any blunder. We will get adam – we already have a relation with the NI , and the blog members. dont you feel it?
    Just relax. Give its time.

    yours
    shiva

  794. All of you who pre-ordered and helped Notion Ink start building the community must have received an email today. One email is on the confirmation of shipping and the other one is on the delay. Those who are in the later group (5.31%) are angry as I could see their comments and the emails.

    Rohan. Please stop what you are doing and call you IT department. You are stating things that aren’t happening. Emails have not out to everyone. Please stop saying they have. It is wrong

    I personally ordered two separate Adams on different days and have never received a single email from Notion ink. I got one for each order from ccavenue so I know my email is on file. But never anything from Notion Ink. And I certainly did not receive an email today about the delay.

    Just stop saying things that are not so. It make you look bad and it makes me upset to continuely read false statements here on the blog

    I say oneore time. STOP with the misstatements

  795. Hey all, I am one of the ones who’s had their adam damaged. I guess I’m just unlucky.

    I’m sorry for those who missed out on preorder 1.
    I’m sorry for those who have had their ship dates pushed back and back.

    I have no idealistic notions that adam will smash apple any time soon.

    However, adam is breaking new ground and for a startup I think Notion Ink are doing ok.

    I think that this apologetic post of Rohan’s is quite a good thing, and its obviously taken a couple of days to see who’s been affected (like me) and who’s not in order to send out the right emails.

    Rohan is quite right that people are angry, and not just about the shipment delay. Again and again the issue is communication. After one interview I recall the interviewer came away with the distinct impression that the adams were physically sitting on a ship anchored near the US awaiting FCC approval and some person was going to stick FCC labels on. The truth was that the adams were going to be “shipped” when the FCC labels could be stuck on. Its a language thing I think, and people who call Rohan a liar are being unfair IMO.

    Then there was the little comment about the SDK being upgraded. What this actually means (I assume) is that nobody from the EAP has been able to do much development. Its good that you are working on the upgrade, but Genesis is going to be a pretty empty shop if nobody gets to write anything.

    Now to all who are really angry or frustrated, or even disappointed, take a breath and evaluate. If you are even a little bit like me, you’ve been spouting to everyone how amazing adam will be, and maybe even got into a few fights with some apple fans, and now you’re feeling embarrassed and annoyed. I don’t think we’ve been stupid, its just not panned out like Rohan said. At the start of all this adam was supposed to get released around July 2009 and its pretty obvious that hasn’t happened. It doesn’t mean we were wrong to back this horse. However, its totally understandable to want to check out the competition, and some will jump ship and go xoom or ipad or whatnot. And you know, that’s ok. Don’t feel bad and I don’t condemn you. For my part, I still think adam will be good, and certainly this is a learning curve for NI so the next product release should go smoother. But Rohan, until people are raving about adam please don’t mention any more about adam2, right now you just don’t have the credibility. I don’t mean that unkindly, its just a bad idea. It looks like instead of fixing things in the first product you are trying to distract people with a shiny new promise. By all means work on adam2, but people need to gain confidence in adam1 first, and you’re not there yet.

    So Rohan, what people need to see now is a little bit more communication on the issues. Perhaps a post on problem fixes. I think something apple and microsoft do well is denail. “Windows Vista – what problems?”, “iphone 4 reception problems – it works fine!” Everyone knows they’re lying. You are better than that. Please don’t leave it up to notioninkhacks, or notioninkfan to do this for you. Here’s some starting suggestions.

    GPS: Is this resolved, does it require a hardware or software fix?

    Flash: It seems some are reporting problems viewing flash pages – is this true? what’s the fix?

    Update: Is the update working now? I haven’t seen anything official from NI saying “Go ahead, its all good to update your adams now”

    So Rohan, thanks for the crushingly honest news, thanks for the email that lets me know my adam has been delayed, please now let us know about firmware/OS/software updates.

    Still your biggest fan in Australia,

    Phillip

  797. whatsinaname:

    I liked it. It was a pleasant, humorous (and truthful) respite from the angry Feb. 14 people.

  798. @Federico: thanks for sharing this first hand experience.
    It shows that NI is still doing a better job then some others with pre-orders. Their communication may be over-enthusiastic (creating all this havoc) but they still seem to ship the final products within 1 or 2 weeks after the 6-8 weeks mentioned when we pre-ordered.

  799. @levpius

    Actually, am feeling a little better – I stopped throwing up, for one thing. If you ever get sick, I recommend to stop throwing up, you will feel better. Also, I wasn’t making fun of the word “desi,” just mentioning that it means different things in different places, and it’s kind of funny, or at least ironic, that it means “rural” or even “country bumpkin” in Java, which got the word from one of their great civilizing languages in the first place. (Although there’s still a lot of Sanskrit in places of honor that you might not expect, such as the “triwangsa” roofs of a lot of the mosques, which the local imams are happy to report came from Hindu influence.)

  800. FJG:

    This blog is not “valuable real estate” and everyone is free to comment; not just the Pre-order 1 complainers who have been making the same complaints all day.

  802. Add me to the list….

    Order date: 2010-12-09 19:49:10
    Adam with a Pixel Qi screen, wifi and 3G

  803. (You just don’t know how to click on “Older Comments” at the bottom of this page.)

  806. Ive got news for you guys waiting for Preorder 2.
    Its taken them 2 months to manufacture for the smallest of these 2 ‘preorders’.
    NI is clearly not very business savy, but I don’t think they are stupid enough to COMPLETELY have another abortion of preorder like this one. You guys are obviously at least 2 weeks away and if NI was smart they wouldn’t bother with doing a ‘preorder’ at all but sell and ship which puts you away in March somewhere….

    Last year the Adam had good specs, in Feb of this year it doesn’t. In fact its gonna have the same processor as everyone else and have the lowest screen resolution with your option of a PiqilQi screen that most everyone is completely unhappy with. I thought others were late to teh game, but it looks like NI is coming in at the same time. With Eden being opensource you can have it on any tablet you want. If I knew this maybe I would have already been enjoying a different tablet waiting to see what everyone else comes out with.

    I am SOOOO happy I decided against the PQ 3g, and test the waters with the LCD wifi, at the cheapest price point it is worth the money just functioning, I have put in little money so I am still able to pick up something more ‘current’ later this year probably.

    BTW, I DID NOT receive an email telling me about my delay.

    PS. The blog is kinda funny. Those with orders are pissed and those waiting to order are telling us to calm down and we should have expected delays etc….

  807. @Jon, you are right we did pre-order at our own will, but Notion Ink took our money, a lot of money to some of us, and then failed to deliver or communicate with us in a reasonable manner. They took my $425 and what do I have to show for that? Nothing besides knowing that a bunch of screens were damaged, and thats about all any of us know. If Notion Ink did not take our money yet then maybe things would be different.

  808. @Paul Schoe

    No. what I think is that you think all Americans are Sarah Palin fans. And that nonsense pisses me off more than I can begin to describe.

    Yeah our Military spends a ton of money, something I don’t like. This has nothing to do with my point which is that every military in the world buys from the US either first or second hand. Some more than others, but pot, meet kettle, you seem to have a color in common.

    And we all got our common ancestry from Africa, again has nothing to do with my point.

    I’m not here going all American exceptionalism on you. America has a ton of problems right now and our government is frankly unable to cope really. But don’t make it seem like all Americas are impatient or we all love our guns or whatever freaking stereotype you have of us.

    Are we perfect? not even close. Sorry we didn’t magically bring peace to the world. But if your problem is that America isn’t as awesome as you want us to be, well step off.

    You took the first shot here sir with your “oh Americans are all lawyers now!” Nonsense. And even if it wasn’t nonsense, who do you think buys all those exports? The only reason all the manufacturing can be in the rest of the world is because rich (relatively speaking in this sense, not trying to prop up the obscene global super wealthy) consumers have money to waste on these imports.

    So back off the America bashing. I’m here supporting a small startup in India and I have some real legitimate grieving with how I’ve been treated as a consumer. Things to me that almost feel like being lied to by the CEO of this company. And without me in my non manufacturing job (I’m a server engineer, sorry), there isn’t someone to buy his tablet and his company dies.

  809. See also my humorless attempt at amateur psychology here:
    “http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/1519-Liar-or-Bad-Communicator/page3”

  810. Jason:

    Most jeans are manufactured off-shore now. Same with lots of GPS and lots of telecommunications equipment.

  811. Hi Phillip, welcome back. It has been an eventful day for many, happy you took some distance to all of it (but I guess that is what you have when you live down under 😉

  812. Big words from someone who got his shipment notice today.

    Like it or not the PR matters. How your customers feel about you matters. And I feel Rohan has been dishonest at this point about the shipping and the entire screen and GPS debacles. Now whether this is ignorance, inexperience, blatant dishonesty, or some combination does not matter. He’s the CEO, he’s the public face, it’s his job, end of line.

    He needs to start communicating right now if he really wants me to feel like I’m a part of this. Because right now after I get my device in my hands I don’t care if the “dream” of adam dies, I’ve been that angered by the entire experience.

    And all of that is the fault of Rohan and his PR. Social media is the new PR. He needs to manage it just like he would a TV ad.

  815. Notionaddicts posters are posting here too. Those posters may have different names on this blog. I am “zelduh” there, but “Prantha” here.

  816. Its funny reading all these emails and thinking about how much I have and continue to obsess about getting the Adam.

    It all comes down to this. I am angry that I got pushed to the Feb 14 day, first from Jan 9 then to Jan 15-22 then to Jan 29. I was part of the “50” and now I am part of the 5.31% too it seems. But I realized I am not as angry about the pushing back of the delivery date as I see the Adam as a luxury.

    What does matter to me is the fact that they have had my money $600 for almost two months now. The window is closing on the time I have to file a dispute with my credit card company. I want the Adam, but in light of the delays and seeming disinformation, you cannot fault my waning faith.

    I wrote an email this morning in hopes I might be listened to. No one has gotten back to me and I suppose in a few days I might need to approach my credit card company about that dispute. In my email I suggested the following…

    Refund the money of everyone whose devices have not shipped. Let the money be posted back to their accounts. Keep track of the people who ordered, keeping thier place in line. When the devices are ready (meaning: in boxes assembled and ready for pickup) then go ahead ship them and charge us once again. Doing this simple step will pretty much address my entire concern. It will probably end up leading to some people refusing to order again, but it might also provide a bit of confidence for people, like me, to wait a bit longer. I know it might end up costing you some money in penalties and fees, but in the end you will probably loose less money than the cancellations which are coming.

    The notion of not seeing any of my $600 back with no device is not a pleasant one.

  818. I read that long ago. If you dig through the old posts by Rohan, you will find it. I think I remember it because I am a lawyer and I understood the problem because I have dealt with Patent infringement.

  820. this is my Ordered Date: 2010-12-09 18:39:09
    and im delayed to Feb 14th.
    Adam with a Pixel Qi screen, wifi and 3G

    Is there anyone who have ordered after this date and time and got the status shipped? If so no one is going to accept it.

  821. David:

    If you posted here, or at Notioninkfan dot com or Notioninkhacks dot com, you will likely be on the list for pre-order 2.
    ——

    FJG:

    Yes. You will be surprised to know that some of us completely understand manufacturing delays. And we will be happy to be on pre-order 2.

  822. Hey guys and (Wally) just a follow-up on an earlier post in the other thread. I had mentioned that I was experiencing problems with the headphone jack. Turns out the problem was that I was using my phone earphones which has 3 rings on the connector which I think is for mic(?). Normal stereo (2 rings on connector) earphones sound great but terrible with the other ones.

  823. @Paul

    Not my problem. Tho I still don’t buy that this would take as long as two weeks. The assembly lines are there, and set up to go. For a factory that supposedly can do millions in a month (Rohan’s words) a paltry 50 – 500 screens should be a day, two tops.

    Either way, Proper risk management calls for anticipating that some of your parts will be defective. It’s a basic tenet of business management, and that is Rohan’s job.

    Like I said an a previous post, it doesn’t matter if it’s ignorance, incompetence, inexperience, or blatant lies, Rohan is failing at his job description. I, a paying customer have been dealt with extremely poorly, and it’s up to him to make it up as all businesses should and even more so considering we are their first customer ever.

    We were the ones who lived thru all the negativity and still ponied up the money. And now to be treated in this manner is frankly insulting and unacceptable. This whole “we share in the dream” crap is nonsense.

    Time for a reality trip for NI. They need it desperately.

  825. Ajok:

    Please be assured that Rohan and team have learned by this. And they will not open pre-order 2 until everything is completed with pre-order 1.

  826. shiva (a good dancer?):
    > Rohan has his limitation. He couldn’t communicate well,

    Precisely the problem. He has a few other limitations as well, all of which can be group loosely under the heading of “Social Skills.” But Rohan isn’t learning from his mistakes; and the mistakes are not new, he keeps making them over and over again. NI is going to keep having these kinds of problems until they put into place someone who can compensate for Rohan’s limitations.

  828. I find the idea that they could not be individually tested not possible however. I just think NI didn’t want to spend the time and money on that. Rather piss off loyal customers than spend some time.

  830. and also another question arises. with so much pressure mounting will he take care to ship quality product or just send adam defective too just to shut everyone’s mouth.

  831. @Jason. I am not bashing America and if you read your last post (the one above this one then you will see that you list more prejudices against the US then anybody else in this blog has ever brought forward. This is not a political forum. This blog was so nice because it was a real international forum without anybody stating “Damn right I’m from . . . “. I have been in touch with more nationalities in this blog then that has happened to me on any other single blog.

    As far as your statements are concerned: I never stated “oh Americans are all lawyers now!”. I said that the US nowadays “has more lawyers then manufacturers” and that is a factual statement that has nothing to do with voting for Palin.

    I hope that once the dust settles, we get back to this unique place where people from very different countries and cultures give their input on how technology and tools can benefit and entertain us in the future. I think that Rohan is right when he says that we are now only at the beginning and that a whole new era of information processing and entertainment is starting. Part of it is happening right here and I have seen posts from many people here of whom I hope that even after they have their Adam-1 they are still interested to discuss what the future can bring us, for software and for hardware.

  832. Yes, their comments will be deleted *precisely* like some of yours, which is to say not at all. See Prantha’s message for the not-very-technical explanation.

  833. I don’t get where people keep coming up with 50. I’m one of the ones being postponed rather than preponed to the 14th. The 5.31% is of the total number of 29th shipping date. By the way that group (including me) was a small batch relative to either the earlier shipment or the preponed (Feb now Jan 31st) shipment. While frustration, disappointment and the natural but rather useless emotional reaction to it of anger are expected this is simply a issue of damaged screens. Some worker opened up the next box in the stack and found damaged screens. They call Rohin, he calls the supplier and they decide the whole batch needs replaced for quality assurance sake.

  834. @shiva

    If they’re getting paid no. They are (supposedly, I also think the story is a lie) working thru the weekend before the holiday, not the actual holiday week.

    Either way, you pay money, you get product when scheduled. If the factory messes up the factory fixes. It sucks to have to work thru a holiday, but we’ve all done it.

  835. @ Mehdi

    Sam’s right, you’re wrong.

    for #2. He’s taking it out on Rohan which is correct. He’s warning you to not take Greg’s word on everything being good with Adam because Greg stands to make money on cases if Adam does well.

  837. Jason:
    > The only reason all the manufacturing can be in the rest of the world is because rich (relatively speaking in this sense, not trying to prop up the obscene global super wealthy) consumers have money to waste on these imports.

    Yup, and because wages have been stagnating in America (nearly all of our fabulous income growth has gone to a very, very few scum at the top of the pond), we’ve simulated wealth by borrowing. In case you haven’t noticed, that didn’t really work out all that well.

  838. if it is randomly picked he is totally wrong. who is he to randomly pick when everyone have paid same amount. If that is the case I guess we all shold jion hands and question the credibility.

  839. Dave:

    If you ACTUALLY bothered to read what I wrote, you would know that you will NOT receive an email until your Adam is in transit; NOT if it is DELAYED, which you can find out from going to the website.

  841. @ Jon Entous
    In general but not all credit card issuers, this may be correct, check with your credit card issuer, that may be correct if you want to dispute a charge amount, or someone got your Credit Card information and ran up a bill. If you do not get an item/wrong item, service, fraud, etc, they encourage you to tray and resolve the issue with the vendor , etc. For example with email, mail, documented phone calls, or other ways that you tried to resolve the problem. Then if it could not be resolved, then they will credit your account, and charge back to the vendor, with a penalty to them. Vendors DO NOT like handling it that way, because it looks bad for them with the card issuer. If that happens enough times with the vendor then the fee they pay to a card issuer for each transaction goes up accordingly. That’s why vendors like to resolve issues first.

    Beside, Notion Ink has a Cancellation and Return Policy. It is located at: “http://www.notionink.com/files/CancellationReturnRefund.pdf”

    This is a direct quote. I did not fix any run on words or sentences if any.

    Under: NOTION INK CANCELLATION, RETURN AND REFUND POLICY

    CANCELLATION
    If you place your order prior to 6 January 2011, you may cancel your order at any time
    before the product is shipped to you from our warehouse. If you place your order after 6
    January 2011 you may cancel your order within 24 hours from the date and time of your
    order. The order cannot be cancelled in any case less than two (2) days prior to the date of
    shipment.
    To cancel your order, please contact Notion Ink Support by email using the information
    provided on our website. You will be asked to submit a cancellation authorization, after
    which your cancellation will be processed and the amountcharged by Notion Ink for the
    product, less 5% transaction processing charges, will be refunded to you.

    Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and this is for information purposes only.

  842. Ah – you’re hiding out under a secret identity! But now that you’ve been found out perhaps you’ll mend your evil ways, whatever they are. (You’re a lawyer, you must have *some* evil ways.)

  843. I too had an initial ship date back in Jan 9th and it got shifted to the 15-22nd then 29th. Each time I did not received and email but guess what on the pre-order checking page there is an email address. So each time I email that address to enquirer and each time I got a response within 1-2 hrs which on the scale of things wasn’t to bad. Yes, the answer was not what I wanted to hear but I kept reviewing why I went ahead and purchased the adam and each time on reflection I was happy with my choice.

    I have been reviewing all the other tablets in the market and with my job have had quite a number to test and review. And after all that I still believe the adam is the best there is. Then I saw the email about the damaged screens and great that all orders were cancelled as that would be the most efficient way to confirm the screens. As manually checking the others would have taken far longer. So again I emailed the support address and I got my response explaining that I was going to be the proud owner of an adam in the very near future. That it was being shipped to Hong Kong an then I would receive my email and tracking number. Yep got that that email too.

    All up even if I had been delayed it would have been frustrating but I must point back to why I and many others ordered the adam. There is nothing out there even close, but if you think there is, well then what are you waiting for.

    I can understand everyones frustration, I too have been frustrated and excited. But complaining about the emails are not going to get them any of the adams any faster.

    If you want an iron clad guarantee then go to the shops and buy what is on the shelf. You will have it there and then and you will have someone in the shop to abuse if anything is wrong, but you wont have an adam.

    I read a lot of fantastic experts on who to run a business, I wonder how many of these experts have ever ran a startup company that went from and idea to market at the level that Rohan is running. I have and its hard work, there are not hand books and everyone else is an expert. We do what we can with what we have. Yes Rohan I dare say is leaning heaps from these pebbles in the road, but he will succeed because he is driven by a passion. And no matter what people will say he will achieve his goals.

    A saying that I came across a number of years ago and still live by it. And a few of the people here may like to use it. Its not mine, but Dr P Drucker.

    “If you want to predict the future, create it”

  844. Keep your faith, I’ll use evidence.

    Apple also doesn’t straight out lie to you has NI has. I’ve already called my credit card company and told them this may be a problem and I’ll let them know if it is. But there was a 60 day limit on being able to do that so I got it in now.

    I’m not canceled yet, but Rohan needs to do some serious apologizing to stop it.

  848. I will be, and I have at least 10 other people who will be based on my recommendations. So with all these orders that are going to be cancelled we should be fine. That is if everyone who is threatening, but like most people who threaten they are just seeking attention. If they are truly dissatisfied they would have cancelled their order and not even be here talking about it.

  850. For people disappointed with date move..

    Have some extra patience. We went in for ordering knowing that this company is start up with first production cycle with first product. You saw the proof of their production fecilities, shipping process, many owners. Why so skepticism?
    There are no tablets with similar features and price readyly available with any retailer.( If you are Ipad’er you woulnt not come to Android flavor anyway). Even if one is available, the max that you would loose is 5%. (That is lowest risk for any market standards and If you trusted in Enrons, Lehman for so many years)
    I would be glad to wait till 14th. I will use this time to learn more about how to root it and get myself trained using info from good sources like NI hacks, or good ereader..

    kumar

  851. I’m one of the few that got an email confirming shipment today. So i guess I should stop complaining. But i cannot help but empathize with the group that got delayed even further out to 2/14. Perhaps Rohan and NI should make some sort of gesture to this group. Who have been delayed repeatedly. A coupon for a free case or a screen protector, or maybe a 15% refund considering this 5% of (insanely loyal) customers have been delayed 3 times (5 * 3 = 15).

    Rohan if this comment actually makes it past your moderators and if you actually read these things. You have a chance at some damage control here. Do something nice for these people. Something tangible. Talk is cheap and words on a blog can only go so far.

    Here’s hoping.

  853. Mark me down on the list too. Order slipped to Feb. 14th. Initially was Jan. 9th (one of the “50”).

    Delaying them for quality control is entirely understandable and that doesn’t bother me at all. What made me really upset was going to bed happy after reading “30th Jan: Adam on its way, emails are being sent out,” and then waking up to what seemed to be the expected shipment confirmation email that wasn’t.

  855. I order mine at:

    2010-12-09 18:14:36

    It was shipped today
    Pixel Qi, 3g and WIFI

    Tell me if you ordered before me, same model. Doubt it.

    I was given a date of 15-22 from the beginning.

  857. No they did not take your money first, but wait I just have to reboot got a blue screen and someone has just hacked my computers using a MS hack and my website has been taken down with an MSSQL injection.

    But they didn’t take my money be fore these issue started, and they are looking into providing a fix in a few months. Or was that the fix last month that introduced a few more holes.

    But its ok, they didn’t take my money before I got these problems. 🙂 lol

  858. Did you mean this replay?

    @Rohan
    How did you decide who would receive their adams and who woul dhave to wait? I have had my shipping date pushed back 4 times now. It is incredible to think that I have supported and been so patient with your company. I would have never accepted something such as this from any other company. We are your customers and we have been your supporters, but for me the support ends now. No longer will i rationalize fo you Im calling you out.

    Everyone who has had their shipping date delayed once again I call out to you. Join with me i nthis:
    Rohan, I am giving you 24 hours to reply to me. It can be an email or a comment, but I would like to know how you plan to compensate us as customers who have had to deal with the misdirection time and time agian. Here we sit and wait for the final time as the “small group” who you have yet again not fulfilled your promise to. If no reply is given to me I will cancel my order.

    I am but one person and my idividual order may seem insignificant, but consumers if we band together maybe we can get some real answers.

    It is on here still, they did not delete it. It is for an earlier post.

  859. My Ordered Date: 2010-12-09 18:39:09
    Pixel Qi, 3g and WIFI

    delayed to Feb 14th. it is matter of 15 mins.

    This is really getting fuzzy. I doubt they picked who get shipped in order timing. Rohan have to answer this.

  860. @sam,

    I ordered the same model about 25 minutes before you. Mine was shipped today and my original date posted was 15-22.

    2010-12-09 18:14:36

  861. Please, if your order was delayed, fill out the poll over at notionaddicts.

    I really would like to see how many of the select 50 there are. I think there are hundreds.

    Jason…I think you are right. There are no workers in China working through the New Year. Definate bull.

    Maybe someone in China or speaks chinese should phone them and see if they are really making our screens. If not, Rohan is an outright liar.

    I really believed in this product. So much so I wanted to sell and distribute in Canada. I even went so far as the register the Canadian domain for notionink. (Currently points to notionaddicts.) However with no touchpad on the back and no matte screen is it really different from other devices?

    The Archos 101 I am sure will be quickly updated with more memory etc to run Honeycomb. That is just one of many many android tablets to come in the next few months.

    Also, as pointed out we are rapidly running out of time to dispute credit card charges. I urge you to check your card agreement to see how long you have to initiate a dispute. If you are getting close to the date you may want to seriously consider cancelling. It might be better to wait for an Adam than to risk your money should anything go really wrong with the company.

    Just my thoughts…I will have to check with my CC company about the $12 in foreign transaction fees I was charged…anyone else in the US get this charge?

    Finally…I guess a few people will be cancelling their Ebay auctions.

    Ken.

  862. Wow….

    My order date:
    Ordered Date: 2010-12-09 18:12:51

    I’m very happy for you, jared, but it doesn’t make me feel any better now that mine is delayed until Feb 14th.

    Pixel Qi, Wifi

  863. @Jason: I haven’t seen any indication that “Greg stands to make money on cases if Adam does well“. Greg is well known in the community, he has been contacted by a designer of cases and Greg let everybody know and said that if they want a special case, this is a chance to list their demands or suggestions.

    Where does the money part come in? For some people it seems to be really difficult to accept that others will just ‘help’. And since Greg is helping, he “must” apparently have an hidden agenda which clouds his judgement.

  864. marcdimmick:
    > No they did not take your money first, but wait I just have to reboot got a blue screen

    Not a fair comparison. Everybody knows that MS produces shoddy, insecure products. NI’s going to have to work to develop that kind of reputation (whether they’re well on their way is another matter).

  865. @Jason or is it xyldarren

    Can tell your picture is not to clear. So what are you waiting for? when will you start the class action lawsuit you and your friends that 3, thats a start. Have you cancelled your order as yet? and what are you going to buy now?

    There seams to be a lot of rhetoric here but no action. If half of the people protesting here actually did what they keep threatening we would be having more interesting conversations here and stock would not be an issue as a lot would become available.

    So what are you going to do @Jason or is it xyldarren, act on your words or are they just words.

    We understand the frustrations, I too have been frustrated but the protestations are just becoming comical.

  867. I’m one of the few that got an email confirming shipment today. So i guess I should stop complaining. But i cannot help but empathize with the group that got delayed even further out to 2/14. Perhaps Rohan and NI should make some sort of gesture to this group. Who have been delayed repeatedly. A coupon for a free case or a screen protector, or maybe a 15% refund considering this 5% of (insanely loyal) customers have been delayed 3 times (5 * 3 = 15).

    Rohan if this comment actually makes it past your moderators and if you actually read these things. You have a chance at some damage control here. Do something nice for these people. Something tangible. Talk is cheap and words on a blog can only go so far.

    Here’s hoping.

  868. They were saying this a year or more ago but NI is still here. 🙂 My order has shipped 🙂

  870. Now, now, people!
    Who said 5.31% was somewhere about 50 !?
    Can’t you remember, Rohan said once shortly after the preorder, that he was glad NI could sell in numbers of 100 000 units per week, just like the big companies?
    The first batch shipped was a joke number of devices! Barely a 100 I guess.
    So whats your 5.31% now?
    Whatever it is, its not under 5 000 units!
    Now go and take a look at the count of comments on this blog-entry: ~1000 ?
    So even if each one who posted here is angry about delay – there are still at least 4 000 more of you! So don’t get crazy about each fellow crying “me too delayed”! It’s way within these 5.31%

    So get a grip! geez…

  871. I’m in the same boat with you guys. part of the unlucky 50**? people who’s shipment got delayed from Jan 9th thru to Feb 14th. I’m disappointed…..but not as bad as before, kind of resigned and got used to it. My only hope is that when I eventually get one, it works well.

  873. The lack of apologies are certainly not part of Indian or South Indian culture (NI’s in Bengaluru). The corporate culture over at NI is not something i can comment on though.

  875. Again if it is that bad and you don’t believe that you will get product and you are that unhappy, why are you still here? why have you not cancelled your orders and gone off and brought other devices?

    You talk about Rohan not communicating to well but you are all communicating your dissatisfaction and that you considering to cancel your orders. If that is so then go, cancel that way we have more devices for the people who are still wanting to purchase.

    There are lots of safer options, you can walk down to the apple store and purchase and iPad, go for it. Its there waiting for you with guarantees and someone who will listen to your complaints. I am quite sure Steve Jobs will immediately respond with an email.

  876. There will be now, will there? Then when exactly is this now? Plus how an now where are going this to happen?
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    Rohan’s only mistake appears to be not formally publishing certain business decisions before discussing them here. When’s the last time the CEO of Panasonic personally addressed a requested feature for you within 48 hours, and did he/she start following the blog regularly afterwards?

    I’ve been building systems for 15 years and I have to agree with James that after hoping since the 80s for a simple, functional touch device. Had big hopes for the iPad, but after seeing friends use theirs and having a couple demos done by salespeople, I never saw anyone try to convince me it they used it for much besides games, videos and a little browsing. I needed something for heavy reading and jotting the occasional note in any lighting conditions, figured I could wait another six months after the first 20 years. The sad thing is, resistive screens could have been cheaply combined with projectors decades ago, but robust GUI code is just now making strides thanks to Microsoft’s wonderfully stagnant era.

    Bottom line is, Rohan has established a direct line of communication with his customers and made good on keeping us up to date. He seems mostly to be proving how fickle the attention span of our beautiful USA hype machines can be.

    Face it folks, the vaporware argument is over. All Notion has to do now to keep their foot in the door is tread water and continue treating their customers with respect. To put it another way: If a businessman tells me he expects a shipment in 6-8 weeks, then tells me 5 weeks later that there’s been a delay, I’m thankful to hear about it ahead of time. If I ask a businessman why the phone he sold me drops calls when I hold it like a phone and he tells me to hold it like a CD, I probably won’t do business with him again any time soon.

  877. I also have received an email about my adam shipment date. Unfortunately It’s postponed to 14th Feb.

    Of course, I’m a little sad. I wish to enjoy my adam as soon as possible.

    But I know it’s a pre-order and the delay was estimated as 6-8 weeks.
    I was happy when I saw the shipment date show 9th, then 15-22th and finally 29th because it was faster that the estimation of 6-8 weeks.

    I don’t want complain about the delay. I think there are already “too” many people who did on this blog.

    I think many people forget that the Adam is not yet available in shop/website. We will always be among the first over the world to get our hands on it.

    By the way, many of us forget that Notion Ink is a start-up. They are new on business.
    Could we be nice and accept their little mistakes ? I’m sure they do their best to please each of us.

    I wish to know how many mails they received with the same questions ( delivery, pre-order ? ) Does Steve Jobs answer to all mails he received about the release of Ipad 2 or Iphone 5 ? No, so why do you expect it from Rohan ? It’s not because we are a “family” that we can be so demanding ! Are we childish ?

    About the delay :
    Once, I ordered a earphone on Amazon. It was on stock, but because there were some problems of logistics, i only got it after one month. I’m sure many people have got the same problem too. Do they complain ? Do they cancelled their order ? Do they sent angry mail to seller ?
    No, of course, we understand that sometimes there are problems , technical, logistics or whatever … we try to find solution and we are happy when finally we got our parcel, no ?

    Other example :
    In december, i ordered an Ipad for my wife. “Shipment in 48 hours” written on the website.
    I ordered on saterday 25th December. Monday, I received a phone call to confirme my order. So my order was recorded only Monday. so already 48 hours later. Wednesday, I received a track number and my parcel was out of Shenzhen. 24 hours later again , my parcel was in Hongkong. 3 days later it was still in Hongkong because “Bad Weather”. I finally get my parcel the next week 5 january. I wanted it for New Year’s Eve as a present for my Wife. Fortunately my wife didn’t complain.
    Even if the product is in stock, the shipment takes longer than expected.

    Ps: Please forgive me for my bad English, it’s not my mother tongue.
    Ps2: At least, i’m sure i will get my Adam before a Government ( No Government , Great Country : Belgium )

  878. Mr. Dimmick: Could you stop encouraging the guy at the edge of the roof to jump. People have the right to vent and they also have the right to change their minds. The thing that is the most comical to me is that you expect everyone else to justify themselves to you.

  880. It is interesting the spread between the people that have been delayed. You said you ordered on Dec 13th. I ordered on Dec 9th at 6:21 pm just as it opened up for the general public. Both of us are in the same group.

  881. 15 minutes was an eternity that day. If I am not mistaken the variant we ordered was sold out very soon after your order was place. I’d bet you were one of the last.

    I know it does not make you feel better. I understand that. But I do believe the orders are being filled in order by time. Taking into account the four different variants.

    Don’t get me wrong, I would not be surprised if certain people, companies, etc. were bumped up, but for the most part, first ordered, first out.

  883. Gecko !
    Even a detatched tail is a better dancer than anyone!
    I know- you detatch the tail. It will dance and attract the attention of enemy while gecko escapes .

    Rohan is making the mistake Id repeating mistakes!!

    The blog desperately needs your regular highly talented comments to relax ! Make the magic !!
    Yours
    shiva

  884. I am thankful that my Adam is shipped, hope to receive it this week. I had some free time and I have looked around trying to get a feel of what the perception is about Adam & I am generally, very happy that most of them are +ve. Like any product, there concerns/disappointments but I must congratulate NI for pulling this one. Great work for a startup releasing there 1st Product. Could it have been better, yes ofcourse. But we already see that NI is learning quick and adapting.

    I just hope that with so many conflicts on this blog, Rohan wont stop being transparent like he has always been.

  885. @hafdolla

    Thank you. I understand why you are upset and have a right to be. Not just you – everyone. I am sure this is tearing Rohan apart right now. We are all routing for NI – not only do we want the adam, but we want NI to be the BEST.

    We did order a different variant – as you are aware. My guess is the variant you ordered was more popular than mine. For example, I ordered after you, but I may have been number 1000 for my variant, but you were number 1200 for your variant. Just an example.

  886. @harvey186
    You say a lot but why are you still here? cancel your order and go and buy whatever. I have at least 10 other people wanting to buy the adam. They know I am always on the bleeding edge, these are the sort of things you expect. That was why it was called a pre-order. I went into this purchase with the understanding I could end up with the bill and no device. Many people on the forum were warning doom and gloom and recommended to wait until they were in the shop.

    If you are so conservative then why the hell did you buy in a pre-order period?

    Just cancel your order and go an buy whatever and leave your complaints for some other forum.

  887. So what are you waiting for? Cancel Rohan will get the message and then others can buy because of the available stock. 🙂

  888. Yeah, that would make it 10k orders total… pretty impressive amount. And most people aren’t very vocal, they just buy and use.

  889. Yes all I expect is email from Rohan with some discount and assurance that the product shipped will be good in quality and take responsibility 100% if it reach us defective.

  890. I really enjoy reading some of these postings. I think for a student of social science it would be a great place to see who people respond over as little as $600.

    “I am sure that Rohan wants all these delays and to have all the upset customers. ”

    Do people really think that this is the case? I am sure Rohan is doing everything he possibly can to rectify the issues he is facing. But it is still fascinating to see the carrying on. You would think we were back at primary school. The attacks on Rohan, the company and the country its amazing peoples true colors come to the front when there’s a little pressure.

    I would hope I am not in a real crisis with some of these people, now that would be really scary.

    Anyway keep it up, it just very interesting to see peoples reactions and protestations.

    But if anyone is really serious about their statements then stop telling us what you might do and become people of action and do it.

    That way we can get back to talking about something that is going to add value to our knowledge and experience.

  892. What’s up with the Greg bashing, he has been well respected here for a long time and now that some are unhappy you are going after him???? And if he is to gain from NI making it in this market…so what??? what business is it of ours. I can’t find anywhere he has tried to defend NI in such a way that he has been dishonest, in fact we should be happy he has Rohan’s ear and can help us if needed. I for one will take his reviews for what they are worth and that is to help us.

    I was told I drink the Koolaid but that’s better than eating crow !!!!!!!!!

  894. Just was talking to a friend who was after an iPhone 4 and his ordering experience. The store had not stock, he then inquired to put a phone on hold and was told they could not do that. Suggested to go online and place an order there but he would be waiting for 4-6 weeks. That was December it is now Feb and he is expecting his phone next week. And thats a big company like apple.

    So lets get some perspective.

  895. That’s your credit card company ripping you off. The only large US company that doesn’t charge a foreign transaction fee is Capitol One.

  896. I realize life can create unexpected difficulties but this being the 4th change in ship date for me, I believe there should be some compensation

  897. back2front:
    > was told I drink the Koolaid but that’s better than eating crow !!!!!!!!!

    Actually it’s not, because with the Koolaid, you’d be dead. But, yeah, the Greg bashing is distasteful, wrongheaded, and possibly dangerous, since Greg has a gun.

  898. @ Ben

    Since we’re getting into a PC pissing contest in this forum, I’ve been building PC systems for nearly 25 years, and have worked with midrange and mainframe equipment since 1974. We worked with small vendors as suppliers and maintenance, etc., and this is not how you treat customers. They are being ignored. When we are informed, usually it’s at the last possible moment, and then some. The information is usually obscure, and/or ambiguous. Not everyone who ordered a Adam knew going in, that this is how startups sometimes operate. I knew. Quoting great philosophers, doesn’t ease their pain at this point. They are just pissed. Let them vent, it has to be heard. SOME of you who got your systems, are now nice and calm, but bitching before hand. Don’t take away their last avenue of relief. To many up and downs for them. Some have left and want a refund. Let them leave with some dignity, and without ridicule. They feel bad the way it is. Don’t rub it in.

  899. Prantha:
    Thank you for you response. I was concerned mainly because I had seen this in the “Republic Day” post on the 26th – ‘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.’

    I’ve followed Notion Ink since I stumbled upon it back in October while looking for a tablet. I’ve followed the blog and I never posted until just after the announcement that those who’d posted would get to pre-order first, back in December.

    I’ve tried to comment three times before, though I’ve never gotten any confirmation before this post, so I’m assuming this is my first post.

  900. marcdimmick:
    > I really enjoy reading some of these postings. I think for a student of social science it would be a great place to see who people respond over as little as $600

    Boy, I worked very hard to be the most condescending and smug creature here, but I have to admit, that you’re besting me. And it’s not just the cigar in your pic.

  902. Wake up, wake up!
    The dream is end.
    The company is end.
    No one believe that.
    Everything is lies.

  903. Hey, it’s a BLOG. No better place to vent your frustrations than on a blog with others that are in the same boat.

  904. I’m not sure I want to sacrifice 5% of my purchase price yet. I also want to hear a story or two about the cancellation process thru Notion or if I should go thru my credit card.

    But mostly, after preaching about this thing to friends for over a year, I’m really hoping Rohan does something to make this right.

    But I am considering cancelling.

    But my indecision does not alter Rohan’s horrible communication and lies.

  905. I posted this on Notion Addicts:

    I dont like whining and whiners

    2 weeks ago, I had ordered a netbook from walmart. It arrived 4 days later than their estimated delivery date.

    I didn’t demand an explanation from Walmart’s CEO. The Acer tablet sucked with its performance – the netbook is not even fit for browsing. I still didn’t demand an explanation from Acer’s CEO but simply going to return it. Well, I find that thought to be very silly even mentioning it here. I feel that people out there are taking the vulnerable Notion Ink (a startup with an inexperienced CEO) for granted here?

  906. Kumar and others

    Who said we are angry at the date slippage? What we dont like is the non-existent communication. Why wait till the end of the shipping deadline to talk about delay? Particularly this latest delay related to damaged screens from the supplier…if the plan was to ship from factory by 29th then those units should have been in shop floor at least 2 days prior to that…did they not know about the damaged screens at that point of time? Give me a break!

    And we want Rohan to address such stupid mistakes (this is not the first time, btw).

  908. Alas, I am one of the 5.31% Adam owners. So my Adam is delayed again and again and surprise, again (arrival allegedly Feb 14th).

    Anger does not describe my reaction.

    Frustration at these “start up” problems is a better description.

    The worst problem of all, and the most damaging, is how poorly NI has been in communicating these problems to We The Paying Customers.

    Rohan and gang, you knew that this most recent problem (the damaged touch screens) would be effecting a few (perhaps), so why did you wait to notify us until after the ship date?

    A better, and more professional, approach is to immediately notify the affected buyers as soon as possible NOT at, or after, their ship date.

    As I understand it there are only a relative few of us who bought Adam in this first round. So why did it take NI so long to know of the problem and then send a couple dozen of us an email?

    The bette noir is NI current terrible communication system.

    Many of us want NI to succeed and to have Adam become a leader in this exciting field.

    But your organization must use some common sense communication and not a series of blog entries even with the drama of workers actually working on a holiday to get eh job done.

    A parallel is Apple, yes Apple.

    NI, please learn from one of the best customer service companies, because not matter what amazing qualities Adam possesses, I have been VERY CLOSE to canceling my Adam order because of the triple cancellation of my shipment date.

    As your VC must know, your company has now damaged many Adam core supporters. India has the talent and a team of excellent customer service people should have been in place the day we all ordered our Adams.

    I suggest that everyone who bought Adam in this initial group receive a discount on this purchase.

    For years I worked in the movie theatre business here in Chicago. Occasionally, a theatre would have problems with the projection machine, or the print had too many scratches or a speaker was not working. We always gave our customers a free pass for two along with our apologies for the less than professional movie theatre presentation. This policy gave our theatres the best reputation of any movie theatres in Chicago, which brought us more loyal customers and better word-of-mouth than money could buy.

    NI, I urge you to do something significant now to improve your customer service with We The First Adam Owners.

  909. Doesn’t have the processor or the screen size. And not having the ports, for me, is a big deal. No hooking up external USB drives, thumb drives, no hdmi out, etc.

    With that said, I don’t blame you for being angry. I would be as well. I think everyone with doubts and upset should cancel their orders. Hopefully Rohan will learn from it. It’s been said repeatedly. Under promise and over deliver. Rohan keeps getting that wrong.
    Also, people who have been pushed out again should get something extra. Apple, while not admitting problems, gave out free cases for iPhone 4’s. They knew they needed to in order to appease people. Wether or not there was an issue was beside the point. Rohan said he sent Greg something extra with his. I certainly think you people deserve something for the delays!

  910. @Paul

    You’re right, I don’t believe people just “help” in this manner. He seems to be setting up some form of direct partnership with NI. This to me implies revenue sharing.

    Indeed, I have no proof of this. However evidence, NI’s track record of misleading and deception, and my own natural skepticism lead me to believe Greg stands to profit some, even if that profit is just traffic being directed there from NI.

  911. The FCC interior photos reference the trackpad electronics implying that the model they reviewed had the trackpad.

  912. @Prantha

    >If you ACTUALLY bothered to read what I wrote, you would know that you will NOT receive an email until your Adam is in transit; NOT if it is DELAYED, which you can find out from going to the website.

    Order in the court…….lol

  914. Delay once…I will grant patience

    Delay twice…I will grant patience.

    Delay three times after treating me like crap, you’ve tapped to many times into the patience well and it’s dry.

  915. So if I buy a trackpad and stick it on the back of my ADAM, I have to pay “royalities” to someone because they “patented” that configuration? That makes no sense.
    Adam is made up from outsourced components. They purchased the trackpad components. They decided they wanted the pad on the back of their product.
    This is like telling a person, sorry you bought that very nice golf club, but we hold the patent of how to use it “the swing” and you have to pay us or we’ll sue.

  916. Perhaps one way to verify the truth of the post is to check directly with Sinotek? No point calling Rohan a liar unless one knows the truth of the matter.

    For me, I’m just sad that I can’t show off Adam to relatives during the Lunar New Year. Of course, free apps in Genesis to compensate our patience won’t hurt too 🙂

  918. Company rep is more important than product. Many awesome products have burned because the company messed up the PR.

  921. I ordered on the 9th of December and have had my shipping date moved back constantly now currently on the 14th of February. I understood that there were only 50 of us that were moved into the second batch but it seems more like there are are thousands.

    Not happy at all with the poor communication and the mistruths that seem to have been spoken from NI and considering cancelling and getting something like the xoom as I’m losing faith in NI and as someone else pointed out the 14th will mean I can’t do a chargeback on my credit card (60 day limit from time the card was charged).

  923. Yes, silly me for expecting the company to live up to what it’s CEO is saying.

    Fool me taking the company at it’s “word”. You’re right…I should have expected them to be liars like every other corporate entity.

    Thank you for snapping me out of my stupor of trying to support a startup. I should have realized they were going to be incompetent from day 1 like you suggest.

    I was foolish for believing, you are correct.

  925. Since this won’t be as annoying to you. Relax and wait for your Adam to arrive just like I have to on, before, or after Feb 14th. And since some may get their Jan 31 shipment before us, expect this and you won’t feel the frustration as deeply.

  926. A Couple of dozen stood at 120 ish the last time i looked on “notionaddicts.com’s” poll on the issue.

    so its not a few but over 100 Groan ( i should really take some valium and calm down but unfortunately i can’t )

  927. Adam 2 is a myth. As The company may not survive this disaster. Let’s see if they can actually do what they said they would with Adam 1, then and only then can we talk about Adam 2.

    And enough dreams, it’s reality time now. A dream is nice but eventually you have to make it exist.

  929. I would go thru your points 1 by 1, but I seriously tired of doing it.

    I disagree with everything you said. Rohan has tapped out all of the goodwill he developed. Get a real product I can actually touch, that functions as promised, and get it out right freaking now. And offer some form of compensation for those of us that got the shaft.

    If that’s not done the company has lost my loyalty and my business.

  930. Matthew:
    > the 14th will mean I can’t do a chargeback on my credit card (60 day limit from time the card was charged).

    Oh, you’ll probably be ok. Most people haven’t gotten defective units….

  931. Expecting an injustice to happen does not make the injustice right or make you feel better for it.

    Don’t recommended such a silly thing please.

  932. @Kumar. Lakshman is right Kumar, it’s not so much the delay but the failure to formally communicate via e-mail. I don’t expect Rohan himself to answer every e-mail or any e-mail for that matter. But I do expect someone in customer service (if it even exists) to communicate with their customers, especially when the customer has already inquired about their order. In the meantime you did have a good idea, and that was to use this time learn how to root the Adam Tablet. Good advice Kumar.

  933. That has nothing at all to do with the delays. I’ve seen the thing work. I want him to do more to placate me now.

  934. Prantha,

    On what basis are you saying “He is only sending emails to those whose Adams are actually in transit.”?

    I received an email today informing me “The estimated date of your shipment would be 14th February 2011 (Buffer included).”

  935. No one seems to be getting this point.

    It’s NOT the delays.

    It’s Rohan’s treatment of his customers. The PO1 crowd were the most dedicated and loyal, and he is shafting them.

    PR and customer treatment have nothing to do with the fact that the company is a startup. It’s not a valid excuse.

  936. @Pratik

    No need to be that upset at potential customers! Many have been waiting long to put their orders in. If his post bugs you – just don’t read t.

  937. 600$ may be nothing to you sir, but to me that’s a nice little chunk of money.

    I’m happy you can have that kind of wealth, but I spent MONTHS making sure this was what I wanted, because to me that was an investment.

    I bought it because I intend to use it, but that doesn’t mean I’m just bursting with disposable income.

    Your comment is so insanely offensive to me I cannot begin to describe it accurately to you. And you insulting my income level is not productive and doesn’t add to our knowledge and experience. It just makes you seem like an ultra rich ***hole.

  938. Jason,

    First, you’re an ass. I don’t blame you for being pissed at yet another delay. But the total disregard for the workers is disgusting. Rohan stated the screens were damaged during transportation, NOT at the factor. So it’s not their fault. If the workers were like you they’d say too bad, not our problem. We didn’t break them.These people also tend to be far away from their families. And they rarely get to see them. so try showing some compassion for people sacrificing seeing family so you can have a tablet.

  939. No one is bashing him.

    We’re just saying as he stands to profit he may not be the most unbiased source of information.

  940. That doesn’t make it OK. So because you stole money it must be OK for me to steal money?

    Follow your logic through please.

  941. cx650t:
    > So if I buy a trackpad and stick it on the back of my ADAM, I have to pay “royalities” to someone because they “patented” that configuration?

    That’s more-or-less true, believe it or not. There are a few subtleties we can skip for present purposes.

    >That makes no sense.

    Welcome to the wonderful world of patent law.

  942. Ah, sorry, I get it now! yes, they are a start up, I should just forgive about everything.

  947. This will be the last ‘delay’ for me Rohan. If 2/14 changes I will be asking for a refund. I’m surprised I’m even typing this (will probably be moderated out). I’m surprised I’ve even stuck out the previous 2 pushbacks. Last one. Bank on that.

  949. It’s not an injustice if the last pre-order group is a different variant than mine. I ordered a Pixel Qi Wifi 3g. If that last group includes this variant then it is an injustice. If the last group is only LCD Wifi then to expect them to be delayed because I was delayed is silly. Most manufacturing is in lots by types (such as motherboard configurations). The screen and touch-screen are options to the lot.

  950. As another question is there a radio or not. I hve hear anything about it on even the lottery winner who actually got their Adam.

  951. Delays happen. HOWEVER if anyone out there has a PQ with 850 MHz in hand and their order was placed AFTER 12/9 at 20:00 then I have a reason to be pissed.

    No correspondence from NI EVER. The only way I find out what’s happening with my $600 (I can round too) purchase is when I check the NI Web site.

    This is what is NOT ACCEPTABLE in any part of the global economy.

    Wake up Rohan and start letting us know what the hell is going on.

    One of the problems with the internet is EVERYTHING you say is recorded for posterity.

    I just went through all 91 posts of yours on WordPress (At least the ones that are still showing up) Since I have nothing else to do while waiting for my Adam, I’m compiling a list of every thing where something was stated as fact and then later recanted / excused away, or just ignored.

    For example on Jan 28th you wrote second and third shipments will start on time.
    You also wrote touchscreen shipments damaged so you’re holding back all shipments. So which is it, Shipped, or held back? Do you see the problem folks are having with this lack of communication?

    Thanks for letting me vent.

  952. Please check in Junk mail folder. I did got the date changed to Feb 14th. bad luck for me..But will wait for issues to be resolved..

  953. Hear, hear,

    I got two postponement e-mails already, my birthday has come and gone in between, and sure I am disappointed.
    But all my life I have had poor quality items bought from so called reputable and long standing manufacturers. It is a fact of life, unfortunately.

    I never expected (and still don´t) to receive an Ipad killer … to me that item was and is unnaceptable, but I´ve got to admit the screen is gorgeous – my Adam-to-be will sure lose in that score. And I was too late to order the PQi screen (but that screen would come even shorter, I guess).

    None of this matters if the Adam eventually arrives in good working condition – I will still feel that somebody up there (in India!) is taking a shot at the big guys and could perhaps succeed. If that happens, who knows, we´ll finally have a decent tool to use in the classroom (the OLPC never was) and I might have helped a bit.

    For me it is worth the gamble – and that was what we first pre-orderers were doing at the time. My stakes remain at the table.

  954. Yes, I am disappointed that my shipping date has moved to the 14th, however I signed up for a pre-order delivery from a company that has a relatively short presence in the manufacturing world, and I still feel lucky that I made it into the initial pre-order.

    Given that the state of progress for the Adam is high and continues to climb, I am sure that by the time my delivery occurs, then I can either accept the latest OTA or just visit XDA for some alternate installation.

    I am still not sure exactly what path I will take with this device, especially as I already have a rooted Nexus One, so I don’t need a device that needs to do anything more special, however l am especially looking forward to the bigger form factor, and hopefully the transition to OS3.0. I appreciate the effort NI have implemented for Eden, but Google has their own agenda for Honeycomb, and developers will follow, so NI must step up to the plate.

  955. There is a new YouTube video showing the Pixel Qi screen in direct sunlight. It looks very good.

  956. @all

    If this will make everyone feel better:
    I was a Jan 9th batch. My adam was shipped on 19th. As of today 31/1/2011 7:00, I am yet to receive my adam ! 🙂
    And I am from India, the land of NI.

    So have some patience. The world/ or your life is not over if there are few weeks delays. Please @all, I have also commented in the past – lets temper our expectations. Not all of the “unsaid/unexplained” reasons are due to NI faults only. Please consider factors from Pixel Qi, shipment and logistics from them (now with more concern in context of less than “on par” quality of PQi), the ODM (I dont think its Foxconn now. Foxconn was the original ODM which had disagreement with Bharti Airtel, the original investor. NI changed to new ODM with the new investor…. ?inventec ?compal ) which has to collect /depend on component manufacturer, and off course the component suppliers like Sinotek which can have assorted problems of its own.
    Lets not forget this perspective also – lot of the Big Boys are also buying up “assembly time” in these manufacturing units. So small fries like NI can have difficult times with their less than deep pocket.

    I feel now is the time we decide whether to support NI or not. Just consider the rooted Adam with the “expected performance”, and ask yourself “Is this tablet enough for me and if it is ,should I wait?”

    or

    “Is NI bullshitting me? and cancel my orders”

    There is little point in projecting onself as “whiners” in this public forum…..denigrates the whole blog and the person concern.

    * Cancel and shut the f*** up or wait till Adam reach your hand. And till that time do something useful with your time rather than f5s*

  958. @all

    If this will make everyone feel better:
    I was a Jan 9th batch. My adam was shipped on 19th. As of today 31/1/2011 7:00, I am yet to receive my adam !
    And I am from India, the land of NI.

    So have some patience. The world/ or your life is not over if there are few weeks delays. Please @all, I have also commented in the past – lets temper our expectations. Not all of the “unsaid/unexplained” reasons are due to NI faults only. Please consider factors from Pixel Qi, shipment and logistics from them (now with more concern in context of less than “on par” quality of PQi), the ODM (I dont think its Foxconn now. Foxconn was the original ODM which had disagreement with Bharti Airtel, the original investor. NI changed to new ODM with the new investor…. ?inventec ?compal ) which has to collect /depend on component manufacturer, and off course the component suppliers like Sinotek which can have assorted problems of its own.
    Lets not forget this perspective also – lot of the Big Boys are also buying up “assembly time” in these manufacturing units. So small fries like NI can have difficult times with their less than deep pocket.

    I feel now is the time we decide whether to support NI or not. Just consider the rooted Adam with the “expected performance”, and ask yourself “Is this tablet enough for me and if it is ,should I wait?”

    or

    “Is NI bullshitting me? and cancel my orders”

    There is little point in projecting onself as “whiners” in this public forum…..denigrates the whole blog and the person concern.

    * Cancel and shut the f*** up or wait till Adam reach your hand. And till that time do something useful with your time rather than f5s*

  959. Can you give us some things to look forward to? I got the ‘delayed until 2.14’ email. I am disappointed but it is an unknown startup. I knew that when I ordered from them. But a glowing review would help with the wait 🙂

  960. I guess those in the delay list are entitled to ask for some compensation, a gift or discount or voucher, perhaps.

  962. I = I WILL
    N = NEVER
    D = DO
    I = IT
    A = AGAIN

    Cultural thing… They never admit they are wrong… Always find an excuse and try to workaround. But when things hit the FAN, they don’t know how to handle it.

    Europeans and americas say: Sorry, but due to internal problems we wont be able to delivery it now. We apologize and will provide a full refund.

    Indians: Everything is fine… We will ship it tomorrow.. (But where is the screen shipment)
    Pray for the best, Prepare for the worst.

    Rohan, if possible. Can you be honest at least once and tell the truth?

    Regards

    Alex

  965. @Jason, your pointing fingers at Greg, direct me towards the proof, I’m open minded, and I will evaluate it for myself. Otherwise stop it !!!!!!!

  966. @Sam from Wisconsin
    @AlbertWertz

    Definitely not cultural. To apologize for one’s mistakes, errors, crimes etc flows from the universal principle “Do good and avoid evil”. This is not restricted to some cultures only.

  967. Per Rohan, “You shouldn’t go through this useless pain, but there is a whole group at Notion Ink and at our manufacturing plants putting in all the efforts at delivering you Adams. You have came this far with us, I will request for little more patience. We are listening and working on your suggestions at support at notionink dot com or preordersupport at notionink dot com.”

    Let’s give the kid a chance. They are trying to handle too many situations. All of our frustrations are justified, and at the same time I believe we all can keep patience till Feb 14…just 14 more days…not 14 yrs 🙂

    @NI team – we support you, just that we think the tattoo in Rohan’s forehead about clear communication is fading….I guess it was a temporary tattoo from Vegas. Rohan communication has to be clear and crisp, else it leads to unnecessary dilemmas.

    If Rohan is reading this post, I can even go to the plant site, or NI offices and be of some help for some time…say 8-10 weeks. I think you already have the man power to manage the crisis, just be clear in the communications.

  969. He can’t. It derives from his own fevered imagination, so he’ll have to point towards his brain, if he has one, and elsewhere if he doesn’t.

  972. Very well said Mobz… Couldn’t agree more…

    Surely, the competition will raise up… If it’s not for pixel qi, I will go for Ipad…
    Now Samsung has also acquired ebook screen makers…

    For the moment, just for pixel qi… For the OS hack, xda-developers will be there…
    So, what is the added advantages of Notion Ink beside pixel qi?

  974. What is wrong with us, we turn on each other like a pack of hungry wolves. Maybe Rohan isn’t good with communicating but wouldn’t you rather have him good with building a fantastic tablet? For those who have called him a liar…shame on you, put yourself in his shoes and think about what he has gone through. Do you actually think he is happy with the way things have went so far?

    Yea two more weeks delay, is this the worst thing that could happen in our lives, I don’t think so, I just lost my best friend to breast cancer and to me the Adam is a small part of my life right now. Be glad you have family, health and the ability to wait 2 more weeks. In the big picture this isn’t much, look around you and be thankful for what you have, to post on this site means you have a computer and the Adam isn’t life or death!!

  975. I imagine it would depend on their problem. If they suffered from anxiety it would be a good prescription.

  976. +infinity and might I add Jason does not represent all Americans, however, I am beginning to understand where the phrase ugly American came from. Jason, please cancel your order and move on, it would be a relief to many of us.

  977. Perspective:
    2 weeks late getting your paycheck
    2 weeks late getting your period
    2 weeks late having your baby
    2 weeks late hearing from your brother or sister or son or daughter in Afghanistan

    Those are all real issues.

    2 weeks late getting an Adam Tablet? Please. Get serious.

  979. @jason – you bought a pre-order from a 1st time startup…. If tablet was your priority – you should have gone with whats available to order from a big company.

  980. @Paul Schoe

    You are off topic – and picking on a country that likely represents >60% of adam’s sales. Were it not for the US, the adam would not have been commercially possible yet.

  983. I think, me reading this blog is bad luck for NI.. I will stop for a while and check back after few months to see if everything is o’rite.
    😉
    But before going I’d let Rohan know what’s on my mind. I’m an aspiring entrepreneur myself, and even set up my own firm, though at a smaller scale. I found about your product 2 yrs back while doing research for something similar that I had in mind. After finding about your efforts I decided to back off and wait for you to bring Adam out. I have supported you all the way coz i understand the problems related to bringing out a complete product from India. But that was also because I believed all the problems happened since you were putting all your focus and efforts on the product development and not on its marketing/PR. I could understand that too and believed that a great product could silence all the angry voices being raised at the poor PR.
    BUT, I am really disheartened to see so may technical glitches happening with Adam. Buggy UI, failed updates, even defective hardware… I just can’t digest that. Sometimes i feel I shouldn’t have backed off..not saying I could do better than you, but at least it would have been interesting. 🙂
    What you have is achieved so far itself is great, no doubt, but I would say you should have been more responsible when so much money, time, trust, pride and expectations of so many people are at stake.
    Sorry if this post came at the wrong time for you Rohan, maybe I should have written a more encouraging post, but i just cant be bothered anymore… Anyways good luck, I’m sure you will get through these difficult times and make Adam a success, but for me the charm of following the developments has been lost. I will buy an Adam when the production is stable. Bye for now.

  984. Tim:
    > I am beginning to understand where the phrase ugly American came from

    My I put on my pedant’s hat? The phrase is almost universally misused. The original “Ugly American” (from the book of that name) was a good person who wanted to help other people. The adjective refers only to his physical appearance.

    This pedant’s hat suits me. I may wear it for a while.

  986. Well, yes I am angry but sad as well, this is my Christmas present for myself. I am disappointed and I feel trapped, I have put my money down and now to cancel I have to give up 30 bucks for nothing. I have been patient, but I echo the many other angry voices in this post that I had been lead to believe that the devices were all sitting in there boxes a few weeks ago waiting for there FCC stickers. It is not the case, from my perspective I have been lied and I this Dream, is now even further away than closer. Now while I watch others unbox and review I am trapped, and because I am going on holiday’s at the end of Feb, March is the time that I am going to be getting my Adam.

    I have been lied to, given a slap in the face for my support, and told to shut up and wait. This is why I am angry

  987. Mary mentions that their whole intent on the Pixel Qi was for outside viewing, Definitly looks great outside. Not sure how much outside use I will get so I am hoping to get an LCD for the best indoor use.

  988. Alex, please do a favor to all of us. Contact your NI pre order support cancel your order, if you have ordered. Also please call the bank and start the refund process as it was a credit card transaction, OR wait till you get the Adam yourself.

    At least have some patience and try to understand what the NI team is saying. Maybe Rohan screwed up yet again in communication, at least he told us a day late.

    Think about it…you get the Adam which is buggy, and you are scrambling to get the updates. Now at least you’ll get the Adam and then when you log in to the internet, your updates will be ready, hopefully. By then people from Notioninkhacks may also come up with some other tweaks to help everyone. I think at this point rather than pointing fingers, you can either look yourself in the mirror, take a deep breadth, and cancel your order, OR learn to have patience….do some yoga…yet another Indian gift to the world. 😀

  989. @marcdimmick

    Is Harvey186 causing you some distress or is it the other way around?

  990. My apologies I was not having a go at anyone’s income. Money is valuable and we all put a level of risk associated to our purchases. Yes I am in a position after due consideration to take that risk because I researched as much as I could and made that decision. What I am getting at is that people have made a decision to risk their money when there were plenty of people warning them not to. But they went ahead and it was never indicated that it would be a sure bet. If your income is not to the level that you can afford the risk then I would suggest you don’t buy. But this is a risk issue we all have to take.

    The other point is that I don’t need to resort to calling names. I just read a lot that people are complaining and justifiability but the risk was that this is a new company, with unproven product and reputation. So we relied on what information was there to make a judgement. I made that judgement and I am prepared to ware the consequences.

    I feel that if you take a risk knowingly then you should be prepared for what comes. Are you going to tell me that you were not aware of Notion Inks history and that they were new at this game? that buying product online from an unknown company and unseen product is not a risk?

    Anyway I wish you the best at whatever you decide to do. But I would way up carefully what you buy with your limited resources that you are getting value for your money. As I dare say all of us have had to do.

  991. No Jason, what I was getting at was that no matter big or small they all have their problems its a matter of the risk you prepared to take when you make a purchase.

  993. Totally agree with you Bragadish, thank you for someone else echoing what I think. We all took an assessment and knew the risk. If we look at why we took the risk, nothing has changed for me and now I am looking forward to receiving my adam in the next day or so. 🙂

    If you can afford it and want guarantees then wait for it to land in the stores and check it out then.

  996. What makes you think there are not a whole Lot of people that have canceled and left the blog

  997. @ Rohan

    If i pay, can i take the place of one of those idiots that canceled their order???

    lol, i wish i could.

    patiently waiting for pre order 2.

  998. Boy that looks great, looking forward to getting my adam in the next couple of days. Thanks William for posting this video. This is what I am looking for, put up more please.

  1001. Once and for all the 50 number came directly from Rohen during an interview. He was asked about the change in date for some of the pre-order group. His answer was it is a really small number less then 50

    Now he said that those affected by the new debacle was less then 5.3 or close to that ( I am typing on my phone and can’t look up the exact number). So fifty got moved to the 29 th and 5.3% of those got delayed to the 14 th

    This is the problem people are having. If you believe Rohens figures then 3 people were affected by the delay to the 14 th. 5.3% of 50 rounded up equals 3

  1002. Hey Ricahard,
    Karen is talking about the ecosystem. Rohan has refered to this quite a few times, and hundreds of comments have been about that evolution/revolution.

  1004. If you change details on your profile with the same email address the system see that something is not right, so you get put into the moderation area. I speak form experience as it happen to me and it was about 3-4 days before I came off moderation.

  1005. Real estate you want for your ranting? Maybe you should open up a blog of your own, you can have as much space as you want.

  1006. Just compiling a list of places relating to the development of Adam (let me know if I’m wrong on any of these points, or if they’ve been posted before):

    – NVIDIA processors designed in USA
    – Pixel Qi screens designed in USA
    – Sintek touchscreens from Taiwan
    – Bluetooth (USI) module from Taiwan
    – 2G/3G (Ericsson) module from China
    – Payments taken by an Indian credit card gateway
    – Operating system developed by Google (almost like a country)
    – Firmware overlay (Eden UI) developed in India
    – Unit pieced together in China
    – Completed unit stored in Hong Kong
    – Freight provided by the Dutch

    International projects can be fun 🙂

  1007. So, what would be the implication.
    This issue was discussed many times in previus posts by Rohan. Most have accepted that the trackpad is not there. Reason? Personally I don’t care. It was a good feature, but I can live with out it.
    By the way, I can’t recall NI saying in print that the trackpad was taken off beacause of legal issues.

  1009. I tried to spin this yet another delay. I’ll see it another grace period for me to think what to do with my order which is filled, guess who knows when, and started to look around. It makes me feel better.

    @gecko, you look reddish in NotionAddicts forum. Hope your temp. is rising dangerously high.

  1012. Why would you need anything special if you cancelled?
    Anyways, thanks for letting us know in public of your decision. I will ask Rohan to give me your place. 😉

  1014. My apologies but its getting frustrating when you get a crowd that are digging an emotional whole it just becomes more self fulfilling. I too have been frustrated but I took a risk as we all did, but I have to keep reminding myself why did I take the risk and so I keep waiting. I now don’t have to wait much longer, but if I did then that is life but the adam is still the best tablet device I have come across and so I waited.

    I too was one of the early people that placed there order within 25 mins of the form coming online, it has been postponed three times for me and frustratingly but I want to findout what the device does how I can maximise it and gain the benefits I first perceived. But everyone just want to threaten what they are going to do. Well we can all just pack are bags and go home or we can work to make this a success.

    That is done in two ways, one the product and the company delivery that product and service but secondly its the customers. But we need to put it in perspective that NI is a new born and they are going to stumble and have accidents so we either believe that is a potential here and work to find the best outcome or pack are bags and go.

    I believe there is a fantastic potential here so that is why and here and hopefully getting people to re-assess why they took the risk with their good, hard cash or credit. Was it to buy a guarantee or was it the potential of what could be done with such a device.

  1016. @sam

    I’m similarly placed as jared but the only difference is that I ordered my PQi 3G at 2010-12-09 18:34:00 – which is 5 mins 9 secs before you. Yes, that is close!

    As for why behrendorff (Peter) is getting is before you – it is probably because he hasn’t ordered a PQi screen, whereas you have.

    Given the transparency that NI wants to maintain with family, I feel that NI should clarify the situation by explaining the selection criteria (hopefully it will be time of order) possibly by specifically setting out the order cutoff time for each version.

  1018. You really think Rohan is going to make a stupid mistake like that? A lot of people would be very upset if they found out that their name has been made public for some reasons like the one you mentioned!

  1019. I’m looking into LG G-slate (form T-mo on 3/23) and Toshiba Tablet (USB, min-USB, SD, a replaceable battery).

    I think whether one tablet is better than Adam depends on what we need.

  1021. this is ridiculous how come you got it shipped for same model that kohozga order before you got delayed. this is where im really upset.

    Look like biased selection.

  1023. I email them 10 hours ago to cancel my order again and nothing, no reply or anything. I also email them yesterday about 30 hours or so ago and no reply.

    What’s up with this company. I will give them about 24 more hours then I let my credit card company take care of it.

    I am tired, your comment about notionink hack fixing the Adam that will not work right when you get it. Come on people…

  1024. wordpress is all messed up. I cant understand anything… yet again… official forum please. I am sure someone would be willing to set it up for free Rohan…

  1026. So I guess this is what goes through the mind of mutineers and angry villagers right before they light their torches and go looking for the beast. Boy, these blog comments got ugly quickly.

    I totally sympathize. I feel quite a bit sorry for Rohan, because I don’t think there is much he can say at this point. He has already said he is sorry, but people now question both his ethics and his truthfulness. It seems that many of the people who have received their Adam’s are content with them. Sure many have rooted them, but something tells me that they are within the crowd that buys there HTC, Samsung, Motorola phones and root them shortly after anyway.

    All in all, I think some of these problems should be expected from a fledgling company. Look at Kno, and such, it seems they won’t get off the ground. I hope this is not the case for NI. These broken screens, honestly it seems bad luck. To expect them to have a contingecy plan seems a bit unrealistic. The preorders were bound to be limited in production. The only contingency plan you can have in a case like this is to have A LOT of extras.

    Perhaps this could be an early lesson for Rohan. Send out the e-mail, but not to pre-order yet, but rather to simply get a sense of how many people would buy the device immediately, and which variant. Tally that and wait until you have twice that many in stock before allowing people to purchase them. Then make sure it gets to them. DO NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. At least until you can handle a safety factor of 2.5 or 3 times the orders you will allow. So, don’t sell your entire stock, which seems to be the case this time. Keep distributing under this or a similar model to exclusive buyers. Once all the software, and hardware has been user tested (aka guinea pigs) consider going to a broader audience. Unfortunately, you may not think the iPad is in your league (concept wise), they are expected to realease an iPad 2 not to long from now. And as much as this will pain me personally. Don’t open the next pre-order until the last of the pre-order 1 people has recieved theirs.

    Notion Ink, through Rohan is getting beaten up by the press and it’s own followers. People want their money back. Mutiny is a step away. Sure the company can survive, but at what cost? We can look at the people that are angry as being winey. I believe it would be a mistake. These are customers with very fair arguments and disappointments. For each one of these, 2 or three of their friends or work colleagues won’t trust NI, do the math… lot’s of damage.

    Rohan, consider some sort of compensation. Perhaps a carrying case, upgrades on models, free apps… something. They’ve been waiting for almost 3 months, that is A LOT of time this day and age to wait for something you buy and your credit card has already been charged for.

    People, perhaps we can stop talking about how wrong things have gone. At this point, after ALL these angry posts, we all know what people feel. Let’s start finding ways in which perhaps Rohan can make things right for you.

    Cheers all! G’night!

  1027. I ordered my PQ+WiFi adam on 2010-12-09 at 18:26:00. How come @Amit Tambe (who ordered on PQi 3G at 2010-12-09 18:34:00) is it receiving before me?

    Rohan do you care to explain????????????????

  1028. HELLO ALL,

    Can anyone with a LCD Adam tell us about their e-book reading experience?
    I think that is make or break information for the lot of us who aren’t sure about whether to buy a PQ or LCD Adam, since many of us probably don’t spend more than 10 percent of our day outside in the sun.

    PLEASE let us know what you think.

  1029. I think it may be because, if you are a first time poster, then it will be checked ( for what I do not know). After that it will not be checked for moderation. That happened to me when I first joined, and again when I did not enclose a link with “http:// xxxxxxx.com”.

    Ofcourse, it could all be BS.

  1031. Free Gift? How about some of those colour customizing strips it was claimed would be available about mid-January? N.I. and “partners” were probably planning to sell them for $5+ each, but they couldn’t cost more than $0.05 to make and nil for shipping (if it’s in the same box). Ferrari Red, Royal Blue and Daffodil Yellow (primary colours) would be enough to suit just about anyone’s tastes, cost almost nothing, and go a long way to improving the mood of those 5.31% who are suffering.

    Just an idea…

  1032. It doesn’t feel right to allow Sintek to ask what they did of their employees. Sure as hell, it is to their credit that their employees agreed, but still it doesn’t feel right.

    Yes, a fault happened, but at what cost? Just so the delay can be shortened by one week or so for a few people and incur a delay of one whole year for others? New year comes only once a year you know!

  1033. @red

    My order PQi+Wifi, ordered 12-09 17:38:xx.

    It is not the time of the order. Maybe a karma? 🙂

  1035. True. I hate those blind followers… Giving freaking excuses like: oh as soon as you get it you can apply a hack that someone created. (actually the tablet should work as soon as i get it. right?)
    Give Rohan some credit. Yes we all gave him at least $500.000 x 1.000 …. You do the math…
    I am so fed up with this crap! Ppl talking about dreams… I have a dream too. A brand new Mercedes SLK – Silver ok? Who is going to give me $500 (i am creating a device that allows you to make calls) Wake the hell up ppl. I am very tired of these wankers. They think they are the smartest people out there giving excuses and supporting Rohan.

    So even if you get it (eventually) when it breaks… Game over you wont have your money back… You need to learn about customer service. Ops my bad, you need a product or service to support first… You dont have it!!!

    I hope you guys stop bragging about Rohan, saying that where he studied is the best in India, blah, blah,blah – You dont get the job even if you came from M.I.T, you need to prove yourself first!! Like someone who knows everything about sex, but actually never had sex before…

    What a joke!

  1036. My friend booked his adam a day after me. He received email yesterday saying its shipping while mine has been pushed to 14th Feb. Funny, I thought it was first come first served, talks a lot about the ordering & supply chain processes for NI!

  1038. I think he means those mysterious “Let” people are good drummers. That must be it. At first I thought he said “Let’s have positive discussions!”, but now I see my error. 🙄

  1039. Good idea! (because I will be one of those who will benefit). But it may lead to further delay…

  1042. Albert I do agree, I official support/company forum should be up and running to support these people and to also help out with any questions for further purchases. There are many of us that would offer our time and effort to help run it, I would be more then happy to help.

    -Mike

  1043. RESEND:
    @ jared Does this work for you. I got pushed to 2-14 and you got yours. I’m happy for you, but….

    Thank You XXXXXXXXX for ordering Adam.
    Order Number: NIO39XXXX
    Ordered Date: 2010-12-09 17:06:48
    Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX
    Email address “XXXXXXXXXXXX@gmail.com”
    Phone XXXXXXXXXX
    Billing Address XXXXXXXXXX
    XXXXXXXXX
    Pennsylvania XXXXXX
    United States
    Shipping Address XXXXXXXX
    XXXXXXXX
    Pennsylvania XXXXXXX
    United States
    Variant Adam with a Pixel Qi screen, wifi and 3G
    3G Band 850/1900 MHz
    Estimated Ship date from factory 14th Feb 2011

  1045. @Gecko,

    If Gecko has to post a humorless one, it shows how most of the fans have been stretched to their limit!

    Please Rohan, ACT!

  1046. I’m so offended by your comments that I will call you a name, marcdimmick

    No, that was the name. Really.

    Actually it is kind of funny/sad/humorous/ironic/classic/pathetic/interesting the comments levelled at Rohan. He’s a mid 20’s guy out to change the world and good on him. Of course trying to change the world is going to involve a few bruises and bumps, but good on him for persisting. Some people are not predisposed to taking that sometimes rough journey and prefer the safe and well trod roads, that’s fine but I like a little adventure and risk.

    I too have taken a risk and am prepared to wear the consequences. I think that it will pan out ok in the end.

  1047. buy the LCD with wifi should be good for you….3G only if you travel to locations without internet connectivity, so that you have your own connectivity.

  1048. In the demos (at least when viewing the leaves), it normally hides the status bar doesn’t it? It flashes red / orange when there’s a notification.

  1050. Thank you fro your beautiful poem.

    2 questions

    1 – was it a poem?
    2 – what was it about?

  1051. Hi,

    Has anyone from India got an ADAM delivered so far, I understand that there is a $50 charge for shipping but any idea on how much the import and customs duty is?

    Please let me know if anyone has a rough estimate.

    Thnx in adv.

  1053. +1, do agree with @Luiz.

    Yes NI has its shortcomings exposed here time & again. BUT

    if I get my adam, its still a very good buy. The tech specs were unique till Dec2010 & maybe they will have competition from Motorola/Toshiba in 2nd half of 2011. The PQ might give some an option not to purchase kindle/nook (its unfair to compare PQ with IPS of iPad).

    For what one pays to get adam, compared to iPad prices & rumored Xoom prices, adam is still a worthwhile option for tech savvy folks.

    I would love to see adam succeed & get a significant market share of the est 37+Billion tablets on sale in 2011 but I think NI has to do much more to get there. Iam usually scared to give suggestions to wide audience but here you go NI:
    1. Work on schedules (keep an optimistic one internal to you & keep a pessimistic one for your customers, including blog sites).
    2. Get a decent customer-support link on ur official website with options for queries & FAQs & a Phone support (yes, NI needs it now since it has customers).
    3. Adam is a consumable and like any consumer product, its appreciation would only grow if it has a “Touch & Feel ” element to its marketing. That means NI needs to tie up with best-buys & Fry’s or whoever is the leading consumer electronic mart in all target countries: Provide a demo adam in shops with trained sales folks. That would change the game for NI even if customer has to order online after having the “Touch Feel” experience.

    for the tech part, Iam sure NI is already competent to get that right as it has got this product thought 3 years back! (all IMHO).

  1055. Jason
    thanks for response. I have seen you for a long time here , supporting NI. I understand it is definitely tiring to respond to my points! Again and adain .

    As you say he has tapped out goodwill – we can also argue he has reached the milestones as well . Can’t we . Just think.

    There can be many many issues different aspects to the problem .

    For example community doubted
    A.when NI didn’t had a booth in CES. Answer was rohan choosed some different way to announce ( though not ideal as I feel).

    B. When no real product in costomers hand – NI sent products to preodrder G1 gruop.

    C. When matte is douted. – rohan answered whatever he has done – changed the specification on the site .

    I understand they are not fantastic responses to the problem. But that is what they CAN. They are improving SLOWLY . that may look slow to us . But they WILL have many many issues which are not discussed in the blog . (for hypothetical example -let’s say – they may need to sort out some
    employers sudden abcence in the office).we can’t be aware of everything.

    What I feel is -rohan is too open in somethings onthe blog (compared to other companies). That makes us to think that we know all the aspects of
    NI. it is creating problem. He has good intention , good ambition , and very high capability.
    I can see that

    I hope i conveyed what I felt.

    Yours
    shiva

  1056. Is koolaid that red jug of liquid that bursts through peoples walls and yells “Oh Yeah”?

  1057. GTab with custom ROMs from XDA is 100% better than what they ship you, by all accounts. Expect a similar result from XDA for the Adam, only sooner. (they’ve learned a lot about Tegra devices in the last few months)

    Unfortunately, almost every review of the G-Tab agrees – the screen is terrible. If the GTab2 has PixelQi or Mirasol, count me in. Adam still wins so far.

    Another dark horse in the tablet race is the Advent Vega (£250 in UK). It’s in the same boat as the GTab; cheap, with some great specs behind a bad screen and woeful software. Their launch was plagued with delays and miffed customers too, but it’s out there in the wild and available now with XDA support.

    “http://www.slashgear.com/advent-vega-review-07118007/”

    I still believe Adam is the better tablet though. One day I might actually be able to get one… 😐

  1058. A little delay but worth waiting…Do you have a choice…other than cancelling even if you do that which tablet would you order……..

  1059. @gecko
    why are you asking whether Greg’s Adam is bulletproof. He does not live in Arizona 😀

  1062. Sam
    please relax . (sorry – I can see you frustrated . Atleatst I can feel your position , because I am in delayed 14 as well . Please relax )They may have many things to do before they can respond to you .

    It is only a tablet . Just give it’s time to arrive . Just try being away from the NI . it comes . I tried . It works .

    Now I realise it may delay again , but it is only a tablet , when it comes – it comes.
    Yours
    shiva

  1063. @gecko, it’s callled the Tandav. Going by the comments here, it seems like a lot of customers are doing just that. It’s really unfortunate.

  1064. Here is a new video I made, to pass time before our orders are shipped.

    @Rohan, you guys are doing a great job, but a heads up sooner would have been nice. I cant wait to get my hands on my adam!

    BTW I was inspired to make this as a sequel to
    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js7awHyFwKI”

  1065. They have until 1200 EST on 2/7/2011 to give me a ship date. That is the last possible time before I can charge this back. I hope Rohan’s ‘buffer’ gets it moving before than.

  1066. @Vijay

    My take on this is a shipment of touchscreens from the vendor got damaged in transit – perhaps a fallen crate or pallet.

    It is right that the assembly plant does not accept that shipment. Don’t you thinks so?

    Your reasoning does not prove that anybody lied.

  1067. @ Jason, I think Mark’s point is that it happens to the best, so it happening to a startup isn’t all that unusual.

    @Mark, I like your hat as well.

  1068. I get it now. We were on the 9th, bumped to the 15-22, and relegated to the bottom of the heap instead of the top. They should have used the time scale, instead of the human scale. I guess they are still doing it.

    I think. ❓

  1069. If Rohan has some balls he will today make a statement to the ongoing delay and preorder2… I hope so for him.

  1070. I’m pretty sure it has to be announced before they can delay it. Unless their super-delay-powers are mutating, of course.

  1071. @litle al: I am not picking on a country. I am a frequent visitor of the US and have many friends there. I do object to this attitude of “lest’s start a class action” which is an attitude that I only know from the US. if you read the comments, then you will see that it was Jason that introduced topics as Palin, military spending, outside the US they live in the “stone age”, wearing jeans and 10 other items that came from nowhere.

  1072. @Paul Schoe

    Very good comments! You are among the very few (including me) who still have not run of patience and appreciative of Rohan and team.

    I am not in the group of 50! The grp is bigger than 50. My shipping dates were/are 15Jan>29Jan and now 14Feb.

    “…but taking into account all the odds against them, they have managed an incredible feat.”
    I completely agree with Paul. (I have been working for the last 35 years in IT serving almost all major auto and aero companies. I am a developer and designer with auto background.)

  1076. I’m sure I hear the sounds of crickets, pins dropping and wind in the trees anytime some one mentions EAP2, logo contest winners or the SDK. These issues have been around since before the order fiasco. Still no word, not even a passing mention. Amazing.

  1078. NI LIES AND CHEATS, JUST SOME ANALISYS:

    – 4 TIMES DELAY IN SHIPPING FOR ME, NEVER A MAIL, NEVER AN APOLOGY, NEVER AN ANSWER ON MY MAILS TO THEM. ONLY US CUSTOMERS GET ANY SUPPORT?

    – THERE ARE FAR MORE PEOPLE HERE COMPLAINING ON THIS 4TH DELAY THEN THERE ARE PEOPLE CONFIRMING RECEIVING THEIR ADAM, WTF ONLY 5.31% IN THIS 4th DELAY?? COME ON…..CHEAT ON YOUR OWN KIND

    – THE “BROKEN SCREENS” WERE KNOWN FOR DAYS AND DAYS BEFORE ROHAN BLOGGED “ADAM IS ON IT’S WAY” AND “The second & third phase of shipments will start on time”. THESE STATEMENTS WERE 100% BULLSHIT……..WE KNOW NOW!!

    MY QUESTION TO YOU ROHAN:

    HOW ARE YOU PLANNING TO COMPENSATE THE VICTIMS OF THESE DELAYS, LIES AND CHEATS? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO GIVE US OUR FAITH BACK IN NI

    WITH FREEZING COLD REGARDS,
    BEN

  1081. hi people… i think you have to relax… just two more weeks… you have waited for 2 years… patience… rohan is a trustworthy person… its just a little bit unfortunate… people in china willing to work during CNY is like people in vatican city willing to work in vatican city during Christmas… we must appreciate their sacrifice… all is well…

  1083. Are they deleting posts now?

    Seems my previous post has disappeared. TBH, at this point I wouldn’t put it past them. The track record of outright lies and mis-truths has been too much for any company.

    There is a rumour that NI have pretty much run out of money for manufacturing and that they are just trying to stall customers until they can get more funding. The way this company is being run I can definitely believe that.

    Still pissed about the constant lies.

  1084. Same model and pushed to Feb. 14th, but ordered later

    Ordered Date: 2010-12-09 21:08:07

    Four times delayed, never got a mail from NI got to log in to Pre Order to see my status

    Ben

  1085. That is what they say, but it is a lie….. How can you believe their lies anymore.

    Hey they told me they will give the Adam to everyone for free….. Do you believe this too.

  1087. @Gecko,
    I can not help laughing…That is Gecko who is a breath of fun here… Get well sooon!

  1088. @Rohan,
    How about you stop the 2nd round preorder plan? Pre-order has brought so much pain and unhappiness for adam followers as well as Notion Ink itself. Give us possible available date, hit the market and everybody will be happy without waiting,checking email, no more hard criticism from losing deadline etc. Round 1 must be a good learning curve for you in spite of lots of odd things.

  1089. Rohan, you are completely misleading your customers. Was the shipment of LCD that got damaged suppose to come on the 29th or 30th of January and be fixed on the Adam and then packaged etc for it to be shipped out the same day. You knew well in advance that you guys will not be able to meet the shipment date you mentioned. Yet you still chose not to say anything to all of us who are waiting and continue onto with your lies and deceit.

    Were you thinking that santa’s elf are going to appear magically fix all the lcd, deliver them to you so that you can ship them out on the 29th??

    And then you mention that sinotek(sintek) are working through out the holidays to make the lcd’s but what is the point? its not like all the other factories are open to assemble the adam, package it, ship it.

    You are portraying that you need our input in this and its a dream, family the usual bullshit but you cant come out and tell the truth.

  1090. I like your comment Phillip, I hope that ok to call you that. 🙂 So when do you recon we can get to more interesting conversations about what we are going to do with our new adams and the cool applications out there?

    A couple of the videos that have been posted have been great as people tallk about cool apps they use. It would be great if someone started something like that. Infact there was a bloke back in windows95 days who created a newsletter that he would send out on a weekly basis of all the new software that came out for Windows95. After six months and a subscriber list of close to a million subscribers. He put forward that he was struggling to keep up and that he would have to charge for the subscription. It was only $5 but if only 20% of the list took him up he was making an easy million.

    This would be great if someone started such a newsletter I would subscribe.

  1091. Good question, I was wondering that too. If you like the hat Phillip you can get them when you visit down under. 🙂

  1092. By all rights he should be pulled up on this line: “but people now question both his ethics and his truthfulness.”

    Just reading his blog sums it all up.
    ——-
    More Updates

    Posted in Uncategorized by Rohan Shravan on January 28, 2011
    [30th Jan: Adam on its way, emails are being sent out]
    —

    and in this blog:
    —
    The second & third phase of shipments will start on time.
    —

    Maybe i completely misinterpreted what he says there… but to me its pretty clear. They would have had to know that the shipments would be late, if they had no idea then there is no possible way for them to stay in business with that sort of ignorance.

    So, the only obvious answer is that he has deliberately lied and misled his customers. People that have pre-ordered based on trust… that has now been not only tested but destroyed to an extent that I seriously doubt they could every recover from.

  1094. I was referring to @Bragadish. This is just part of the risk we signed up for. New unproven company, new unproven product, pre-order so its not yet coming out for full market. We are on the bleeding edge and it rough and risky but boy what a ride. That is why I am out here, there are no safety barriers and that the way I like it. Sometimes I lose but boy most of the time I win and isn’t fun. 🙂

    I was always told even when I was a cook, if it gets to hot in the kitchen then get out. I just like the hot stuff, we just have to look at the reason we took the leap of faith. If the reason still stands up then we keep going, if not then its time to bail. For me I am in for the long ride and it will be bumpy but tell you what it going to be exciting and different and challenging the norm, which as far as I am concerned is boring.

  1095. Delayed to feb 14 from jan 29, from jan 15-22
    Number of emails received: 0 (including the pre-order invitation that I didn’t get in spite of having posted before ahead of the pre-order announcement.)

  1096. This is not the real issue. We are pissed off about the fact that we got no mails from NI about the 4 times delay ( they blogged they mailed us), the reasons of the delay were obvious lies, at least 3 times before these delays were announced Rohan blogged that the shipments would be on time. So all lies and cheats, that’s what’s pissing us off.

    An honestly motivated delay what is communicated before they confirm all is on time would have created some understanding. Lies and cheats creates frustration

  1097. @chopyouup: I want to applaud you for your efforts and your humor. But coming from Europe, I have a problem with supporting any connection of Hitler with humor. Sorry.

  1099. So does anyone who has the adam to date can you tell us about the FM radio?

    Is there any application on the adam to use the radio?

  1100. You have been saying the same things over and over again. I cannot count the number of posts over the past week from you saying some variation of “They lie. I already cancel”. Thats great for you, but most people in this situation would just let it be and move on and not spend their time actively following a blog, let alone following the minutia of the comments. I suggest you do this and stop trolling here.

    This comment made while still being frustrated at having my order pushed back once more, but still my point remains.

  1101. @William
    I really liked your demo of the pixel qi. This is just the tablet for the great outdoors.

    Thanks for posting.

  1103. i also believe in this math. I bet they sold 1-2 thousand tablets as ‘preorder’ and at least 50% have not had theirs shipped.
    I mean everyone that ordered is on this blog, but there aren’t even 500 people that seem to have one, and there is a poll of close to 200 that got delayed….

  1104. @ Dave and everyoney who misunderstood this (which yes is partially due to poor communication):

    There were two dates to be given out to pre orders: the 9th and 15-22. Many were put into both. SOME were told at checkout (myself included) that they were put into the 9th batch but were then later moved to the 15-22nd batch. Several MORE were just correctly put into the 15-22nd. SEVERAL people have assumed that because they were in the 15-22 that they were part of the 50 and have been lamenting ever since. They are wrong.

  1105. @FJG: I am afraid that you are right. It is a standard logistic approach that does not take into account “fairness” etc.
    It is where new companies tend to fail initially because they have no system in place to ‘break into’ a manufacturing cycle when earlier orders get delayed. All part of growing-up pains, and damaging because it is all so out in the open.

  1106. @Alex

    Not a cultural thing for sure. But, I do think it is a very funny coincidence that a great deal of posts here seem to support your observations.

  1107. Considering that most of the preorders were followers of this blog anyway, I don’t really care that they email things. I would like a bit more timely updates, but if they’re busy at work making things ready, then so be it.

    The delay in notifying us might simply have been Rohan and Sinotek discussing what will happen due to the broken screens.

  1108. correct. they tell me ‘just another 2 weeks’, but really Ive been delayed over a year waiting…. Its just that now I have sent the money 7-8 weeks ago

  1109. If anyone can make recommendation on any good apps to use on the adam, it would be good to see some postings to recommendations and reviews of useful apps

  1110. Rohan wasn’t dissapointed enough to write us the post himself or explain anything.

  1111. ya, I could personally build 50 screens in my house in 2 weeks let alone an ENTIRE Chinese factory!

  1112. @ Rohan

    You have two groups of people to deal with now, one those waiting for adam and two those who have it, for those who have adam what is your plan on software updates and over what time frame…

    There are allot of glitches and even though you have not included android market it should be there as side loading apps are not always easy (some require market) especially for updates two of the pre loaded apps already have updates but without android market we cannot update them.

    allot of the stock android features should have been activated as everyone is familiar with them and it give us the choice of what we use especially if your apps don’t work properly.

    There is allot still to do….

  1115. I can understand some disappointment. But people are getting a little out of hand and down right mean over a 500.00 dollar tablet. No I am not rich and yes 500 dollars is alot to me as well. Since this isn’t a perfect world….things do happen beyond anyone control. Second this is a pre-order and delays etc can be expected. Third, Rohan has never came out and told us the numbers exactly of pre-orders they did take…so we are only guessing at this point. Should NI and Rohan be more on top of things and communicate more effectively..YES This isnt a cultural thing, this is a business thing which transcends cultural differences. They should and need to learn from their mistakes. But to Rohan’s defense I do remember him informing us about a possible issue with damaged screens already.
    Most of us have been around for a while waiting patently for the Adam. A couple more weeks will not be bad to ensure a quality product. Rohan could have just rolled the dice and let them build ship out…after all it is only 5.31%. Instead Rohan is doing the responsible thing and stopping them and getting new LCD so thy can ensure a quality product is built and leaves the factory.
    I should have gotten an email for the first pre-order and I did not. I am not mad over it I am waiting patiently for preorder2. You see I have faith in NI and Rohan…I believe in the underdog. I am tired of allowing the big corporate companies (HP,DELL etc.) to tell me what I want in a product and what options I can chose from. The big companies dont want NI to succeed. They only want to give people the choices they deem fit. IN ADAM we have a vested interest…we have an ear listening and developing the product around what WE want. We have a voice with NI and the ADAM. So listen up and have your voice heard.

  1117. I`m still waiting my email for checkout, it is possible in the future that all of us which are waiting, know some information about the mailing process

    thank you very much, i’m very proud to be in this community

  1118. same here.

    the lies from NI are much more frustrating then the delays itself.

    honest communications about delivery and delays give customers peace of mind and understanding, lies and cheats piss them off
    one would think that, after all the screw-ups before, NI and RS would have learned a little lesson

  1119. Dear ben
    >at least 3 times before these delays were announced Rohan blogged that the shipments would be on time. So all lies and cheats

    when he annonced he had Information that – it will be delivered on time. Every time new problem was popped up. He annonced delays . How does this becomes lie and cheat?

    (if for example – he had announced”delivery by April 25th “and delivered early by march 1st. It would have been ok by the bloggers . But he failed to predict unexpected delays which he has no controls . But he has announced any steps which he thoght can share with bloggers. How he becomes liar with this?
    Yours
    shiva

  1120. Delayed here in Japan, too. from the 9th of January all the way to the 14th of February…
    It’s like the plot of a twisted farce, really (maybe closer to burlesque…)

  1121. LOL! I guess, gecko, that I must have a secret identity! I’ll tell you that my real name is not Prantha Trivedi. 😉

    I’m a lawyer who LOVES tech stuff, I represent comic book writers and artists when they sell their works to TV Networks, cable channels, or major studios. I represent a company that creates software used in the creation of special effects and animation in motion pictures. I represent my husband, who writes, creates and produces animation for kids. I do litigation only when I have to. (But I don’t like it.)

    Getting into Trusts and wills. I think I like that kind of practice as it is more gentlemanly than the other practice areas I have had the opportunity to try.

    So, that’s me. And I want an Adam.

  1122. It is not a poem,
    it is a fact.
    Everything speak from NI company,
    everything cannot be realized.

    From15th shipment to 22th shipment to 14th shipment, just wait wait wait
    and wait to dead. Everything delay, he also has interpretation. But do you trust him?

    One company just product 10 ~100 notebook per week (I think or less than) that means what. Shipment delay delay and delay that means what. Shit.

  1123. I just cancelled my order… Tired of all these delays! Who says that it won’t be delayed again on feb 15th… (again one day after it’s original shipping date!)

  1125. “•Next Order stage is starting soon. We are just ensuring that from Mastercard to Banking issues would not be there this time.”

    A date would be nice… Because soon can mean everything…
    In my opinnion “soon” is already over.

  1126. Kept informed??
    Days to late. Incomplete and false information. That’s what frustrating me, not the delay itself.
    Customers who get delayed (4 times now) got mailed by NI? Forget it!! Read this blog, most of them (incl.me) never got a mail from NI and…. yes I ‘ve checked Spam too.

    Honest, clear and timely information keeps your clients waiting patiently. Cheats and lies piss them off.

    Real damage will be done to NI when a group of them are gonna claim their money back at VISA. They can forget about Pre Order2, they will be on the Black List by then.
    NI is handling this situation so incredibly stupid. It will blow up in their face.

  1128. Mindbogling,

    There is so much said on Adam, shipping, not living up to the promis.
    But still no reaction from Rohan…

    If we are the family he want’s this group to be. Surely he should have commented on the major worries people have.
    I am feeling less positive and less confident in NI and the way things are dealth with as well.
    It comes across a bit naive. I guess the PR and Marketing and Sales are done by…your guess is as good as any …!
    If there are investors I would expect some action from them as well..

    The silence doesn’t help NI, us the supporters and surely harms the NI and ADAM brandname in the Android platform.

    Unfortunately.

    Care to enlighten us not with excuses but with facts and some professional attitude towards us Rohan?

  1134. The big trouble with Rohan is:

    The good news he brings to early and the bad news he brings to late (if he brings this at all)

  1135. Put some good pictures and videos Paul!

    As for me, i will wait patiently, till 14th + another 7 days.

    Anyway, best wishes to Sinotek people for the new year!
    please make sure the shipments are OK this time !.

  1136. @Jason: I am deeply sorry. I was not aware that you almighty sir were skeptic about Greg. In that case, yeah sure let’s trash-talk him.

    This kind of behavior is leading this blog to nowhere. It was supposed to be an innovative way of being involved in the development of the tablet. Then frustrated people took it over and it became to burst their anger towards NI and Rohan. Now you just use this place to throw crap at one of the oldest followers / contributors because…you are skeptic ?

    Don’t get me wrong, I totally understand the frustration and anger caused by the multiple delays some people have witnessed. But as angry and frustrated as you might be, there is no excuse to this kind of disrespect.

  1137. What is the Custom Duty and VAT an Indian customer have to pay? Any one who has received Adam in INDIA.

  1138. @waqar: chill out ;), I think Himanshu just told US to ignore HIS comment as, like Paul said, he probably just commented in order to activate the updates by mail (pretty useful when you use Gmail actually).

  1139. I would like to suggest @Rohan to stop all the 2nd round preorder plan. Now, the situation seems out of control regarding to dealing customer care. It is better to concentrate on existing issue (sure he must be doing)’and then market release without any more teasing of blog. Now the situation is, the more he opens his mouth, the more questions are raining down. The flame of dissatisfaction grows stronger out of desperate love & need of adam.

  1141. Mine was yesterday pushet to 14th.
    Now is pushed again to 15th…

    This blog should get a new Title -> Never Ending Emotion’s 🙂 😀

  1142. I’m one of those who are delayed (again : 9th –> 15-22th –> 29th –> 14th).
    I’ve asked NI to refund my purchase.
    Sad story where the dream turns to a painfull experience…

  1143. I’m going for the XOOM instead! A bit more pricey though but you get more aswell, better camera and larger storage! And since Motorola has been around for a while I would expect so much better support and communication from them. Worth the extra money spent!

  1146. Waiting for the next preorder with my friend. I waited for Adam for more than a year and gladly wait some more.

  1147. Somewhat agree here. I have followed the ADAM since CES 2010. I even approached several cashed up investors I know to garner their interest in distributing the ADAM in Australia. I wrote to NI asking for info and then replied to their only email about issue and they didn’t bother to reply back 😦 Now the investors have seen these delays which they understand because they like investing startups…what they don’t like is poor communication and poor management skills. I am still stuck with this iPad which I hated at the start but at least I have been using it nearly a year now. Rohan you need to get a public relations person who can speak good English and know how to evangelize people about your ONLY product. I will wait until the end of Feb and if nothing happens I guess I will need to get on the Xoom bandwagon…unfortunately 😦

  1148. Is that -4 credits? 😉

    Btw inker-5, so what is it that you are manufacturing in china?

  1151. And once again I’m part o the “50” that were in the 9 th and bumped now three time and getting the same bs explaination over and over again. Call it what you will but NI is still the one responsible in the end for each delay as purchased their product

  1153. Once again a superbly planned and executed administration to repeatedly screw over the same group of people. Eap2 is almost out maybe the 50 will get there Adams after that is done too (sarcasm)

  1154. @gecko
    It appears that you have more or less made up your mind about not buying an adam and are looking for an alternative (if there is one right now or may arrive in the not so distant future). Are you waiting for the final straw in the hat moment or has that already passed?

  1157. Thank you bikram, perhaps you know if the Adam with the LCD would be a good e-book reading device. Though I spend most my day looking at a screen the eye focus is a bit different than when you are reading a book. I would like to know how quickly your eyes get tired. Thanks!

  1160. @Rohan,

    I had a debate with my students today, the topic: “What qualities and skills will help you achieve success”

    Their three top suggestions;

    1. Be a good communicator
    2. Be totally honest to avoid ridicule
    3. Be punctual/meet targets

    Out of the mouths of babes (well actually 17/18 year old young people) comes Wisdom.

    Please, Rohan and your colleagues, reflect on this and maybe talk to us a little more.

    I know you are busy, but your “family” needs reassurance

    Thanks for looking

  1161. @Rohan,

    I had a debate with my students today, the topic: “What qualities and skills will help you achieve success?”

    Their three top suggestions;

    1. Be a good communicator
    2. Be totally honest to avoid ridicule
    3. Be punctual/meet targets

    Out of the mouths of babes (well actually 17/18 year old young people) comes Wisdom.

    Please, Rohan and your colleagues, reflect on this and maybe talk to us a little more.

    I know you are busy, but your “family” needs reassurance

    Thanks for looking

  1162. @Sen,

    I think the numbers here (and also considering the comments below) add up to about 100 roughly. Assuming this to be ~5%, the lot size of shipment due on 29th is ~2000.

    Hope the other 1900 at least are lucky and happy! 🙂

  1163. I just want to tell to those guys that only ordered the Adam to sell it on Ebay that they are simply shameless.

    @Rohan: I hope that the next posts will be a little bit more optimistic. I’m looking forward to ordering my Adam.

  1164. Is it just me or are we all getting newer comments last? @Rohan, can you switch it so that newer comments show up first! Thanks!

    Would those who have Kindle and HAVE either their Pixel Qi or LCD Adam’s replace it as a reading device over the Adam?

    (NOTE: I put have, cuz I wouldn’t like this to be an opportunity for people to say things like: “If I ever get it” or ” If they ever ship or don’t go under”. This is merely a straight question, to get an objective answer, sorry)

    Thanks

  1165. hiya all… was not active here oflate though still been following the blog posts…

    I cannot speak for the folks who pre-ordered as I was not in the first list…. money is money is money — so we can never argue against its value or the pain of not getting the ‘equivalent value’ when we part it…

    I believe intent for signing up for pre-order implictly means — no not less service, poor quality etc… it just means we are volunteering to help test out the market, the product itself and the processes to support the product and the services offered… sometimes volunteering may not result in any tangible benefits for ourselves except for the gratification of being part of something noble…

    personally I feel NI could do away with the 2nd pre-order completely and give itself enough time to streamline the overall processes for web orders and if it opts for the stores (either own or partners) ‘test’ those processes also by opening to few select staff of NI and partners… and once all ok hit the mainstream market ….

    With the product NI has I think its never too late…. despite all the talk of ‘alternate products’ from all sorts of ‘established’ companies…

    PS: I dont think gecko is ill; he’s just having a not-so-in-the-mood-to-tickle-a-rib day.

  1166. NI couldn’t anticipate that one of their shipments was going to be damaged!

    ffs, this is a PRE-ORDER, then you should be aware of the risk that the product might get delayed AND that the product might not be working 100% yet. This is a very small newly founded company, so if you have any common sense at all you can figure it out by your self that it can emerge complication with their first shipment ever in history. They don’t have the same experience and/or resources as HP or DELL have.

  1167. @paul

    +100. i support what u said… Rohan is not delaying purposely. he is as helpless as we are… he is at the mercy of the manufacturers and the shipping agent (DHL) to ship adams to their respective owners. NI does not have enough money yet (like samsung) to manufacture in their own factories and ship by themselves… when i ordered my windows vista when it first came out, they delayed it by 2 months!!!. even microsoft delays their shipment…

  1169. @All I commented just to subscribe to the comments on my gmail. I did not know that i will create such a furore :).
    Chill out friends. I have no issues over constructive criticism.I think some of the concerns raised are pretty genuine and should be addressed by NI team(like what was there criteria to delay some of the ppl who ordered earlier than many in terms of timestamp). But then while comparing just keep in mind that NI is a startup and expecting them to behave like a well established company is asking to much from them.
    But lately comments subscribing to preaching about this being a cultural issue, USA vs Restof the world, Indians being always late etc has totally put me off and I have unsubscribed the comments too as these discussions will not lead us to anywhere. This is a global world where many top companies are lead by Indian CEOs and at the same time Indians and rest of the world has lot to learn for USA in various walks of life. So request to keep our temper and language in check while criticizing.
    Saying that this is not the worse delay of the world and will not be the worst too. I have seen much worse dealys from much more respected companies(Nokia N8) and pathetic customer support offered by them. Sometime visit Nokia India forums or some of their product(Nokia E72 at the time of launch). They were downrightly pathetic to be modest and customers were grappling with them for months without any proper fixes from Nokia. So this is not the unique case. But I hope Rohan will come forthright and addresses some of the issues raised here by many of the fellow mates.

  1170. I’m still hoping to be able to order in the 2nd wave so I’d still say thiose 5.31% are damn lucky, and thath people are willing to give up the litle bit of free time is amayzing!
    I hope we (the adam fans) don’t have a negative impact on morale over at Sintek.

    I work at a company that is also in the electronics business (though a decidedly different segment) and we’ve been slightly waylaid by the Chinese new year a few times aswell…

    so i know something of how that feels, Rohan is simply powerless to do anything about it…
    please stop being so negative you lucky 5.31% ….. i wish i was one of you!

    Robin.

  1171. Well, after all of the hubub I decided to take a look around to see what else is out there for tabs. There is still nothing out there that beats the Adam. Most other units are being sold with a two year commitment to a cell phone provider. I am not willing to let what is happening deter me from getting what I feel is the best unit for the money. Yes, it may take longer but I am sticking with NI.

  1173. If you don’t recieve your product within 12 weeks you should check with your credit card provider about chargeback requirements. If u order with VISA or MC you can challenge a charge within 3-6 months depending on your agrrement. Therefore you get your money back if the merchant does not ship your product. Just tell the provider they failed to deliver so you believe it’s fraud. I know. I have a merchant account.

  1174. I Ordered for Pixel Qi but want to change to LCD. Is that possible? will they hear to request to change?

  1175. Guys think about this way – you are pretty much getting hardware thats on par with the Motorola Xoom for atleast 200 dollars cheaper. Notion ink has proven with the Eden UI that they dont plan to sit idle and waste time when things are not going to plan, sure they have their flaws and yes their documentation could be more gramatically correct but the ADAM is stil an impresive feat and its been achived by a practical nobody much before any of the big guns. Its bound to have issues, most of them will get ironed out. For god sake they ported Andriod 3.0 to the nook what makes you think Adams not going to get an upgrade. As for the delays and the communication problems. If it concerns you wait. Even if you buy the adam 2 months down the line its till going to be a good deal as far as a Android tablet is concerned. I am not being a die hard fan here just being objective. The potential of ADAM is not limited to what comes out of the BOX its what you can make it do. As far as i am concered there is just too much of boohoing going on. Wait a while see what the major tech blogs have to say about the product (post update).

  1176. Yes Sir.

    Same model — shipping address:India — ordered before you : 2010-12-09 17:05:41

    I do not have words left to express my anger/anguish

  1179. So you are saying more or less that if a vendor is offering a state-of-the-art product (which Adam really is), then it is ok to let the customers wait for two months even if they arleady paid the device?
    I dont think that it is an excuse to have the best technology, you have also win in customer service and go-2-market. But lets be honest, in the last two mentioned categories Notion Ink has been a loser.
    And you have to keep at least your deadlines, which is also not true. Even more people are still waiting for PreOrder2 and at the moment they are hanging the air because of some lack of information.

  1180. They are not honest as i said. I was supposed to get adam 1 week before general public as stated in notion ink mail sent to me during eap registration. I never heard from them after that. Still i went and pre ordered adam and all the time they are giving these lame excuses. That’s why i said they are dishonest. When NI can’t do whatever they say then why to brag about it ??

  1181. The only thing what we are getting is updates that we are NOT getting it…. or maybe, maybe, maybe…. in the 2nd half of February

  1182. Notion Ink,

    I believe as a customer and a regretful member of the 5.31% whose screen was broken; that those of us in that 5.31% are entitled to some sort of discount due to the constant delays. Originally it was 09 Jan, then 15-22 Jan, then 29 Jan and now finally 14 Feb (which may not even happen because of the precedent that yall have set so far).

    Whether this discount is a 10% refund or free shipping does not matter to me but I feel that in the best interests of your business that you would be wise to consider this and assuage the anger of your 5.31% customers who have been delayed 4 times already and possibly five times.

  1183. We are not concerned about the delay. But the reasons that made them delay are not usual. Even for the first timer that many blocks doesn’t happen.
    I believe you are going to do many things for the first time in the area and you are not gonna say its first time.

  1184. My order date is: 2010-12-09 20:09:30.

    Rohan won’t come and reply on this, because they are not telling truth.

    If they are so open about all processes they why not come and tell us how the selection for those 5.31% was done ?

    NI shouldn’t be bragging about how open they are about the process when most of the time they are telling is lie.

  1185. Cool next delay. Now it is February 15th !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    It seem’s that a people with unlucky posts are get delayed and delayed and delayed.

    That’s customer Service, yeah !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  1187. I agree. some kind of compensation is in order.

    It could be SD card or more screen protectors or a sleeve for adam or something else.

  1188. I am hoping my adam wont be delivered until thursday. Check out my weather on tuesday. this is all in F not C

    Tue
    Feb 1

    AM Snow Showers
    1°(high)
    -16°(low) this is without windchill- windchill is -32 and frost bite with bare skin exposure for 30 min…

    for denver colorado area

    thursday is high of 50 and low of 25

  1190. Ah – that’s thinking outside of the box. Uh, inside of the box. Some people don’t like bright colors; you’d need “black as my soul” and “spork titanium” as well.

  1192. @all which has ask why I don’t cancel my order. That’s because I have to pay 5% canceling fee.

  1193. @bikram das:
    It’s not just Arizona, you know. And Greg has mentioned, if I remember correctly, that he considers it good recreation to take his kids out into the desert and shoot them.

  1194. @Paul Schoe – I remember at a fairly fancy restaurant in Gouda, a German family came in, and the headwaiter, a gentleman of a certain age, addressed them in fluent German, but the hairs on the back of his neck were standing straight up, like a cat’s. I’ve never seen that in a human being before or since.

    Oh, and the restaurant served us five kinds of fried potatoes, which pretty much limns Dutch cuisine.

  1195. This blog has certainly been interesting over the past 36 hours. Some say I am one of the lucky ones, some say I am not. Ordered Date: 2010-12-09 18:12:51, Adam with a Pixel Qi screen and wifi and was moved from estimated ship date of Jan9->Jan15-22->Jan29->Feb14. I cannot say say whether I’m fortunate or not, as I have yet to have my hands on the tablet that I’ve been awaiting (it is actually a gift for my wife that has missed many gift giving time slots thus far). I am certainly happy that I have not received my adam only to return it due to damage or other issues (such as becoming a brick). In that aspect, I certainly cannot miss what I have not had! Would I have liked to have been included with the followers who have the “Estimated Ship date from factory” as shipped, absolutely. Am I glad I was able to pre-order even though the pre-order email I received from my phone on the way home from work used up my one chance of connecting to the site and when I tried from my computer once I arrived home I was not allowed to access the pre-order page because I visited it from my phone? No. Luckily though, the system opened up for everyone and I was given another change to order, and I jumped on it! Many did not get the chance, as the Pixel Qi sold out within hours.

    I do not feel NI owed any of us in my situation additional compensation, as many have called out for. The only compensation I care for is the delivery of my adam. I feel as though the angry customers (not all are customers at this point due to cancellations and missing the pre-order slot) have not been rational and I choose not to follow that. My wife tells me I’m crazy, and she’s usually right about that. I have certainly looked at many other tablets both on the market and not on the market. Adam has been my choice for a very long time (since around this time last year). I have many people waiting on my order to determine if they should purchase one. It certainly is not easy to have them questioning me constantly with the continual delays. Those who do not follow the market very much still think this is vaporware and will until the adam is either in my hands or available in near realtime from a distributor.

    I will wait another week or 2. I don’t have high hopes on a shipping confirmation before the Feb 14th date, as I’ve experienced the new year holiday shutdowns in China many times before. I also do not feel as though a manufacturing company/plant should work through this great holiday. It is almost unheard of, and just to give me a present for my wife? Even she would not care to have people miss their families for this situation. In the end, it is a means to remove the horrific acer aspire one netbook from her grips (I despise that thing) and pull her over to the open side of android. This device should take over her netbook use as well as her book reading (I don’t think you should have a separate device to read ebooks) and she’s been very excited about the thought of having a single device do all (there of course, will be limitations, but I believe solvable with software).

    Did Notion Ink and Mr. Shravan expose my anger yesterday? Absolutely. Would have been much better knowing about the delay prior to the day after my estimated ship date? Absolutely. I also look at this from their side and know this is not what they wanted to happen either. The success of Notion Ink is still unknown. The 1st wave of reviews have been mixed. I’m interested to see how they handle the issues with what seems like defective units (such as mada’s screen). I do like that they refused to ship an entire batch of units, even though some percentage (not sure what) showed visible damage. I would like to understand what the intention is for those units? Where they already adams? Where they just the touchscreen not assembled? I am concerned if the batch was fully assembled and now they will disassemble them and replace their touchscreens. Who knows what other damage lies beneath. With a 2 week delay, and if it is true that the manufacturing plant will operate through the holiday, I would think it would not be a disassemble and replace, but only a few know the answer to that and they have not stated on this blog.

    I look forward to receiving my adam. I look forward to moving my wife from windows to android. I look forward to showing this device off to my coworkers and friends. I hope the wait is well worth it.

  1198. @jared

    just look at the time and date stamp of people that post it on notiopn addicts and you will see that many that have a later date and time stamp have received their adams before the earlier date and time stamps

    and no matter how you paint that scenario it is utterly wrong.

    a case in point Greg (NI Saviour) posted his type and date XXXXXX another Adam supporter (NOT NI Saviour) ordered his 20 mins before greg same type same model and guess what ..

    HE IS IN THE 14th Feb Group NOT FAIR BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.

    and Rohan has posted that those who were wrongly put in the 9th group total Around 50 in number. This has been Proven wrong MANY times.

    you just cant defend untruth’s

    Ohh and i have had NO reply to 5 EMails posted over the last 30 hours or so Even my Cancellation one.

    NI = Terrible Experience

  1199. A little before my time, but marcdimmick’s hat makes me think of the Village People. I can understand why an Aussie might like it, though.

  1200. What would you say for this

    kohozga said, on January 31, 2011 at 07:08
    Mine was pushed to 14th
    Same model Pq, 3g WiFi
    Ordered Este: 2010-12-09 17:38:22

    Reply
    AlbertWertz said, on January 31, 2011 at 09:53
    mine is Ordered Date: 2010-12-09 18:07:56
    and shipped. same model

    Reply

  1201. What a Shit way to treat you Pratik

    Norice how Rohan got LOTS of Adam’s on his desk but you have Nought 🙂

  1203. I am one of the ones who received a delay email. While I’m a little upset, I’m not going to make a fuss. This was a pre-order, and even with the problems so far, things are getting out quicker than some other products in the market. What’s a 2 week delay going to really cause in the end for me? Nothing especially bad.

    So, I’ll keep monitoring for my tracking number and keeping up to date with the news as it happens.

    I give Rohan and his entire staff kudos for doing some incredible things already. Can’t wait to see the next iteration.

  1204. @Hoodoo:
    I’m sure that you don’t hear the sound of crickets. That’s something I’m very sensitive to. Occasionally, people who call or skype me complain about hearing crickets on the line, but I obviously have a small tank of crickets in the living room. How else to feed my companion gecko?

    I’m going to take this opportunity to paste in another posting from notionaddicts.com:

    Rohan’s not a liar, because that term implies deceit, and I think he’s honest. The problem is that he doesn’t have a good grasp of reality. He keeps talking about “realizing dreams,” and so on. He’s a brilliant kid who’s been coddled his whole life, maybe told he can be whatever he dreams, and he never really grew up,. For example, he said in one of his interviews that his ideal would be to have an update every month that would reveal a new feature in the Adam. Another example would be that interminable and cloying guessing game about the mystery feature (still officially listed as “bonus mystery feature” on the website) that turned out to be embarrassingly pedestrian, a by-product of a chip they happen to be using, and it doesn’t even work with the current firmware, although Rohan promised it would be working with the first units. This is all very childish – making big promises without thinking through how to fulfill them.

    The big problem, I think, is that Rohan is totally unaware of his limitations. It’s an easy task to list where Rohan has fallen short (discounts for the logo designers, EAP2, etc., etc.), but I think he was quite honest about these things in the first place, but he hadn’t done the work of actually clearing a path for them before he made public promises.

    So, he’s definitely not a liar. His intentions are good. He just has no sense of his capabilities.

    I hope nobody takes my amateur psychologizing very seriously.

  1205. there won’t be any money left in NI to reimburse you. they haven’t even replied to my emails wishing to cancel.

  1207. Really getting tired of the delays, I understand the damaged screens is not something under NI’s control, but I feel like I’ve been waiting forever!

    “http://www.adamtabletnews.com/second-batch-of-notion-ink-adam-preorders-delayed-a-third-time/”

  1209. Kabar baik, mas, makasih. Ada orang-orang Jawa disini yang ndak berbahasa Indonesia; asalnya dari Suriname. It’s very strange.

    Cara cicak seperti ini: tok tok tok tokay!

    (Translation: gecko talk like this [redacted because this is a family-friendly blog])

  1211. -100

    I have never bought crap in my life…dont you do research before you buy? This says moire about you than anything else.

    Im tired of people saying we are like beta testers…we aren’t beta testers. Rohan never presented the adam as anything but READY.

    BTW pre-orders are NOT pre-production units…no no no, it is illegal to sell pre-production units that have not gone through the required testing…these are production units and Rohan reffered to them, as such himself. I never signed up for a science experiment, this whole adam fanboy/girl crowd is sickening…DRONES everyone of you.

    You show no capanbility to discern BS from reality. He has repeatedly lied on Video too..on they are on the boat as I speak, he says. or hey we have scratch proof matte glass, or this GPS is the best, or it has 16GB of on board memory…al on video..ALL LIES and you fools make excuses for him.

    JC Fields was right…there is a sucker born every minute, this blog is proof of that, and dont for a second think that you dont look gullible as hell to Rohan.

    Use your brain, The reason he continues with the lies and spotty information is you have shown how niave you are and accept his excuses every single time. At this rate he can get each of you imbiciles into 2014 and you’ld still be saying I cant wait to get my Adam 1 .

    He is the CEO for God’s sake, he knows exactly what is broken and when it was broken, and yet, he tells you all is fine, or your getting this , that and the other thing full well knowing he isnt giving you any of that stuff at all…but… you buy it every time…like those huge lollipops at the amusement parks…i think they call them…All Day Suckers!

    the site Notion Ink Fan should be called Notion Ink Drones

    oh one more thing: Im tired of people saying the adam is superior to the other tablets being offered…its not. The XOOM specs kick the crap out of the adam specs, which probably why Rohan lied so much about the specs at CES…wake up

  1212. Is anyone looking for a PQi WiFi Adam NOW? I have one for sale, $750 that includes shipping and fees. Email me at “thekalamonster@gmail.com”. Will provide buyer with a video to prove the adam is in perfect working order (no screen issues or anything like that.
    Need to pay tuition 😦

  1214. @Karen,
    -100000

    Seriously?

    So much for you living in the real world: In all history, a dream never built a single nation, conquering Armies formed EVERY SINGLE nation on the planet.

    You do realize how deluded you are right? You’re not even close to what ACTUAL history has wrought.

    When your done sniffing the “happy glue” please pass it to someone else.

    My God there is no hope for humanity with people who fail to realize who the human race really is. You are an animal that fought and perservered its way to the top of the food chain. The weak amongst us used to persih, but today, we protect the weak, and hence we have weakened the heard…we are on a slow course to self-annihilation if you havent been noticing.

  1215. For the people who believe that trackpad was a lie, maybe you didn’t read the tech specs on the main website properly. Trackpad was included in the first prototype but they never said it was included in this production version, not even hinted at it. You guys should do your research properly rather than accusing others falsely.

  1217. @Simo,

    hey genuis…why does the group that ordered first move to the end? we were suppose to get our adams 9 January now we are at 14 February. meanwhile the group that was to get their in february gets them TODAY? that doesnt remotely sound a little UNFAIR to you does it? You dont think maybe we should be PISSED?

    You really are a simple minded fool aren’t you. My God, there is NO hope for humanity with so many fools.

  1218. Once again I have to comment on how impressed I am by the people who have become so attached to the NI project that they take the time to expose and express the depth of their involvement in their postings. I also think that only a few can vizualize how hard those involved in maintaining the continuity of the development and shipment of the Adam, are working. It would not suprise me if the NI team is working 24/7 just to provide what we have so far experienced. I have tried to read all of the comments, taking into account how they may not be sequential and must say that there are some very knowlegeble people, as would be expected in a project of this nature, and hat I have learned a lot. Regards to everyone, hang in there and keep commenting as, you can be sure, they are being read by Rohan & team, and that they are responding in ways that cannot be seen except by results, as unsatisfactory as they may seem. Best regards to all.

  1220. Ok, leyts be smart about this:

    here is my order date and time from my order status, those 29 january folks who got shipping notices what is your date and time stamp?

    Here is mine:
    Ordered Date: 2010-12-09 18:15:08

  1223. sorry but this made me laugh. there’s a friend of mine who manufactures Levis right here in India. not too far from Bangalore actually 😉

    as for the law suit. I was extremely annoyed about the delay yet again not only because my Adam was delayed (that I can take) but everyone I recommended it to is now giving me a hard time 😦
    Having said that, I’m not ready to sue NI or Rohan just yet. You know what they say here in Bangalore “swalpa adjust maadi” (kindly adjust a little) for any problem 😀

    I’d really like to see an Indian product company succeed, god knows we need a few. I’m trying to get a cabinet fabricated and its taking me a silly 3 months to get the entire thing done here in India. Those who’re from “developed” countries need to remember that there are many many challenges people this side of the globe face that you take for granted. If I want a silly switch for my computer I have to order it in the US (made in China usually) and carry it back to India.

    One thing that’s in our control, setting expectations and I want to see Rohan do a better job at that.

  1224. Diifferent 3g variant could explain it. In USA we use 850.

    Anyone in the US order before 18:07 on the 9th, pq, wifi, and 3g (850)?

  1225. @Rama Maganti:

    No, I haven’t made up my mind. I’m just waiting, like a reptile. When there are more tablets out, and more reports on actual production Adams, then I’ll make up my mind. There are a few things I don’t like about the Adam, such as the form factor (it’s awkward if you want to put it on the floor and read it in portrait mode; I don’t expect this will affect very many people) and the ever-devolving specs, so I’ll have to see how things develop over the next few months. The two things that are important to me are the hardware and customer service. Reports of both are mixed, so far. I’m content to wait.

    Also, I’m taking the money I’d reserved for the Adam and buying an oscilloscope, so I have to save up again.

  1226. No it is the way wordpress acts. Some times it gets posted somewhere else and at times it takes a while before it makes its appearance.

  1227. mrzeal:
    > I dont think gecko is ill;

    Gecko was throwing up and running a fever. Gecko is glad you’re not Dr Zeal.

  1230. So to all the supporters of NI how CAN YOU honestly Defend NI when they treat people this way .

    same model ordered WELL before others and poor Srini has to wait a month longer

    Not good PR

  1231. don’t cancel, get the Adam whenever it comes. Also order the Xoom or any other neat tablet that’s out and when the time’s right & if the Adam lives up to everything its made out to be, you won’t have any problems either getting rid of the Adam or the Xoom!

    I’ve had the iPad for a good 9-10 months now and my plan all along was to get rid of it once the Adam was released and in my hands, sadly that’s not happening for a while now but the good thing is, I still have a very nice tablet that I’ve grown to love and at the end might not get rid of after all… not to mention all the app’s I’ve got on the Apple App store that payed for the Adam 😉

  1232. my bad! didn’t read the post properly cause I was upset then… I thought the LCD’s were damaged.

    wonder if its possible to order the Adam without the touch screen and have them ship me the touchscreen when its available, I’ll fix it myself, till then, keyboard and mouse 😀

  1233. Over 150 now, when this is the 5.31% there should be 3.000 who will receive their Adam this week.
    Why are they not posting here? Or to make a guess, only 0,03% of them said here their Adam is on it’s way.

    Correct me if I’m wrong

  1235. Albert was more vocal in the thread and used his order name . whereas Kohozga and myself did not use our real name but our handles.

    therefore the person at NI that was trying to shut up the complainers, sent out albert’s before Kohozula.

    same as the guy on notionaddicts that send an email back and forth to john briggs or crunchgear got his sent out in preference.

    it would appear if you are giving NI bad press they send your ADAM

    Although the above didn’t work for me LOL !

  1236. Vote here and let’s find out what are the numbers so far for Adams shipped/delayed as well as possible demand for the second pre-order round.

    “http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/1617-How-many-Adams-are-actually-out-there”

    Of course, these will only be representative figures.

  1238. In the words of Mr. Gandhi himself.
    if someone slaps your one cheek give him the other cheek also

    He who angers you conquers you!
    ~ Elizabeth Kenny

    or maybe you subscribe to the other great hero of India Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
    You give me your blood and I will give you Independence!

    All I can say is if you don’t want the Adam, I’ll take yours 😀

  1239. Vote here and let’s find out what are the numbers so far for Adams shipped/delayed as well as possible demand for the second pre-order round.

    “http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/1617-How-many-Adams-are-actually-out-there”

    Of course, these will only be representative figures.

    *Repost*How do new posts end up in the middle of the page?

  1241. OK. May be because — the 3G in India is different from 3G in the US.

    So… It is the components then and not the screens breaking 🙂

    Why bother … nothing in my hands.

  1243. @Rohan,

    I believe you have another problem at your hands. Please streamline your order fulfillment process. It seems that people who ordered late are getting their orders first and the people who ordered on the first day are not getting them. And that is totally unfair. I also know that it depends on the raw materials as well.

    I myself ordered the adam on 2010-12-09 19:26:51, I was given an estimate of 4-6 weeks but now the estimated ship date puts me in 8-10 weeks of delivery. I also see that some others got their adams who might have ordered late.

    I am disappointed but not mad but please make sure you fulfill the orders as they were placed and not randomly.

    Thanks,
    Suresh

  1244. Sid:
    > In the words of Mr. Gandhi himself. if someone slaps your one cheek give him the other cheek also

    Uh, Sid, it’s fine to idolize Mr Gandhi, but to literally deify him is perhaps a bit much. “http://bible.cc/luke/6-29.htm”
    “http://bible.cc/matthew/5-39.htm”

  1245. @ jared

    Yes. Me. From Pennsylvania. USA

    Order Number: NIO39XXXX
    Ordered Date: 2010-12-09 17:06:48

    Not shipped. Moved to 14th.

  1246. this is the reson Im loosing faith in NI and rohan now. they do not respond to our emails too. I should have name like Greg, Albert etc for them to reply or even consider.

  1250. problem is we cant be sure of Feb 14th too. What is going to come on Feb 15th, we dont know. maybe something happen it will get delayed. and they way they choose who will get when really bothers a lot. there have been biased in doing so.

  1251. I believed rohan blindly. he took money and decided whom to deliver on his own. Who knows maybe the adam to be delivered to me was delivered to someone only because he is biased and I have to wait another n weeks.

  1254. I found this article. It’s been very helpful to me I hope it is for you guys too! It’s about LCD e-readers vs. e-ink

    “http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-18438_7-20021227-82.html”

  1255. the day (I guess end of 2009) I came to know about notion ink adam from india I was emotionally touch being an indian myself. That day I decided will buy this product when it is releasing and have been following ever since. I was proud to proclaim about adam and it is coming from india to fellow employees here (Im in the US). Now this is what they do. Rohan and NI team will understand this. they gave priority to some other people and did not follow order timing to select who get adam and who will get it delayed.

    Firangi ko salam doko. apne log ko baand mein jane do.

  1256. @all
    don’t forget: If you want see your post at the end of the blog, you have to use the “Reply” Button from the last post. Otherwise your post get lost somewhere in to blog.

  1257. OK. May be because — the 3G in India is different from 3G in the US.

    So… It is the components then and not the screens breaking 🙂

    Why bother … nothing in my hands.

  1258. I guess rather than cribbing here we need to form a group, and send an notification to rohan and NI about the manner in which they have choose who get when and not used the order time. we should also cancel our order in bulk. yes he or NI wont care for our order but this will have ripple effect. If they dont respect our sentiment why would we invest in that company? I guess all those who are unhappy should group together.

  1259. Just received email from NI support team, informing me that they are sorry for the delay,
    and will include a free gift with my adam.

    They also state that the shipping date is from the factory and to expect delivery up to five days after that – so between 14th-19th feb.

  1260. How long does it take for NotionInk to acknowledge a cancellation email? After I got no email follow-up to my query about questions concerning the delay, I cancelled – that was 18 hours ago – no response. If any of those here cancelled, how long did it take you to get a response? More than one business day?

  1261. Hi Guys,

    Just received email from NI support team, informing me that they are sorry for the delay,
    and will include a free gift with my adam.

    They also state that the shipping date is from the factory and to expect delivery up to five days after that – so between 14th-19th feb.

  1262. @harvey… word press is really messing up on this post.

    I really think we should open a forum!

  1264. I think the problem is the money. NI has haven’t had enough money for paying the last manufactured batch. Now they have started the next pre order round and the will get new fresh money from the pre order 2 people. So the can pay for the manufatured batch and than they can start with the next shipment.
    Because of a delay of the credit card payments we hav the delay of the shipment.

    That’s it.

  1267. Just for the record:

    Ordered Date: 2010-12-09 17:59:03

    Variant Adam with wifi and 3G (LCD)
    3G Band 850/1900 MHz
    Estimated Ship Date Shipped

  1268. So now – will it be that NI will include a “gift” for only those people who bother contacting support – or will it be for everyone who have been under this situation the whole time??..
    And magic51 – you might need to be a little wary about that – Greg was supposed to get a “surprise” but nothing so far has turned up.
    So take it with a grain of salt..

  1270. So now – will it be that NI will include a “gift” for only those people who bother contacting support – or will it be for everyone who have been under this situation the whole time..
    And magic51 – you might need to be a little wary about that – Greg was supposed to get a “surprise” but nothing so far has turned up.
    So take it with a grain of salt..

  1272. @gecko

    Your theory sounds plausible. To take “Rohan is totally unaware of his limitations” further:

    Given the success he’s had, so far, he might think to himself “I did not know I could do that and people doubted me but I did it”, so he believes he can do marketing, customer service, procurement, and logisticts in addition to engeneering and development. How hard could it be?

    Perhaps people’s who preordered are at fault. It seems to me that ADAM is just a “trial balloon” done on a string budget to test the waters and ADAM2 will be the real deal with honeycomb, streamlined manufacturing process, and real customer and support services. (Frankly that’s what I am counting on and one of the reasons why I did not preorder) Perhaps it’s not fair on some level, but if one is willing to buy a “cat in a bag” (no spec, no reviews, a company with no US/EU presence, with outsourced manufacturing to boot) one thing to complain about is one’s judgement.

    Time will tell. Good luck to NI. Even though it is the best tablet at the moment I will wait till it’s ready.

    Ike

  1273. What gift??? I just got a mail confirming the delay…..no mention of any such free gift!!!!!

  1275. Repost:

    This is how we feel since shipping started.

    😀 😦 😀 😦 😀 😦 😀 😦

  1276. I have been sending them emails ever since mine was delayed. I did not get any email about gift. I guess it is just lie.

  1277. yea so you totally didnt understand what I said.. nor read my other posts im sure. Def not sticking up for them.. im pissed… what I was saying was they give EARLY estimates.. meaning best case scenrio and they always miss it.. they should have given us worst case estimates never change them and then we wouldnt ever feel like we keep missing goals.

  1278. Will this product work with Adam??
    “http://www.amkette.com/product.jsp?id=134”

  1279. I think it’s straight up guys, I trust it, and will endeavour to be patient, but understand your doubts.

    I was more pleased to get a reply 🙂

  1280. Once again they are biased, same with gift thingy, I got following email from them.

    ——————————————————————–

    Dear Sandip,

    We have taken note of your request for cancellation and have processed the same.

    We sincerely apologise for the delays caused and have not charged you any cancellation charges. A full refund has been requested for your order.

    Please note that it may take anywhere between 10-21 days for your refund to be processed. But we would like to assure you that we have done our part in the refund process and reversed the transaction.

    We request you to treat this mail as a confirmation of the cancellation of your order NIOXXXXX.

    In case you need any further assistance, please contact us and we would be happy to help.

    Warm Regards
    Notion Ink Support Team

  1281. So it seems that only few people have received the ‘gift’ mail…….What about others? Didnt they wait too long?!!

  1282. And I got following reply,

    ———————————————————-

    Dear Sandip,

    We have taken note of your request for cancellation and have processed the same.

    We sincerely apologise for the delays caused and have not charged you any cancellation charges. A full refund has been requested for your order.

    Please note that it may take anywhere between 10-21 days for your refund to be processed. But we would like to assure you that we have done our part in the refund process and reversed the transaction.

    We request you to treat this mail as a confirmation of the cancellation of your order NIOXXXXXX.

    In case you need any further assistance, please contact us and we would be happy to help.

    Warm Regards
    Notion Ink Support Team

  1283. I just got the email. I will give them another chance. will wait for Feb 14th. I ordered new android phone (Samsung Captivate) and will manage to spend time with it for 2 weeks so that I will forget about adam for a while. This will my first android device and Im excited.

  1284. Well I guess because other people who are waiting patiently are not that outspoken.

    Well Lets see, they just started sending emails out, so we have to wait and see if all the people who are delayed will get the gift email.

    Waiting and watching Rohan!

  1286. @philip no one in US (western hemisphere) has working GPS. Users in Europe (eastern hemisphere) seem to have working GPS. People have postulated that it is a firmware issue (i.e., not retaining minus sign of longitude causing NY to register as Khazakstan . sp?) If true, you’re good to go. Update appears to work and remove most problems for people who following the “unbricking your adam” procedure. Have yet to hear of anyone successfully applying update using OTA though. Most impressive videos thus far are from people who apply update and then abandon Eden and use ADWLauncher and stock Android.

  1287. wrong, my order time is before Albert Wertz, same model, and I am delayed to 14 February…please dont speak if you dont know what you are talking about.

    There is something else going on here, and I think it all stinks of corruption…Ive handed over documents to the Postmaster general showing the changing specifications after order, the tech spec page changes as late as last week, and links to the videos where Rohan declares speciufications in the adam, better than what is now being delivered… all that constitutes a federal crime in the US. Its called Fraud.

    Rohan will rue this day. Big mistake.

  1288. now only adam in retail shops can save adam.thanks to apple for officialy launching ipad in india.in my opinion there is zero compition for ipad on this whole planet.ipad speaks for itself,no false promises.

  1289. @Sandip,

    Dude , you preferred to cancel the order instead of waiting. Now that is done, please be happy! Consider yourself lucky that your order has been cancelled and got the confirmation.

  1291. Just got my refund on my pre-order amount…got completely pissed off at all the delays…and will wait for Xoom to come out now…sick of notion ink now…

  1293. Buy Viewsonic G tablet…except for the swivel camera, it has most of the features. ANd comes with a 16 GB storage (unlike Adam with comes with 8).

  1295. You misunderstood my point, I am not saying a word about why they cancelled. Yes it was my decision to cancel the order and I happy that they cancelled it with out any cancellation fees.

    Back to my point, Once again they are biased towards selecting who should get gift and whos order should be cancelled.

  1296. I’m a little disapointed that I didn’t get I mail since i posted here during the last proorder batch. But i guess that was not enough… Great job though Notion ink! I’m looking forward to the honeycomb update!

  1297. I wouldnt jump to conclusion yet that they are biased. However I do see the point that the adams were shipped randomly and not according to the orders placed.

    I will wait till the EOD to see if I get an email about the gift thingy. If not, then I guess it is very biased

  1299. Trying one more time to post. For some reason my posts are not showing up. They are not even saying awaiting moderation – its as if they made it but are gone.

    Anyway – I’m out. No adam for me. I’m tired of the lame excuses, constant delays, poor marketing and business strategy and equipment that is of far lower quality than their specs lead you to believe.

    Best wishes to all of you getting an adam. I truly hope it all works out for you. But I’m done with them.

  1300. gecko: thanks for your silly research. I do understand your point was about “means different things”. With your zeal for flaunting your knowledge, you tend to become insensitive, as I have pointed out previously ….

  1301. hey guys i just got an email from notion ink tell me that they have given me a special gift with my notion ink because of the delays

  1302. But the half the RAM which, unlike the storage, you can’t upgrade. Not to mention Pixel Qi.

  1303. Posted this in another forum:

    “http:// and roid for ums . com /notion-ink-adam/268817-crossing-adam-off-my-list.html”

    Take the spaces out. For some reason every time I post this link it never shows up.

  1304. Sorry Manoj, can’t do that at the moment. My Adam is delivered in China (were I am stationed) 🙂 while I happen to be in Holland until the 12-th 😦 . So while I enjoy eeating my Dutch ‘boerenkool met worst‘ my heart aches for my Adam that already arrived at home 😥 .

  1307. Check out, also, the Toshiba android tablet. No pricing yet, but some of the specs are better than the Xoom (accepts full-size SD card; replaceable battery, replaceable rubberized back in a variety of colors, although they probably don’t have chameleon, which would blend in with the surroundings as an anti-theft measure; best of all: no Verizon logo!).

    Also keep in mind that any of these tablets may be as shaky as the Adam when first released. That’s why I’m waiting.

  1308. I emailed NI yesterday complaining about my adam not being delivered and got this back:

    “Dear Marcus

    Greetings from Notion Ink!

    We sincerely apologise for these delays in shipping your Adam.

    We are glad to inform you that the management has decided to include a special gift with your shipment.
    However, we currently do not have further details about this gift. You will be contacted about the same at a date that is closer to your shipping date.

    The date mentioned in the order status page is the ship date from the factory.

    Depending on your location, you would be receiving your Adam within 5 working days of the shipping date.

    Until then, we request your kind patience and cooperation in this matter.

    In case you need any further assistance, please contact us, stating your order number, and we would be happy to help.

    Warm Regards
    Notion Ink Support Team”

    What do I make of this? That they doesn’t know what the gift is going to be or just buying time to stop me from cancelling my order?

  1313. @levpius

    Sorry that you sometimes have to keep me in line. It’s a tough job, and it’s very generous of you to do it.

  1314. Possibly, it may work, but a lot of accessory compatibility in android is suck it and see.

    I’ve seen a similar one from “Keysonic” – I may give it a go

  1315. *Sigh* Like many, I was in the “50 oops” group and now the 5.31% too. Probability distribution says this is more than unlikely and to my blarney-meter, this is just more unverifiable excuse for oversold manufacturing capacity. That said, I’m uncharacteristically hopeful that this “dream” can still eventually become a reality yet painfully aware that dreams can turn into nightmares too. I’ve lost almost all faith in this company and stopped recommending NI long ago. Sure wish we could get the honest truth… and soon….

  1317. I dont know if this has been posted already PLEASE READ. I am in lecture right now and dont have to to check everyone else’s posts to see if this has been posted already… conversation I had with preorder e-mail

    My e-mail: sent on Jan 29
    “I was hoping to inquire if this was going to ship on time? Rohan posts yes, yet there is no update to my status. Thank you for your time.

    Thank You **** A Wertz for ordering Adam.
    Order Number: NIO647136
    Ordered Date: 2010-12-09 18:07:56
    Name **********
    Email address *************m
    Phone ***********
    Billing Address ************
    United States
    Shipping Address ***********
    Parker
    Colorado 80134
    United States
    Variant Adam with a Pixel Qi screen, wifi and 3G
    3G Band 850/1900 MHz
    Estimated Ship date from factory 29th January 2011″
    ”

    Their response today:
    “Dear Albert,

    Greetings from Notion Ink!

    We sincerely apologize for these delays in shipping your Adam.

    We are glad to inform you that the management has decided to include a special gift with your shipment.

    However, we currently do not have further details about this gift. You will be contacted about the same at a date that is closer to your shipping date.
    The date mentioned in the order status page is the ship date from the factory. Depending on your location, you would be receiving your Adam within 5 working days of the shipping date. Until then, we request your kind patience and cooperation in this matter.

    In case you need any further assistance, please contact us, stating your order number, and we would be happy to help.

    Warm Regards
    Notion Ink Support Team”

    I am confused. Mine already shipped, but this most certainly will apply to everyone else that has been delayed further!

    sorry if someone else has already posted this…

  1318. Thanks Gecko I learned something interesting. From Wikipedia: ‘the “ugly American” of the book title fundamentally does refer to the plain-looking engineer Atkins, who lives with the local people, who comes to understand their needs, and who offers genuinely useful assistance‘. Interesting background: Americans in ‘Sarkhan’ in Asia. I’ll put the book on my reading list for Adam 💡

  1319. My update says .. my shipping number should be available in the next 36-48 hours , am guessing it should be home by this weekend

  1320. Paul,

    FYI, Rohan Shravan has incriminated himself on this very blog and in MULTIPLE online Video interviews fraudlently citing higher level specification and features to the public than actually exist on the adam. In addition, Mr. Shravan, as CEO of Notion Ink did in fact change the technical specification webpage to more closely reflect what the actual configuration of the now shipped adams…he did that ONLY last week! (after the fact…of ordering). So at the very least Mr. Shravan has drawn attention to himself by his many misrepresentations aftre ordering and changes contrary to those misrepresentations being update only a week ago… (can you say “decepticve business practices?”…how about “wireline interstate fraud?)

    On another note: After reviewing the FCC licensing documents (assuming these are the actual FCC documents for Notion Inks official submittal), it is apparent that Notion Ink submitted a platform for test that is a significantly differnt tconfiguration, than what is being delivered under the license. This may become a problem for Notion Ink, given the “other” circumstances listed above. See, not only did Rohan mislead his customers, but he mislead the FCC, and the US Government licensing bodies…not good.

    See I dont think Rohan would have ever received any attention on these deceptive business practices, had he not chosen to screw with the wrong people..it appears most in here are …well…sheep. You never know who you are talking to online.

    I dont think being sued or losing his company and funding will be Rohans biggest problem at all. No, I think stayng out of jail might be. And he has created a wealth of people willing to testify how they got screwed by Notion Ink…Now thats Karma.

  1321. Did they provide a FULL refund, if not, how much did they charge in fees? Also, how long did it take for them to process the refund?

    I’m going to hold out until the 14th, but will be keeping an eye on the Xoom and Google’s Android event on Feb 2nd. If NI pushes our 14th date back, I think that may just about do it for me.

    A buddy of mine (who actually introduced the Adam to me last year) received his Adam in the first shipment (I pre-ordered during the very first opportunity, but Bank of America turned down my transaction as a fraudulent purchase, and so I had to pre-order during that second wave once I call the bank to warn them and get approval), and while I’m very impressed with the technical specs and the ability to root and customize it, the build quality has me a little worried.

    The Camera feels kinda cheap, I’ve heard so many people mention problems with their screens (light areas on the edges and some touch sensitivity problems), and my buddy’s Adam came with the bottom edge not snapped together completely. And, when you look straight on from the bottom of his adam (along the edge containing the SD slot) the Adam is bowed up at the left and right edges (looks like a slight smile). I’m guessing that the plastic must have warped a little during transit since that bottom edge wasn’t completely snapped together.

    I ordered the Pixel Qi, which in hindsight looks like a bad choice. It’s a very cool idea, but in the all HD world we live in now, it’s tough to actively accept a less than optimal visual experience, especially on a product that is essentially just a screen. I actually emailed the NI team yesterday to see if it’s possible to switch my PQ Adam out for an LCD version. We’ll see what they say.

    So, while the Adam doesn’t seem to live up to all expectations, it’s still the best thing out there. I know I’ll be happy with it once it arrives, but there will be some alternatives in the market very soon, and from companies that we can trust form a build and support standpoint.

    In the end, should our 14th dates get pushed back again, we do have options. At least I hope we do — again, how did the specifics of that refund work out for you?

    thanks,

    Martin

  1323. Yes, especially if it’s a Pixel Qi display. I wasn’t fast enough to get one of those before they sold out. I am hopeful for the next batch, but I intend to have fun with my LCD model when I Get it..

    JD

  1324. I too have received an email regarding my delay and a statement regarding special gift. It also appears that the information contained in my email to support was read, and only time will tell if it was taken to heart or just an interesting read, but here’s what I received:

    *****************
    Dear xxxxxxx

    Greetings from Notion Ink!

    We sincerely apologise for these delays in shipping your Adam. Your e-mail was indeed very insightful and made for an interesting read.

    We are glad to inform you that the management has decided to include a special gift with your shipment.
    However, we currently do not have further details about this gift. You will be contacted about the same at a date that is closer to your shipping date.

    The date mentioned in the order status page is the ship date from the factory.

    Depending on your location, you would be receiving your Adam within 5 working days of the shipping date.

    Until then, we request your kind patience and cooperation in this matter.

    In case you need any further assistance, please contact us, stating your order number, and we would be happy to help.

    Warm Regards
    Notion Ink Support Team
    *****************************

    I’m sure they have been slammed with emails over the past few days and I’m glad they responded and seemed to have read what I sent.

  1325. The thing is though that I sent them a message this morning cancelling my order, so I’m not sure if they’ve actually read that yet… I’m not sure if everybody got the email but to me it felt like they’re trying to keep my order with some random gift that easily could be a fork or something… I mean why would they wait till some days before shipping day to tell you what it is?

  1326. I’m not really sure what you are going to find out there with the same price point. In the US everything that is worth looking at is attached to a cellular plan. There are some tegra 2 units but they are crappy. It seems you will be waiting regardless. I’m going to be seriously stubborn with this one and ride the wave. Who knows what will happen next!

  1328. @Jason

    It wasn’t me who said 5.31% and I have never seen any hard proof that that number is false.

    To prove that, you would need to figure out the exact numbers for how many people ordered the Adam, and compare that with how many people (exactly) were effected by the delay.

    Two things which are completely impossible currently, without getting the numbers directly from NI. Users can lie all the time on the internet, so several people who would like to see this thing fail could easily be falsifying information and saying they were delayed whey they really never ordered one.

    Also, people who got theirs shipped might be silent in the community and not posting. So based on user comments, you have no idea if 5.31% is true or false. It’s the only real statistic we have to go on, and Rohan has no real reason to lie. It’s not like it helps anyone to tell you 5.31% when it’s really 62%, so I am giving him the benefit of the doubt.

    But based on the user account so far, it’s hard to believe it. So in that case, I understand your comment, but you can’t take everyone elses word for it either.

  1329. “Prantha said, on January 31, 2011 at 05:04
    Dave:

    If you ACTUALLY bothered to read what I wrote, you would know that you will NOT receive an email until your Adam is in transit; NOT if it is DELAYED, which you can find out from going to the website.”

    Prantha, if you ACTUALLY read what Rohan said
    “All of you who pre-ordered and helped Notion Ink start building the community must have received an email today. One email is on the confirmation of shipping and the other one is on the delay.”

    See, he said, one group would get the email telling then it shipped and the other would get the email telling them it was delayed.

    Sorry, Prantha, but you are ready what you want to hear, not what is being said

    David

  1331. @Carlo, half the RAM is a bummer and makes the Viewsonic a no-go for me. That directly affects how much you can run at the same time while extra storage can be easily purchased (plus it has no Eden, allowing us to run apps side-by-side).

    I also have the impression that people do not realize how useful the swifel camera is. It doesn’t only mean that you can record seminars but also that you can take pictures while holding your Adam horizontal rather then having a huge brick in front of your face.

  1332. Luis,

    Thanks for asking. I will post a fairly long message I left on Greg’s Blog At Notioninkfan.com yesterday. Although my feelings have been in a process of changing back and forth a bit lately I’m still hanging on. It’s kind of should I stay or should I go. After investing so much time here and with the so called “Dream” of Notion Ink I’m starting face reality. My order has also been pushed back now to the 15th. I’ve grown too curious and want to see the product “Adam ” in my hands. I’ll wait the next two weeks after that I will have evaluate the situation again…

    Here Is what I said on Greg’s blog:

    I have been a supporter or follower of Notion Ink and their product Adam for over a year. For those who haven’t figured it out yet, Notion Ink at this stage has not turned out to be what many have hoped for or thought it might be. It is a small struggling company led by a group of young men with very little business experience. I think many and likely most of us have expected more then they are capable of delivering. At least at this time. I am not hater or a flamer. Yet, I am very disappointed. I do actually embrace what these young men are trying to accomplish. To design a unique innovative tablet device, and then have it manufactured and delivered to a global group of buyers for a profit, is something that very few could even imagine undertaking. Anyone that thinks that all is going well for Notion Ink has his head stuck in the sand. Adams have been delivered, and a number of folks have stated they are happy with their Adam. A similar number have expressed the opposite. Then I’ve seen many others expressing the in between position. On wordpress blog I’ve seen a growing number state they were canceling their Adam order. On Notion Addicts forum, the complainers are starting to out number those that are sticking with Notion Ink and Adam.

    I have heard some voice the idea that one or two of The big companies are so much in fear of Notion ink that some haters were planted on the blogs and forums to help bring Notion Ink down. I disagree with that theory. I think companies like Apple, Motorola, have no fear of Notion Ink at all. They have known all along what we here are just coming to terms with. It will be years if ever before Notion Ink will be a strong player in the tablet market. They really could care less what Notion Ink does. You might be asking,”so why are you throwing all this negativity here on NotionInkFan? I have no motive, or desire to harm Notion Ink. I am not angry with them. To the contrary I wish for them to succeed and blossom into a viable business. I want to see them become a respected provider of devices like Adam. As far as Adam himself goes I’m still waiting for mine. I expect to take delivery and do what ever is necessary to update and upgrade him to a device that will do the things he was intended to do. I remain hopefull that Notion Ink will be helpful in that respect. I already know that members of Notion Ink Hacks and XDA developers are going to be around to assist in that process. Rohan, appears to be counting on them as well. Having watched and listened to countless reviews including a recent tear down review of Adam from Notion Hacks, I have come to the conclusion that Adam is a device that can and will be a decent tablet when the bugs and kinks are worked out. Because Notion Ink appears to have no real quality control. Some units, already delivered, will need to be repaired or replaced to make their owners happy. I sincerely hope that Notion Ink will do so. Adam himself is not an Ipad knock off. He is unique, interesting,with wonderful connectivity, and a non-proprietary attitude. Hardware wise his only real drawback against Ipad is a less expensive screen. Yes, Ipad has a more beautiful internal look, Rohan’s description, but Adams components are a quality to be expected for a device in his price range. Hackers from XDA have already paid high complements to Adams browser,and the mailed application. The Eden UI takes a little getting used to and should improve with the future release of Honeycomb. When all brought together,Adam has strong potential to be quite the little rocket ship. At this moment Adam’s biggest problem is his father, Notion Ink. The question that needs, and likely one day, be answered is can they get their act together? Many including myself, are willing to hang in there. We can give them a pass on some early mistakes. We can chock things up to growing pains. However that won’t last forever. Not for even for it’s most ardent and die hard supporters. At some point Notion Ink must produce some decent results especially in terms of communication and customer support. I, for one, will try to remain supportive ,and continue watching and waiting.

    That was yesterday Luis, I did change a little of the wording) today I’m a little more disappointed, I generally don’t give up easily, but on the other hand I’m not the real “Fan boy” type either. We hall have our limits. I would like to have the device, it’s Notion Ink I’m not sure about.

  1334. Frankly speaking we preorder NI Adam looking at specs and also to support Indian firm, another reason was to talk about NI Adam on our blog blogsdna[dot]com.

    But they simply disappointed us with randomly/biased way of shipping and last but not least not every one is being honored with free gift.

    We can buy Xoom, iPad 2 or any freaking tablet which will come in market because it is our job to write about those tablets at our blog and we are not asking for review unites, we are buying with our own money.

    The way NI is delaying shipping is not acceptable for many like us, we feel it is good decision to cancel order and forget it.

  1336. bsmdbt:
    > can you say “decepticve business practices?”

    Actually, I can’t, and I’ve tried very carefully, but can’t get past the first word.

  1338. The fluent German while the hairs on the back of his neck are standing up are part of the typical Dutch pragmatic attitude. In the 19-th century we were know in the US as the people who, in case you wanted to hang (lynch) them, would sell you the rope to do so ;-).

    We do have some principles though; we like animals 😀

  1342. I am in the delayed group.

    Sorry to the Sintek employees that will be working on the Holiday. I wouldn’t have asked you to stay.

    Being delayed is unfortunate; I would love to see some sort of bonus or freebie for those affected by this.

  1343. Understood… Many are just looking for a decent tab. In the past I have mentioned a US company that is in the same boat with shipping. It is amazing how the posts on thegreenbutton resemble those found here. Delays, shipping a few out, more delays for parts and some bitter complaints about random shipping to customers out of sequence of which the devices were ordered. I am glad I have kept up with the posts on the other blog. I know that this is not unheard of even in the US. Still a tough pill to swallow. I do not think there is anything sinister going on. I think the fellows are over their head and treading hard….

  1344. delays are one thing. A great product is worth waiting for, any day, in my book. I’m more concerned about some of what we’re hearing about quality – the pixel qi screen in particular not performing as well as expected, and even more about what we’re NOT hearing….as in substantial reviews from more than just good e-readers. Where are the demo models and the detailed reviews? If they convinced me that pixel qi is worth it, and backed up some of the skated over features (I want to see it used as a digitizer!) then I’d wait. For me this was about an innovative product that combined e-reader screen, digitzer functionality, good battery life and tablet features. At this rate, I might as well buy an ipad and a kindle. it’s particularly sad as I have epilepsy which is affected by a backlit screen, so I’ve been chomping at the bit for a screen like this…

  1345. That is my number one concern and a whole new fresh hell if that is the case.

  1346. What I remember is that the connection remains, but the trackpad device itself does not.

  1347. Prantha

    Read Rohan’s post above, he said he sent out emails to both groups, those that got delayed and those who’s tablet was shipped.

    “All of you who pre-ordered and helped Notion Ink start building the community must have received an email today. One email is on the confirmation of shipping and the other one is on the delay.”

  1348. Did they blow it all in Vegas?

    This is meant as a Joke, but I do believe their investors are not as well heeled as we may have first thought. Perhaps they are investing in themselves? You can see how sad it gets when you find yourself questioning everything they have said.

  1350. @ac2211: 😦

    I found this on YouTube: REAL FM RADIO FOR ALL ANDROID DEVICES FINALLY!!!
    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wshmPmCOzoY&NR=1”
    They discuss ‘Tune In radio’ which seems to be a free app.

    If it is any good, then it would be nice to get it pre-installed on the next upgrade of eden. No use having the hardware for an fm-radio if people don’t have a radio app.

  1351. all this time i thought you were a preorderer.. and now i find you are not???

  1353. Not Australia and NOT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

    BTW – Tunisia got rid of their autocratic dictator, Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali, as well as the oppressive regime that controlled the country a few weeks ago, and the people of Egypt are getting rid of their autocratic leader, Hosni Mubarak right now.

  1354. I WANT MY ADAM !!! as well, but I’ll take a gift too! Please don’t make it an extra screen protector… I’ve decided I like things nice and glossy.

  1355. “Mehdi said, on January 30, 2011 at 22:45
    Hmmm, how about the radio ?”

    Mehdi, Rohan said the mystery feature was a radio, but appearantly it is not working yet, there ihas not been a single users who has received the adam, who has found a radio app or any way to make a radio work.

    so it is still a myster feature, and part of the mystery is when will it be activated.

    The only guess right now, is at some point there will be an update and the radio will appear then

  1357. and you’ll miss the very useful swifel camera while you will be supported by a company that is focused on hardware sales, rather then providing a user environment. This means fewer upgrades of your software.

    As far as the much better support that you expect from Motorola; this is from customerservicescoreboard.com: “Motorola is ranked #170 out of the 365 companies that have a CustomerServiceScoreboard.com rating with an overall score of 39.98 out of a possible 200. This score rates Motorola customer service and customer support as Disappointing.“.

    In India it seems to be even worse. According to one poster at indiaconsumerforum.org: “Motorola has the POOREST after sales service support even if the handset is under warranty period.“.
    No wonder some people (NI) in India started building their own tablet 😆

    I hope that you enjoy your Xoom as much as we expect to enjoy our Adam.

  1360. Jared, you are completely wrong, there are many people that have posted there order date and times, many ordered prior to others who have had tablets shipped,

    Take Greg for example, nothing against him, but his order time is after many others who posted here, and he has received his tablet, while we have not.

    the time and date of order, is only appropriate for some. Others got preferred treatment and moved ahead.

  1362. Mine is 2010-12-09 17:49:06 delayed to February 14th. I think you need to ask yourself what time zone the clock is set in. I think it gives the local time you ordered but of course with the different time zones, 5pm here will be 1am in the morning in China (8 hours different)

  1363. @Thatcher: thanks for letting us know your considerations.
    I guess that is one of the reasons why many people keep coming back to this blog: there is no good alternative for them out there.

  1364. Nope. I considered preordering, but the terms and so on were so poorly thought out that it didn’t give me any confidence in the build quality of the machines. The last straw for me was having to pay return shipping for a DOA unit. The most horrible of these terms have since been corrected, of course, but the website still has some misleading information (“all the Adam’s surfaces are made of pure matte glass that softens reflections under the brightest of lights”). So, I’m getting an oscilloscope in the meantime.

  1365. read this
    “http://www.slashgear.com/apple-too-closed-and-steve-jobs-ego-led-rants-netgear-ceo-31129333/”

  1367. @ borismedia
    I also heard Rohan on a YouTube video indicate “that the connection remains, but the track pad device itself does not.” He did not give a reason, other than to say he may be incorporating it at a later date. I also heard (don’t know if it is true), that Sony has a patent on the same configuration. Maybe Rohan is trying to work out the rights to it, and costs.

  1368. Chebbinator:
    > Its just a friggin tablet and a dream not a Anthropology blog!

    I was thinking a alternate-history blog, but your point is well-taken

    Prantha:
    > the people of Egypt are getting rid of their autocratic leader, Hosni Mubarak right now.

    There’s I think a Jewish saying which is appropriate: “From your lips to God’s ears.”

  1371. It took mine requet to cancel about 36 or so hours. I had to send it twice. Second one about 24 hours ago. Received email this morning saying they cancel will take 10-21 days for refund.

  1373. “Paul Schoe said, on January 30, 2011 at 23:07
    @Jason: the screens are most likely made by a supplier to the company that assembles the Adam. So first the screens have to be produced (for which they work during Chinese New Year), then they have to be shipped to the assembly line and then they have to put together. There is a lot of logistics and planning involved when a company is faced by a faulty shipment of parts so if it “only” results in a 2 week delay, it means that all parties involved are doing over-time.”

    Paul, this is partially true, but what you are missing is they are supposed to be running an whole production line, so allthough this batch of screens were damaged, they where still going to be producing additional tablets, so they already have orders in place for additional screen, those are the tablets that should be sent to the people delayed, but what it sounds like is:
    They arn’t running a true production line, they are just doing spot runs for small orders, so Notion Ink puts in an order and the factory schedules them in when they can. And when they arn’t producing Adam tablets they are producing other things.

    Otherwise, the next tablets off the line, would be used to fill the orders that were delayed, but it does sounds like that, I don’t think they are running full production line, I think they are just ordering small runs to meet current demand.

    This would also explain the very small number of tablets that appear to have been shipped. the number of youtube videos is actually very small

    I would say they are a long way from being able to produce the 100K tablets they stated as their monthly goal. I would be shocked if they shipped more then a few thousand tablets on the high side.

  1374. @hafdolla: and I hope that you do a review of your wife’s experience that is as balanced as this post. I hope that she will enjoy your gift and applaud you for your patience 😆

  1375. @Guarav,

    I am in the same boat as you, same situation even with sending a couple of emails to support asking for some clarification.

    I would prefer that support was responsive.

    I am in a wait and see attitude at the moment. I think it’s difficult making a start up company at best. I don’t know what Rohan does day to day, but a lot of it has to be working to get investors etc.

    It’s clear that there aren’t enough resources to keep communication up minute by minute. I wish it were otherwise since in my professional life that’s what I do, communicate with customers that are unhappy with the support they are given.

    If the company were in the U.S. I’d apply for a job /wink.

    In any case, I am waiting on the 14th and hope that the Notion Ink Adam will be my valentine on that day. :p

    Regards,

    JD

  1376. When Dragonite, at notion hacks took Adam apart he discovered that Adam’s side pieces colored white actually is a sticker or decal: Dragonite quote:Another dislike of mine is the fact that the color on the sides is only a sticker. Its not a big problem because it is a good , i think vinyl, sticker and will hold up well to use so no problems there. I just figured it would be a piece of plastic you would take off to put another color on, not a sticker. But hey its still good and i’m really just nit picking lol.

    You can go here to read his whole Adam autopsy review: “http://notioninkhacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=474”

    Now maybe there will be plastic colored pieces that will change Adams color so I’m nor ready to say we were misinformed again,but like so much Notion Ink Who Knows?

  1377. @whatsinaname: I just voted, but clearly you are missing many people that have received their Adam. There are posts, video’s and pics out there from more people that received an Adam then that the poll shows. And those are only the people who took the effort to post comments, vids and pics, there will be many more who don’t do such things.

  1378. For those who did received your shipped email confirmation, can you share which variant you ordered? I just want to gage how they are being built in the factory. It seems to me they started with PQ wifi 3g first and build the lower variants from there.

    Reason is I ordered the LCD wifi, and thinking these are the last to be built and so are part of the 14th Feb est ship.

    Thanks,

  1379. Better than Toshiba, which is #293 and rates as “terrible.” It’d be depressing if NI’s customer service *were* the best in the business.

  1380. Uday, I think you also missed that on January 30th, in the prior blog post, Rohan updated it to say

    “[30th Jan: Adam on its way, emails are being sent out]”

    This made it sound like the 29th orders were being shipped,

    Then a few hours later, let me stress that, a few hours later on January 30 Rohan posted the new blog entry

    “Pain till Valentine”

    So in a matter of a few hours, Rohan posted happy news that the orders were shipped and we would be getting the emails shortly and then he post the delay and pain till Valentine

    This is what really pissed my off, I can’t tell you how upset I was to see that. after the complete tease that the orders where shipped

    Noboby seems to be talking about this.

  1381. There has been a poll at notioninkaddicts asking how many units have been shipped- From the 68 blog readers only 4 have an Adam. I am beleiving now that there are not more than 50 Adams out and maybe another 50 on the way. They are also speculating about the financial background of NI again. Why does Rohan not tell us how many they have shipped so far, what the backlog is and how they are financed? Only reason (competition does not really care) I can imagine is that the data is just embarssing.

  1382. You may be right. I mentioned to my co-worker when I placed my ‘pre-order’ that I may be throwing my money into and Indian black hole. I still want the Adam, but I hate being lied to.

    If I had ordered on 12/9 (which i did) and was told 2/14 from the start, that would have been completely acceptable. Unless, of course, they delayed that on 2/15 lol

  1383. yeah, just like when he said, they may ship by Christmas, but no later then CES 2011

    Or when he said, the still were going to be able to meet the Jan 15th -22nd group, even though they were late on the original 9th group.

    He always says it may be sooner, but it hasn’t yet been sooner, not a single time

  1384. As my shipment was pushed back again, I started to look around. And so far, I’m interested in new tablets from LG and Toshiba (more in Toshiba as it comes with USB, mini-USB, SD etc.). I have not yet decided about my order but see this delay another chance to see what’s available. Feeling better now. 🙂

    And, I sent an e-mail to NI inquiring how they choose the shipping order, to which I haven’t heard from them. This morning, I found an e-mail about a special gift.

  1385. @ bikram das
    I ordered one for AT&T, and it will work. They ask you your carrier, and listed AT&T with the 850.

  1389. They wouldn’t be refurbished, refurbished means it was sold into the end user market, returned and repaired

    Products go through quality testing on production lines all the time, some get pulled, they don’t meet a standard and they are either descarded or they have the problems corrected. it is a normal part of manufacturing and is certainly what refurbished referrs to

  1390. I ran into pre-order problems when the Mazda Speed 6 came out. The dealer ordered the wrong model for me. Then claimed to order the correct one, but at that point had no more allotments, so I wasn’t going to be part of the first order anymore. Then the Mazda factory in Japan caught fire, so that delayed delivery even more. Needless to say, I needed a new car and found a great one on ebay that better fit my needs. The difference here is that I don’t NEED a tablet, and Adam is the one that fits my needs. So, I am exercising my patience and will hopefully get one soon. At some point, the Mazda Speed 6 did get produced and delivered and I have every faith that will be the case here.

  1391. just received this a few hours ago:

    ————
    Dear XYZ,

    Greetings from Notion Ink!

    We sincerely apologize for these delays in shipping your Adam.

    We are glad to inform you that the management has decided to include a special gift with your shipment.

    However, we currently do not have further details about this gift. You will be contacted about the same at a date that is closer to your shipping date.
    The date mentioned in the order status page is the ship date from the factory. Depending on your location, you would be receiving your Adam within 5 working days of the shipping date. Until then, we request your kind patience and cooperation in this matter.

    In case you need any further assistance, please contact us, stating your order number, and we would be happy to help.

    Warm Regards
    Notion Ink Support Team
    ———————–
    The email subject was ‘Adam shipped on the 29th’. My status page indicated Feb 15th, so go figure. Special gift, but they dont know what it is going to be.

    Thanks NI!!

  1392. Just reading that AMEX will let you dispute the charge and get a full refund as a non delivery at 60 days is justifiable reason per amex to cancel the entire charge. The question is whether to dispute the charges or wait and have the possibility that I get a faulty device and still have a problem with a refund. Since I to somehow consistently be in the 50 or the 5% or what ever bs number Rohan and NI uses I worried I’d be (un)lucky enough to get a product with screen bleed, gps malfunction or no “fm radio” – the mystery surprise the surprise “;-)” being it’s not even there… this company got it’s customer service police by reading the Emperors New Clothes.

  1393. Ok, I tried to read through all the new messages posted through my e-mail and it was very hard to keep track.
    I have several recommendations for NI to remedy this and it does not include a gift- most people dont care about that
    Communication- (forum and a toll free number, forum now is good, number later if cant do it now) – also I would suggest Rohan dedicate an hour (minimum) to a Live Q& A session with family members. We dont care if you answer questions from fan site or from the press… we just want you to answer us.

    This is going to be difficult for you because there are so many angry people, but suck it up and do it. you are the CEO and the face of the company. When the shit hits the fan, you have to come out and reassure us. People are upset. They need to see your face and you talking and answering questions that we all have… wasnt that the purpose of the blog? (better managed by a forum) you can organize a formal question submission process and come out EACH WEEK on a regular basis and answer those questions…

    When we receive our products, they all say: for problems check our site, our blog or e-mail us… your site answers nothing as it has no forum, your blog answers nothing as information from fans is here-say(not to mention you hardly reply to anyone) and many e-mails dont get returned…

    I dont think people would get this angry if they were held at gunpoint and robbed of $500 bucks on the street. There was obviously an emotional attachment to this product and that is what you built on purpose. All these fans want is to be talked to by you. when it boils down to it… the gift is not going to pacify them… it is you and attention from you… the face of NI

    The people will follow their leaders anywhere if they are communicated to and believe in them… faith needs to be restored… Talk to us Rohan… LIVE for one hour… schedule a time, set a date and create a new area to do it in… not wordpress

  1394. I saw the autopsy pictures just now…I didn’t know that the white sides were just plain old stickers :/ I wish the Adam has an all metal body but maybe the Adam 2. However, the plastics gave it a lighter weight.

  1395. Jason, I agree completely

    I think everyone missed that on January 30th, in the prior blog post, Rohan updated it to say

    “[30th Jan: Adam on its way, emails are being sent out]”

    This made it sound like the 29th orders were being shipped,

    Then a few hours later, let me stress that, a few hours later on January 30 Rohan posted the new blog entry

    “Pain till Valentine”

    So, in a matter of a few hours, Rohan posted happy news that the orders were shipped and we would be getting the emails shortly and then he posted the delay and pain till Valentine

    This is what really pissed my off, I can’t tell you how upset I was to see that. after the complete tease that the orders where shipped

    Noboby seems to be talking about this.

  1398. i disagree, with that Paul

    i feel adams were ordered only by tech savvy and blog followers, so unless they are deaf and blind they will have seen these posts and requests for reviews. granted there may be a small percentage that don’t want to review lets say maybe 5.31% (as its as nice as any other guess) and will just happily play with them or sell them on ebay.

    BTW another thought if Rohan has 150 employees, do you not think the email replies would come a bit quicker because anyone in their right mind would put all resources onto it. methinks 150 employees is a tale and there are maybe 10 with 140 students possibly involved with eden in some minor way.

    in fact an indian reviewer once went to find NI and found a small office on the 6th floor with no signage as i remember. 🙂

  1399. Hmmm I really don’t see why is money brought up into this but I’m gonna try. So yeah he did make some, not sure it was his initial intent though (or was it ?).
    And yes, since you ask, I would still say that Sen (you did understand that I was actually referring to Sen overreacting right?) would be overreacting.

  1401. Your friend is telling you stories, if the store doesn’t have it in stock, they order it right then and there, your options are to have it delivered to your home. or to the store for pick up.

    there is no, we don’t have it, you have to go to the web

    I got mine back in August, went to the store, they didn’t have it, they placed the order, I had it in 3 days.

    Apple is not having shortages of the iphone, and certainly they weren’t in December.

  1403. except for the fact that all my post prior to this debacle were actually supportive… but then again maybe that NI customer service for you…

  1404. For everyone who is angry about delays in their orders. Lets look at this for a logical side Rohan is extremely passionate about getting an excellent quality product to us the consumers. Why would we want anything less. I for one would rather wait and get something that is going to work they way it should then half way. Patience is a virtue. Not everyone has it. Rohan knows he can not please everyone and people will get up set. As most new products things take time to work out the bug. Every one knows who has the Apple iPhone or iPad etc. How many times were there delays in these products.

    Rohan wants to send people the best product he can. So don’t be so harsh on him or the company. He is keeping everyone in the loop on what and why things are delayed. He fixes the bugs and problems as fast as he can. This is most then we can say about some companies who just send out an email and that is that. At least he letting us know the reasons and what is being done to fix the issue as quickly as he can.

  1405. @David: I never implied that the radio worked right now (seems there is no radio software for Android available presently or something like that). Indeed rumor has it this feature will be activated with an update. But still, there is a mystery feature (well it was unveiled but we keep referring to it as mystery), not activated I concede.

  1407. @FJG: aah humor is back, we see it in more and more posts, reading this blog becomes enjoyable again. Thanks.
    And NI throws in a free gift so maybe the ones who were 😦 are now 😐

    😉

  1408. John Velas, right on. While the ordering specs may not include a trackpad we were told it would ship with a disabled trackpad on this blog more than once. Of course fanboys believe NI is never wrong.

  1410. @Shritosh: Philips TV’s have a wifi-accessory. If you plug that in, then a Windows PC will see it as a remote wireless screen. If that works with Android then you don’t need a ‘Wi-Key Touch’ because you can simply walk around with your Adam while the output is shown wireless on the TV.

    I would buy an Android app that recognizes wifi-screen-outputs in a similar way as Windows PC’s do. Imagine walking in a room with your Adam and projecting on a tv or projector without any cables 🙂

  1413. I’m part of the 5.31%… I have been delay, but as of today I have been promised a free gift from notion ink.

  1414. It would be unfair if then only have a gift for the people complaining or asking about canceling the order.

    I am sure they know the gift-idea will become public and other will complain, when they are in the same situation but will no get anything.

    Let’s wait 🙂

  1415. why does the answer of my email request to NI come with an automatic email return??
    Only a standard/automatic anwer, which all have read already came…
    And my questions all being left unanswered…..
    The reasons they wrote already here, the mail contains the same text…nothing new to me…
    i it normal, more personaly behavior is what we all expecting, or not??

  1417. And if you happen to read the full article, there were reasons for that too. Board was not there to maintain secrecy and peace of mind. This is a common practice adopted by many companies working in stealth mode or want less nuisance. Regarding 10 employees with 140 students, Do you have any proof of that? Anyone can make allegations of anytype here. And I feel most of them are coders and not working in the support department.

  1419. So my adam is late but will arrive with Lööööööve….

    First i was irritated and upset that i would receive my adam much later the the first ones.

    Then i realized i felt like this because i want to be among the first and be part of exploring adam.

    Now i’m ok with waiting and i still trust Notion Ink. They will certainly learn allot from these production runs and supplier failure.

    I was to introduce the product at my company. But this will have to wait which will give me more time to prepare this presentation. I hope the use case i see for adam will bear fruit and spill over on NI.

    NI keep the light burning and the dream alive.

    Cheers,

    : )akob

  1420. @marcdimmick Lay off the man… you’re not adding anything to the site either. great you got the adam and are still on the rohan bandwagon as were all of use at one time or other… we put out money down and are still waiting.. this forum is not just for the supporters. this is the official blog for NI and the adam and as there is no other recourse I think the bad publicity is as warranted as the good. Just like you tell those who are venting. if you don’t like what you are reading then don’t read stay off the blog… for all of you that are pro rohan this blog shows you that there is a growing number of people dissatisfied with what is going on. Some have received their adams with DEFECTS would you tell them to keep their mouth shut. if you like being fuc*ked up the a$$ and smiling because that’s what being an “early adopter” means or because you can play with your adam when it’s happening that’s your choice but realize @harvey186 and other may not have the same opinion about it.

  1421. Have you really paid?

    For me the credit card company reserved the money and then later on it disappeared.

    I got in contact with my bank and they told me thy just got a handle for the transaction.

    For me the money will be drawn when credit card company gives NI the funds which will be when they ship my adam.

    Cheers

  1425. Don’t worry Tobias. The emails for pre-order 2 have not been sent out yet.
    Did you visit one of the fan websites and register there?

  1426. @paul
    you are the one person whose review of adam will really make a difference to my preordering it…. sad you will get it only on the 12th…… by the way i am also in china,dalian to be exact

  1427. @paul
    you are the one person whose review of adam will really make or break my decision on preordering it…. sad you will get to it only on the 12th…… by the way i am also in china,dalian to be exact

  1428. I don´t think that Notion Ink dreams of global market domination. The first dream was to build the Adam. It succeeded and we will receive it.

    You in the non-dream world, go to sleep and dream of sheeps…

  1429. I have received an email at last about the delay with the offer of a free gift. Wonder what it could be. Better than nothing I suppose. 16MG memory card would be useful. Ok Rohan I promise not to cancel this time.

    “We sincerely apologize for these delays in shipping your Adam.
    We are glad to inform you that the management has decided to include a special gift with your shipment.”

  1430. except the “gift” is not given to everyone with a delay and we don’t know if when and what it is…. not much faith. This is like dating someone you know is chesting on you 😉

  1431. By reading all the answers 5,3% must be a huge number of frustrated pre-orderers. Mine was also delayed for the forth time – now it’s the 14th aswell.
    Like Sudhi said, I was also disappointed, but it is more annoying to me.

    Many of my friends ask me if my tablet is already there, because I got on their nerves so many times in the past, when I informed them of the present status and what magic things it will be able to do. And what can I say right now…??! nothing 😦

    My greatest wish ist, when the Adam finally arrives, that everything is working fine, the PQ-Display has good contrast, good colour for watching videos and good reading modus for reading books, that it has high performance and all the other specs an features which are announced on the website.

    Right now I’m a bit frightened, that my expectations are too high – meanwhile, so that I can only be disappointed, when it finally gets to me.
    I hope NI will prove me that black is white 😉

  1432. Following the blog and the comments made the month go faster than ususl!!
    Waiting for my Adam and wish the Adam factory workers a happy Chnese New year

  1433. Paul Schoe:
    > Imagine walking in a room with your Adam and projecting on a tv or projector without any cables

    A friend of mine used to have some kind of wireless VHS machine and would broadcast porn to his neighbors. I hope you’re thinking of something similar.

  1434. @Philip. Here is the interview “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy5I_LK-Xf8&feature=related” At 5:52 Rohan says “They are on the boat right now”. Not once, but twice.

  1436. Can you post the link of the blog? I dont think so it was told here in the blog in the recent past. It was mentioned in the interview but then even i nthat Rohan said he was nt sure.

  1438. Notion Ink has a huge challenge now. They are loosing friends and some family members. They weren’t able to capitalize on the sensation that they wanted/started at CES 2010 and CES 2011. Now – it seems the only way to turn it around for NI is to get their baby out on the hands of their family. The baby need to be well fed and supported by NI for it to take the success path. Given NI track record – it is indeed a very big challenge ahead of them.

    Piece of advise to Rohan:
    Talk less. Why on earth would be put 5.31% on his blog??? How did he arrive at this #??? Even if its true – we don’t want that information.

  1439. Anyone noticed that the Blog now reads oldest posts first !!

    if this is a ploy by Rohan to stop people seeing the latest posts it isn’t working as we just click till the end.

    perhaps you would reverse it to the way it was in the settings mr Rohan

    I have claimed a chargeback with the CC as NI don’t wanna respond to my Emails to Cancel and even if they do i will still leave the Chargeback running and see who is first to refund me.

    i’m betting on the CC company

  1440. Ok, bsmdbt.

    Let’s say you decide to sue NI. You find and make an appointment with a lawyer. That could take more than a few days, cuz you need a FEDERAL court lawyer who knows all the rules of International service under the Hague Convention; but let’s say that you get the appointment within three days from today. That will take you to February 3.

    You tell the lawyer all of your complaints, which all boil down to one thing; your Adam has not yet been shipped. Let’s say that you convince your lawyer that you have a case and that you want him/her to sue NI (tall order, as you do not have much of a case. But for the sake of your argument…) Let’s say your lawyer is REALLY GENEROUS and will take the case for a small retainer of $2,500, and you pay all costs (I won’t take an International Federal litigation case for less than a $20,000 retainer – IF I really believe in my client’s case. If I do not believe in the case, I want $35,000 minimum. But, let’s assume your lawyer likes you and he/she agrees to accept only $2,500 – but you must pay all the legal costs of service in India.)

    Your lawyer says it’ll take him seven days to write the complaint, which may be optimistic. You are now ten days into this. You are at February 10, assuming that your lawyer was able to make a sufficient legal argument in the complaint. (That’s always the hard part of drafting a complaint, as the lawyer must allege facts which show that you have suffered some kind of injury or damage for which you deserve recompense.) Your Adam will be shipped in four days.

    Your lawyer completes drafting the complaint and gets it filed on February 10. Now, he has to serve the complaint on NI in India. I assume that you live in the US (I may be wrong, so please advise.) Your lawyer now must now prepare and file a “Letter Rogatory,” which asks a court in India for permission to serve the complaint on a Defendant in India. Add one day (it usually takes a bit longer.) We are now at February 11.

    Your lawyer needs to comply with international rules for service of the complaint in a foreign country, and there are many rules on how you can effectively and legitimately serve a company in India, and who is legally permitted to properly serve the complaint. India is a signatory to the Hague Convention. Read about how service is effected in India at “http://travel.state.gov/law/judicial/judicial_2811.html#service” and see this form:
    “http://www.usmarshals.gov/forms/usm94.pdf”

    Let’s say that your lawyer is really experienced with service of complaints in India and he hires Madaan & Co. to do it (“http://www.madaan.com/processserving.html”). It is going to take your lawyer and Madaan, even if they are extremely experienced in international service, at least a month (but the reality is that it would take much, MUCH longer. But I am being really optimistic here.) Let’s assume your lawyer and Madaan are magical and can serve the complaint in three weeks (at a cost of only $1,000. Now, you are out $3,500.)

    So, let’s add 21 days to the 11 days. We’re now at March 4th. Your Adam was shipped a few weeks before March 4th. (You have no case against NI at this point, but let’s proceed to the end.)

    Now, it will take (at least) a few days for your lawyer to get back the original Proof Of Service from Madaan in India. (Probably a week, cuz – as I recall – It needs to have the original file stamp on it, from a governmental agency.) But, again, let’s be optimistic. Let’s give them 5 days to get back the original proof of service.

    NI has thirty days to answer the complaint, minimum (actually, it is a bit longer with a foreign entity as a defendant. But we’re being optimistic here.) So, NI must serve an answer on you by April 3, 2011. You have been playing with your Adam for more than a month by now.

    ‘Nuff said.

  1441. @Albert Wertz

    hey dude leave it alone and stop complaining :-p your adam is on the way 🙂

    leave it to the rest of us to have the moan’s, ohh and just so all you brainwashed adamites know i will be on these blogs until the money is back in my account so by Rohans calculations that could be 21 days yet, so get used to my bitching till then 🙂

    okay NEXT

  1442. @AM1n7: apparently NI has decided to give something to the people affected by this delay, but they are now looking at what the most appropriate gift would be. I assume that they take price and quality into account but also what would fit an Adam.
    We wouldn’t want a free bottle of shampoo with it. I hope it is an Eve 🙂

  1443. Got an interesting email from NI late in the evening (IST) acknowleging the delay and a little more info firming up shipping times quote:

    “We sincerely apologize for these delays in shipping your Adam…………..The date mentioned in the order status page is the ship date from the factory. Depending on your location, you would be receiving your Adam within 5 working days of the shipping date. Until then, we request your kind patience and cooperation in this matter”

    I hope all of the other 9th > 22nd > 29th > 14th customers got one too… check your inboxes.

    Anyway just got home off the late night flight and need some kip before work tomorrow.

    Hope everyone else gets the apology letter too.

    Thank you NI for showing me some respect and apologizing for the delay without prior notification.

  1444. Hi Dociba, you leave me no choice :mrgreen:. I’ll give you my opinion as soon as I am back and played with my Adam for 2 days, but not on Valentines day because that day is booked 😉

  1446. there are user reviews on notioninkhacks
    “http://www.notioninkhacks.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=37”

  1449. I’m surprised that Rohan never even mentioned the fact that the colored pieces on the sides were just stickers/decals. He said it can be replaced I assumed that they were plastic accessories. Maybe even all the Adaminions here on this board probably thought it was plastic also. This cheapens the Adam. I don’t recall of any current device using decals to change its colors. The nitpick is legit (I’d rather not have the sticker and leave it black) and it should have been mentioned before. This is something to considered for the Adam 2 if NI is looking to improve the build quality of their product. FYI, I think NI should have left it to the customer if they want to put the sticker along the edges so they should not have been placed on. This will also save on labor.

  1450. @Rohan (wordpress is crazy again, dobbelpost)
    I’m guessing pre-order2 is delayed because off all the trubble. Please update on this matter Rohan.

  1452. While i agree that is so irrelevant in this situation since Rohan said (not that its a fact but all that we can go by) that it was a CHOICE for them to stay.. so all the people who are staying are getting overtime.. oh pity for them.. Ive missed my share of holidays so it doesn’t phase me if someone else loses theirs. His opinion on if people should miss holiday or not has nothing to do with his overall disgust with the situation.

  1453. While i agree…. that is so irrelevant in this situation since Rohan said (not that its a fact but all that we can go by) that it was a CHOICE for them to stay.. so all the people who are staying are getting overtime.. oh pity for them.. Ive missed my share of holidays so it doesn’t phase me if someone else loses theirs. His opinion on if people should miss holiday or not has nothing to do with his overall disgust with the situation.

  1455. @Noel Barcelos:

    You’re right that it’s irrelevant, but only because we don’t know what’s going on and we can’t do much about the situation. But standard working conditions are to get a couple of weeks off for New Year, and that’s the only time off the workers get the whole year, the only time they can go home and visit their families (remember the worker live hundreds of miles, and even more kilometers, away, in dorms). This isn’t like skipping a single-day holiday in a place where you see your family every day. It’s also common for the managers to steal whatever they can from the workers, including overtime pay.

    Your sarcastic “oh pity for them” is, I hope, ill informed, because it’s otherwise mean. Sometimes sarcasm isn’t appropriate. You can trust me on this.

  1456. @gecko I think this was the first time I laughed outloud in the last 2 days reading this blog

  1457. Correct. “Refurbished products” are products that actually have been sold, lightly used or not even used at all; but then returned to the manufacturer. In this case, the product never left the manufacturing process.

  1458. @harvey186: You “think” that the problem is money? So now we are going to read all over the blogs that Notion Ink has money problems? What are you? A paid blogger who has to spread negative rumors about the competition? If you have proof that Notion Ink can’t pay their bills, we like to know because we are nosy, but as long as they deliver, it would be nothing more then the normal cash-flow problems of a startup. But as far as I know, Notion Ink had all their financing arranged well before the Pre-Order was opened. Pre-Order was opened after manufacturing was secured. Rohan confirmed that and since NO factory is going to enter a manufacturing phase as complex as that of a tablet without being absolutely certain of payment; I do believe Rohan in this.

  1460. Amazon has been in business since 1995. They hit a few bumps along the way, and now they have the process down pat.

    I am sure that NI will do much better when Pre-order 2 commences; and it will do MUCH better in 15 years.

  1461. I emailed Notion Ink pre-order support yesterday asking for answers for the delay. Looks like they sent a standard response to everyone apologizing for the delay and will include a gift when they are closer to shipping date. Looks like this email went to people who had their adam shipped already too. Well, just an apology and no explanations; I guess that’s better than nothing.

  1462. Hi Thatcher, thanks for giving such a real life example of another company that faces similar shipping problems. I think that given the complexity of manufacturing a tablet, Notion Ink has been able to keep delays to a minimum. Orders in December, Deliveries in February. Not bad for a start-up.

  1463. Rohan, Anxiously awaiting the pre-release 2 and 3. Hope all is well and progressing nicely.

  1464. just calm down my friends ..
    this is just a start up company with a very limited support personnel.
    While it is easy to hire plenty of graduates for this job, they can’t put them in charge of sending e-mails without training. sending repeated e-mails cripples the process to even worse.
    no party is happy here with pushing the date to 14th. you already have all the information that they have (including the nitty gritty details of what happened and who is working in holidays).
    what makes me sad is that, people already saw the product getting shipped in 2 batches and yet they show tons of skepticism and throw insults so easily. In the end it would only reflects shortcomings in our own lives.
    It may not be best for customer experience, but they always had that * that said the dates may be impacted because of unforeseen events.
    people say oh..it would have been better if he informed it prior to 29th. really?? I didn’t see any such signs of taking any kind of such information positively..

    Just use this time to learn about possibilities of making your life more productive and entertaining when adam comes..and relax..
    If you get a better product in the market in the mean time at a reasonable price, cut your losses to 5% and move on..
    I again state the same. charging ahead of time and putting 5% cancel fee are the only major limitations of the company.

    Sometimes troubled times give opportunities. For eg. thanks to FCC information, now i know how the whole FCC process works and in fact learned quite a bit about kind of tests they do.

    relax amigos..

    while it is understandable people from all counties strive for quality, few cries of people from ‘indian origin’ amuses me even more (sorry taking a bit of freedom with people from my own origin with a brotherly love) given that they should know the struggles involved in getting there..I know partly it is that you want to show your pain to see NI not meeting global standards but your words don’t reflect that. In fact they reflect how you ridicule this young company.

    I see Rohan didn’t realize how mundane this consumer/investor world is. For instance i saw him multiple times expressing his pain loosing first investors (not because he lost
    kumar

  1465. ::Yawn::

    Isn’t there a family member you guys can complain to? The repetition is really getting boring.

    And PLEASE stop trying to spread rumors.

  1467. @gecko:

    Years ago, I got a Toshiba and – within about ONE WEEK – something on the motherboard got fried. It took me almost a month to get Toshiba to take the sucker back and send me a new one. (And that replacement was solid.)

  1468. @Rohan
    After the first round of pre-orders are shipped completely, I advise you to take stock of the situation. You need to take a break from handling matters related to public relations on a continuous basis. It is not good for your health and for the company as well. It is difficult to stay immune from the continuous barrage of criticism that it being showered on you and NI. I too have given my share of criticism, though constructive, it is not opportune. I don’t want your youthful exuberance and creativity to be nipped out completely by the criticisms all round.

    People are visibly upset in past week or two and for good reasons. You are grown up enough to understand where the mistakes were committed and how to rectify them. We give our piece of mind often, but I hope you haven’t reached a saturation level that deters you from soaking anymore criticism/ advise, whether it is constructive or otherwise.

    My assessment is your agony has increased manifold because of the limited amount of resources you have in hand. To complicate the matters you are dealing with another start-up (Pixel Qi) upon whom you rely to keep your tablet different from the ones that will be available soon in the market. My sincere advise is to go slow with Pixel Qi screens for the moment. The technology is not mature enough for use on tablets. Though there are different use cases for tablets, not many would use their tablets outdoors. On the day you demoed the video playback on the Pixel Qi adam and compared with the Dell LCD, I made a comment that Pixel Qi screen is overrated. For the benefit of everyone I put that comment here once again.

    “https://notionink.wordpress.com/2010/12/24/break-from-eden-ui-the-hardware/comment-page-3/#comment-63767”

    You gave a very apt response that day, not many CEO’s would have done at that point in time. You personally didn’t prefer the Pixel Qi.

    It is imperative that due to inconsistency in screen quality (reported by several users so far), you need to make a decision that will be difficult for Notion Ink’s long-term relationship with Pixel Qi. Do not severe Notion Ink’s relationship with Pixel Qi completely, but keep it low key. LCD variant adams are the way forward for Notion Ink at least in the short-term. As of now not one LCD variant adam has reached its buyer so far to know what its quality looks like. I am however optimistic about it. LCDs have come a long way from mid 1990s. I hope you have chosen a LCD that will be appreciated by its buyers.

    My humble suggestion is to keep producing the LCD variant of adam, until such time you are sure about Pixel Qi’s quality. LCDs are less expensive and the complaints will be minimal. You can concentrate on getting the updates and improvements to make Eden UI the default OS for adam. Best Luck!

  1469. I would really like to do my review (technical) and my wife’s review (not technical) and see how they compare. She is an iphone user and I have not given her my android phone to play with yet. I’m not sure of whether I should leave Eden in place for her 1st experience or not, as I prefer a more common home screen (ADW Launder is my choice). It will certainly help me explain how to do this and that when she calls while I’m away as I use this on my phone. I most likely with leave Eden in place at first and see what her thoughts are. Outside of this, I know of one show stopper already though – netflix. I’ve seen that they are only partnering with certain hardware vendors to deliver an android app specific to the device. I’ve not informed her of this fact yet, but if anyone knows of a way around this, please share!

    btw, this is somewhat comical with all the delays and my approach to this as compared to my wife’s. C’est la vie. We certainly find much joy in our differences, although sometimes, the joy doesn’t find us 🙂

  1470. oops..finishing my comment..
    see Rohan didn’t realize how mundane this consumer/investor world is. For instance i saw him multiple times expressing his pain loosing first investors (probably not because he lost money from them but because of his attachment with them). that’s all 🙂

    kumar

  1472. I cancelled my order last night also, and this morning I received the same e-mail. The “gift” e-mail they sent me this notice on was on a previous e-mail I had sent them on Saturday inquiring about the delay and not as a reply to the cancellation. I’m not so sure they’ve read my cancellation e-mail yet.

  1473. Sorry!

    Statement “Do not severe Notion Ink’s relationship with Pixel Qi completely…”

    should read

    “Do not sever Notion Ink’s relationship with Pixel Qi completely…”

  1475. I have a feeling that if there is any shakiness, it will be dealt with expediently 🙂

  1476. Ow… well … ehm … that sucks. 🙂

    That’s pretty lousy news… for all parties involved. For the makers of the screens because they had to miss newyears, for NI because they had to inform their customers of yet another delay, for all the pre-order1 people getting close to nervous break downs not knowing what to do or say, for all the pre-order2 ppl who are clueless when they will get their chance to order and when they can expect it to arrive.

    Perhaps NI could do something PR wise, to make things better. Like including something extra for the pre-order1 ppl (I’m not one of them). Or using some of the cancellation-tablets for support purposes or perhaps a competition of some sort (where ppl can win one 😉 ). Or perhaps even a lottery where pre-order2/3/… ppl can enter to take over a canceled tablet to be included into pre-order1. Ah well, I can hope, but it’s up to them to actually do something of course, hope they will.

  1477. I am among the group which has been shifted 3 times Jan9 to Jan15-22 (glitches in some shipping estimate), From Jan 22 to Jan 29 (Not clear why?) and now Jan 29 to Feb 14 (Damaged screen). As I said before openness breeds trust, the opposite is true as well. You have not come clean convincing us why these delays are happening- you are not letting the truth out. As for me the support to NI was much more emotional that cold calculation- I am seriously considering cancelling my order, might not cause much ding at your bank- but you will lose an ardent supporter. Have you ever thought why JooJoo failed where you succeeded? Do not mislead us.

  1478. To the hard working Sintek worker friends

    祝你新年吉祥 – शुभ नया साल – Wishing you an auspicious new year

    Accidents happen frequently. I wish that you do not have to work during this important time of the Chinese New Year on account of fulfilling my purchase order.

  1479. go ahead and cancel, the free gift will probably be coloured side stickers or a glossy screen protector, they can’t tell you cos it’s that rubbish it would start another wave of WTF answers.

    they aint replied to my cancel email so i have initiated a chargeback with the cc company

    citing product spec changes and failed delivery dates x 4 plenty of evidence around to show them.

  1481. I pray they don’t go belly up before you get a least a partially working adam, cos if they do you won’t get a Krustybean back 🙂

    if you cancel now then maybe pre order later in the year ? possible

    or perhaps something else will take your fancy (toshiba specs look good, only missing pixel qi, everything else there)

    ADAM was unique but everyone is catching up and will overtake soon pixel qi is the only bit left really.

  1482. Hi,

    I had added a comment on notion ink website but I didn’t receive an email to place a preorder this 2nd time.

    What gives ?!?!

  1485. EVERYONE ACTION REQUIRED!
    Hahaha!

    Ok hopefully I caught your attention. I’d like to propose we petition Notion Ink to open an OFFICIAL Forum, unfortunately wordpress is failing at posting the comments at the write times and places and it’s crazy how long it takes for them to clear some posts with webpages. I think it would be best if a forum is opened where we can also separate the topics of conversation. Topics like reviews, grievances, support, off-topic, Adam 2, and such so it’s not all in the same place. Some of us I think get tired of sifting through complaints, albeit legitimate complaints. We can’t do anything about you getting your Adam’s sooner, many of us haven’t even had a chance to order them ourselves! Sometimes we want to talk about features, and with the flow of comments, such posts get lost in the fray.

    Please +1 or something if you agree, then maybe we can get the folks at NI to heed to this request. I think that within the community we can find moderators to help maintain the thing sane.

  1486. @kumar

    the issue my friend is we have been cancelled 4 times how can we trust that the 14th feb is a definite, i am guessing by current trends that it will be another, oops sorry pixel qi’s couldnt ship cos the port was closed for Chinese new year.

    Adam aint so unique anymore “pixel qi” is the only remnant that other tablets don’t have, and from reports so far , + the absense of Greg’s report, it doesn’t seem that much of a plus currently.

    if NI survive and produce a blinder in ADAM 2 then perhaps at a future date i may consider a purchase, but i am thinking (IMHO) it won’t be here for long 😦 (Unless they LEARN fast and repair the damage)

  1487. @amarko

    I believe NI has learned a GREAT DEAL from this delay. Thus, you will not see a Pre-order 2 until everything is completely straightened out for all of the Pre-order 1 people.

    Manufacturing mishaps happen. NI will figure that into their calculation of time in the future. Also, they will learn to state that the shipment date will be one month later than their internal estimated dates. And, if the Adam is delivered earlier, customers will be so pleased.

  1488. Did anyone else get the delayed email from a yahoo email id. I felt that was kinda weird.

  1490. I don’t see my comment anymore about my preorder link missing, so I’m posting again. Why did I not get a preorder email when I posted a comment in 2010?

  1491. Aduh, itu aneh sekali. Dulu, saya tinggal di Washington DC dan ada banyak orang indonesia, tapi saya mengerti itu. Mengapa ada orang jawa yang tinggal di Suriname?

    Sekarang saya di Jakarta. Saya pikir saya hanya orang di Indonesia yang membeli Adam….Hmmm semoga moga itu hadir di kosku sejak!

  1492. Are you saying that the email telling you about the delay was from a YAHOO email address, as opposed to a NOTIONINK email address? That would be very strange.

  1494. To be fair, SQL injection has nothing to do with Microsoft, and everything to do with shoddy programming on the website end (not cleaning up user input before passing it to the database). Including it in your list of dirty laundry, in my eyes, makes you look silly.

    As for the hacks, every platform has hacks. Some are considered jailbreaks on other platforms and for some reason don’t count as a security issue for some people, but it’s a hack that a malicious person could have capitalized on. Heck, as of right now, people who used that PDF jailbreak could be easily part of a botnet.

    Also, I can’t remember when I got a blue screen or NEEDED to reboot my Windows based computer, nor have I gotten a virus.

    Microsoft may be too big for our own good, but imho, ethically, they’re a little better (or at least a little more stupid) than it’s fruit counterpart.

  1495. @cx650t: maybe only when you sell your ‘new’ version of Adam. When you buy a trackpad, stick it on the back of your Adam and only use it for yourself, then the patent might not forbid you to do that, but your are not allowed to commercially benefit from it.

  1497. @Hoodoo: +1 yes, good idea, then the people who already have received their Adam will be jealous of the people who only got them shipped on the 14-th or 15-th :mrgreen:

  1498. yes the startup won the lottery. Now instead of delivering its products and fixin its finances they will be paying extra to its customers.

  1499. These are the exact moments where startups fail. Keep pushing Rohan. You have a good product. At least this thing is not made in Egypt!

  1500. These are the exact moments where startups fail. Keep pushing Rohan. You have a good product. At least this thing is not made in Egypt!

  1501. Thank you, Rohan. You may have bitten off more than you can chew, but at least you’re trying. I find it strange that your openess has become your achilles heel, by being upfront about everything you open yourself to a lot more criticism. I’m in a similar position trying to think of everything a new company needs, and trying to wear too many hats. I’m intelligent, I know how the process works, how hard could it be? There will be things I do not think of, and I may find myself stretched too thin. But at the start it’s hard to outsource the task to others.

    Good luck. I can’t wait to get mine, as it’ll make my new business much easier to manage when I’m away from my office. That’s in April. SO as long as you’re not delayed until then, I should be fine. (i haven’t ordered yet, missed out on Pixel Qi window)

    /matt

  1502. I’ve been poking around just a bit, but so far can’t find any tablet that’s ever been released, and the release has gone smoothly, the tablet works perfectly, and customer service is sterling. This includes big companies (Apple, Samsung, Acer) and little ones (Always Innovating, Kobo – I’m looking for a e-reader). There’s something wrong with the whole world here.

  1503. @ sandeep
    i think you are been biased and cancelled adam – knowing the reasons – following the blog for so long . your happyness doesnt show
    – shiva

  1504. I am one who got the delay email.. Skure Id like toget mine soon.. But its not Notion Inks fault.. And besides with the delay, Im probably going to get the updated version and won’t have to worry about any problems.. So I want it now but am satisfied they are doing ther best..and I will untimately have a better productr..

  1507. may be his inabilty to understand his limitation may be his secret of success! success in achieving his dream tablet bringing it into reality in global scale!

    go on rohan. never try to understand your limitations. thats the best way.. achieve more . all the best

    shiva

  1508. I’m curios as to what the syle of the poem is called. it looks like a form of haiku. I usually associate haiku with the 5-7-5 rule but i seem to remember that their were other variations as well.

    am i correct?

  1509. I did the same, but going by what NI promises vs delivers, I wanted to know. Otherwise, it will be just a portable android tablet that works on wifi 😦

  1510. You can’t +1 to your own remark. That’s cheating

    Anyway, a number of us have been urging an official forum for some months. Rohan promised one a long time ago. It’s one of the very small, easily kept promises that remains unfulfilled.

    Personally, I don’t volunteer to help keep it sane but only because I’m so obviously unqualified.

    My first rule: No smileys.

  1511. shiva:
    > may be his inabilty to understand his limitation may be his secret of success!

    Interesting point, but then I thought of the discographies of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, which have gotten a fair amount of airplay over the years, and not because the singing was good. Sometimes it’s important to understand your limitations.

  1512. Could someone explain to me what the advantage of the 3G model is, since you can just tether the Adam to a bluetooth phone? Yeah, you have to root it and remember to carry the phone with you, but there are cheap (or cheap-ish) quad-band phones around, and you wouldn’t have to juggle two data plans.

  1513. i know how some of you guys feel about the delays. yes i would be very upset if i heard such reports. but this is a small company trying to grow and they’re defiantly not Motorola, Apple or HTC. all i can say is give them a chance. if you live this long without a tablet, another few weeks wont hurt.

    but anyway, i’ll try to post some more videos so you guys can judge for yourself if the wait is worth it. i try not to edit anything.

    This video was directly from the camera. sound quality is decent. of course it picked up a lot of the noise from me adjust the tablet while i was driving. It even picked up the noise from the semi-truck breaking. and it even picked up my finger print when i waved it across the camera at the end. the youtube video doesnt do it justice.

  1515. I’m all for a forum, but how about we let them worry about completing orders before diverting their attention to something else?

  1516. umm…. Kam… isnt it against the law to text… maybe to record with a tablet while driving too? be safe man lol

  1517. Has anyone considered canceling and reordering on the next order?

    I am very concerned about the 60 day return credit window on my credit card.

  1518. Why did I not get my pre-order email????!!!
    I have commented on this blog all the time……

  1519. Balanced reviews from tested.

    “http://www.tested.com/forums/tablets/19/notion-ink-adam-tablet-preliminary-impressions-and-review/5751/”

  1520. People, they are doing the best they can, I can’t believe this blog hasn’t been closed just due to the complaints. Whatever you do for a living, would you want it published like this all over the internet, and yet they let it continue, kudos to them for believing in freedom of speech, no matter what form it takes.

    There is no way a majority of Americans would work Christmas, or New Years Day for anyone. Hello unemployment.

    I put up my money on an start up company for what I believe is a good product. There is always a risk in these type of things. What, you’ve never bought a stock, played poker, gone to a dog track, horses, Vegas..?

    I’ll bet my money on Adam over Vegas anytime.

    Yes I’m in the US, and yes I would work holidays, and have many times. That is why I applaud a start up company and wish them the best and await my Adam.

  1521. Matt Eden:
    > Dulu, saya tinggal di Washington DC

    O, asal saya juga dari situ tapi ndak senang (except for the komodo dragons at the zoo) dan tinggal di New York sekarang.

    Suriname sudah kolonie Belanda, jadi banyak orang jawa datang untuk bekerja.

    My Indonesian sucks, mostly limited to food stalls and cookbooks, but this doesn’t look right:
    saya hanya orang di Indonesia yang membeli Adam
    Means: I am only a person in Indonesia who’s buying an Adam. Maybe something like:
    Saya satu-satunya di Indonesia yang …
    There are people there who can advise you better, however.

    What you do in Jakarta? I don’t like the place all the much – it’s like Los Angeles – lots of interesting stuff, but very spread out and you need a car to go anywhere.

    This message was most upsetting to my spelling choker.

  1522. Matt:

    Best of luck with your business endeavor. One thing you will have learned really well, is to under promise and over perform!

    😉

  1523. Keith:

    Thank you. This means that the people who could not get in on Pre-order 1 will get yours in Pre-order 2.

  1525. Are you kidding? They did not learn from the delay from 22 to 29…and they will not learn from this delay. I have not received any emails from NI or Rohan regarding the consolation gift (not that it is what I want…I want my freaking Adam and a personal apology from Rohan).

  1526. Not sure it has been posted, but crunchgear posted a motorola xoom commercial to be played during the superbowl. It doesn’t get bigger and more expensive than the superbowl. They are calling it an attack on apple.

    Personally I only like about 50% of the video. Maybe NI will have a superbowl add? Not! Maybe when adam v5.0 comes out!

  1527. Tremendous pressure on the entire Notion Ink team to deliver. On Notionaddict – there is news that the person behind Eden UI has left Notion Ink – tough times. I pray and hope that NI will come out successful.

  1528. @David: We come up with the 2 week delay because when we ordered, we were told that it was going to take 6 to 8 weeks before Notion Ink would ship. In my calculation the 9-th of December + 8 weeks is the beginning of February. The last shipments will go out on the 15-th, hence the two week delay.

    The 9-th of January was given to you AFTER you ordered. It was an earlier date that Notion Ink had given in their enthusiasm not realizing that things might go wrong that they have no control over. Many people have already had their Adam, so well within the 8 week period, it is a real pity that for several others that 8 week period sleeps by a maximum of 2 weeks.

  1529. Another review that says the hardware is solid. That’s all I care about, cuz the software can always be fixed.

  1530. For those of you asking for something xtra… here is some food for thought…
    I contacted TNT to see how much it would cost to ship the adam back to china (keep in mind this price is by air and exporting from the US is CHEAPER than Importing to the US) They said it would cost me $112.17 to ship the adam back to china using air. We only paid $50 for shipping from china and due to delays, NI is shipping us our tablets by air instead of by sea. They are already taking a hit on this deal… This is getting us our devices in 5 days shipping instead of 10… assuming there are no delays with Preorder 2- they can expect 10 days shipping.

    I dont think money or items are going to feed anyone’s pain here… If I cheated on my wife and bought her a diamond ring… she still wouldn’t trust me again…*Cough Kobe Bryant* she would stay because she likes the diamonds, but she will never look at me the same… The only thing that is going to fix this is communication and more of it.

    Disclaimer- I have never cheated on my wife…

  1531. well said Anish. where is that Addict Greg who used to sing Adam’s praise day and night. Dude used to write on this forum and his blog even from his work. But after he got his adam he made a U turn on his promise of making a video of adam working. He was dreaming of becoming the American partner/CEO of Notion ink, but Alas his dreams were not fulfilled. How can he give us an Un-biased review, if he speaks truth that will be the end of the Trash called Adam and the Notion ink. He is delaying in hope that he will receive a second working Adam from Notion ink so that he can make a video and fool more people.

  1532. Last night I got mail from notion ink regarding free special gift included with my Adam since it ships on 14 th feb. Hopefully they can keep their promises this time without any delay’s in shipping.

    Regards
    Gaurav

  1533. @David: Your reasoning might very well be right, I do not have enough info on that. But I found the number of vids on YouTube actually much higher then I had expected.

    Most people came here to get an Adam and they are still here because they haven’t received it. Once they receive what they wanted, they most likely start simply to enjoy what they bought, rather then making videos and publishing them on YouTube. I am happy with my dvd player, my TV, my Windows X61 tablet, my kayak etc etc, but I wouldn’t take the time to publish a video on them. So I was pleasantly surprised by the number of videos.

  1535. @Anish: yes, but if you are one of the people waiting then you now have two dates:
    1) with an Adam
    2) a blind date.

    You already fell for Adam, so you’ll be happy anyway when you open your box, but the blind date is the icing. Is it Eve? Is it attractive? Will it satisfy your eye? Will it help you to improve Adam?
    It is almost too bad that Rohan intends to spoil the secret before shipment.

  1536. @All Whiners who want to complain and cancel out –

    whether NI has learnt from the current mistakes or not – future will tell. We can speculate, but I think there is some adult supervision from the investors perspective that will guide them through and also they would do an causal analysis of the whole debacle. How elaborate the causal analysis would happen, we dont know. This forum is just a blog from the CEO who is creating a huge market awareness and is taking inputs to improve the inhouse processes.

    The last update from Rohan shows that they are listening. Individual emails may be slow – NI has to work on that, I received my email today notifying about the delay in shipping.

    We have been accustomed to the whole notion of instant gratification, especially where we are paying. In this case, it is a big sum of money. Atleast in the US, this amount can easily account for 2 months Indian grocery.

    I urge Rohan to depute someone else to read the blogs and ask the person to ACT on them. The public relations/customer service front in the firm is lacking, and Rohan is clearly not a super star at it. He has to keep someone experienced to handle our queries and respond ON TIME.

    On manufacturing, we cannot control outcomes where we do not own the processes. To start with Rohan should have opened the pre order only after getting enough Adams in inventory…but that did not happen, and we cannot undo that part :). So let’s have patience and pray that the software fixes are tested properly before releasing.

  1537. Add me to the list.

    On the fence on cancelling my order. Did not need a tablet but wanted to support Notion Ink and so got one even though I was not considered part of the family. LCD/Wifi.

    It seems like we have been lied to. I thought that all the Adams on Pre-Order were built and ready for shipment as soon as they got the go ahead from the FCC so they could put the FCC # on the Adams before shipping.

    Looks like they actually started manufacturing right after the FCC approval.

    The delayed 50 original users, the 5.31 % with broken screen are all BS.

    It seems like Notion Ink is a one trick pony, with Rohan doing all the heavy lifting instead of delegating the tasks to his staff. That’s why you don’t see any updates happening on Notion Ink web site and they have to rely on 3rd party to do the work for them. He does not need to read the blog, and can delegate his staff to read it and give him a status everyday and based on that tasks assigned to different people to take care of different issues that crop up.

    Whether I keep my Adam or cancel the order, I don’t think I want to deal with Notion Ink anymore and will be looking at alternative tablets as soon as they come out. At least I won’t have to deal with the lies that are totally unwarranted.

  1538. @ ongadget

    Yes my initial delay email was from Yahoo email as well. It is kind of strange but I guessed it was legit due to the format of the contents.

  1539. Most respectfully, you do not have the authority to say what is going on with Greg.

    Greg explained on his site that something came up at work that he must attend to – and that it will take lots of his time.

    To accuse Greg of such underhandedness is simply not acceptable.

  1540. And Greg even explained on his blog that he needs *at least* two hours’ sleep a night. If this is so, it means that his enthusiasm for Adam has indeed waned (he should be playing with Adam at least 24 hours a day). No doubt the conspiracy theorists would believe that Greg is lying and he doesn’t really need 2 hours of sleep a night. Or maybe he’s just lazy?

  1541. @boybarbados – atta boy – go easy there. You are pissed at NI and that is fine and legit.. but accusing people like Greg – thats going too far. stay objective. If not Greg there are tons more excellent Videos of Adam already. No need to go personal.

  1543. I have tried to cancel my order and have received no confirmations that my order has been indeed cancelled…. It has been over a day… Seems odd that they couldnt have sent a confirmation of my cancellation.

  1544. Here is a good explanation as to WHY YOU CANNOT PURCHASE AN ADAM WITH PAYPAL:

    “http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_paypal-restrictions-to-hit-parent-ebays-india-business-hard_1501567”

  1545. Just wanted to make sure everybody got a chance to see the video I made!

    I posted but it got placed on the wrong page (silly word press)

    Tell me what you think!

  1546. WOW! That video is really nice.

    I cannot wait till pre-order 1 is finished delivering so that I can get an Adam.

  1548. I’m one of those who were in the “original 50” or so people whose delivery date was pushed from 9th Dec to the 15th to 22 bucket – and yes, mine again got delayed to 14th Feb. As for the gift mail, never received it so far – or is it only meant for non-Indian’s Rohan? I see that none of the Indian’s (based on the comments here) got the gift e-mail.

    I have been and will be a supporter of Notion and look forward to buying all future NI products. It is a start up company going through initial (albeit avoidable) hiccups. Here are a few suggestions for Rohan:

    1. Communicate clearly and timely. Your current way of communicating tend to confuse rather than enlighten or clarify.

    2. If you are using a CRM software or have a CRM process, please review it and take steps to rectify issues.

    3. For Gods sake please hire a proof reader for all your tech docs – the user guide from the FCC site was pathetic.

  1552. Just received my Adam!!
    I am from the belated and unlucky 29th batch.
    I am living in HK so shipping is fast 🙂

  1553. FYI for records…

    Pixel QI + 3G ordered
    Delayed from January 7 to January 15-22 to January 29 to February 14

  1554. After all ups and down, I appreciate the HARDwork of NI for HARDware but its really HARD to hear that some fans had HARDTIME with NI customer service because of defective Adam
    For Honeycomb,NI shouldn’t experiment a lot. Once Honeycomb is stable on NVIDIA let it be brought without much modifications. It would be better to have plain Honeycomb rather than buggy modifications.
    NI,pls address defective issues of affected customers as early as possible.We too really feel pain of affected customers.

  1556. just basically says you cant drive while texting or calling in new york. nothing about using a camera or tablet while driving…. lol i’m j/k!!

  1558. That was what I thought – when they started sending me “unspecified gift” messages as a response, I decided to go through Amex instead.

  1560. Why isn’t your radio tuned to WFMU 91.1 (“http://wfmu.org”) ? Quite inexplicable, unless some really obnoxious show was on, which does happen.

  1562. My ESD has been delayed once again (Jan 9th –> 15-22th –> 29th –> Feb 14th).
    So, I’ve canceled my order and told NI to refund my purchase.
    How what was a dream becomes a painful experience ?!?

    (As my previous comment seems to have mysteriously disappeared, I’ve taken a screenshot of this one … in any case !!!)

  1565. Well, this comment of yours is (currently) on Page 10 of the comments. So, if you lose it again, this is likely because your comment may have moved to Page 11 or 12.

    😉

  1566. Hey Kam thanks again for a cool video. You have shared some great stuff and your video’s of Adam are just another one of the reasons I’m not canceling my order and continue to wait for Adam.

  1567. I am in Australia.. My status now reflects that it has been shipped from Hong Kong and the shipment is “In Transit”..

  1568. Yes knowing the hardware is good is my biggest concern. I would like to see Notion Ink clean up their act and be a winner. Hopefully they will survive. If they don’t our only true consolation might be a good working Adam.

  1569. I have compared the specifications of adam with other tablet available in market. adam seems to be better in every aspect except for the look when compared to ipad or samsung tab. there are few other tablets currently available with android 2.2 like viewsonic G and dell with good price. I have been following NI since past 1 yr and waiting to buy an adam.

  1570. I am going on a trip over spring break (late march early april) and I really wanted to get my Adam before the trip so I would not have to take my laptop. I preorderd back in December but my credit card company did not recognize Notion Ink and cried Fraud!! I was kinda just shuffled under the rug and now I am done for. I really like the company and it’s products. I understand the growing pains of a start up. But I wish stores like Amazon.com, or best buy would carry these products now so that I would not have to worry about getting my Adam in time (I doubt I will). Still I will buy the Adam and, I am sure LOVE it. I just hope I can pre order it SOON.

  1571. @Gecko, I’m not sure tethering is possible on all phones. iPhone is closed, so it’s selective. Symbian has JoikuSpot (which is fantastic). Blackberry has a tethering app which is pretty crappy and expensive. I am not sure of Android, but I’m sure there’s a Joiku equivalent.

    Also, the ambitious may be hoping to replace their Blackberries and rely solely on Mail’d for email – in which case, they can ditch the BB and use their phones only for calls.

    Me, I just want everything in my device. Although I didn’t know it at the time, it helped for the iPad as the WiFi only version doesn’t have true GPS. Of course, that is not a problem on the adam!

  1572. ACTUALLY the lines from the phone call are all copy pasted from the official notionink email I received.

    So although my order was “affected”, notionink wasn’t able to portray to me the “effect” they wished.

  1573. @JR, no, Ho has not written a poem unfortunately, it had such potential, but he himself said it was not a poem. He was just spewing out crap because he’s cranky.

  1574. funny this is my exact same problem. I also gave gave most of the money to the person who bought it for me to make up the diference, so I can bitch and moan all I want and you can’t tell me to cancel because, well I can’t without a big hassle. If I actually let anyone else know the BS thats come from NI, I would look like an ass because of all the great things I said about it for over a year and convincing others to buy one when available.

  1575. Actually, your dad and the post you listed is the only thing holding me on by a thread here…..

  1576. Actually I think this relates alot to the commercial here for the cable ‘on demand’ movies compared to Red Box.
    The guy goes into the ER and says “Have a seat, someone will be you in about 28 days”

  1577. They are lieing, they are not working on this holiday. Do you believe everything someone tells you. Hey if you order today it is free.

  1579. @Robin
    > please stop being so negative you lucky 5.31% ….. i wish i was one of you!

    thank you

  1580. I ordered PQi+WiFi+3G.

    I was moved from 9th to 15th to 29th….and was waiting with another push to later date..

    BUT FINALLY…I have got a mail on 30th Jan. and my status is showing as Shipped. I am waiting for the tracking id mail. I guess once you get the shipped mail you relax a bit and do not get angry with NI anymore…I never was anyway, though disappointed from delays.

    Below is the text of the mail i received from NI.
    **************************************
    Dear Customer,

    Greetings from Notion Ink!

    Your Adam has been shipped out from the factory and is on it’s way to your home. The general process is that, first the devices are shipped out from China to Hong Kong and from Hong Kong to your location.

    Once the shipment reach the port of Hong Kong, our shipping partners will be emailing you the tracking numbers and other details.

    Your status will also be updated on the website by Monday with tracking numbers.

    With Warm Regards

    —
    Notion Ink Design Labs

  1581. Actually there has been a time or two that I thought Notion Ink should close this blog and open up a Forum for registered owners and others that have a viable current order for Adam. Once you placed an order you could register for the Forum with proof you had an order. Of course this would be a private forum used by only those who had made an investment in Adam. The downside to this idea really is that the open blog is what helped bring so much attention to Adam and Notion Ink in the first place. By making the blog a more private venue that attention would be drastically reduced. You might think this we be a good time for Notion Ink to have reduced attention. In times like these the openness of blog is a double edged sword that is permeated with complaints,anger, name calling, and constant speculation. Updates and promises are turned back on Notion Ink with much unhappiness when they fail to live up to their implied value. A lot of the talk comes from those who have not been able to place an order,are speculating on placing an order,made an order and decided to cancel, and some that are here just for something to do. Others are dreaming and comparing,and some are watching and lurking because they are fascinated by the idea of witnessing a flame contest. Only a few seem to be talking about how happy they are with their new Adam. More fun to play then to talk. An believable amount of free advice to Notion Ink and Rohan has been handed out and lately none of it is being followed and perhaps not even read. Maybe Notion Ink has checked and discovered that blog posters are only 500 or 600 individuals total. That really isn’t very many so they just plain don’t care one way or the other. They figure eventually they will get things straightened and none of what is said here is really not going matter anyway. Now if I can talk myself into this speculation I have to ask myself, why in the hell am I spending so much time on this damn blog!! I already know what Adam is and I know he’s late at my door. I can search Utube for videos and read a new update when it’s posted so what is the big deal. Addicted? Me?

  1582. I finally figured it out!!!!
    They only have so many tablets and keep delaying to keep cancellations going. Once enough cancelations go through the rest will get their tablets!

  1583. @Rohan please have the decency to read the emails entitled

    authorisation for cancellation

    mine is there awaiting cancellation from hartsideman@xxxxxxxxxxx im sure you can filter that one. must be about the 5th or more cancellation request i have sent ( but you dont seem to be reading any)

  1584. Rohan don’t say your ADAM. Definitely its for us . But develop ADAM with business in mind , curiosity to assemble new technologies and for making your bold mark on the blue planet. I don’t know if you are gonna mark int the space.

  1585. Delayed till Feb 14. I cancelled my order and feel great about the decision. Who the hell needs all this waiting?

  1586. By the way, for anyone interested: In my email I said I expected a full refund, and if I didn’t get it from them I would go through my credit card company. The reply was as follows:

    “Dear Omar,

    “We have taken note of your request for cancellation and have processed the same.

    “We sincerely apologise for the delays caused and have not charged you any cancellation charges. A full refund has been requested for your order.

    “Please note that it may take anywhere between 10-21 days for your refund to be processed. But we would like to assure you that we have done our part in the refund process and reversed the transaction.

    “We request you to treat this mail as a confirmation of the cancellation of your order NIOxxxxxx.

    “In case you need any further assistance, please contact us and we would be happy to help.”

  1587. Good one Kam.
    The cardinal mistake anyone can do while recording with a camera like this one is panning too much. Animatrix30 did that and the video looked awful. If you wish to record something like a lecture, it is best to leave it steady. My 2 cents on this topic.

  1589. I pre-ordered the 3G PQi and have a conformation number. I have received NO emails from NI since I ordered on 12/9/10. I do not know if I am to receive my Adam or been delayed until tomorrow when I can check the pre-order page This is terrible customer relations policy. Notion Ink take note of this. I think you might have a great product, ( I won’t know this since I’ve not been able to actually handle one-nor know of anyone who has). However, the world is full of failed companies who had great products but let their customers “flap in the wind”. Get with it. Angry emails from (lots of)loyal customers is a sure way to gauge how your doing.

  1590. Ye, NI is a startup, but they can us tell the full truth, not only promisses. That’s it.

  1591. @Jevon, the video fm adam looks pretty good. Its got good resolution, good focus, white balancing and good brightness adjustment on a moving base! Thanks for the pointer, feel good about the camera now.

  1592. After this delay and now the lack of any communication at all, I decided that any other company would be more happy to receive my money.
    Lets see perhaps Xoom or the new Pad from BlackBerry.

    Good luck guys, have a nice time.

  1593. (2nd post) How the heck did you (read anyone) find a customer support group to email to! I would have been a lot happier if I had just heard from Notion ink instead of silence. Could anyone furnish the email address of NI support? (or how to find a contact outside of this blog)

  1595. “..but I think there probably was never more than 5-7 people..”
    —————————————————————————————–
    The company page on LinkedIn says 30 employees. And not everyone is on LinkedIn!

    linkedin.com/companies/notion-ink

    Maybe do some Googling the next time you go about making accusations.

  1597. Well the pixel Qi screen doesn’t come out that well in reviews so I don’t really se that as a problem..

  1598. I’m thinking of doing the same! If NI doesn’t answer till tomorrow I’ll take the matter in my own hands…

  1599. @Wally
    You come across as the Mr. Nice Guy. Greg2, if I may add. Usually your comments are lengthy and most of them have a lot of common sense in them. If Rohan and Notion Ink distill the comments on this blog, they can make a manual on how to run a company successfully. Maybe somebody is already working on that, who knows? Rohan sometimes can get so incommunicado, I don’t think he takes note of anything (which is said) which is against his style of working. Being young he is impetuous and acts on impulse. If he continues in the same manner, only time will tell whether it is going to end up being different from the tried and test approaches to business management. Reinventing the wheel (learning on the job by committing mistakes) doesn’t make sense, when there are so many learning examples out over there. If one reads the biographies/autobiographies of the top businessmen in the world, there is one thing that will be in common to all, that is business acumen. Business cannot be run like an experiment, one needs to have the foresight to see how things would end up. An experiment can always end up in a huge mess.

  1600. They accepted my request to cancel the shipment.

    Very nice of them that they did not charge me any cancellation fees.
    Showing the signs of a great company in the making.

  1601. I did receive an apology, this is what NI mailed to me:

    Dear Ben,

    Greetings from Notion Ink!

    We sincerely apologize for these delays in shipping your Adam.

    We are glad to inform you that the management has decided to include a special gift with your shipment.

    However, we currently do not have further details about this gift. You will be contacted about the same at a date that is closer to your shipping date.
    The date mentioned in the order status page is the ship date from the factory. Depending on your location, you would be receiving your Adam within 5 working days of the shipping date. Until then, we request your kind patience and cooperation in this matter.

    In case you need any further assistance, please contact us, stating your order number, and we would be happy to help.

    Warm Regards
    Notion Ink Support Team

  1602. I have an idea if Rohan would like to recover some credibility and also show that he is making an effort. Why not hold a conference like in a chat room or such and it can be moderated to keep things orderly and to make sure people get a turn to ask a questio etc

  1603. @NoelDickover

    you ordered and you waited and you canceled. perfectly alright. Job well done. i feel sorry that you lost your 5% of the $xx you spent because for the cancellation.

    BUT That’s the end of it. DONT WORRY ABOUT cash flow OF NI. why don’t you mind your OWN cash flow.
    Move on and do /talk something useful for yourself other that trying to be a freelance financial adviser .

  1604. @Prantha,

    Hope Rohan has seen your comment- “to under promise and over perform!”. I had said this a few weeks back the same thing!

    I really wish Rohan comes out much stronger and more mature!

  1605. @Lakshman

    Are you kidding?

    personal apology from Rohan?
    what is that you trying to achieve here with this ?

  1607. My 2 cents to Rohan regarding Honeycomb.

    Initially, do not port Eden to Honeycomb. Since all apps such as Mail’d, quick office, eyc. work in full mode, port them to Honeycomb and release without Eden. After that work on the integration of Eden with Honeycob and release Eden (leaves). I hope this can be worked out???

    All the best with your efforts.

  1610. I just read this – nice review – NI team – wake up guys….it is high time.

    “http://www.tested.com/forums/tablets/19/notion-ink-adam-tablet-preliminary-impressions-and-review/5751/”

  1611. But again Jason, it is not the factory who screwed up. The screens got damaged during transportation. It is sad to think that these employees will have to skip their holidays for fixing problems of inconsiderate people like you.

  1613. @gecko: For some reason I could not reply to your message below directly. Oh well.

    I moved to Jakarta about 5 months ago looking for work. I’ll be doing development work for the US government shortly, which will involve going out into the field a lot. Which is why I have been so excited about the Adam. I’m still looking forward to getting it (and my free gift apparently) but its been a….frustrating…ride at times.

  1615. The pre-order status page now provides a link to the TNT website “http://www.tnt.com/webtracker/tracker.do” saying that we should use the NI order number as the reference number to track the package.

    I tried mine but it said that destination is not found! Can others who’re shipped try? Jared?

  1616. I’ve found my previous comment : 15:51
    Curiously, I couldn’t find it yesterday even though I’ve walked through all the comment pages … nevertheless everything seems in order now 🙂

  1619. Motorola have released teaser XOOM Ad
    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndhuEUX1kIU”

  1620. I think a company can multitask and do both.

    +1 for the forum.

    It was promised to come with the next update of the homepage. I hope this will be soon 🙂

    P.S. just in case: This is an rply of Mike in Colorado

  1622. @prantha
    either u work for NI or i seriously feel they must offer you a job. u belive in NI more then rohan belives in it . seriously wish i had a optimistic attitude like yours. you are great and u must be a president of a the adam fanboy club.

  1624. @eric, Thanks. It is a very objective and clear review. I am (quite) a bit disappointed in the apparent current state of Eden as I believe that Eden’s use of leaves will be VERY usefull. But as Eujin states: Notion Ink “the fact that they even had an update available launch day to fix some of the issues does show intent to improve the status quo“.

    I am very happy with his Eujin’s review of native Android on Adam:
    – “ running android apps, it runs pretty flawlessly”
    – “Dolphin Browser HD . . . works phenomenally”
    – “Everything . . . works smooth and without a hitch”

    Happy that I purchased Adam. The more experienced people become, the more positive their reviews. I just hope for a quick update for Eden. For myself, but also because that will be the real user differentiator when comparing with other Android tablets.

  1626. rohan, i want this in adam 2… is it possible? ask your fellow IIT senior pranav mistry for help….

  1627. I am on the same boat. I think we are last ones who ordered it! On the day I purchased it as soon as the transaction was completed the version I bought (Pixel qi + 3G) was sold out!

  1628. @boybarbados: is it really necessary that we now start bashing other fans as well?

    Greg has invested tremendously in the community and has been known to give his honest opinions. But he also has a family and a job. It is nice of Greg to say on his blog that something at work came up which costs a lot of time but he does not have explain to us what he is doing.

    Please don’t start with wild accusations. On the Internet such accusations tend to start to live their own life, being repeated on other blogs and sites. So even apologizing afterwards cannot undo the harm done to a person. Let’s show some respect to each other.

  1629. @NoelDickover: I don’t see a “start-up hardware collapse. I see a startup having difficulties doing their first run of deliveries and being able to solve that within just a couple of weeks. Very impressive.

    I also see that now more people become proficient with their Adams, that the reviews are getting better and better. Particularly those running native Android talk about their smooth experiences. There doesn’t seem to be a better Android tablet out there and in the end, when the dust is settled, that is what counts.

    When I hold my Adam in my hands, and others see what I can do with it, that is when it starts snowballing. The critical remarks are indeed awful, but not devastating. I have never seen a start-up getting so much press and attention so quick after starting operations. And given that their hardware seems to be running very smoothly, that will also result in more and more positive publicity. Notion Ink is just starting :mrgreen:.

  1630. @Lakshman
    What is up with all the whining? a personal apology? This is a company in it’s startup, i can’t belive that you are whining about this, you should be glad that you were able to pre order at all, just to be chosen to pre order should be a honor in it self. Just be glad they gave you the chance to preorder, if there are some bumps in the road, you still get the adam before the rest of the world.
    I understand that you are ancious, but the way you behave is childish. NI are doing all they can to make everybody happy.
    Just be patient, you will have your adam.

  1631. Dear aksonnet: That is why we are all here, even the ones who are complaining. We know that there is no better tablet out there. I bet you that even the ones who cancelled their orders, will come back here to see how Adam is doing when they are limited by their iPad or waiting for their Xoom 😉

  1632. I wanted an Adam…told many people about the website and what they were doing. I just can’t afford to waste any more time here. I can’t wait to see what other tablets start popping up. I don’t have any real need to have a UI like eden. I was just so impressed with the ability and price.
    You guys keep enjoying the waiting…i am not near as patient..one + years is my limit. Good knowing that I am not the only Geek around.
    Dave

  1635. At this stage I don’t care if my Adam comes in a pink tutu wearing fishnet tights!…….

    as long as it arrives in good working order 🙂

  1636. BTW this blog is a pain in the ass. No page numbers to navigate quickly and unless you remember to click reply on the last post you comment gets buried.

    WordPress please take note?

  1637. you have canceled it. be happy… i dont think its right for you to persuade others to cancel just because you impatiently canceled it… there are still lot of people waiting eagerly for preorder2. for these ppl, ur cancelation is a good news as there will be an extra adam available for them to grab… i fully trust rohan. he is as helpless as us. he is at the mercy of the manufacturers and shipping agents. NI is not rich enough to manufature by themselves… you knew this before you ordered…

  1640. I don’t know if we qualify for the gift, as our original shipping date was a generic February 2011. Still, Rohan told us that our shipment was “pre-poned” to 31st January. Therefore, we might be entitled to the gift as well because at the end the shipment will take place on 15th February 2011. While hoping to receive one, I franckly don’t care too much. As many said, it’s enough to simply receive my adam.

  1641. @Lakshman: Difficult question.
    I will buy another Adam in PO2, but that is because I believe that they will ship.

    I guess with questions like that, everybody will have to say no.
    Who will buy a drink in a bar, when you know they will not give it to you?
    Who will buy an airline ticket, when you know that the airline will not fly?

    I believe that the airline will fly, and I want to go to this destination that nobody else offers, so I will buy a ticket.

  1643. Rohan should be very careful .The reputation of NI has taken a huge beating.
    This not acceptable behavior with these delays.

    First it was the FCC ripping apart ADAM assembly line. Agreed it was biased but managed to shed negative light on the unit.
    A few people received damaged products. The problem was not that it was damaged ( electronic industry 2 to 3% damaged units is acceptable norm – do u guys remember xbox 360 ring of death when it came out it had around 11% fail rate).
    The issue was that it looked NI support team was on purpose stalling the complaint in order for 7 days deadline to pass.
    That is bad PR very very bad Rohan if u are reading this.

    I am neither fanboy nor hater for ADAm if its good I want to buy it but lately I am swinging on the fence
    Do I believe the product is good even better than IPAD – 100% yes
    Do I believe NI team will be able to deliver on service( in short will they be able to add value to ADAM ) – No
    Do I feel I will be losing out on content if I take Adam over ipad = Yes

    Adam is an internet unit it’s not a standalone machine. Where are the ebooks, comic tie ups .Do we have that content on ADAM or not.
    About some big media partner is that setup or not..

    The only way ADAM can survive is good professional service from NI and to keep generating value addition for the ADAM.

  1644. @zaghir: +1 Indeed: everybody will get their Adam.
    (and will make their friends jealous because they have one before there friends can even get one :lol:)

  1647. What is wrong?
    Why no …’father’…in this family?
    Where is he?
    Where are my belongings?
    where is the warmth of a good freindship or of a peacefull family?
    How do I find my way out of a good dream turning into a minor nightmare?
    Can anybody hear or see anyone?
    Where is Adam?
    where is Rohan?
    …They were supposed to be here…

  1648. Just been browsing the web and it’s sad to see that the deceit and false advertising about the display, broken promises has already started to massively taint NI’s credibility.

  1649. @zaghir,

    no the do not. They tell us only promisses and not the full truth. That’s the point.

  1651. Well, i agree that they need to work on their communication, but I still think some of the comments here was written by spoiled 13 year old’s.
    I think most off the problems would be solved if NI had one guy working with communications all the time, posting on blog every day and answering on questions (Making a FAQ?). But they do not have the manpower for that right now, and I’m guessing they are working their ass off to make everybody happy.
    I can’t imagine how Rohan felt when the accident with one of the shipments happened. guessing there were swearing involved 😉

  1652. Anyone interested, I’m willing to sell my Adam. It’s just LCD WIFI/3G model. NO Pixel QI. I’ll sell it for $450 to anyone interested. UNITED STATES ONLY. Call or text messages only, no email please. 1-410-914-7142

  1654. Dear Paul, what is the rank of Notion ink on customer service scoreboard.com.?just wondering!!

  1656. You call your credit card company (in my case, Amex), and ask them to remove the charge. This kicks off a dispute process which in the vast majority of cases gets the charge dropped from your account.

  1659. I have been watching this site for 8 months now and have also gotten caught up in the hype. I am not bothered by the delays, these things happen. What bothers me is the quality of the product. Have not been able to decide if the news feeds and reviews are true or just listening to the squeaky wheel. Can someone step back and give an honest opinion, is this product ready for Market? This is not supposed to be a Beta, this is a pre-order for a finished product.

  1661. @rohAN CAN YOU PLEASE FIX THIS SO IT OPEND THE LAST PAGE FIRST HARD TO READ THIS WAY

  1663. Totally agree, I wish we could get back to talking about the apps that people are running on their adam’s to date. Recommendations of good utilities. I think NI understands now how some of you feel we’ve all go the point and its getting boring.

    As I have said a number of times, I new the risk, I was happy to take it and be part of this new idea as I have an understanding of what Rohan is trying to do and want to be part of it. The silent majority are quite happy to wait as we know that Rohan and the team will be doing all they can. So let move on. Please.

  1664. He is Trashing the Name of Mother India. Now new companies in India will have problems as far as Trust of the customers is concerned.

  1666. +1 I have a feeling that Rohan is not going to make any quick responses anymore. I think that much of what was stated was a momentary reaction to events that were moving quickly and that were out of his control. I would have to say that the idea that he is simply lying is a bit extreme. I am hoping that he has learned a tough lesson about reacting in an open environment about complaints and problems. Hopefully they will eventually have people to answer any complaints quicky. The idea of a CEO emailing individuals is unheard of. There is a reason for this.

  1667. Just maybe the delay is for Gingerbread to be installed. Geek.com and Androidcentral just posted articles and it seems to be ready to go.

  1668. 30 is the new 20. The company profile says 30, but if you sign-in and look at the in-depth profile, or whatever it’s called, there are 20 employees, not all in Bengaluru, and 4 new hires. “http://www.linkedin.com/company/notion-ink”

  1669. i havent commented for long………from all these is mess what i feel is everytin is going to be fine….adam is a pretty good quality gadget except for few sofware glitches which can be slowly addressed……I think NI is goin through a bad phase……..but will be go through this….. rohan dnt worry everytin will be fine…….i am really impressed with the product ,its far far better than ipad or samsung galaxy….guys this is the best u can get fr this price…..

  1670. The delay may be for Gingerbread. Geek.com and Androidcentral have articles that indicate it to be ready for release.

  1671. Il Magnifico:
    > Any idea who he should ask to get the GPS working properly on Adam I?

    Very disappointing. I really expected a “whom” out of you.

  1672. I think we have got your point @harvey186 can you give it a rest? There are some of us who were prepared for these problems, because we knew what was at risk but felt it was worth it. I still think its worth the risk. So we hear you, in fact we have heard a lot from you so it you would like to give it a rest and let us all get back to what we initially brought into and that was a new way of doing things. Bumps, warts and all we know.

    So has anyone got recommendations of software or interesting apps that would be good on the adam. My adam is hopefully not to far. It has traveled China>Hong Kong>Singapore and hopefully on its way down under. 🙂 There has been some great videos and each one I see convinces me I have still made the right choice. So please let me know of any interesting apps to look at and that would be good on the adam.

  1673. The delay maybe also for installing Gingerbread. Articles at Geek.com and Androidcentral seem to indicate that it maybe ready for release.

  1674. @Mas Matt –
    Best thing about Jakarta is the people, who are marvelously friendly, but you can find Indonesian people outside of Jakarta, too, and it’s usually best to, since the environment is much better. They have komodo dragons in the reptile exhibit in Taman Mini, but they don’t let you pet them. I know because this zookeeper with some huge snake (python?) that he wanted people to pet (everybody was ignoring him, since snakes are kind of boring), got really upset when I started to climb into the komodo dragon enclosure. (The dragons aren’t actually all that friendly, but they weren’t full grown and, gosh, they were cute.)

  1675. I believe there is a hack on notioninkhack.com which will correct things until NI come out with their fix.

  1679. agree and i´m not really sure too, what we get !? All this confusion around has a touch of beta testing…not as professional as we expect in a finished product.
    And these lost features in the past….but money to spend stayed equal..
    damn, I´m not sure what it is….what we get, or hope to get 😉

  1680. I like the idea of a guy working with communications all the time. He could also be a moderator of the new notionink forum, hint hint 🙂

  1681. oh…forgot to tell for all german friends i´ve started a german blog…
    i couldn´t find such a blog, so i´ve done it…not everyone is able to read foreign languages 😉
    here you find it:
    noitionink-freunde dot blogspot dot com

  1682. I think Rohan is not reading the comments on this blog anymore. There is nothing new for him to read. Usually he puts one or two smileys in the comment’s section. On this particular post not even one. Rohan, if you are reading by any chance please rearrange the comments to display in the manner it used to before, i.e, the latest comments on the first page. Good luck with the final phase of manufacturing and shipping of PO1.

    Feb 14 is Valentine’s day. I hope you will declare something special on that day, provided all shipments for PO1 are completed and the OTA update is working.

  1683. <>

    Did you wrote a mail to the preordersupport with your Order Number and ask them why?

    I think this would be better then complaining in this blog 🙂

  1685. Why are some comments not appearing ? I have been commenting for the last few days and it just disappears!!
    Why is it ? Waiting for 14th!!

  1686. I think i have to agree to this. he is seen biting more than he can chew, but then i hope with each bigger bite he has realized how much can he actually chew…

    Anyways, good luck to him & NI team.

  1687. I just vented all my Notionink anger, on a rat. The sucker was disturbing us for the past few days and destroying my kitchen. One deadly blow with the broom ensured its death. And in the process vented all my anger and frustration that had built up due to adam delay. I guess sometimes a sacrifice is needed and recommended. May this be the sacrifice to rid all evils from Notionink.

    Feel so much relaxed now. Rohan, please ship my adam on the promised time of 14th Feb. If you want you can give some balli (sacrifice in hindi) on your side as well.

    Waqar

  1688. Im happy after recieving email from Rohan (I insisted for it). I appreciate his time to write me inspite of his tight schedule and work load. Thanks Rohan. That email mean a lot to me. It makes me feel good and I can wait 2 weeks without any worries.

    I also requested to change model to Pixel qi to lcd and they did it immediately with refund of difference amount. I need to check my cc for refund but that is not of concern because it will be taken care.

    I’m ready to wait. Heard nookcolor will have honeycomb soon. Expecting news from Rohan soon on this regard.

  1689. This is what I wanted to say but WP is so bad, it is beyond words.

    I just vented all my Notionink anger, on a rat. The sucker was disturbing us for the past few days and destroying my kitchen. One deadly blow with the broom ensured its death. And in the process vented all my anger and frustration that had built up due to adam delay. I guess sometimes a sacrifice is needed and recommended. May this be the sacrifice to rid all evils from Notionink.

    Feel so much relaxed now. Rohan, please ship my adam on the promised time of 14th Feb. If you want you can give some balli (sacrifice in hindi) on your side as well.

    Waqar

  1690. @SAGinwalla +100

    I think we have finally found the truth…

    Yes, they started manufacture Adams right after NI got FCC approval… Why risk the money? But NI plays with the customers… very very bad…

  1691. @ Waqar, LOL your post just brought a smile on my face. Glad that your anger is vented and you are fine now.

  1692. @Sam,

    What did you get from Rohan? Can you share with all of us if you don’t mind and if it is not personal?

  1696. @Thatcher. why not? when there are only 4 people working in a crappy company the self-styled CEO usually answers on the blog because that is the only way people and potential buyers will know him. Had Rohan not started this blog, no body would have even heard about a company called notion ink. He knows well that there will be a lot of blind followers who will be happy even if there are many many red flags. I am sorry to day but these blind followers are the ones who get scammed by scammers from Nigeria and then weep because they want to believe in the unseen.

  1697. Your numbers are a tad off. In your case you were asking about the rate to ship a single item as an individual consumer.

    Notion is negotiating as a business that stands ready to ship thousands upon thousands of items.

    I’m sure they’re getting a better rate than you would have.

  1698. I don’t understand why you people find it so hard to think that someone that was that close and hoped to partner with the company might be a bit unbiased.

    I’m not calling Greg a liar, I’m saying he’s not unbiased.

  1699. Does anybody want to buy my 3G/Wifi pixel qi unit? I am SERIOUSLY considering not taking the shipment or selling it! The problems with Eden GUI and the screen glare and the crappy screen protector and the need for must-do software fixes make me very, very nervous. I might just want another three months for the Samsung Xoom.
    Hearing so many bad reports–combined with the crappy customer service from N.I.–makes me well imagine getting an Adam and being disappointed and frustrated and pissed.

    Can someone either try to convince me to sell to them to convince me to sit tight?
    This rollercoaster of excitement, then disappointment with delivery delays, then fear from bad press and reports from customers is freakingme out. More and more I have the folllowing thought: Pre-order for N.I. means the Adam is not ready for worldwide distibution.

    –Josh

  1702. Jared, I’m in the same boat. HEY, WHO ELSE RIGHT NOW IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING CANCELLING TODAY?

    I WROTE A NASTY E-MAIL TO ROHAN YESTERDAY SAYING THAT IT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO SAY WE’LL SEND YOU A GIFT BUT WE WONT’ SAY WHAT IT IS.
    THAT’S THE SAME BS DISINFORMATION DISSIMULATION.

    I’M READY TO PULL THE PLUG TODAY. NO JOKE. NOT SEEKING ATTENTION.
    WHOM ELSE FEELS LIKEWISE?

    JOSH

  1704. Still no e-mail notifying me that my shipment was delayed til mid February. There appears to be quite a few holes in the network to keep folks updated on their orders as well as the holes for invites to the prior pre-order. These are some of the minor things that need to be addressed if NI wants to continue in their expansion and dream-building.

  1705. Gecko:

    I totally agree with your analysis…”poor grasp on limitations.”

    By the way, did you order? Did you receive? Do you like? Or are you canceling?

    [Don’t hold up my blogs, please!]

    Josh

  1706. Has there been any word on what the “free gift” will be?

    The vagueness of a gift they can’t tell me about is nice, but worrying at the same time.

    If it’s stickers for the colors… meh, what a cop out. I’m hoping NI has learned form this and won’t be taking that route.

  1709. +1 for someone who was supposed to get a shipment on the 29th, but after a 4th delay have been pushed to the 14th.

    First of all I keep posting but they never get accepted? What is up with that.

    I have been following notion ink for more than a year now. For the first time I don’t believe Rohan. The logic behind his excuse does not make sense. One batch of screens, even around the chinese new year, does not take 2 weeks to make. A company mass producing screens should have an inventory cushion, and would easily replace a damaged batch fairly quickly. Furthermore rohan said the Feb orders should be pre-poned. If they had enough being built to pre-pone february, then there is no reason a few damaged screens should cause January orders to be post poned again. AND the screens weren’t damaged until a couple of days before shipment was supposed to go out. Do you mean to tell me they put the adam together and ship it all in one day? AND only 5.31% delayed? from posts on here it seems like only 5.31% actually shipped on time (if you consider the 3rd delay being on time).

    I’m willing to bet this is a half truth at best, and probably an out right lie. There is probably some other reason for the delay. Pixel chi screens suffering from low quality, GPS showing all users as being in china, or some other reason they have had to quickly change parts or make adjustments that would require 2 weeks.

    I think we are also witnessing some cultural differences in customer service. Here in the US you don’t charge until something is shipped first of all. Second of all if there are multiple delays, and a legitimate reason for the customer to be un-happy, the seller offers some sort of consulation for the troubles. Like free shipping, a free microsd card, a free case. I paid $600 for a product that had never been seen, did not have detailed specs, from a company with no reputation. The original deal was I should receivee this by January 9th. It is only respectable to offer me something for the risk I have taken, and to make up for the delay. I didn’t pay 600 for all that knowing it would be delayed four times. I don’t care if it isn’t rohan’s fault, it is just good business practice. I guess in India, sellers think the consumer should be happy no matter what changes after the original deal. And to be honest, as a new start up, Rohan should offer free returns for damaged units and a very good warrenty service. This would gain peoples trust. Once he gained a good reputation, then offer a standard warrenty service.

    My suggestions for adam 2. First of all I think it is awesome they are already working on ADAM 2. This is standard and I can’t believe people got pissed off. I’m sure motorola is already designing xoom 2, and the IPAD 2 is probably already finished and being tested. I think the best thing notion ink can do for ADAM 2 is focus on the hardware, the form factor, and the screen quality. LEAVE THE SOFTWARE TO GOOGLE AND OTHER DEVELOPERS. Even android occasionally has bugs with years of evolution and hard work and MONEY. To think you can design a bug free user interface in a years time that people are actually going to like and use, is a little over confident. As soon as honeycomb comes out, no one is ever giong to use EDEN again. It was a huge waste of time, energy, and capital to produce EDEN. Maybe design a few programs you could put on the android market specific to the adam, but trying to produce a whole UI is not wise.

    I think the most important thing for any hardware production is form factor. This is why apple does so well. Their products are thin, sleek, and feel good in your hand. The flat edges of the adam are ugly, and it can never be too thin. The other important factor is the screen. If pixel chi does not improve quality, drop them immediately. Also, everyone is looking for a tablet that can serve as an e-reader. Pixel chi was supposed to fit that bill, but I don’t think it has. If there is a screen technology that can be used like LCD, but also has better E-reader like capabilities, this would be a huge advantage over other tablets and make adam 2 the best.

  1710. People are just take advantage of NI being a start up company and Rohan being easily accessible (compared to anyone else in the industry).
    In the past preorders have been delayed by Nokia (N900, N8, N97 etc) for months also companies like HP (Slate). But no one can approach and complain to CEO of these companies.

    Guys, just understand Pre-orders are subjected to delays. If you cant take it, you should not have pre-ordered. You need to understand the difference between order and pre-order

  1713. +20

    If you have a complaint send it to pre order. The only thing you can do here is vent, speculate,and check for a new update. They aren’t listening to suggestions, because nothing much is changing…..I’m Hanging in there waiting for Adam. For me I’ve set a deadline If i have not received a shipped confirmation by the 18th of February I will look for a different device.

  1714. hak2005:
    > First of all I keep posting but they never get accepted? What is up with that.

    It was very brave of you to write such a long post not knowing whether it would get posted. WordPress is a bit suspicious and there doesn’t seem to be a real moderator who can approve things manually.

    I don’t think you’re right about the delay – the screen are not stock items, the factory has to tool up specially for them. When an emergency order comes through, then the factory has to finish up the current run of whatever it’s doing, retool, and start up again. This takes time.

    I also don’t think you’re right about the pixel qi screens. They have gotten very, very good notice from everywhere except here. I think that the problem with Adam is with the touchscreens which sit on top of the Pixel Qi screens. They degrade the Pixel Qi’s performance. The same touchscreens degrade the LCDs’ performance, too, presumably, but those are much less sensitive to performance degradation. This is something that NI could be working on.

    I agree totally that NI should be working on excellent hardware and stay out of the software. Eden is cute, but not necessary, and it’s a tremendous waste of resources. A

  1716. “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
    The alchemist, p. 141

    Rohan Never let the fear of failure get you.. go ahead with your dream. hard times are not always to stay.

  1717. Oh, now I know what happens if you hit the ENTER key prematurely.

    Well, as I was pontificating – A few special apps would be nice, but I agree with everything you say on that subject.

    Finally, I don’t know enough about India to pontificate about cultural differences, but I think that NI’s specific problems are specific to Rohan or, rather, common to extraordinarily brilliant people such as Rohan, namely a lack of social skills. Rohan doesn’t seem to be aware of his shortcomings in this area. I have some speculation here:
    “http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/1519-Liar-or-Bad-Communicator/page3”

  1718. observer:
    > “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”

    I pray that if you ever dream you can fly, that the window you jump out of will be low to the ground.

  1719. Joshua:
    > did you order? Did you receive? Do you like? Or are you canceling?

    I haven’t ordered, would therefore be surprised if I received, and have no intention of canceling.

    As I carefully explained a few pages back (I’m surprised that you didn’t see it among the thousands of ill-sorted messages; people shouldn’t be allowed to comment here until they’ve done a full-scale archeological survey), I almost pre-ordered, but was put off by the shoddiness of the terms (such as having to pay return shipping for a DOA unit). This has since been patched, but there’s too much haste for my taste, and I’m content to wait to see how things settle out.

    The flaws in the hardware, software, and customer service, haven’t been any worse than with every other tablet that’s ever been introduced, as far as I can tell, and I don’t care that much about the software.

  1722. I agree with you completely. He has an almost childish dream like quality. On one hand it has served him well and alowed him to achieve more than most people would ever dream of. BUT on the other hand I think his maturity level is not at a point where he knows his own limitations and the limitations of the fledgling company he is creating.

    I don’t think he means to lie, but he consistantly creates goals that are impossible to meet.

    All that aside, I think this one time he might actually be lieing. I don’t see it taking 2 weeks to produce a small number of damaged screens. His logic and explantion this time seemed disgenuine.

    I also agree with your genius almost autisc/OCD observations. He focuses on tiny details like the weather app and secret bonus features, but has let many important issues fall through like customer service, meeting crucial dates, etc etc etc….

    As someone said on that forum, it is indain culture to aim high at first, then get lazy half way through a project. I think that is also occuring…

    I also disagree with the pixel chi screens. I don’t think even the best adam’s with no damage have gotton good reviews on the pixel chi. They only serve their purpose in the brightest sunlight, but don’t offer enough contrast for reading indoors. I don’t think a small difference on the ADAM would degrade their quality as much as many have reported. Also, seems like they all have horrible black leves when the light is turned on. I have seen better reviews of the pixel chi on other products. Maybe the manufacturing process specific to the units going in the ADAM aren’t up to par.

  1725. So my Adam shipped the other day but is held up in Hong Kong due to the weather in NY. It will take an extra day or two.

    Rohan, I blame you. I thought with your Adam you can control the weather.

    It seems it’s always something.

  1726. @jared – I’m in NY, and we have the delightfully named “wintery mix” coming down (combination of snow, sleet, and rain).

    Anyway, Rohan was supposed to control the weather, but Adam is shipping without the much-ballyhooed weather app.

  1727. Guys it was called a pre-order after all. With an estimated delivery date. Shit happens. Ask notion ink for the money back if you don’t want to wait. If they don’t give you your money back then that’s a real problem. Think about it this way, if you were a new company, or the CEO of a company, and you end up in the same shoes as Rohan. What are your choices? You are damned if you do and your damned if you don’t. My point is that as early adopters of any new product or technology there are always some risks and some disadvantages. It comes with the territory. I for one hate waiting for anything, years ago when I didnt own a car rather than wait for a bus I would walk. When I bought a car, I told my dealer I am only buying if I can drive out of his showroom with it the same day and if I stand in a line for more than 30 mins I start foaming at the mouth. So knowing this I opted out of the Pre-order because I just wouldnt be able to take the wait and if there were any delays as there have been I would have gone postal. So I understand your pain and do sympathise, its not for NIs benefit I wrote my above post I was just trying to give you guys some hope. 🙂 Think about it this way, you guys still will get it longer before the rest of us do.

  1728. hak2005:
    > I also disagree with the pixel chi screens. …. I have seen better reviews of the pixel chi on other products. Maybe the manufacturing process specific to the units going in the ADAM aren’t up to par.

    Actually you agree about the pixel chi screens, although I might not have expressed myself well. Could be the Adam touchscreen degrade it, could be the mounting process in Adam isn’t so good (lots of reports of light leakage). I don’t know.

  1729. @Paul Schoe….

    You oversimplify the question. For many on here the question is not “Will the airline fly…” The question has become, “Will the flight crash and burn because of lack of attention to detail…”

  1730. @)oe( Thanks for reinventing the wheel.
    Check out the FAQ

    Surveys have been up for weeks…

    “http://nifaq.pbworks.com/w/page/34160024/4+–+PRE-ORDERS,+LAUNCH+and+ORDERING#DIDYOUPREORDERTAKEOURPOLL”

    Here’s a question which may put an end to all the speculation…
    Are the order numbers random or consecutive?

    We know they all start with NIO.

    Are the numbers after NIO based on model type or are they issued consecutively?

    We already know that based on time stamps some older orders are / were shipped before earlier orders. How about what the order numbers were?

    Find out the order number from one of the first to get an ADAM and compare it with your order number. If the numbers are issued consecutively we will be able to determine how may ADAMs were ordered and how many have actually shipped. right?

    Not that it makes any difference as to when you will actually get yours.

  1731. cx650t:
    > Are the order numbers random or consecutive?

    Rohan’s not a Nazi.

    In World War II, the allies were able to estimate German tank production by using serial numbers. Their own tanks were, of course, not numbered consecutively.

    I would imagine that Adam production is something that NI’s competitors would like to know but that NI would not want them to. And Rohan’s not a Nazi.

  1734. Hi guys,
    I am using kindle for ebook reading. Can any one who is in pride possession of Adam explain how Adam’s pixel Qi display compares to E ink pearl display? I am eagerly waiting to buy adam.

  1735. People in europe (especially Denmark).

    What are you buying for your ADAM, and where ?

    I myself am looking for
    an micro SD card (8 or 16 gb class 10)
    Tablet stand
    Sleeve

  1736. I wonder why I can’t post from home? That’s annoying I don’t have a lot of time to post from work. :/

  1737. I have made mention previously of the lies and deceit. The only thing NI can do to calm the crowd is possibly to ship the Adams with Honeycomb

    Now Google are having an event tomorrow to officially release Honeycomb while the SDK has been out for the last week and even ported to the Nook colour as well as a few other devices. Now it is quite clear that not too many people have received their devices and majority have been delayed. If the surprise gift could only be that Honeycomb comes pre-installed on the new device that would really blow everything out of the water and would really shock us all

    While this is unlikely and not possibly going to happen, I find myself trying to forget the hassles thus far, put the lies and deceit behind and look forward to receiving the Adam. I know that some chinese tablet makers were able to get gingerbread onto the devices quite quickly and Rohan and his team adjusted the Adam with some portion of Android 2.3 within 2 weeks.

    If only! Maybe its better to dream in this case when you are so frustrated by now!

  1738. Dear Mr. Rohan,
    I waited patiently for pre-ordering Adam but to no avail. You did not send me an email, though I had been following your blog and commented too. Now as you told that the second stage of pre-ordering is expected to be provided in the next few days i am waiting (im)patiently for an opportunity.
    May I know whether my mail ID is included in your next list?

  1739. Not only did NI delay pre-order 2, but they pre-poned the delay on pre-order 3 as well. Clearly, no one at NI has any idea how to run a business and therefore I am angry and belligerent. I demand you meet my unrealistic expectations! The Adam must be vaporware if I don’t get to order today!

  1740. We had CES, CNY and Valentine’s Day. If I need to prepare myself for the another delay, what’s the next big event / holiday after VD? The screens can be damaged with chocolate splashed all over during transportation.

  1741. I Thought someone here might be interested
    “http://www.slashgear.com/notion-ink-apps-ported-to-gtab-01129759/”

  1742. Another one
    “http://androidcommunity.com/notion-ink-customer-service-purposely-stalling-past-7-day-return-period-20110127/”

  1743. Good for you, shut up then from now on and go buy some iPad or other shit. Crybaby.

    Thiago

  1744. I am looking at this way! More the people cancel, higher the probability of me receiving the adam 😉 (based on the random choosing of the orders)

  1746. It’s interesting to see some still behaving like the Romans throwing the Christians to the lions. Unbelievable allmost 2000 years and the sme behavior, same mindset.

  1748. Honestly I am very excited to see that they are communication so frequently with this customer in this article. “http://androidcommunity.com/notion-ink-customer-service-purposely-stalling-past-7-day-return-period-20110127/” It seems as though there are some communication flaws in the direction of his difficulty, but it is evident that they are actually e-mailing back and forth. This is very different than my current experience with NI.

    his complaints have started within the 7 day window and if his device truly is defective, he should get a full refund, or at least a replacement with a fully functional device and then he can sell it on e-bay if he does not want it anymore. But this really does bring up my hopes about their willingness to communicate. I hope that it is all just a misunderstanding of communication and it gets resolved to where both parties are happy, especially since he contacted them as soon as he received his device. I would love to think that NI would not take to tactics that delay you out of your return period and not allow you to return a defective device… FYI I have had that happen to me by HP.

    My HP laptop’s Wifi went out within the warranty period and I contacted them to get it replaced and they made me do several diff things to trouble shoot it… long story short, I trouble shot until period was over and they refused the return. said it was out of warranty… Big companies do it too, sometimes worse.

  1749. I was going to write a big explanation for you all requesting PO2 and then in the middle of a 2 page type up I deleted all of it because I knew you wouldn’t read the posts anyhow to get your answer…

    PO2 has not occurred yet, no e-mails have been sent out, There will be an announcement before it happens… if you cant be patient now, you wont be patient when a delay occurs… maybe this isnt the device for you at this time… Hopefully some of you will read this.

  1750. @Rama Maganti

    I’m still trying to wrap my head around the notion of someone being a “hoax,” here in the world of screen names and avatars. But if you mean “gecko” (with a “c”) over there, I don’t agree about the writing style.

  1751. SORRY Guys but rohan is in love with the Golden Ratio. This 5.31% thing refers to the Middle finger, rohan is showing to all the followers of the Notion ink.

  1753. according to notioninkaddicts only 10 of 138 readers have received an Adam. I start to believe that there are only 25 shipped so far. This really starts to become a joke. HOW MANY HAVE BEEN SHIPPED ??

  1754. If those were his intentions you would have seen something along the lines of the second through eighth comments on this forum: “http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=434473”

  1755. Have you looked through ALL of the ELEVEN (11) pages?

    Are you pasting a link in your comments without putting quotes (“) around it?

  1757. We dont know what the numbers are. we can do all the polls we want and we will never know the truth from them. We dont know how many customers that ordered are bloggers, or not. I personally have never blogged before until I found NI. My dad never blogs, and he is the one that introduced me to NI. Many people just e-mail a company directly and never blog. The truth is we will never know and everyone here DOES NOT represent a majority of NI customers… Bloggers are a minority of general customers. They are just the most vocal, that why they are called bloggers.

  1758. Trying to make it so you will get sick of looking / scrolling to the end 🙂

    doesnt work though does it, just angers people and makes them more determined to find out what your trying to hide.

    @rohan change it back man

  1759. Perhaps we should all send some positive energy his way instead of all the negativity.

    Keep going NI!

    “Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.”

  1762. @Waqr. I could not find a rat. So rented a jack hammer and busted my basement floor!! Very therapeutic.. Then I realized I could just lay some pipes and make a sump system out of it!!

    Send positive energy to Rohan and his extended team..

  1763. Pre-order 2 will not happen until AFTER all Pre-order 1 people have RECEIVED their Adams.

  1764. Valid question though, “how many have shipped”

    Probably THE question most desired to receive an answer.

    Sincerely hope that 14th Feb will finally absolve NI and Rohan and that those shipped will be all we have hoped for.

    I know there are some waiting who cannot afford to lose $500-600 and I think NI do too.

  1765. @Joshua. You want an an Adam and a apology. You will not go wrong with the Adam as its a sound hardware. Look at it this way – if Eden tours out to be crappy.. you will still have a massively kickass Android tablet – which can run honeycomb too!!

  1768. @agnerbo – look at notion addicts for a post on a stand in europe from Travis. Finding that link in wordpress is like trying to find grass in the northeast this month.

  1769. @Albert – noticed your change in gravatar pic.. whats up with that? (sorry if you have answered previously.. I havent read all of the posts)

  1771. errr i didn’t know I was signed in here. I’ll look into that.. I hope that works, I been trying to post for a while!

    Thanks

    JD

  1772. It was resolved and Rambler’s refund was accepted. Please see the comments in that post.

  1774. or maybe to poke fun as they enjoy the advanced features of their toshiba’s.

    Paul it was unique in early 2010 but not now, the big players are catching up.

    and a little known chinese company have had a tablet produced with tegra 2 chip since late 2010 (beating adam)

    given the branded name of advent vega / Mobii tegra / point of view 10

    basic but cheap, and it already runs eden courtesy of XDA / modaco

  1776. LOL! I thought it’s only a matter of time before Hitler gets mad about this fiasco. Part 2 of this will be Hitler going ballistic in his office! That would be when he receives the Adam and finds out that it’s laggy, it’s very glossy, the screen is blotchy, it’s made of plastic, the FCC decal on the back is freakingly huge and the white sides are actually just stickers.

  1777. And of course, folks with a overinflated sense of entitlement think they deserve everything. You buy what is listed in the tech specs, not random long term speculation in a blog post from weeks or months ago. Whining about it solves what? If you don’t like it, you’re always free to buy a different device.

    Self righteous entitlement is usually what causes passionate creators to stop interacting with forums or blogs. Because no matter how hard you work, or how much blood and sweat you pour into a product, folks like I’m seeing respond here think somehow they have “earned” even more than what is _promised_ in the _technical specs_ on the main page.

  1781. That is probably correct. I think they will be much better prepared for the next round.

  1782. Because he wants too ?

    maybe he sees the writing on the wall, some of us are ! some are looking at it objectively, some are looking at it financially, if he was an eap maybe he has decided his time is better spent writing apps for a product that will sell in millions rather than hundreds.

  1783. Also (to make it easier) click on the button right above the comments here that says “Like.” This way, when you sign in, you will be able to select “Read posts I like” from the “My account” drop-down menu. That’ll get you right into this blog page very quickly.

  1785. This is an Ftp Link from a member of notionaddicts that is hosting a few dozen applications for the Adam. Looks like he keeps updating it every day. I was hoping to install many of them myself if i ever receive my adam. Sounds like you will getting yours soon, good to hear.

    “ftp://majjj.com/”

  1786. or more the people cancel the less money left to build adams, so the less chance of you or anyone in order 2 getting one 😦

  1788. Marc S:
    > You buy what is listed in the tech specs,

    Um this is from the “design / materials” page as of like right now:
    ” [A]ll of the Adam’s screen surfaces are made of pure matte glass that softens reflections under the brightest of lights, and prevents fingerprints.”

    Right, this isn’t the tech specs page, but it’s currently posted by NI on their site.

  1789. These are pics I took of a suture clinic I recently did. It is a pig’s foot. I hope it is not offensive. I didnt think it was. We had to cut gashes into the foot and then practice stitching it up… It just so happens to look like a face in the foot. Two punch biopsies for the eyes, a loose mattress stitch for the mouth and the hair is composed of a series of interrupted stitches. The top hair line was a huge inch wide gash that I used subcutaneous vertical mattress stitches to approximate the wound and then simple interrupted stitches to close it. I can’t wait until I am in surgery or an ER where I can do this stuff for real 😉

  1790. What I expect from my Adam:

    1. Movies …played with almost all formats
    2. Mp3….with a nice player
    3. Web browsing……flawless
    4. 3G and wi-fi…..no hassles
    5. Good memory…..Sdhc and portable hard drive supported
    6. Upgradable…..which is till now a Yes
    7. Quick office……..something close to MS version
    8. Long battery life…..after 8-10 months use
    9. Perfect touchscreen experience…..’close’ to ipad
    10.Video Calls……via skype
    11.Excellent build quality
    12.Perfect CUSTOMER Relations……(something like a bollywood movie- “Rocket singh-Salesman of the year”…….if anyone has seen it)

    I think the first 11 are on the spot
    Only improving 12th could make this whole experience a ‘dream’

  1793. the 14th is my last line in the sand. I’ve decided, despite my rage and belief that Rohan is flat out lying, to stick with it to the 14th.

    But I’ve already called the CC company and they said if there’s a problem then let them know and they will begin the process of getting my money back.

    I still think you’re a liar Rohan, and this is your very last chance. I have like 4 friends waiting for me to review this thing for them, and at my word they’ll all say fuck it and go buy a xoom or nook color.

  1794. Guys if you have something important to say .. find a forum and speak.. no one really listens here. And its really hard to follow. Join a forum and bitch together.. not all randomly in broken replies and out of order posts.

  1795. Please read all the comments.

    It’s NOT the delays. It’s the lies about the delays.

  1796. @proto-Dr Albert – Have you ever considered becoming a large-animal veterinarian? You seem to have a flair for that kind of work.

  1797. Gecko: Dr Albert – Have you ever considered becoming a large-animal veterinarian? You seem to have a flair for that kind of work.

    @Gecko- I thought that is what physicians were, no?

  1800. >Albert: I hope it is not offensive

    Yes it is offensive. Firstly there is no stuffing… You cant stick a pig up without stuffing. I don’t see any rub or sauce on it either. Vegetarians can go watch Anthony Bourdain.

  1801. Pixel Qi / WiFi shipped 1/30 Per TNT C.S. phone Conversation. delivery to home in FL Friday likely via FedEx.

  1804. I understand what you are saying about the blind following but I am not sure it applies. Adam does exist and if the initial ordering had not been so horrendously messed up I think there would be a very different tone. I’m sure there would be complaints but it would be about the tech issues rather than charges of Rohan being a scammer. Things have come too far to be called a scammer. At this point I would have to label him a CEO who simply was blindsided about the realities of starting up a tech company. Bad businessman yes. Scammer no.

  1806. And what about preorder3, preorder4 and preorder5 ?

    Can anybody tell me what’s the reason for another preorder phase? When will Adam 1 become a marketable product?

  1807. One thing good about this delay is that it gave me time to change the model. I ordered for pixel qi before with 3g and wifi. Now i have changed it to lcd version. One way this delay was helpful. I also saved some money from this change.

  1808. Don’t you understand the frustration? It’s not the additional delay. They don’t believe any more in Rohan because of his communication catastrophy!

  1810. @gecko

    in my small brain … success only comes to those to do it … those that think it often think too much … as the much quoted mentor of many says “No! Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.” or as victor hugo would say:

    “A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.” in this case … we (not me) the blog need more visible labor.

  1811. I don’t know if anyone else remembers this, but when I entered my pre-order after about 5 or 6 hours of trying when I finally got in and the very first date I was shown for EST. shipping was the Jan 15 – 22 time frame. Some time later, perhaps the next day I was delighted to see my order was moved to Jan 9th. I believe that its possible and probable that many others who got in late in the pre-order hierarchy were first given that 15-22nd date and then later advanced to Jan 9.
    So for me, to be totally fair to NI, for me anyway I am receiving my adam on Feb 4th (per TNT) which would make it less than 2 weeks from the outside date I was originally issued. Now for those who were delayed, of course it stinks. Had I been pushed to Feb 14 then I would be getting my tablet about 1 month after my orig scheduled ship date. Not great but not terrible, considering all the factors involved.
    I’ve wait longer than that to get a package from Canada to me here in FL.
    Just sayin.

  1812. @Subs,

    Your mother gave you a funny name, XYZ.

    If only it was XYZZY you could magically move yourself from the cave to the woods near the house anytime you wanted to.

  1813. Same here. Not the personal email from Rohan (don’t worry Rohan I’m not asking for one), but I did change out my PQ for an LCD. Received a response the next day and the difference refunded (from NI’s side so far).

  1814. Cost of Adam – $425
    Cost of added Pixel Qi Screen – $75
    Cost of adding 3G – $50

    Cost of canceling my order – $30

    Cost of not worrying anymore if I should have bought the Adam…..

    PRICELESS

  1815. Apples to oranges. What’s your point? That’s not a technical spec. THat’s a material spec. Are you trying to make some obscure point that something from the official product site, since it’s not part of the “tech specs” page is less valid? I believe I was making a point that nitpicking blog entries for “feature promises” by whiny webizens is not the same thing as getting a product that promises things on their official site and end up not having it.. Which, to my knowledge, isn’t the case, is it? Or are you saying that it doesn’t use matte glass?

  1816. And, as an omission “All of the screen surfaces” is the actual site quote, not the entire device. Slightly different there, but by omission, you seemed to be implying something promised wasn’t delivered. So if that’s your point, thank you for confirming my comments.

  1817. Same here, I emailed support last night. Received a response this morning and the difference refunded (from NI’s side so far).

  1820. @Gecko
    @Phillip
    +10

    No 🙂 and also no 😉 and while we’re at it, absolutely no 😀

    Ok

    [:)

    That was me borrowing Marc’s hat again.

  1821. Quick update….I canceled my order on Jan 25th. I just received the credit to my account on Jan 31 via CCAvenue. One week, not bad. I was told by NI that it could take much longer, and was about to call my CC company to have them open a ticket on the issue. I will give NI credit for taking care of the cancellation in a timely fashion….too bad that is all they have done in a timely fashion.

  1822. I liked it better when we could nest comments up to 8 or 9 levels, and its not good enough to say that it breaks wordpress because wordpress does a good job of breaking itself, and furthermore I don’t know that Rohan has “deliberately changed the order of the comments in wordpress to try hide something or make people more angry”. If you are holding this opinion, please grow up. Otherwise I am taking my bat and ball and going home and nah nah na nah nahh you caaaan’t have it.

    Oh yeah, and 🙂

  1823. Well just checked and my adam is in town. Arrived at 5:30 with custom so I am expecting a delivery at home sometime today. 🙂

    Happy to give feedback as soon as I get my hand on my adam. It may not be perfect but it will be here and for me to work through the issues with the community that started this trip with the right idea, to see a different perspective to what you can do. And over time it will all improve but it will have made a difference to myself and the people who look to me for a view of whether to purchase or wait.

    Unless some of you here think that I am going to mislead my own friends? I will do what I always do as probably does Rohan. The best we can with the knowledge and information we have at hand. 🙂 Next report from my adam 🙂

  1824. Just to clarify, Gecko I don’t think you hold this opinion about the order of wordpress comments being a deliberately antagonistic ploy of Rohan’s, I just got started on it and I’m enjoying commenting at this place in the blog. It feels safe somehow, snuggled cooly in the reptilian embrace of padded feet.

    +11

    &:)
    That’s me having a bad hair day because I’m not wearing Marc’s hat at the moment.

  1825. Everyone takes the money up front, its just a matter of degree. 🙂 lol

    Try take the good without paying up front.

  1826. You should never criticise someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes…

    … then, when you criticise them, you will at least be a mile away… and… have their shoes.

    🙂

  1827. Phillip:
    > Gecko I don’t think you hold this opinion about the order of wordpress comments being a deliberately antagonistic ploy of Rohan’s

    I don’t think so, either.

  1829. Sorry,

    I heard that quoted on “QI” and instantly thought of this blog for some reason. I thought i’d try and lighten the mood here by sharing it with you all. Just suddenly realised that it might be taken as a mocking notion so i just want to clarify that my intentions for posting it were purely for humour 🙂

  1830. My apologies in advance, as there seems to be a number of sensitive people on this forum.

    Boy, you have a lot to say Jason. Do you ever give it a rest?

    By the way my adam arrived today. 🙂 At no stage have I received any correspondence to indicate otherwise, I have been fully aware that there would be issues. If you go back over the forum there are plenty of nay sayer and doom watchers and conspiratorial theory’s about Rohan and NI. They were saying even back in Feb last year that NI would not last.

    Well they are still here and I will be another of their customers to have their adam.

    The difference between the like of me and you is that I took responsibility for my choice for bad or worse. Yes it was a gamble and I could have ended up with a bill and no tablet but as I have stated before the tablet is just part of what I was buying. I was excited about what Rohan was saying and his ideas. I want to be a part of that and he has given all of us that opportunity. I also realise that he is young and still learn but boy he is very forward thinking and I like that.

    If you feel you were lead astray I feel sorry for you as there has been countless people posting on this forum about doom and gloom and that it will all fail. And in their eye as in your eyes Rohan has failed but failure is to stop trying and what I see is Rohan constantly working to succeed. So in my books he has not failed he is succeeding and will succeed so long as he keeps trying.

    So you really can’t say that this sort of thing was not expected. From the amount of postings I see of yours you have been on this forum for quite a while. So don’t you read or are you just complaining for the sake of complaining?

    Give it a rest and find some other band wagon to join.

    We have hear your concerns and accusations, they have been noted so why don’t you just drop it and find something else to complain about.

  1831. Thank god that the Wright Brothers has dreams of flying or my adam would have taken for ever to arrive. It was flown in at 5:30am today 🙂

  1832. That’s not a teaser, I was not teased in anyway. That should be called an “annoyer”, not a teaser.

    All Motorola did was say “We wish we was more like them apple peoples, lookahere at us, wez gots nothing to say but wishin we did.”

  1833. I feel sorry for you, yes you did it you put it up NI. but you won’t have an adam and you will just have to put up with second best. 🙂 lol

  1834. I hopefully will be able to tell you that tomorrow after getting my adam today. 🙂

  1835. Its ok, they just shipped my adam a few days ago and guess what, it here in the city and hoping to have it in my hand this afternoon. 🙂

  1836. There must be something worth while for people wanting to port it to other devices. Not a bad marketing tool. 🙂

  1837. @Marc S

    Your comments are very heated and winding but I’m having trouble figuring them out. I don’t care about your self-righteous rant against self-righteousness, so I’ll let that drop.

    crrrrrrrrrrrrrack

    Uh oh, it shattered and seems to have left sharp little bits all over, and they’re making a mess of everything, specifically of your prose.

    Marc S:
    > I believe I was making a point that nitpicking blog entries for “feature promises” by whiny webizens is not the same thing as getting a product that promises things on their official site and end up not having it..

    Well, this is interesting, but it doesn’t say anything about NI, and it’s a side issue, so let’s get sidetracked here. The back trackpad, which was a major feature of several of Rohan’s video presentations and blog entries, was dropped without notice. These videos and blog entries are, of course, still easily available, so maybe some people didn’t notice it was dropped (it’s easier to notice something added that something left out). It’s curious that you exercise your wrath on these people, calling them names, and blaming them for Rohan’s lack of communication here. Very curious.

    However, as I said, a side issue. Here’s where I can’t follow you.

    I quoted the NI website:
    ” [A]ll of the Adam’s screen surfaces are made of pure matte glass that softens reflections under the brightest of lights, and prevents fingerprints.”

    Then you responded:
    > And, as an omission “All of the screen surfaces” is the actual site quote, not the entire device. Slightly different there, but by omission, you seemed to be implying something promised wasn’t delivered.

    I can’t figure out what I’m supposed to have omitted.

    You also wrote:
    >getting a product that promises things on their official site and end up not having it.. Which, to my knowledge, isn’t the case, is it?

    which seems to be contradicted by:
    .> you seemed to be implying something promised wasn’t delivered. So if that’s your point, thank you for confirming my comments.

    As far as I can make out, you both don’t agree AND agree that something is promised on the site but not delivered.

    You also wrote:
    > Are you trying to make some obscure point that something from the official product site, since it’s not part of the “tech specs” page is less valid?

    No, you were the one that said people should buy from the tech specs page. I was making the point that that’s way too narrow. You seem to agree with me.

    So, I’m happy to argue with you or agree with you, but it’s really exhausting doing both things at once. I don’t like to give advice on prose style, but I seriously urge you, next time you write a long message, to have about six beers and take a nice long whiz before you read it over very slowly (it’s ok if you move your lips) to see if it coheres before you post it.

  1838. I doubt there are many people that got to pre-order that didn’t follow the blog. It was open for such a short period of time that if you blinked you missed it.

  1839. Few things here, Honeycomb was NOT ported to the Nook, you need to read the whole article, parts are working, parts are not, and he gives a very big warning that it is alpha software, be very carefull.

    There are no Chinese makers with working ginderbread tablets that are shipping, the closest I have seen is the ZT-180, and it is listed as pre-order right now for Android 2.2, they don’t list anything for 2.3.

  1840. marcdimmick:
    > Boy, you have a lot to say Jason. Do you ever give it a rest?

    and then:
    >Give it a rest and find some other band wagon to join

    Marc, you keep saying this, and at great length, too. You also keep saying things like this:

    > The difference between the like of me and you is that I took responsibility for my choice for bad or worse.

    Also at great length. Over and over again. And at great length. Over and over again.

    There’s an interesting concept called “leading by example.” I don’t do it much myself, otherwise there would be a lot more reptiles here in the blog comments, but you’re sounding like an obese man stuffing his face with chocolate cake while telling someone else to cut down on the calories.

    (Confession: I’m not that fond of chocolate cake unless there’s something else in it – raspberries or hazelnuts, maybe. I’m just using this as an example.)

  1841. Philip:
    > That should be called an “annoyer”, not a teaser.

    Agreed – it’s like the inaccurately named “coming attractions” in movie theaters which are more usually “coming repulsions.”

  1842. @Hermann – how long was gmail in beta? Something like 5 years? Adam can pre-order for several years and still be ahead of Google.

  1843. Possibly the person has changed something on their profile and using the same email, wordpress seams to have a concern and it automatically goes to moderate. It took me 3-4 days before I got off moderation.

  1844. Count me in, I just got notice that it has arrive in town so hoping to having it this afternoon 🙂

  1845. mark mullins:
    > success only comes to those to do it …
    those that think it often think too much

    These lines scan nicely as blank verse, and putting them in verse form points out the ambiguity of “often” (it can go with the preceding or the following words)

    Anyway –

    Thinking’s not the problem, doing is,
    For doing, action not alone suffices,
    But sensibility of what’s been done,
    Eyes to see your errors, ears to hear.
    Cleverness is good, enthusiasm
    necessary, but they’re not enough.
    Untempered by maturity or wisdom,
    a doing’s but an unreflected mirror

    Needless to say, I won’t be giving up my day job for poetry. (How many syllables in “enthusiasm,” anyway?)

  1846. So my saga started in February of 2010. I came across the Adam and started following the blog. I LOVED the fact that CEO would post here. I thought that was great. I posted a few times over the months and was fortunate enough to be home when the pre-order email arrived. I pulled it out of spam folder, polished up the Visa card held my nose and ordered away!

    To my pleasure, I was part of the January 9th group that WASN’T delayed. I spent the next 3 weeks talking up the pad to all who listen. I took on Apple fanatics and spoke my mind about Steve Jobs ring-fence, monetization strategy of his clients. I even bragged to the CIO of a 5,000 person firm who loves Apple products. I told him the Adam was a game changer. And I yearned for the day my Adam would arrive.

    I travel a lot for my job and of course my Adam arrived 3 hours after I departed on a 2 day business trip. Soon after my arrival home I opened my Adam with eager anticipation.

    The first thing I noticed is that the box it was shipped in was surprisingly under-protected. No bubble wrap, no box-in-a-box-in-a-box. Just the Adam box, inside a pretty tight shipping box with a couple pieces of handcut foam to keep it from moving around. (-1).

    Upon opening the box, I was somewhat impressed with the design of the box itself. Not as elegant as Apple, but in line with other products like Ooma. (+1).

    I hurriedly lifted Adam out of his box and hit the power button….nothing. Hmmm, so I tried again and this time it started up. Upon boot up I couldn’t help but notice the pixelization of the Adam letters on the boot up logo. Not smooth curves, but jaggedy little edges (-1). Maybe a PQi issue?

    Adam felt light (good) but yet somehow fragile at the same time (bad). The Genesis UI was pretty confusing. I tried pretty much for 2 hours to figure out how to best use the touch screen with the 4 side buttons. I never really got the hang of it. And I will be damned if I am going to re-watch Rohan’s demo videos to see “how it is done”.

    If the learning curve of a UI is so steep it needs instructional videos,then it is poorly designed UI. Sorry Genesis, but you are not ready for release yet.

    Tried the Adam update process with the de-bricking instructions handy, just in case. No bricking (yeah) but did it really update? I was not sure, it gave me no feedback that it was actually updated.

    That kind of “no feedback supplied” in a UI really bugs me! It just leaves too many questions in the mind of the user, ie…did it work? Did I not push hard enough? WTF just happened, if anything? And there plenty more times that occurred for me when using Genesis.

    The PQI touch screen was just a tad bit laggy. Not real bad, but enough to seem deficient versus an iPad. (I own an iPad and I hate iTunes, ATT and the lack of connection ports, hence my fascination with the Adam).

    The browser was fast, but I never got the hang of the tabs or “mini ribbons”. I tried about a dozen times and it always seemed that I was pushing the wrong “mini ribbon”.

    The status bar is really placed in a bad spot and often cuts of the very top of the screen. Yeah, you can shrink it, but why should I have to?

    I was about 72 hours away form rooting it with the help of my brother and his Android skillz, which are extensive. But I figured I would throw it up on eBay and see what happens. And guess what? Someone ponied up nicely for it and I was done with Adam. I boxed him, with some extra protection and mailed him off to his new owner

    I then came to his blog a few days later and learned that Adam shipping had been delayed yet again. Rats! Given this, I really thought I sold my Adam for too little money. I should have asked more, as some other sellers are getting a pretty nice price for Adam ($800 – $1150).

    So all in all, I still like the Adam idea, but Genesis was a huge disappointment for me. I didn’t really expect an Apple like experience, just a NEAR-Apple like experience. Instead, I got something pretty different form either of those. : (.

    So hopefully the new Adam owner has the time to fiddle and tweak Adam so he is up to the Apple challenge. I for one do NOT have that kind of time. In fact, I am writing this post on a plane during a business trip!

    Good luck Ro, NI and Adam. I WANT you guys to succeed, but Adam and I were just not a great match for each other.

  1847. BetnEddie:
    > I’ve wait longer than that to get a package from Canada to me here in FL.

    That’s because China is a real place; Canada is only mythical. Proof: There are many Chinese restaurants in New York, but no Canadian ones.

    (actually, there’s a place that sells poutine, for some reason, but that’s Qubecois, not Canadian)

  1849. I agree, lots of you guys are hot on the PQ, but many are not and those getting the PQ screen are disappointed.

  1850. Just noticed there are 7 Adams for sale on Ebay…. and there are quite a few bids for them.

  1852. Here’s the sequel. I think the Panasonic rant is much better. Also Hitler’s last sentence should have been….”I guess I have to cancel my order now and wait for the Xoom.”

  1853. Prantha, do you think that is a good business practice? The customer is the king, and if you do not treat them like one, that is the biggest mistake that any business can make. There is absolutely no excuse in not keeping the customer updated, all the time.

  1854. just read this review from an XDA person:”http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=935132″ very fair and balanced- shows pros and cons of adam.

    best part of review that I wanted to share with everyone”Do I regret buying the Adam ? No I do not, the Adam is a great tablet.
    Would I prefer the Xoom over the Adam ? I wont pay $700 for a barometer, but … I wouldn’t mind having the quality of its screen. Also I had Motorola equipments before and my experience was bad.. not with 1 but more than 4..”

  1855. you mean people are not being swayed by the negativity and still want the adam?

  1856. It has been release by customers and is on its way. 🙂 I am not excited, do you think I could fool you. 🙂

  1857. Hmmm…I won’t say that I will never buy another Notion Ink product, but I probably will never preorder any product from any company ever again….

  1858. Thomas Lyons:
    > I probably will never preorder any product from any company ever again….

    Yeah, pre-orders are like this, but tablets are like this, as well. Every tablet I can find that’s ever been released has had problems at first.

  1859. AlbertWertz:
    > you mean people are not being swayed by the negativity

    here are some commas; you should use them as needed: ,,,,,,,,,

    At first I thought you were calling people “mean”

  1861. lol, I have always had a problem with commas. I was behind in english in Jr high and took AP english in high school. When I got to college, I just took the clep test. I guess it is evident… good thing no one will be able to read my handwriting as a physician 😉

  1862. My adam seems to be stuck in Hong Kong for two days now, anyone elses adam stuck in transit in Hong Kong?

  1863. Yes, the “gift” could be Honeycomb pre-installed…

    What else can NI do during this two weeks delay?

  1864. After I ordered my iPad in Australia, I had to wait another 6 weeks. Interesting that people from the Apple/iPad camp were happy to have a note on the web site saying something like “Delivery late April” that got changed, but when a company like Notion Ink try and actually give you real information, and update you when it changes (instead of secrets) that people get even more upset.

    No good deed goes unpunished.

  1865. @hafdolla, I noticed that you ordered Adam 2 minutes earlier than jared…. But then, you are the one who get the delay…

  1866. @Sovereign John said, on February 1, 2011 at 00:09

    John, what happened to your website? It was interesting. Bring it back.

  1867. @gecko

    Oops. I thought I had my Bo Diddley avatar on.

    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAGoqMZRLB4”

  1869. So, I’m starting to think the Forum should not be seen as a side project, but rather a priority. At the rate of comments this post has gone, this will become a reason to turn off people who are just getting acquainted with the product are exposed to what may or may not be the most objective comment replies (some are, some aren’t). I don’t think censoring is the solution, but rather segmented locations where an informed customer can view complaints, features, improvements and form his own opinion rather than seeing just a MASSIVE string of negative emotions… (NOTE: I’m not saying they aren’t valid emotions, but to someone reading these comments the first time around is awful)

    Also I think this affects all of us, all this negative vibe. For most of us that still want notion ink to succeed, destructive criticism is not productive. I guess if you want the company to fail, well then that’s alright with you.

    The fact is that overall, at the very least the hardware is good and has plenty of potential. The damaged screens seem to be more of a logistics problem than a conceptual problem with the product. It stinks but as far as i’m concerned none of us know why the screens were damaged. I’m glad that Rohan didn’t take the risk of assuming which were ok, shipping a bad product, in my opinion is worst than not shipping at all.

    Anyway, cheers all!

  1870. I can still remember those days when this blog was a great meeting place of interesting individuals and NI enthusiasts who used to eagerly wait for the update from Rohan. Everybody would speculate about the features or would urge Rohan to include their favorite feature into Adam. Times have changed and sadly the way people used to interact and put forward their views in this blog has changed drastically. But the things that remain the same are the threats to quit or to buy another tablet! Previously it used to be a threat to Rohan to post the release date, now it has become a tool to threaten Rohan to ship the product.
    I believe most of the people who ordered their Adam did so after following this blog for a long period of time and the things that kept all of us glued and made us hope to order Adam for ourselves are openness/ humility of Rohan, accessibility to the CEO of a company and the desire of a product whose hardware and software combination were unmatched. I believe most of these things have not changed till date.
    So I would urge all the commenter and NI enthusiasts to have little more patience and support NI in their hour of crisis because it is you who have made what NI is today.

  1871. Albert I agree with your statement totally. You can bet those that are unhappy are more likely to make a statement on a blog. I spend a little time at Notion Addicts forum and the cancellation cry is high. A lot of unhappy campers over there. So my conclusion is this blog is about as useless as tits on a boar hog in determining what is really going on.

    A Notion Ink is in about the same shame in area of communication.

  1872. @Paul
    +1
    “I believe that the airline will fly, and I want to go to this destination that nobody else offers, so I will buy a ticket.” Well said.

  1876. The eagle has landed :), sorry I mean the adam has landed and I am about 1.5hrs away from heading home to open the box. 🙂 Yahoooo…

  1878. Oh, Phillip, are you okay??? Last time you posted a whole bunch in a row, you just had surgery … I was going to add a smiley to that for you just in case, but didn’t want to upset a recuperating (we hope) Gecko …

  1880. Saw one of those “coming attractions” of “coming repulsions” today … Gnomeo & Juliet …

  1881. Just worked out that from the Shipped date to receipt by my son at home took just over 3.5 days from China to Perth, Western Australia. Cool, 35 mins before I head home. 🙂

  1882. We can make the change to the forum but posting those positive comments and engaging in some adult conversations about the device. 🙂 Wouldn’t that be a change, happy to kick things off. I will be home very soon and will start to assess my own adam. So what apps should I look to install and use. Lets change the downward spiral and start changing the direction.

    And before anyone response negatively we have heard it all already so change the record please.

  1883. Meanwhile the Eden is being ported to the Viewsonic GTab for those seeking an alternative custom ROM to boost speed and improve user interface of the Viewsonic GTab.. Developers at XDA have successfully ported over a portion of Notion Ink ‘s Eden firmware and Intel will spend over 1 billion in the failure of their new Atom chip. Samsung has started refunding on pc’s with the faulty chipset. I am still looking for where the victims are venting.

  1886. Mr Marcdimmick aka “”(quote police) 🙂 Congos. Great to listen the news. And i hope a lots of pics and if possible a video from you . ENjoy your adam.

  1887. @ Gecko, love the chocolate cake. 🙂

    So whats your position, are you waiting for an order to arrive? or are you waiting to place an order? Any recommendations as to apps and use.

    What do you believe will happen is NI here to stay or just a flash in the pan?

    Look forward to your response, I will go and look for the chocolate cake with strawberries and cream. 🙂

  1889. I have noticed that sometime there is a Reply link to some comment but not others, it this always the case? and lately no matter where I enter a comment it turns up in all different spots.?

  1890. yes. Depends on the level( threading) the comment is posted. ANd Marc you should follow kam list of apps, he has posted twice or thrice in this blog .
    This is a link for rooting and restoring adam as posted by kam.
    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Krv-ugZ4jI&feature=player_embedded”
    Enjoy your adam 🙂

  1891. Btw i would also like to know what is launcherpro. How to install it on adam. @Kam if you reading this post please make a video and post it also regarding launcherpro. Or any fellow mate can help for that matter 🙂

  1893. @gecko
    Sorry gecko! Oops… We aren’t supposed to apologise on this blog isn’t it? It goes against the norm. Anyway I was a bit distracted by something when I made the comment. I don’t think I was thinking. You are indeed the gecko we all know on Notionaddicts forum. Why the change in colour? Is it anything to do with envy? Here we see your playful infant side (aren’t young lizards supposed to be white when they are born and young) and on Notionaddicts you appear quite serious, more workman like.

    You mentioned you bought an oscilloscope instead of an adam in one of your earlier comments. Was it for home use (if so the use case?) or was it for the lab?

    So you are a New Yorker. I was there in Oct 2010 for the first time. If I knew then, could have asked you for advise on what places to visit? Would have got a typical reptilian response I guess. Bronx Zoo???

  1894. AMEX is really savvy with customers. If your unit comes defective they warranty any purchase you used your AMEX for, so you are still protected.

  1895. found this on notioninkaddicts.

    You think Adam pre-order was bad? FLASH: iPhone 4 pre-order is a total disaster!

    The reason for the long lines, however, is AT&T’s ordering system. Readers in the comments are reporting that the systems are collapsed everywhere. Here’s what our own Kyle VanHemert had to endure this morning:

    They’re just using some web interface, not the exact same customers are using online, but not much better. It’s probably the same servers. Basically, they were getting one pre-order thru every 20 minutes. They said the problem was system wide. Here’s how it worked: They just kept mashing on the ‘submit’ button and getting error after error. On the umpteenth try, it’d go through and then the next step, whatever that was, would get error after error. After a long time, it would finally go through. What’s worse is that the first step of the process reups your 2 year contract, so you can’t walk away if you get fed up. I had to stick around until it went through, or i’d have a new contract but no subsidized phone.

    Update 1: Apple’s processing system seems to be collapsed too. The reason: The iPhone upgrades depend on AT&T account server.

    Update 2: Some readers are reporting security breaches while trying to access their accounts online. At least two people have ended inside other people’s accounts:

    Update 3: Reader Bryan Tipton says that AT&T has taken down its system completely, presumably to avoid the security errors and the frustrating experience.

    Update 4: Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse, reader Jonathan Alvarez reports that AT&T stores are not processing orders right now, just taking credit cards and phone numbers.

    Update 5: Apple’s online store is also collapsing. This morning a reader reported that the whole shop—not only for iPhone—was “crapping out.” Numerous readers are reporting that the iPhone pre-order process is still collapsed:

    Update 6: People are reporting success at Best Buy stores. Apparently, they are not using AT&T live servers, but their own ordering system even if you are upgrading an existing account. Most probably they will use a batch process later in the day, to run all order through AT&T servers. Not a bad idea when you need to deal with massive transactions.

    Update 7: Horror tales keep coming in. A reader reports a purchase process that took almost three hours, and how the AT&T store started to imprint credit card slips and processing orders “on pen and paper.”

    Update 8: The Apple pick-up reservation seems to be screwed for some readers too, like Mateen Alinaghi:

    Update 9: Other readers are reporting entire AT&T stores closing down because of this:

    Update 10: A reader is reporting that, after the system said the order was successful, he received an email from AT&T saying the order was cancelled because of an error:

    From: Jason Kirkpatrick
    Subject: Fwd: Your att.com order 6805923333 has been canceled
    Date: June 15, 2010 1:05:52 PM EDT
    To: Jesus Diaz

    Here’s a good one for you to print. Thought my order was all taken care of from earlier in the day (around 10:40 AM EST), turns out I was wrong…

    ————— Forwarded message —————
    From: AT&T Order Updates
    Date: Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:01 PM
    Subject: Your att.com order 6805923333 has been canceled
    To: jasonku80@gmail.com

    Dear JASON KIRKPATRICK,

    Thank you for choosing AT&T.

    Unfortunately, we were either unable to verify the information you provided or you have exceeded the number of lines of service that we allow customers to purchase online. As a result, your order has been canceled.

    If you would like to purchase additional lines of service, please visit one of our AT&T retail locations and present your identification to our representatives. They will be happy to help you purchase new wireless devices, accessories, and service.

    Go to att.com/storelocator to find a store near you.

    We apologize for the inconvenience and look forward to serving you.

    Thank you.

    AT&T

    Update 11: It keeps getting worserer. Because of the system errors, now a reader is reporting that he has been charged $300 three times, got a new 2-year contract, and he’s getting no new iPhone 4, according to an AT&T automated error mail:

    From: Matthew Kletti
    Subject: iphone charged 3x, no phone and new 2 year contract….wtf
    Date: June 15, 2010 1:08:29 PM EDT
    To: Jesus Diaz

    Jesus,

    I tried pre-ordering from the att site this morning about 5:50 am cst. I ordered 3 times because the connection timed-out when submitted the payment. Assuming payment was not accepted. Now my CC was billed $300 3 TIMES and According to the ATT site I cannot upgrade to an iphone or any phone till Feb 2nd of 2012…. wtf?

    Update 12: Some readers are reporting success through the new iPhone Apple Store app, but the confirmation show that they are pre-ordering the $699 iPhone, not the upgrade-priced one. This problem seems to be caused by the lack of connection to the AT&T servers.

    Update 13: Reader Adam Coleman is reporting that he had no problems ordering, but AT&T says his iPhone 4 is no backordered 2 to 3 weeks:

    Update 14: Some readers are reporting success in ordering from Apple. At this time (3:33PM EDT) nobody in Gizmodo can access the AT&T eligibility page.

    Update 15: Major update: Exclusive: iPhone 4 order security breach exposes private information.

    Update 16: Some readers, like Ashley Conne, are reporting problems ordering the iPhone 4 with the new Apple Store App.

    Update 17: Several readers are still sending emails detailing different horror stories and error messages on AT&T website.
    Update 18: Readers are writing in to say that the iPhone is now backordered.

    From: Henry Bernstein
    Subject: http://gizmodo.com/5563909/apple-iph…total-disaster
    Date: June 15, 2010 5:03:58 PM EDT
    To: Jesus Diaz

    Dear Gizmodo,

    Placed my pre-order for my 32gb iPhone this morning through AT&T’s Website. I checked the order status after i found out about all the problems and it is listed as backordered. Not sure if it is listed this on purpose because it is a pre-order or if it will actually be on backorder on the 24th.

    Thanks,
    Henry Bernstein

    Update 19: The problems are not only AT&T and Apple’s. Some readers are reporting horror stories at Radio Shack. Apparently, orders are not going through, so you better check twice if you have used them to order your iPhone 4.

    From: Jason Sewell
    Subject: http://gizmodo.com/5563909/apple-iph…total-disaster
    Date: June 15, 2010 3:54:28 PM EDT
    To: Jesus Diaz

    Jesus,

    Went to the local Radio Shack in Springfield, Virginia to try to take
    advantage of their $200 trade-in credit on existing iPhone 3GS’s. I
    was about fifth in line, and as the clerk was completing the
    transaction, she suddenly realized that not only did my order fail to
    go through, it had failed on all of the other customers in front on
    my, who where now long gone, but who where under the impression that
    they had successfully pre-ordered.

    Chaos ensued, with phone calls to corporate, reports of “sold out”
    iPhones, and a bunch of angry customers. The clerk finally wrote down
    all my information on a slip of paper and promised to enter it later
    and call me to confirm. Still awaiting that phone call.

    Jason Sewell

    Update 20: Several readers are reporting that Apple is no longer giving a price on the reserve confirmation email. Now it just says the model number. This has probably been a change make the process independent from AT&T’s troubled computers

    Update 21: At this point, the whole pre-order process seems to be completely up in the air: Orders that have not been truly processed, reservations that actually don’t reserve anything, and the last one: Reservations with no names. That’s what reader Justin Ng tells us:

    From: Justin Ng
    Subject: Re: Finally pre-ordered iphone 4
    Date: June 15, 2010 5:04:45 PM EDT
    To: Jesus Diaz

    Two friends successfully did it with the “add a new line” on the website, but he pointed out that it didn’t ask for his name. Apparently you don’t even need a name? How are they going to pick up their pre-ordered phones if Apple doesn’t know who they are?

    Knowing the interest in every new Apple iPhone, and knowing that there are millions of people eligible for this—admittedly very attractive upgrade—how could this be? How could AT&T not expect this kind of massive load on their servers? Perhaps they used the same prediction software they use to plan their cellular network.

  1896. Hi and bye NI,

    Sorry, but the waiting has been too long. We’ve been waiting for PO2 since weeks (as far as I’m concerned, since the day when I couldn’t preorder with my mastercard), and I’m thru with counting the days since you told that it was “soon”. I’m buying another tablet.

  1899. I don’t think anyone in India has yet received (Except Rohan Shravan himself).

    * What I would like to know is whether import duty will be charged or not..if yes then how much..

    Secondly I was please with Customer support on Email.

    1) They were ready to cancel my pixel QI Order if needed.
    2) They were ready to replace Pixel Qi with LCD if needed
    3) They told me that management has decided to include a gift for everyone including those in “15 Fe 2011” Batch along with 14-feb-2011 batch.

    Overall response was good and I have also read that they are not charging any cancellation fees which is good gesture.

    🙂

  1900. @ Rohan, I’m sure in one way or the other you’re sifting through our posts.
    I understand what’s going on with the delays and the pressures. We chose to preorder (although I didn’t get that family email 🙂 ).
    I have been going through my electrical gadgets and I have just made a very intriguing discovery. About 75% of them have no FCC codes!!! The dell studio laptop I am posting from is one good example. My PS3,Wii, PSP, Plasma Tv, home theatre system,Wii balance board, PS3 and Wii controllers all have NO FCC codes.
    Could you please share the reason behind why those of us in the UK/EEA had to wait for something we don’t need?

  1901. @Himanshu – You can see Launcher Pro on adam in this video.

    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShU2oEhy7O0&feature=player_embedded”

  1902. @Himanshu

    When you Google on Launcherpro, you see the website, there you see how simple its is , what it can and how it looks.
    In general with Androide software, when you use your camera then you let your camera look at the barcode on the site, download starts and installation is automatic, that is Androide, Mr Jobs must learn a lot when you see this working, the first time you see this proces you flip out…….

  1903. hopefully I’ll be able to order a PQ, WiFi, 3G in the next round … I really need a new tech toy 🙂

  1904. Hey Amit, I am from Jaipur. I could not arrange credit card in time to order pixel qi. so ordered LCD version.
    I got a mail 3 days ago saying that Adam has shipped and status also turned into Shipped on the 30th jan evening.
    but neither i got any mail from any courier service nor any shipping details from NI even after mailing them twice.

    Have you got the shipping information?
    it has become very hard task to search comments in the blog now.
    it wud be btr if you can mail me – atultiwari88 [at] gmail [dot] com
    thx.

  1906. @Himanshu,
    Sorry I was going to quick, first you must install Barcode Scanner software, search en download and install, this program “looks” with your camera, then you search for software (LauncherPro) not all sites have the barcodes, but when you found one then you start your Barcode Scanner and scan the code and after that all goes automaticly, sorry for explaning it incompleet at first. In Holland they use often the barcodes for programs under Androide and this works perfect, try it when you can with the Adam. Good luck (at last we can also talk about other things on this blog, lol) Regards, Bert

  1907. Remember Clinton and the cigar?
    Or Bush’s WMD in Iraq?
    verizon and Moto droid took 4 months after announcing start of update to froyo and they took 2 months to update all customers and no flash which was promised to be key part of update. Flash took another 3 weeks and two updates. Any statements? emails? none 7 months 2 one liners on their website.
    Verizon probably is run by Indians.

  1908. According to All Touch Tablet.com, “the Samsung Galaxy TAB return rate in December was around 13%, a rate which has increased to 16% in January. According to analysts this return rate is most probably caused by the Android 2.2 Froyo, not really an OS for tablets.”
    “http://www.alltouchtablet.com/touchscreen-tablet-news/the-samsung-galaxy-tab-gets-returned-a-lot-6666/”

    So that is status for a tablet for quite sometime in the market that too from Samsung!

    Adam is NOT bad at all! 🙂

  1909. @Atul, I’ve sent you an email. Those from India who are in 29 Jan shipment, you can get updated info at “http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/1687-India-shipping-update”

    The email reads:

    Dear Amit

    Greetings from the Notion Ink Support Team!

    We would like to assure you that your device has been shipped. Due to the Chinese New Year, your shipment had to be handled in a different manner. You should receive you device in 3 to 4 days. As soon as we receive a tracking number for you shipment, we will contact you about the same.

    Thank you for your continued support to Notion Ink!

    Warm Regards
    Jon
    Notion Ink Support Team

  1910. “http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20110201/16-percent-of-galaxy-tabs-are-returned/”

  1912. The Galaxy tab is suffering from a very high return rate of 16%

    “http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20110201/16-percent-of-galaxy-tabs-are-returned/”

  1914. It’s placing them in any random order.

    NOTION INK, please check the code for the comment sorting!

  1915. Hi all,

    I am really happy the way Notion Ink Support Team responded my email. It was blazing fast reply less than 30 minutes and hope this continue to all.

    I mailed at Feb 2, 2011 at 4:59 PM and got reply at date Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:27 PM

    subject Re: Adam is on your way!

    Dear Biswajit,Greetings from the Notion Ink Support Team! We would like to inform you that your order has been shipped. Due to the Chinese New Year your order has been handled in a different way and you should be receiving your devices in the next 3 to 4 days. We would inform you once we receive the tracking numbers also we request for your patience and cooperation in this matter.

    Thank you for your continued support to Notion Ink!Warm

    Regards
    Alan
    Notion Ink Support Team

  1916. Dell, Sony, and other mass producing electronics giants can afford to build different runs of their devices. NI saved $$$ by not doing different runs of the Adam with different codes on the back.

  1917. @Rohan
    Thanks! Sanity has finally returned to the blog. Thanks for heeding the advise on the comments being all over the place. I like the new feature you have added, wherein comments can be made only by those who are registered. Thanks a lot. It makes life easier for you.

    When you find time, I advise you to start an official NI forum which is open to those who are registered only. Then you can stop the comments on the blog completely. Comments are basically for you to get a feedback on the news you wish to share with us. Somehow, off-late that purpose is not being met. In future, this blog can used for announcing company related news. We like you to keep it technical (more technical the merrier). The sales and support stuff can be linked to the company’s website. Those matters need not be discussed here at all. Eventually, you can integrate this blog into NI’s official website, when you find time to make a new blog style webpage.

  1918. @Pratik Home & marcdimmick: +1
    Let us hear what Adam can do (everything except for making coffee) and what apps to install.
    I was impressed with Boeltwit’s description on how to download apps. First install a bar-code reading app and then simply point your camera to the bar-code on a site and it seems to download & install just like that. great for side-loading 🙂

  1920. You are all disgusting for me!
    American lifestyle ? I don’t understand, what’s those f*c*i*g reactions ? Are you kids ?

    You want to cancel your order, by chance, no cancellation fees, so nothing to criticize. Guys like you, in France, are called “Faux gars” translate “Wrong guy”. It means that you are not a true fan but just an idiot who want to make illusion, be hype. A great thing that they left the ship, we don’t need any sheep.

    Between noobs who want to order and say it again and again …
    Naysayers who don’t want to order and criticize everything.
    And others who pre-ordered and can’t wait until a few weeks.
    I don’t find anything interesting on this blog anymore … what a shame. That was the only purpose of this place !

    I hope my Adam will come without technical problem and I’m glad that they saw the screen defects before shipping.

    Thanks again NI, and don’t bother by all those unbearable people.

  1921. marcdimmick:
    > And before anyone response negatively we have heard it all already so change the record please.

    This message, and half a dozen new postings just like it, brought to you courtesy of Mr Give-It-A-Rest.

  1922. Cathy:
    > Oh, Phillip, are you okay??? Last time you posted a whole bunch in a row, you just had surgery …

    Phillip’s first rule of surgery: It is better to give than to receive

  1923. @Admad Hasan, yes 🙂 But, it was a different device (3G vs my wifi only). My hope is that it is worth the wait. I’ve looked at other tablets on the market…Viewsonic is about the only thing comparable, but it still lacks Pixel Qi and has less RAM than adam (but more internal storage). I’ve followed far too long to not be able to wait another 2 weeks…Hopefully, I’ll be in town when it ships and not on a business trip!

  1924. @AJFoyt1966: Thanks for the review. I am a bit disappointed about the Eden reviews. Adam seems to do really great with Android, but one of the (many) reasons for me to choose for Adam was Eden. Eden; where we can have apps running in separate leaves side by side and have more apps open because of smart multi-tasking.
    It looks as if I will be very happy with my Adam and Android, and I hope that NI will come with an upgrade of Eden quickly as Eden has the promise to provide Adam with a unique User Interface that has real benefits above all other Android devices.

  1926. @Biran Long: Unfortunately once more and more people will have their Adams and enjoy it, you will have an additional cost: the costs of not having kept your Adam when you had a chance. 😥

    We do hope that later this year you will become an Adam customer again. 😀

  1927. Why is everyone thinking that the damage was done to the adams with the screen onit. If you read Rohan’s statement, he mentioned that the screens shipment was damaged, that means that the damage was done long before the screens were put on the adams. I have seen some comments about refurbished products and all that stuff and that does not apply here.

  1929. As the number of GTabs get returned their price is dropping if anyone wants to go in that direction or you can wait for TMobile who just announced the Samsung Galaxy S 4G and LG G-Slate with no other info but specs and they are impressive. The LG G slate has the hardware and Samsung S 4G phone has impressive hardware that competes against the Nvidia processor and will be seen in future tabs. There is allways hot stuff coming out and there is everyones great love theIpad, that is also coming down.

  1930. @Mobz: Although I agree that having Honeycomb pre-installed would be very nice, that would add another couple of weeks to the delivery period.
    To me it is more important that Adam can be easily upgraded to new releases of Android & Eden because that means that Notion Ink can continue to improve the existing Adams out there.

  1931. @marcdimmick

    Since you’re in Australia, the news here indicates that you should be hiding in a basement somewhere. But maybe you have internet access there.

    No, I haven’t ordered. I almost pre-ordered (didn’t get the email invitation, but was online was the preordering opened up), but was put off by the various terms, specifically the one that said we had to pay for return shipping for a DOA unit. This was later changed, but the whole thing looked so sloppy to me that I didn’t have any confidence in the hardware, so I decided to wait and see how others liked their Adams, by which time there will be other decent Android tablets out as well.

    The two things I’m looking for are good hardware and good customer service. I don’t care about the buggy software, since that’s fixable. Reports on the hardware have been generally good with the exception of the pixel qi screens, and the PQ problems do seem peculiar to the Adam, rather than a characteristic of the screen, so maybe the touchscreen is crapping them up or maybe they’re just not mounted very well. Reports on customer service, specifically for damaged units, have not been so satisfactory, although things seems to be improving. Every new tablet I’ve looked at has been kind of crappy when first introduced, and was backed up with crappy customer service, and I don’t see that NI has been worse than average.

    I don’t know if NI is here to stay. I hope so. They need some adult supervision, though; they’re terribly lacking in social skills, and don’t seem aware of their limitations. I wish they’d drop Eden and concentrate on the hardware plus maybe a few specialized apps.

    I can’t recommend apps because I don’t know anything about Android. Was planning on putting on Ubuntu if I didn’t like what Android has to offer (NI previously listed the OS as “Android, Ubuntu, or Chrome”; but they changed that and now say that putting on Ubuntu voids the warranty.

    I wish you a nice piece of chocolate cake with strawberries and cream. You can have my piece as well. I don’t hate the stuff, mind you; it’s just not my favorite.

  1932. Lg pad, xoom, toshiba tablet, they all are nice alternatives, of course, but what’s their price? I highly doubt they will cost just a bit more than the adam and they just have a bit more of the adam (e.g. storage, megapixels for the camera, etc.). Moreover, it seems that people in this blog are quite hasty, and these alternative tablets are not exactly about to be launched (at least in Europe). Not to mention the Pixel Qi, which I understand it’s kind of a dual thing (some are happy with it and some aren’t).

  1934. What impresed me and hooked me on Rohan nwas his commitment towards an evolutionary path for the Adam, which would eventually develop into a stand alone, all-purose instrument that would only, primarily evolve through software developments. Yes, there would be a few iterations, generational evolution, but the end was in sight, as per his 1st blogs. For those who have no sense of all that involves, well , you can see the results by reading their posts. I think that perspective is clear to many of those who post , for or against. I am pretty sure you will see Gingerbvread allready installed on future deliveries. So the wait might be worthwhile. It’s not as if we have much of a choice, for me anyway.

  1935. Rama Maganti:
    > Why the change in colour?

    There are about 1200 species of gecko. A little variety is good.

    > Here we see your playful infant side (aren’t young lizards supposed to be white when they are born and young) and on Notionaddicts you appear quite serious, more workman like.

    Most, not all, lizards are colored about the same when they’re hatched (not “born,” please, being born is dreadfully messy), but the young ones are often brighter than the adults because they’re cuter that way. Anyway, I just left a serious msg for marcdimmick and that’s not the first serious message I’ve left here.

    As for your other questions – I haven’t bought an oscilloscope yet; but since it doesn’t look like I’ll be getting a tablet for some months, that frees up money so that I can buy one. It’s just to play with. My brother says everybody should have one, and he’s an electronics engineer, so he knows about good toys.

    I actually don’t like the Bronx Zoo – lots of walking and not very many animals. There are some interesting Albanian restaurants not too far away, though. The Central Park zoo is nice as an example of a very tiny zoo with exquisite displays. My favorite is the Giant Madagascar Day Gecko.

    Second-best thing to bring to a zoo is a laser pointer. First-best thing to bring is food for the animals. You’re not allowed to feed them, but I’ve never seen a posted regulation forbidding performing scientific experiments to see what they like to eat. The conclusion should be, as of all scientific experiments, that more research is necessary.

  1936. Luis Flores:
    > WordPress is really messing up comments. They are totally out of order!

    OK is it, as they long as up mess of the words order don’t.

  1937. Badbilou:
    > I don’t find anything interesting on this blog anymore … what a shame. That was the only purpose of this place !

    The only purpose of this place was to provide something interesting for you? I knew it was to provide something interesting for somebody, but I had no idea it was specifically for you. Thanks for clearing that up. What are your interests? I hope not American football or chocolate cake; I can’t help you much with either one of those.

  1938. @hak2005: most likely there is also a cultural difference involved. When I arrived in China, my friend needed to replace the hard-drive of her Dell PC. To my surprise the first had to order AND pay before they were even willing to answer questions such as how many are on stock. That was not because it was Dell, but because China is very much a cash-society. No payment on account or by check.

    I can imagine that in India they have a similar experience with sales on the Internet: you pay when you order and then the company is willing to ship. This is one of the reasons why products often differ in price between countries. If payment is done in advance, you can accept lower margins, then when payment is done upon delivery or on account. The same for warranties. Consumer protection for online sales in Europe is pretty high, hence a higher price is required to accept returns of even fully working items, then for regions where people can not return goods so easily.

  1939. @Badbilou: Part of this was NI doing. They have not provided a good form of communication for people. They have a history of not responding to e-mails, and the only information they give you is “Please refer to our website and our blog for further information” WTF. People dont have a choice but to blog here because there is no other way to communicate…

    Now, I will admit that it appears that NI is getting better at communicating with e-mail. However, their communication through e-mail only increases after you have received your adam and there is a problem with the tablet. If your shipment has not shipped, you are still not responded to in a timely manner. I wonder if they dont consider you a customer and are there for not entitled to customer service until your item has shipped. They dont get paid by CC companies until your item has shipped. If this is true, there is no service before the sale, only after. after the sale service is more important, but both should take place.

  1940. @Rama Magnati: Indeed we missed Joshua Price during the last couple of days.
    Maybe he has received his Adam and is enjoying his new tablet 😀

  1941. @gecko
    >not “born,” please, being born is dreadfully messy
    I agree. It should have been ‘hatched’ instead of being ‘born’. Sorry for the wrong usage. I can imagine how dreadful it would be for tiny lizards to just drop of their mum’s… Strange are nature’s ways.

  1942. @Rama Maganti: I think that Rohan is still reading and that Notion Ink is in overdrive to find solutions for the items that have been mentioned in the first reviews. I do expect that we will get at least an upgrade of Eden and/or Eden apps per month for the next 2 or 3 months. it is one of the reasons why I feel more comfortable buying from Notion Ink then from Motorola, Toshiba or LG. They are already happy when Android is running fine, Rohan want to go a step further.

    @Wally West: February 18-th: a very realistic date.

  1943. @Paul Schoe,

    No problem in Android ypu can install LauncherPro (or another) and also Home Manager, this program will allow you to switch easily back to Eden when you want or back to LauncherPro.
    In one of the video’s somebody showed this, Android is perfect for this, you will love it… Regards, Bert

  1944. @Samson: I have the impression that Rohan totally shares your vision that Adam should not only be good hardware, but also a device filled with useful apps and content (such as comics :mrgreen:).

    I therefor believe that one of the pleasant surprises that the owners of Adam will have over other owners of Android tablets, is the Genesis apps store (which will come) and through that access to interesting content. Rohan’s vision is not a piece of hardware, Rohan’s vision is a new way of how to deal with information and entertainment.

  1946. @suicideclown1 –

    Is this a new screen name because it’s more reassuring for your patients?

  1947. @Doja: fully agree with you. Nobody was forced to buy a product that was not available in the market yet. People could have waited until the product was delivered, reviewed by professionals and users and maybe even could be touched in a shop.

    It is like somebody seeing a roller-coaster, saying ‘hey, i want to do that as well’, buying a ticket and then wanting to get out during the rideand demanding a full refund as well as apologies from the owner that the ride was much scarier then that they had expected.
    I am confident that everybody will arrive safely and that, once that is the case, they will be proud that they took the ride 🙂

  1950. Should we all log in to NI.com and ask for our gift?

    Maybe one of us will get lucky and have the adam shipped early.

  1951. “I hope my Adam will come without technical problem and I’m glad that they saw the screen defects before shipping.”

    I too hope your Adam arrives with no problems. , but without the false or wrong guys you the angry garlic eater, would know nothing of the problems to look out for.

    Go have a barel of wine to calm down ;-p

  1952. My Adam has finally arrived in California but don’t think it will reach my home (Illinois) anytime soon. Does anyone know if this batch Jan 29 will have the update already installed?

  1953. Is this little world you propose, anything like communism? A place where the only news your allowed to read is the good news, and anything else is censored?

    Sounds like a wonderfully boring place 🙂

  1955. It is the screen name I registered with way back. Now that we are forced to log-in, this is what appears. yes, not the screen name of a future physician, it is my Gamer handle from back in the day…

  1956. I an’t understand that. I’m using my Galaxy tab since it was out and I’m writing now on it. It’s a nice device. I use it for all on the road. Phone, navi, web, photoshots and so on. I never have had a problem. It fast and good reading.
    The only thing I miss is PixelQi, because I want sit in the sun an reading my ebooks and using the web.

  1957. Perhaps they have dropped Eden. Maybe that’s why Andre has gone, or perhaps he was sacked for Eden not working right.

    Either way its not the best start for eden interface.

  1961. Hairoglyphics = shampoo writing?

    They mean:
    Adam!!!!
    Where is it!!!!!!

    I didn’t count the number of exclamation points very carefully!!!!

  1964. @Mohanan
    I was thinking the same thing. Maybe some cleaning up done by the @R guy.
    🙂

  1966. I feel we made have been cast adrift, until possibly Saturday/Sunday.

    So we’re just talking round in circles at the moment, the regulars, like Greg, have the right idea I guess; to just let things ride for a while.

    Chill time needed I suppose?

  1967. Googles event on honeycomb starts in an hour time , tune into youtube.com/android for live streaming,

  1968. Google’s event on honeycomb starts in an hour time , tune into youtube.com/android for live streaming,

  1969. @amarko: looked at it, but the reviews are pretty poor. Poor screen, lack of applications (not only no office but also no email or gmail, flash not supported out-of-the-box and even after install YouTube appears only to run videos via the mobile version rather then the standard internet site, not as sexy as Adam and it has more battery drain then the iPad.
    But with the exception of the very useful swivel camera of Adam and only 512 ram instead of 1 Gig (important for multi-tasking) I do agree that the hardware specs are comparable, the price is competitive (395 US$) and, maybe the most important benefit that they have, they have cool distribution channels (Currys, PC World, Dixons).

  1970. Hehe, at last a normal blog, the most anti Rohan is gone…
    suicideclown1 lost AlbertWertz and gecko gets his feet back, indeed it smells a bit here…l

  1971. I do not find that to be the case. In fact, just last night (9am Bangalore time) I sent them an e-mail requesting the opportunity to purchase one of the recently canceled orders that someone else did not want and within 3 hours I had a response informing me that this was unfortunately not an option, but I received a response nonetheless.

  1972. Hi together,

    I have installed the ported aplications from xda-developers on my Galaxy tab. I like QuickOffice and the NI keyboard. MailD works also fine. Sniffer is lalso ooking good.
    Canvas isn’t working 🙂

    But that what I want to say: very nice applications and I think they will be alot better on ADAM 10″ screen as on the 7″ Galaxy screen.
    Hope, that I will get some days my ADAM.

  1973. Double post because the other gets lost 🙂

    I have installed the ported aplications from xda-developers on my Galaxy tab. I like QuickOffice and the NI keyboard. MailD works also fine. Sniffer is lalso ooking good.
    Canvas isn’t working

    But that what I want to say: very nice applications and I think they will be alot better on ADAM 10″ screen as on the 7″ Galaxy screen.
    Hope, that I will get some days my ADAM.

  1974. @John: until now I did not see any crashes. I only found late arrivals and just a few people whose luggage was damaged. It seems that they will get replacements. I am still focused on arriving safely but I do realize that booking a flight from a new airline, does carry its risk. Let’s hope that they limit the delays.

  1976. Then they appear to now becoming more proactive in addressing people’s e-mails regardless… this is a very good change indeed. Thank you NI

  1977. @primarycloud: yes as the “Romans throwing the Christians to the lions“.
    But we are so disappointed in our savior. He couldn’t turn water into wine. He had no full control over his environment. He appeared to be as human, and as depending on others, as that we all are. He even told us that something beautiful was going to happen, and now we have to wait 2 weeks for that. How dares he? No mercy for such behavior.
    He should be keelhauled and after that; he has to apology in writing and guarantee us that he will never ever show again that he is only human. Anything less, and its the lions.

  1978. @haevey,
    I understand that you are in Germany and no US army..? can you tell me if you must pay extra tax, when you get your Adam..? and where do you live in Germany..?

  1979. Logged in to comment. Well this should cut down on some of the total posts. I’m almost surprised the whole blog wasn’t closed. So much negativity lately.

    I have no idea how many Adams have been sold and delivered. How many have been returned as defective. No idea how many orders have been canceled. No idea how many people are waiting to order an Adam. No idea if Greg received his special gift from Rohan. (Greg has stated that he has been too busy with work and family and learning Adam to post his video review. He did do a nice un boxing video.) He seemed so eager to do a real review and so many were excited to see it…..

    In my case I do know for a long period of time my order status just said February. When I ordered the estimate was 6 to 8 weeks before shipment. Then it was pre-poned to Jan.31st. Then it was postponed till Feb.14th then moved back 1 day to the 15th. My actual order was placed on Dec. 19 th the day before Adams pre order actually sold out. Which means if delivered by Feb. 19th It will only be a few days after the original 6-8 week estimate. I did write an email to pre order support stating I was disappointed with delays and lack of communication. I voiced my concerns about all the negativity on the blogs and Notion Addicts forums and my hope that things could be straightened out. I did not cancel my order. I received an email back about a gift that was standard like many others received. I don’t believe you will get such an email unless you contact pre order support first.

    I don’t know a lot of things I would like to know. This blog has been a better place to vent unhappiness and speculate on what is going to happen next rather then to gain some knowledge of what is really happening. I just know that February 19th, (The day I should expect my Adam delivered by) seems like a very long from now. I admit to not being very patient. I’m sad so many or unhappy and feel like they have been led down the primrose path. All the speculation and worry has grown tiring……..So much time and worry spent over a 500 dollar electronic gadget maybe we all need our heads examined….

  1980. Never fear Wally West! I plan on doing some reviews and entertaining videos as time permits. My adam will be delivered on Friday and I have a series of exams coming up. Not to mention I have already committed to taking my family camping this weekend in the snowy mountains. I will post as much as possible to help past the time. Videos and reviews. One of the reasons I almost got into EAP was because I am going to let other students play with the adam here at the school and get their impressions aswell… not just my own. Hope this will all help pass the time. Looking forward to friday and hoping adam wont be delayed by the snow storms this week!

  1981. It must be the addition of “Alan” to their staff. I imagine Jon just couldn’t do it all by himself. 😉

  1982. Wishing Rohan and NI all the best. Keep your head up!!! Saving Up and Waiting on PO 2. Best of Luck & Aloha.

  1983. ROHAN GEEEEEEEEEEEET HONEYCOMB ON NOTION INK ADAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    live video of honeycomb from Google LOOKS AWESOME!!!!!

  1984. A registered user would be able to voice his opinion. Not quite communism. He would just need to be registered. Take Notion Addicts for example you must be registered there and it is full of Anti Notion Ink comments. Greg’s blog at Notioninkfan.com has disabled anonymous comments. You now must be registered there as well. Your opinion is still welcome there.

    I would suggest that a forum could and maybe should be available to only registered owners of Adam or those that have a viable pre order. Which simply means you would have to have a “dog in the hunt” to make a post. Anybody would be able to read the comments. Even then if your were unhappy about something you could voice it. It would eliminate a lot of the useless speculation. Trolling and venting about a product that you have no intention of owning. If you wanted to learn about the product or service you could read without being registered, you just could not post. Forums also are good because they organize things into categories. It makes it much easier to read or comment in the areas you are most interested.

    Blogs are so in right now. Most require some sort of registration. To me they are more a form of entertainment then something that really accomplishes much. This one has become less informative and barley entertaining.

  1985. not really one person has recived an adam with not working camera. He is scheduled for return. couple of others think they have damaged adam as PixelQi in not what they thought.

  1986. Pretty sure they are working on it. Would love to see a Transparent Eden Look for Adam. Or more better customized look of Eden.

  1988. This looks great! But it doesn’t appear to work just yet. It won’t let me sign-in.

  1993. No…I wish. Just went to market.android.com, but it didn’t seem fully functional.

  1994. Anyone caught the Android press event today? HComb3.0 looks amazing! The Adam can rock this.

    “http://www.youtube.com/android”

  1995. Hope Rohan is OK. I don’t think Notion ink have any investors, the Reliance India must have been their first investors who left them early in 2010 and Notion ink decided to go solo. that may explain their inability to pay 5000$ for a booth at CES. Also the present delay and monetary problems poit to theirs being a self financed project. I hope they are able to find some good investor from USA and shift their operation to USA.

  1996. Your the former Albert? Albert, I really hope your Adam comes Friday. Be careful in the snowy mountains. Looking forward to your reviews and good luck on the exams.

    I’m going over to t mobile to look at the new streak 7. It is only 199.00 with new contract. Reviews aren’t that good so I probably wouldn’t buy. Just passing time with tablet fever. Perhaps you have a good prescription for the illness?

  1999. Craigslist is still self funded (except one guy who sold his share to ebay)!! Self funded wll give them more control and not playing to bean pushers to change technology.

  2000. @amarko5
    The world I propose is not communism. I am not a fan of communism, neither was and nor will I be. Wally summed up the intention behind my comment aptly. I wouldn’t add anything to it, except that I wouldn’t be an adam owner until the second rounds of orders are open and I get to order one. Many others are in the same boat as I am. I feel people like me will be cut off, if the official forum is open to buyers only and the commenting on the blog is closed. We will be orphaned and will have to go onto the unofficial forums of Notion Ink (I am registered on the big three). I wouldn’t like to be in such a situation.

  2002. Rightly said.
    For the costs of servicing the expectations is built into the product price. It is good and bad depending on how you view it.
    US and Europe are more consumerist sociteys. Manufacturers want to push their product and make it easy for the customer to buy. Having liberal return policies helps push product. People buy more than they need because of availabilty. One example is ‘Mail in Rebate’. Many people fail to file in the rebate form by mail after purchasing the product as often you have to cut UPC code from the box send in an orignal recipt and usually wait for a particular period of time before you are allowed to send it in. Then there is a time limit on till when you can send in the rebate form. Most of the times there rebate cheque that comes is valid for a lesser time than typical cheques you get from businesses usually 3 months. So if you have a $5 rebate on a $25 item there is a good chance that even after you are diligent in getting the cheque you forget to encash it.

    In countries the business margins are lower so are operating costs. Also in shops the volume of business done in a particular size. Ie there are more customers per shop area than typical US stores. US stores are far too close to each other and have to little number of customers who are their target market. One of the reasons why many small businesss especially franchise models dont do well in US is that their customer base is too thin. The next shopping center just a few minutes away has the same store and the number of people/homes in between is just too few.
    In the long run say 30-50 years this market inefficiency will have an impact.

  2004. My adam just cleared customers in NY, USA and is on route to me in VA.

    It’s a 3G LCD.

    I am so exited. I hope the LCD is good. Thank you Rohan!

  2006. Or maybe Yoda is sharing his wisdom as he patiently uses the force to wait for his Adam!

  2007. I hope so. It seems much calmer today, which I am so pleased to see.

    (I also wonder why it is so calm… Did some of the big whiners get their Adams??)

  2008. Luis Flores –

    Um, I have two pairs of feet. How many do you have, monkey boy?

    Incidentally, male lizards have two penises as well. True fact.

  2009. @Rohan,

    I hope you read the post from Boybarbados and give your advise, how to go further with something like this, with your Warm Regards, I think a lot of bloggers needs this also to see….
    Please…

    Namaste, Bert

  2010. market.android.com

    it works for adam!! CLOUD SYNCING WORKS LIKE A CHARM!!!

    but it’s probably because my adam is rooted with the android market

    ❤ Android and Google!!!

  2011. “market.android.com”

    it works for adam!! CLOUD SYNCING WORKS LIKE A CHARM!!!

    but it’s probably because my adam is rooted with the android market

    ❤ Android and Google!!!

  2013. Inspiron41 shows it working now:

    “http://notioninkhacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=549”

  2014. @Suresh: Yes, where is the excitement? It seems that Adam is doing very well in real life, no better proof then using the real thing. 🙂
    (sorry to read about boybarbados problems, I don’t think that there is a camera problem. Greg told at notioninkfan.com that you have to remove TWO screen protectors and that the second one is both hard to see and hard to remove. After that his recordings looked good. Hope that NI responds to his screen issue quickly)

  2016. “Damage” could mean many different things. There could have been some loose wires – or improper soldering connections that were not seen until they ran tests on the assembled Adams. (You cannot verify that the screens work until they are connected to the MB.) This kind of thing happens a lot, even with the big companies. Mada likely got one that slipped out before the problem was caught.

  2017. Honeycomb looks sooo good…. Xoom is confirmed for late Feb, LG’s G-Slate coming in March, Samsung announcing Honeycomb Tab2 and I’m sure all the other manufacturers are going to be releasing Honeycomb tablets very soon too…

  2018. Honeycomb looks awesome. Rohan might consider Holding Back Eden and focusing On Honeycomb. Then develop great Notion Ink Aps such a sniffer and Mailed for Honeycomb. Adams browser could be a perfected APP as well. Honeycomb’s Initial UI just looks better then Eden. Google has the advantage of money time and lots of developers working on the Honeycomb project. Take advantage of that and concentrate on smaller scale apps and perhaps forget Eden and genesis. What do the rest of you think?

  2020. If you copy the “hairoglyphics,” go to google (dot) com, type in “translate” and then paste the “hairoglyphics” you want translated, then you can see what he wrote.

  2021. @Wally West: I love Eden, with its ability to run apps in leaves (side by side), do more effective multi-tasking and the apps that NI designed for that.

    I also think that once Adam is in the shops, the additional Eden interface will give a major benefit over other tablets. It is then not only about specs but also about user interface and unique content.

  2022. @boybarbados,

    Sorry to hear from your bad luck with Adam, did you try what Paul Schoe wrote? Greg and others found out that there are maybe double protection layers on the camera lens.

    Can you update us when NI has react to you..? I think that we can learn from this all, again sorry what is happened with your Adam.

    Namaste, Bert

  2023. I didn’t mean the comment to be offensive, it was a response to you cutting off your feet and “growing a pair” of new feet! It’s just a pun on the expression!

  2024. I don’t speak very well American and I don’t understand why you are thinking it’s only for me.

    ” I had no idea it was specifically for you” Did I say that ? Or maybe I make a translation mistake ? Please correct my sentences or explain yourself !

    Why are you talking about my interests ? Android and Adam apart, that’s not what I want to see here.

    I’m pissed of all those unuseful comments.

    I don’t flood NI with emails, but they answer me every time on the next day.
    I’ve been delayed one more time but i prefer that than receive a defective screen.
    My credit card was charged in December but all of us know it, it’s a PREORDER

    Younger, I had two geckos leopard, the most beautiful species of geckos 🙂
    And as I read almost all comments here, it’s an honnor to get one from you

  2025. honeycomb does the same thing Paul and looks real smooooth. Go see for your self.”http://www.youtube.com/android” Adam will blaze with the Honeycomb designed specifically for Tablets software. Eden to me is a duplication and according to many reports not crisp and not all that intuitive. Many Adam users are installing launcher pro because Eden does not feel good to them. This link is even better then the first one check it out. “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4NqT6u_ODk”

  2026. I would also still want Notion Ink to keep working on the APPS that work very good like sniffer and Mailed

  2028. Stuff like that happens with pre-orders, I guess!

    People who got their non-Adam Android devices directly from stores – in addition to Galaxy Tab – also had problems and returned them.

    Viewsonic G Tablet is an example “http://blog.laptopmag.com/staples-will-no-longer-sell-viewsonic-g-tablet-sends-stock-back-to-manufacturer”

    Remember K-Mart’s experience with the AuGen Gentouch? K-Mart is no longer selling it.

    Stuff happens!

    I think the Adam will be worth the wait.

  2029. @Luis Flores:

    OK, I will explain this slowly, because you didn’t mean to be offensive. You said “grow a pair.” Now, go over to your gecko. Don’t try to explain that you don’t have a gecko. Everybody has a gecko, except for some really sad people.

    OK, now count the feet on the gecko. 1. 2. 3. 4. That’s right, the gecko has four feet. How many pair is that? That’s right, that’s 2 pair. So if, hypothetically, a gecko cuts of his feet and then only grows back one pair, that leaves the gecko missing two feet.

    So, you were making jokes about mutilating poor defenseless animals, which is indeed offensive. However, it’s possible that the mathematics of this situation was too complicated. I hope I have explained it adequately.

  2030. Badbilou:
    > I don’t speak very well American and I don’t understand why you are thinking it’s only for me.

    You seem to do better than a lot of Americans, actually, but you wrote:

    > I don’t find anything interesting on this blog anymore … what a shame. That was the only purpose of this place !

    Which I read as: The only purpose of this place was to provide something interesting for you.

    But never mind, we have something more important to talk about, namely leopard geckos. They are very, very nice but I have to tell you that they are not true geckos. They are called “eublephariads” or “eyelid geckos.” I think of them as ‘courtesy geckos.’ They’re related to the true geckos, but true geckos don’t have eyelids (keep the eyes clean by licking them).

    Also, your picture is funny. You were just skateboarding along and the skateboard flipped over for no reasons at all, and sent you into the air, right?

  2031. @Prantha: +1

    Luckily for them, these manufacturers don’t have a blog where the CEO stands with his boots in the middle of the activities 😉 and the more I read about Adam and the other tablets, the more I am convinced that we all made the right choice (except those who cancelled, they will live to regret that step :cry:)

  2032. Should be a few available now, certainly mine as i cancelled and there have been quite a few posts here of cancellations.

    BTW i got confirmation from NI Eventually (of the cancellation) still waiting on the money in my CC account though.

  2033. @geckofeet
    Hmm, I think you are not really serious ? xD

    I was jumping from the top of the blue box with my skateboard and flip it during the jump with my foot !

    Just a basic trick in skateboarding called “Flip”

  2034. It will be interesting to read a review to see how the adam copes with being inverted for long periods.

    I wonder if the GPS Error will be ok because of this inversion 🙂

  2036. @Badbilou:
    > I think you are not really serious

    You pass an intelligence test. You get an Adam.

    > I was jumping from the top of the blue box with my skateboard

    … and the skateboard flipped and tried to kill you. You can’t trust skateboards. I’m trying to warn you. At least, put it in a cage when you sleep.

  2037. @Paul Schoe:

    If it’s dank there, at least open a window and get some fresh air in. If that’s not possible, a light and a fan to get the air circulating will help. I understand that it’s often dank in the Netherlands; at least people say “dank” a lot.

    Don’t bother to thank me …

  2038. Just cancelled my delivery, couldn’t wait any longer. Been promised a full refund from the customer support team. Congrats to whoever gets my adam! Good Luck NI, I’ll definitely be watching from the wings, and wish you every success!

  2039. I see now! I guess bottom line it’s Geico’s fault. I have that image of the gecko where he uses his front feet as hands more than as feet, matter of fact I don’t recall ever seeing him walk on all fours. You know, TV is such a source of misinformation, had you not reminded me that gecko’s in fact have two pairs of feet I would have forgotten. Like Joe Camel, he used his front feet (hooves?) to smoke. Not only is it impractical, it’s hazardous to Joe’s life!

    So, I’m indeed sorry for implying that I would leave a gecko with only a pair of hind, front, side or diagonal feet.

    Now thinking about it, I wonder if there could be any pratical use for multi-touch on the Adam if you have four feet.

    NOTICE: No animal was hurt during the writing or thinking of these comments.

  2040. Well I got to use the adam for the first time last night. It was a completely different experience than I expected. The interface took a while to get use to but I can see how it is different to what I was a custom to on my HTC phone. But I am going to persist. I will post further reviews as I get use to the adam. But bottom line it is great and I an totally satisfied with my choice of device. I still stand by my comments of the past that if was the best choice of devices out there and coming in the next couple of months. 🙂

  2043. Dear Josh, If you are interested in getting a tablet, then sit tight. It is just another couple of days.

    All people that have tested standard Android on Adam, say that it Rocks. Adam has the best price/performance ratio and is perfectly spect for Honeycomb and I expect that you will highly enjoy the swivel camera, much better then holding a huge brick in front of your face when you want to make a picture or movie.

    I also expect that software service from Notion Ink will be much better then that of the large companies that are primarily focused on shipping hardware. That means more and faster upgrades of Android, eden and Apps.

    Success with your decision,

    Paul

  2045. Now if only they would sell the canceled devices ahead of pre-order 2, but alas, they won’t…I already asked.

  2046. @gcrv: Greg reported to this on his blog at notioninkfan.com. Apparently the camera is protected by 2 stickers. They are apparently both difficult to remove. But after Greg got the second off as well, his pictures were good.

  2047. Galaxy Tab 2 coming your way. 10″

    “http://electricpig.co.uk/2011/01/26/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-version-arriving-at-mwc-2011/”

  2048. @Coolheart: Notion Ink’s ranking is going up every two or three days.

    They have started the first shipments of the batch for the 14-th, they add a gift for those whose shipment was postponed too often, they pay 100% back to people who are silly enough to cancel and they pay back fast, they answer emails now within hours. They seem to be taking control.

  2052. Thanks Mohammad for the link to apps that run on Adam. As soon as I have my Adam running, this will be one of the pages that i will go to 🙂

  2053. I don’t know what to do.. I have a PQi Wifi Adam on order.. But I don’t know if i should try and change it to a LCD version… I like the PQi feature.. But I dont know how much i will really use it.. Plus all the negative reviews have me a little scared about the PQi.. Anyone have any suggestions??

  2054. @wally west: I find it difficult to see from these promo-videos if Honeycomb does indeed do the same (running apps side by side). The video looks impressive, but I wait to see a user vid before I am sure that it exceeds a smooth running Eden (or for Honeycomb on my Adam 🙂 )

  2055. @gecko (feet??)
    You have been to Holland, so you know that over 25% of our land is below sea level and most of the rest only just above. So it is not surprising that the Dutch say ‘dank‘ a lot to each other, it is part of our culture 😉

  2056. @Ravi: i am not the only one. What does hurt is that I have to wait till the 13-th and do only get the mystery feature, not the mystery gift :mrgreen:

  2057. Have a vague recollection of someone making three fat32 partitions from a hard drive that size and it worked.

  2058. A skateboard can be deadly, but a skateboard can’t be a killer.
    Skateboarding is not a crime !

    I hope to make skateboarding videos with my Adam and the swivel camera !

  2059. Change it, and IF the reviews get better for PQ, you could always sell yours and get another with PQ.

    It was one of the MAJOR reasons i cancelled, the bad reviews and the Matte screen that was Glossed over 🙂

    Seriously though if you have doubts postpone , change or cancel is your only option.

  2060. i still works “DOWN UNDER” then 🙂

    P.S. I sincerely hope your not affected by all that Crazy ! weather your having. I hope your high and dry.

  2061. Dear Rohan and the Notion Ink Team,

    i just wanted to say how much i have enjoyed using the tablet for the past two weeks. I know you guys are struggling to get these tablets out to mass market despite all the bad press that i have seen online. I know it’s a tall order, but i would love to see to see Honeycomb on this device as soon as possible, possible before the end of the first quarter. But earlier the better. I know this is just one commenter out of millions, but i think the faster you can get Honeycomb 3.0 out to your device, the better the chance your tablet will succeed. I think everyone else will agree with this. I know you might not like this next suggestion, but i think you should just leave Eden as a Launcher Application. It’s easier to modify a Launch APK file than to modify a whole OS. It’s a similar approach that Google has taken with all their Google application. And i think you guys should really consider it. The Eden UI is not a bad concept, but it needs more work.

    Don’t get stuck in ditch, always find a way to move forward.

    -Kam

  2062. If the only reason you are leaving NI and the adam is because it is taking longer, than that is silly. *IF* you believe in the tablet, then it is worth waiting for.

    Don’t get me wrong, I have given up on the adam for now myself. But not for the wait. I have too many concerns about the quality of the adam, most importantly to me the screen. But if I felt better about the quality I would wait. And wait. And wait. As it is, I am planning to wait until June when HTC is rumored to be releasing their 10 inch tablet. By June, adam should be shipping in full swing.

    Anyway – just saying, don’t give up just because of a delay.

  2063. This was the case with my camera until I removed the protective plastic lens cover. There seems to be two of them. Greg had mentioned it in one of his posting on notioninkfan.com

  2064. There seems to be quality issues with the Adam. It’s better to wait until they rectify all these issues or it will just be a frustrating process. That’s the drawback of wanting to be at the bleeding edge of technology.

  2067. A lot has been said about the GPS not knowing where you are. Well mine works perfectly, infact it is far more accurate than any of my TomTom’s. And that is also with OsmAnd. The only things is I cant get the 3D to work with Google Maps 3D

  2068. @marcdimmick – not sure what side of the date line you are on. The problem seems to be on the west of the date line – Kinda like US. East of dateline works perfectly fine. This needs a software patch.. The hackers have found out how to change the setting file tho..

  2069. No, we had what they refer to as a ‘Calyton Cyclone’ You may not know the work ‘Clayton’ it use to be a non-acholic drink. Their buy line was the drink you have when you don’t have a drink. The cyclone that was heading our way on the weekend last got downgraded until basically it was a non-event. But our mates in the east especially in Queensland are in the middle of a massive one.

  2070. @inspironag – Awesome – another happy customer! – BTW did you get your Adam update pre-installed?

    Also what specifically about the Eden UI don’t you like..

  2072. No, it’s not just because of the repeated delays. In my mind the reason for them is mix of bad project management, inexperience, overoptimistic attitude, poor marketing and a communication promise they never delivered.

    Why does NI want to launch a second pre-order instead of addressing the mass market? Because Adam 1 is not a merchantable product by now. And they already work on Adam 2 instead of building the infrastructure for Genesis, for selling & support.

    Sorry, I don’t believe in NI any longer.

    And why Motorola Xoom ?

    First: Motorola is a big company which always met my expectations. I can buy their tablet in Germany where I know my rights and where I can assert them. Motorola has a very good support in Germany and I don’t have to ship the device all over the world in case of problems.

    Second: They deliver Honeycomb out of the box on a device for which it was build. And I’m very pleased on what I saw today in their Android 3 introduction. Google has to fix bugs very quickly because millions of people are haunting for every fault they make. They have a high interest in not losing their reputation.

    Third: I believe that Google & Motorola will outlast my tablet.

  2074. which model did you order? LCD/Pixel Qi?
    Can anyone let me know how LCD screen is (color depth, crispness, black color, reading on bed with lights off)?

  2076. A roundup of tablets coming out this year. No mention of the Toshiba, though. Notion Ink Adam not getting many votes in the poll. iPad 2.0 on the other hand… At least they give Notion Ink a mention.

    “http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/hiner/the-10-hottest-tablets-worth-waiting-for-in-2011/7546”

  2078. @boybarbados

    Boy, you’re so wrong. The rumor is that Reliance is among the 2nd group of investors, or maybe the only 2nd investor. Not saying that that’s true, but that’s not the worst of the wrong.

    The worst is that (1) there was no reason for them to get a booth at CES. Rohan has said many times that they want to ramp up slowly. See the current birthing problems, don’t you think that’s a good idea. They’ve already sold out more than they can handle. It’d be godawful stupid for them to try and go gangbusters right out of the starting gate.

    The present delay problems, to me, indicate ordering and production problems. The payment did have to be up front, but NI didn’t have access to it, it was in escrow. Rohan explained this a couple of times. This is not unusual for a startup.

    All the monetary problems are in your head, so if there really are any monetary problems with NI (and I don’t see any evidence of that), it’s all on you. Because they’re in your head.

  2079. Lol, is it me or is gecko becoming less tolerant of … people in general 😉 hibernation time?

  2080. Chebbinator:
    > you do live down under – and thats east of the date line

    Whoa that storm was so powerful it moved Australia!

  2081. suicideclown1:
    > is it me or is gecko becoming less tolerant of … people in general

    Oh, no, it’s just you. Gecko is becoming less tolerant of you. But that’s in general, nothing specific (or personal).

  2082. I would like to make a declaration here and now. If Motorola is able to pull off a first wave launch of the xoom with absolutely no software or hardware issues, I will eat my own shoe with Bar-B-Que sauce on it. I will record me eating my own delicious shoe and post it on you tube for everyone in the world to see… I will forever be known as the Notion Ink Shoe Eater… Never going to happen.

  2084. I interpret Rohan’s comment in the previous post about needing a lot of support from Nvidia to mean that porting Honeycomb to Adam with its Tegra 250 may not be straightforward, at least in a fully optimized way. I hope not. Now that I have seen Honeycomb in action, I can see why Eden isn’t going anywhere fast. Kudos to NI for trying to give us something when Google was being secretive (or confused, given Chrome OS) about Honeycomb. It was a good effort and I am sure NI learned a lot in the process.

  2088. Mr Reptile boy , you are wrong. You can’t think because you have a small primitive reptilian brain. You should not buy any stuff from Chinese or Tiwanese because they like to fry and eat reptiles.

  2089. Yes, that looks like there is something wrong with your camera. Mine locks down and the camera mode and video mode work a treat. It will be interested to see how NI handle that situation. Can you keep us upto date on how you go on that side of things.

  2090. Honeycomb UI looks much richer and elegant (Eden looks more like a monochrome but no complaints as they did something similar on 2.2). Provide updates this quarter for honeycomb before xoom is out.
    I couldn’t still digest why couldn’t you secure honeycomb SDK when other partners/developers could get.

    Are you hiding the availability and one fine day would provide a update of honeycomb before others as a surprise 😉 ?

    Waiting for Pre-Order 2.

  2092. 🙂 I meant those hasty ones who, after having waited a year or more, decided to cancel because they couldn’t wait another 2 weeks.

  2094. Just for the record – several of ported Eden apps work in Honeycomb emulator. I haven’t gotten Calendar to work in 2.3 or 3.0, but Canvas didn’t work in 2.3 and did in 3.0. I am new to the development side of things, as well as Android, but have found this to be a great way to play with apps until I can order Adam. Sniffer and Calculator work great, though panel version of Calculator crashes.

  2096. I think he meant 5.31% of those who had 15-22 -> 29 shipping date…. not only the ones who were given a 9th and then moved to 15-22 and so on….

    now it may also be that only 5.31% were sent a mail which may explain why many did not…. sadly I am in that lucky/unlucky 5.31%…. (unlucky to have not been shipped my order, lucky that I got a mail abt it… yeay…. )

    but agree… stop with the numbers…. I would think differently if it happened to only me or everybody who ordered…. after all, I am waiting on just my Adam… certainly not going to hold out till everyone gets theirs…. so to each I guess it is theirs that matters the most…. and everyone’s perception of a company is largely shaped by what he/she goes thru in the relationship….

    Cheers

  2097. I think he meant 5.31% of those who had 15-22 -> 29 shipping date…. not only the ones who were given a 9th and then moved to 15-22 and so on….

    now it may also be that only 5.31% were sent a mail which may explain why many did not…. sadly I am in that lucky/unlucky 5.31%…. (unlucky to have not been shipped my order, lucky that I got a mail abt it… yeay…. )

    but agree… stop with the numbers…. I wouldn’t think differently if it happened to only me or everybody who ordered…. after all, I am waiting on just my Adam… certainly not going to hold out till everyone gets theirs…. so to each I guess it is theirs that matters the most…. and everyone’s perception of a company is largely shaped by what he/she goes thru in the relationship….

    Cheers

  2100. Then I guess I am also in possession of a reptilian brain.

    I quite agree with gecko on this!

  2101. Hi Rohan,

    Is it still possible to order Adam ? I missed pre-ordering 😦
    ıf possible can someone show me the link ?
    Thank you.

  2103. Exactly, Paul. Notion Ink is standing out there, blemishes and all. It’s a bummer, but I support NI nonetheless.

  2106. 8 weeks just got over and immediately it becomes an injustice to be delayed by a few days?

    True they indicated an “estimated date” earlier than the ones in the pre-order date and moved that date around a bit. First production runs are like that. If you dont understand that you are not an adult. If you cannot take being delayed by a couple of weeks of your initial “estimate” you shouldnt have odered.

    They are communicating to you via Blog I dont see what is the issue is. They are also sending out emails to many people. May be some one is being left out or something like that.
    They are responding to customers complaints about defective products. Where justified they are also processing returns. They are also cancelling orders. Some people have even recived their money.
    They even did a bulk shipping to Indian customers and cleared customs for them. Even though that is just within the original Estimated date of Shipping(not delivery) That indicates the company is responsive. Just not in the way you want it to be.
    Yes they are not meeting all their goals or are not on top of all the queries and issues.
    That is not for lack of trying. It is a startup’s first production run. They will learn.
    Also please get it out of your mind that they have your money. Credit card companies dont give the money to the vendors immedatily in India typical period may extend to 3 months before the company sees any money.
    Even In US though the money is credited to your account it is not delivered to the vendor immediately it takes up to 6 weeks at the earliest.

  2107. DickOver dont analyze much. You will get your shippment in couple of weeks.
    Shipment of touch screens got damaged not adams. You cant even comprehend written word and yet expect others to be prefect.

  2108. its nice that the NI support team seems to be getting their act straight and mailing people in time.

    one small step for NI, one giant leap for adamites!

  2109. Living your life in media is extremely difficult. It demeans any person who is exposed to it sooner or later this is a fact of life.
    It is not as if Rohan is unique in his defects. Most of us who post here are many many times worse. Even reading a simple 4-5 paragraph post and comprehending is beyond many people.
    It is like the kettle calling the pot black.
    The only diffrence is Rohan is in the lime light with hundreds if not thousands of people capable of carefully sifting through all that he has said in public. Every word is that is recorded is available to for dissection to the public months after it was said.
    No human being can be judged by this standard. That is why company executives dont say much in public except carefully crafted messages.

    The abuse and venality that is shown by many people makes Rohan look like a saint as compared to them.
    The way people comment here or for that matter most internet forums is unbeliveable.

    This is the lesson you should be teaching your students.
    The media has made it their job to report in the most disrespectful way and now we who have a platform to put our written word in public behind a veil of annonyomity be have in their foot steps.
    Rohan would not have got admission into IIT(his college) If he did not have the quality 1 & 3 most Indians will attest to that.

  2112. Not only that they shipped about 2 million units to retailers. The CEO admitted that only a small percentage have actually sold. Samsung took a gamble manufactured 2 million hoping to get a foot into the market with the 7 inch tablet. Looks like that play may not be very successful. They will come out with something better and stomach the loss if any.

    Those who critizie NI’s plan of operation should realize it is amazing that even today adam looks not only promosing but also can be a profitable play in the market for at least then next 6-8 months. Which is very good considering that the whole who’s who’ of electronics manufacturing except Motorola has nothing substiantial to show for.

    Apple’s stratgey is also looking not so good As Apple Insider reported on the Xoom that it was a fulfledged PC unlike the Ipad which is a bigger Ipod. Somehow they thought that this is Motorolas and Google’s shortcoming!!
    World wide the market for PC replacement device will be huge. Much more than just the bling factor of Ipod deluxe. There are many common consumers who dont need multiple devices at home Just one portable, big enough device to browze the internet, do email, Chat, Skype and some basic stuff like calenders media etc.
    Then those who need the flexibity of removable media and HDMI out put plus some amount of ereading will also form a good demographic.
    Battery life will make the device more couch friendly. I think Google is on to something good.
    Adam with its radio better speakers makes it very usable.
    Now if they can get the implementation right.

  2113. Sucideclown eating raw shoe is not good for your health make sure you grill it for a while. Medium at least.

  2114. @sinanfr: We expect (pre-)ordering to open again after all the Adams of Pre-order1 have been shipped. So that might take another 2 weeks.

  2116. @geckofeet: Yeah, they say that climate change results in much stronger winds. Australia wasn’t move too much though. I estimate only about 4.000 km to the east. I expect it will be back where it belongs before my next trip 😉

  2117. @Geckofeet,

    Mmm.. fleshy toes with large, backward-curved claws…. yakk…
    Are you family from the genus Ptychozoon…?

    Hartelijk dank

  2118. But beautiful to see…

    “http://www.google.nl/images?hl=nl&rlz=1G1ACAW_NLNL328&q=geckofeet&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=g5JKTYPEHY-o8APay-3CDw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=5&ved=0CFQQsAQwBA&biw=1333&bih=835”

  2120. @Prantha: I don’t think that inspironag expressed a concern. He just tries to get Honeycomb has quickly as possible. I agree Although I prefer to wait longer if that results into a more stable port, it would be very cool if we had a Honeycomb upgrade before Xoom gets into the hand of buyers 😀

  2124. A few Rohan LIES…

    1. “They are on the boat NOW as we speak.” (at CES 2011)
    2. Q: How much onboard memory does the adam have? Rohan answer @CES: 16GB. (by the way the XOOM has 32GB on board memory, and a stable Honeycomb 3.0, demo’d yesterday by Google on the XOOM…NICE!)
    3. “They are ready to ship”, after FCC approval…polling on all the sites indicate less than 25 have been delivered.
    4. “You are part of the 5.38%”, so apparently are 50% of those online…the other 48..no..46…no 44% are waiting for Pre-order 2.
    5. “innovative trackpad design” ummm what trackpad.
    6. The outstanding GPS capability with our partner Mireo….NOT! Why am I in china?
    7. ummm I thought these were ready…why is mine bricked?
    8. This is more than a product…this is a dream. Damn if this is a dream, I’ld hate to see his nightmares…yikes.
    9. You will receive a free gift, only we cant tell you what it is… (ya how about a functional tablet on delivery that would have been a good start!)

    I will forever now reffer to Rohan, as Snake Oil Salesman Shravan…this is idiocy.

    Only 18 more days until my is listed on ebay! Woohoo!

  2125. I have just received word, Rohan would like to thank you from the Big Island of Hawaii. he would have posted himself, but his adam could not connect to wifi or 3G, not to worry, the crack software engineers are working on it as we speak…should not cause too extensive of an additional delay to a very small number of you…coincidentally…only 5.31% of you.

    Anyway, he wants you all to know that if it wasn’t for your investment in his dream, he could never be wind surfing on the big island with all these pretty girls. Its a very difficult life to be the CEO of a small Indian start up, but someone had to do it, and Rohan is confident that most of his drones will understand completely. By the way he is really hoping to make it Australia, so you Pre-Order 2 folks get that money saved up, he is ready to allow you to become part of his dream.

    keep the faith…and Aloha schmucks.

  2128. @inspironag @Prantha – I remember Rohan mentioning that NVidia will have to bles it first. The OS needs to run on that chip stable first before its available to OEM vendors like Notion Ink. I have no reason to believe that’s not true. of course it depends on what NIs plans are – will they just port the existing Eden + apps suite to Honeycomb or will they enhance the apps to leverage the capabilities of 3.0 .

    If I were the engg manager – I would say port it 1st to get in teh “bee line” so to speak. Then release updates to leverage specific capabilities.

  2129. Ravi:
    > You may consider Indian curry rather than Bar-B-Que sauce 🙂

    Combination of shoe + Indian curry = deadly. He might not want to kill himself, you know.

    Oh, wait …

  2130. @Sid…what planet are you on?

    You havent noticed the deafening silence lately?
    You havent noticed that Crunchgear announce they are DON! with Notion Ink because the company is just a complete mess?

    My god people,the best the internets can come up with is that Rohan has delivered somewhere near 25 or fewer adams since his fabled “should have it by Christmas” “I have a dream” speech.
    Math is one of my specialties…Now if only 5.31% got delayed then RIGHT NOW, do you drones realize that if Rohan is NOT Lying, supposedly all remaining adams 94.69% are currently out for shipment..that would be a huge accomplishment, yet we do not hear a peep? ok so far the internets have counted at least 100 people who were part of the supposed small 5.31% (formerly thought to be about 50 people)…so lets use this number.

    Ok so 31 january was the most recent …and last ship date for those of you lucky enough to NOT be in the ill fated , and constantly harrassed 5.31% group. That means that most everyone who ordered adams should have their adams in hand by 09 February..everyone , that is except the %5.31 who were amongst the first to order.

    You would think Rohan would be all over these boards saying how all the adams , save those that were effected by the screen delay, were currently out for shipment, and how this was a BOON for Notion INK.

    In addition, you would think…there would be absolutely no reason to further postpone pre-order 2 (though I dont know why there should be a pre-order 2 at all, unless retailers are refusing to take his product…that is why you have a pre-order in the first place…but you noobs dont seem to get that, you actually…LOL, think your beta testing…ROFLMAO! my God are you niave about commercial law and licensing, and all that, he cant sell non-production units you dopes…period. Only production units get tested for licensing and release to the public. The shoddy adams that have been delivered so far, that is what is coming off his production lines.

    Oh and about quality if you have 1 defect in 100, then by Quality Assurance sampling allowances…the entire LOT are considered suspect and your processes are deemed bad and all lots for about 1000 runs need to go through 100% inspection. We know of 25 that have gone out for sure..and we know of about three that are defective…that in itself says there is a serious quality assurance issue at Notion Ink …we seem to have bought the Hugo over the Fiesta. Both sucked, but one really really sucked.

  2131. @gcrv – well said.
    I would even not call it a production run – but a dry run since its pre order of their 1st device – ever. Typically pre-orders and productions are matched up – unlike production runs which are done based on projections.

    I do understand why people are annoyed at “shipping delays” and not attributing the fact that it was 8 weeks when they signed on the dotted line. It’s because Rohan did make firm date commitments that were much in advance than the stipulated 8 weeks… He was being too transparent.. probably experimenting on his statement “how much information is good enough”

  2134. I just received that following e-mail from NI:

    (start e-mail)
    Dear Sir,

    Greetings from Notion Ink !!

    We regret the delay in the shipments the damage has been accidental. We are working to serve you better in future. Do write to us if you have any queries.

    Thank You for your continued support to Notion Ink !!

    Warm Regards
    Alan
    Notion Ink Support Team
    (end e-mail)

    They regret that the delay was accidental?

    More importantly, I haven’t ordered an Adam (yet?). I didn’t receive an e-mail for a pre-order. I don’t know where they got my e-maill address from, although I did e-mail them to ask a question about the flash memory (that e-mail was never answered).

    NI Customer Service – still a work in progress.

  2135. Even though entertaining (to a certain extent), I believe this is the most paranoid conspiracy theory I have seen on this blog. And that’s quite an achievement.

  2136. @gecko

    you should start your own blog about…..?doesn’t matter,i will visit everyday.
    your comments are more entertaining than most so called comedy movies

  2137. @docibo

    Thanks for the kind comments, doc, but I would hope that you have better things to do than to read my modest comments. Try here if you don’t: “http://www.worldsmostboringwebsite.com/links/”

  2139. POSTED by Bruce on Notioninkaddict forum:
    Originally Posted by atambe
    I think we all agree.

    That is exactly what is wrong. Why has it taken you 14 days to receive the device?

    This is the best news I’ve heard about the adam in the longest time!!

    By personal use, you mean “not for resale” right? As opposed to personal use vs “commercial use”?

    What state are you in? Also, why should a sales tax/ VAT officer have anything to do with imports?

    Few questions for you:

    1. When did you get the tracking number?
    2. Was the tracking number on GATI or on TNT?
    3. Was it the same as your order number?
    4. How do you feel now that you have the adam in your hand?
    Ans :
    1.Got it on 24th jan after i emailed support. TNT was not listing, so sent an email to NI
    2.It was a GATI docket number emailed by NI. So I track on GATI.
    3.A different docket number.
    4.I have some hardware associated ” issue”. Have emailed support and waiting for their reply.

    Initial impression:
    PQi is not that much I expected. But sunlight readability is good. Matte cover is very very difficult to apply..so stopped trying. Its not like that shown in Rohan’s video.
    On max Backlight screen is similar to max backlight HP mini, only the color is less on the cooler side. So not much washout on max backlight.
    On automatic brightness, screen is little washout ( but this was expected). My HP mini on minimum brightness also is similar. I like this as I am prone to eye strain with brighter display.
    Backlight off on transflective mode : glare creates problem. Brighter ambient light is better for readability….ie the sunlight use is best. Indoor the contrast ratio is very low…so dont expect a similar eink like display.

    Camera Quality : recordings are somewhat okay. Display noise on the screen is little bad.
    Speakers are so and so. MY Hp mini speakers are better (both volume and quality).
    Microphone : still problem of background noise. A little high on treble.

    OS: updated with unbrick ROM: changes are there – like battery status, imei, uptime etc. did not erase user setting. FCs less (will know more tommorrow)

    Built : a little tinge of plasticky esp side stickers. Curve rubber grip is good – enables firm grip. Weighs like a medium thick book.

    Touch responsiveness : overall responsive but sometimes requires enhance touch. The two finger swipe shown by Rohan to display stock android screen is not enabled. ( I think the latest Eden built is still witheld..dont know why?)

    gyrospcope/ oreintation function is little buggy. Sometimes orients itself differently.

    Bluetooth is fast. Only irritation discovery time limit (dont know why?)

    Overall seems mark improvement can be achieve by Updates.

    Will post more…

  2140. Ptychozoon, sometimes called “flying geckos,” and they do fly, sort of the way a parachute flies. I had one once, his name was Alexander, and you could tell when he’d been eating because he was somewhat translucent.

    > Hartelijk dank

    Oh, Paul said he was “dank,” but you say you’re “hardly dank.” So you’re drier and warmer. That sounds much better to me.

    Don’t bother to thank me, even with heartfelt thanks.

  2142. Posted by saga on Notion ink addict forum:
    Start-up Saga
    I received my Adam today. I am typing this on my Adam
    It’s way too slow on this mini keyboard. My intent is to
    chronicle my `journey’ to getting my Adam to function
    as advertised And then as I desire.

    My Adam is a Basic (wiFi only)
    Screen is beautiful–compares well with our iPad
    Came up easily, little battery power … charger works

    After exploring, ran into problem of not being able to
    activate the keyboard.
    P1: Trying to set up WiFi – touched
    entry area but no keyboard
    Got advice from number01pup
    Brought up Android keyboard (which is too small).
    Went to Wi-Fi setup & tapped once-nothing, tapped again
    Voila — a keyboard (been using since). I was able to set
    up Wi-Fi.
    P2: Couldn’t get to Android keyboard
    amarko5 told me to tap on the Time in the home leaf
    That worked
    P3: Can’t log in to Google
    I typed in eMail name and password. I touch “login” It lights
    up in orange but doesn’t do squat???
    S: Did an Update (didn’t think that would be necessary)
    Couldn’t tell if it was working — everything just froze up. A little
    later I noticed the screened rotated.
    This solved the Google login problem.

    What I know works: FACEBOOK, Google login, Calendar, QuickOffice,
    Camera – stills & video, rotation (in Android mode),
    Clock, Sniffer, Calculator,

    What doesn’t work: Flash Player, 2 Finger Swipe,

    Much left to test

    Question: Why doesn’t my Adam work at least as well as Rohan’s
    did at CES? swipe worked, Flash Player worked

  2143. Just received my adam 3G PQ! Wifi works great, but when I added the SIM card from my mobile phone I can not get any Internet connection on 3G (also after reboot). My network provider is found and I can register and connect, antenna symbol shows up, everything looks good. But no internet connection. In the status info (about Adam) is says: Mobile Network connection (Disconnected).

    Any ideas?

  2145. I ordered my pq3g on 12/9 and my order moved man times up to’ 15th february…

  2146. looks like new video to me…

    somebody find out who is this interviewer from Turkey
    ..and rohan’s adam look’s way too smooth..

  2148. I sent an email to NI asking if the now being delivered Adams (Jan 29) will have the update pre installed and here is their answer:

    Dear Jeffrey,

    Greetings from the Notion Ink Support Team!

    The update is all ready Pre-Installed on the device that you would receive and you would not have to update it.

    Thank you for your continued support to Notion Ink!

    Warm Regards
    Alan
    Notion Ink Support Team

  2150. Friends,

    does any one know if Pre-Order 2 is working or not ? can any one paste the link ?

    As usual, I never get email from NI team and I just don’t want to rant abt what might have gone wrong.

    Appreciate your prompt response.

  2153. @Suresh ,

    Thanks – I guess I was too late. My internet was down due to Storm. May be whatever happens happens for the best.

  2154. @Chebbinator: Doesn’t Xoom use the chip from NVidia?
    So if Motorola provides Honeycomb, doesn’t that mean that it runs well on the NVidia chip?

  2157. @Alex: I have no idea but please let us know when you get it to work (and how) Have you tried if somebody knows at notionaddicts.com?

  2158. @Paul Schoe – couple of things…
    1. Mororola got a early access to Honeycomb.
    2. I could not find a positive mention about the Tegra processor used by Xoom – they just say “A dual core processor”
    3. No one has seen Honeycomb running on the Xoom. They are just running videos on the device. At CES one of the Moto execs said “Honey comb is not ready for primetime yet – so we are showing videos”
    4. Honeycomb is still in preview mode “http://developer.android.com/sdk/preview/index.html”

    So I would say its still in the Moto labs, prolly a joint effort between Google/Moto/NVidia bound by a NDA for the Xoom. So it was not open to public yet. And A 3.0 its definitely not production release as of this date.

  2159. What carrier is it? My dad’s worked just fine with AT&T, you get 850 or 900 variation of 3G?

  2160. Anybody think maybe Rohan should post something? As much as I like shooting the breeze with you guys, I do think we should get some sort of update or other. Radio silence just seems to have a bit of an ominous feel to it, either for good or bad.

    Cheers!

  2161. I don’t understand what boybarbados is doing, I read all his post and he is telling us what all goes wrong, then he get advises, his reactions nul, and then in another blog I read that his webcam is working…. why are you telling all this but not if there is something solved and how….. strange….

  2162. @luis Flores – his last update (this blog post) was 3.5 days ago! his normal routine was one per saturday – so I would wait for Friday/Saturday.

  2164. @Chebb, Check CNET video’s recent hands on interactive in google labs of honeycomb working on Xoom. Not just video.

  2165. Good Day fellow Adam fans

    Not sure a free gift is going to cut it… For someone who hasn’t been given a chance to order yet I couldn’t care less for a free gift. I’ve watched and waited since the beginning of this blog. I’ve waited… waited… waited and now just so sick of waiting I’ve decided to move on. I’m simply tired of being disappointed over and over again. I will keep my eye on NI and will consider purchasing something when the company becomes a little more mature!

    The amount of time I’ve wasted staying up for pre-order and such reminds me of the time I spent 36 hours in the cold waiting to buy the first PS3 off my local store’s shelf. The Best Buy representatives were at least kind or should I say considerate enough to come out and tell everyone beyond 12th in line to just go home as there were only 12 available. NI has done nothing to help any of us that are left out in the cold and did nothing to let us know to not waste our time. I’m sorry but my time is valuable to me and I don’t appreciate it being wasted and I just can’t justify spending $700.00 on a device when everything I list below has taken place. Personally I feel NI is just another company looking to make money. They aren’t my friend, I’m not theirs and in the end it will always be about business and dollars.

    – Many were screwed out of the first Pre-Order and the promise of giving “friends” us the first crack at Adam was far from kept (Not Cool)
    – No communication was posted prior to pre-order launch of Master Card not being accepted and there was no courtesy warning to prep another payment method = (Epic Fail)
    – Pre-orders were taken December 9th and since peoples orders have been bumped back, forward, back and forward again. Seems like they consistently don’t know what they are doing and a lot of Adams still haven’t got to all of the users. Sure there’s a small issue of a broken shipment of screens but a good company will usually plan for these types of issues and order extras (called spare parts? I think… Not sure? LOL) as a contingency plan to avoid such delays. (Fail to plan = Plan to fail?)
    – Pre-order 2 was quoted to take place “a few days after the first pre-orders shipped” and still hasn’t happened and still no update from Mr. Rohan (Weeks later = WTF)… If you’re not 100% sure then don’t open your mouth and stop dangling the freek’n carrot in our face… EFF!!!!!… Sorry… Passion takes over sometimes 🙂
    – For a company who has kept its followers in the loop this entire time the current lack of information right now = (Very Not Cool)
    – Users are reporting defects and software issues… Don’t need to say anything more here.
    – Rumours of hand soldered connections by the manufacturer does not inspire product confidence in any way because I know how much human error can exists when a machine isn’t the one doing perfect / consistent solder jobs. In my systems integration career I have met a great deal of Asian’s that are like soldering gods but the fact is they are still human and screw up from time to time…

    Why would I burn $700.00 and risk constant shipping charges to get repairs / replacement for my Adam. I’ve been down that road before and it is not a rewarding experience and only leads to more painful waiting, disappointment, regret and stress. No company deserves my money so they can benefit while I deal with nothing but headaches and more needless expenses (Which is how I feel right now and simply what I fear will happen if I order an Adam)

    So the product I chose to purchase instead of the Adam is the Archos 101 16gb model and yes I know its feature set is smaller and not on the same level as the Adam however the product design is beautiful, its made by a very reputable company, still has more features then an IPAD, will do everything I need it to for now and best of all I can actually order one! Perhaps in July when there are more choices on the market I’ll take another look at NI but they’ll have to do a hell of a lot better to earn my cash. By then though they will have more competition and less likely to get my business just do to better options.

    Also note that I’m not posting this to be labelled as a troll and just giving NI a chance to learn and evolve by posting how I feel. I hope they learn really fast because they do have potential but it is a tough market out there.

    @ Rohan – Please send my invite for Pre-Order 2 to some other brave soul who is willing to take the risk.

    Cheers,

    Meva

  2166. I have two questions

    Do you think side stickers could be removed? I fear they may start to come off over time.

    After seeing pixel qi do you wish you ordered LCD?

    Thanks……

  2168. I thought it was the year of the tablet!

    A special greeting to those who will celebrate the New Year making our adams instead of celebrating with their families.

  2169. @Albert – Hmm could not find the one you are talking about.. But if its this one “http://cnettv.cnet.com/motorola-xoom-tablet-hands/9742-1_53-50098295.html”

    Its a video demo – Moto man clearly says that… Anandtech also says “Since Google wont allow demos of A 3.0 …”

    post a link if you find one..

  2170. boeltwit:
    > I don’t understand what boybarbados is doing,

    That’s good. If you understood it, your sanity would be at risk. Here’s part of a comment of his, which he posted twice on Androidcommunity

    (start insaneRant)
    Can we sue Rohan shriven of Notion ink and his partner in USA Greg from Utah. How can I proceed with the lawsuite against a company like Notion ink… that Greg guy is hand in glove with Rohan Shravan. He is now saying that he can’t make a video of Adam nexus he is busy with his work and family, I say that is a load of Lies….
    (end insaneRant)

    For your protection, I snipped most of it out. I have to say that he does have a point about Greg. If you look at Greg’s earliest comments on the blog here, you’ll see from his avatar that he used to have a wife, but she’s literally out of the picture. He also mentioned several times taking his kids into the desert for shooting. I think that he probably shot them – that’s a folk custom in Utah. So he obviously doesn’t have a family.

    boybarbados should definitely sue. Since he appears to have a good case about Greg, Prantha will surely represent him for only $20,000.

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  2173. Hi Bsmdbt, for the moment I enjoy the positive reviews from people who are running Android on their Adams and the fact that Notion Ink seems to be actively working on ironing all the glitches out.

    When I come home next week, I will have an Adam waiting for me 🙂 and soon it will have Honeycomb. Due to its unique combination of hardware there will be no other tablet that then can do what my Adam can 😀

    By the way; I doubt that Rohan will book Hawai for his 2013 holiday. Are you sure that your crystal ball showed you the right island?

  2174. I don’t think pre-order 2 has even started yet. Probably won’t for another week or so.

  2175. oh wait in 2012 hawaii wont be a island any more!!
    (Since we are talking off topic – might as well throw Mayan culture into the mix)

  2176. Just got my LCD-3G, went outside to shovel some snow and it was just sitting there in front of the garage. I’m almost too nervous to open it, hope it is a good one. By the way here is an answer about whether or not it has been updated already:

    Dear Jeffrey,

    Greetings from the Notion Ink Support Team!

    The update is all ready Pre-Installed on the device that you would receive and you would not have to update it.

    Thank you for your continued support to Notion Ink!

    Warm Regards
    Alan
    Notion Ink Support Team

  2180. Cngrats Back2Front. And don’t to so afraid, you have already taken the dive.. go ahead open it .. click its pics and do share your experiences. Happiness exponentially grows by sharing it with fellow mates 🙂

  2181. I fear there was virtually no quality control. I doubt Rohan had someone from his staff at the factory to do this. I’m speculating of course, but Notion Ink designed Adam then placed a factory order, with the components they wanted to use and to fall under a certain price point. I’m sure the process was not as simplistic as I’m stating here. However that is essentially what were talking about.

    Rohan did admit that Notion didn’t have the muscle to build a beautiful piece like the mature players. His quote was: But one thing is for sure, it isn’t a beautiful assembly, something which see in mature players, but we are building more muscle, thanks to your co-operation!

    So I worry about cost cutting, like colored side stickers. What other components are inferior? Ear phone Jacks are not all the same. Are we getting a cheap one? We know that these early and highly touted pixel qi screen performance leans towards the lack luster side. With little communication the doubting Thomas within us is shouting louder. This is the price you pay when you buy something without holding it in your hands.

    I’ve been trying to hang in there. I figure I have to make a final decision within 7 days as to whether or not to change my mind and cancel my order. I thought about running an unscientific poll. Should I stay or should I go. I wouldn’t have to abide by it. In the end I always make up my own mind! Yet, out of curiosity it would be interesting to know. Feel free to chime in!!

  2182. @back2front – I wouldnt open any electronics thats been in the cold till it comes to room temp. if you let warm air hit it when its still cold – condensation could kill it.

  2187. hi paul,happy spring festival…. good thing you are not here,fireworks all thru the night,
    which variant of 3G did you order and which carrier will you go for in china?

  2188. @agnerbo – ok found it. So yestarday was the 1st time its out in public. That’s cool!
    Android 3.0 its still not “public” yet. He says the Android team is still putting finishing touches on it. So if you are not part of the google early release tieup – you still dont have it… The good news is that Tegra is the reference platform for A 3.0. So the risk of running A 3.0 on Adam seems mitigated. It should come out fairly quickly.

    3.0 will scream on Adam!

  2189. @Wally West,

    I inquired NI about the seemingly random order of shipment when mine (Ordered 12-9) was pushed back to Feb 14. I was told that mine was ready to be shipped but their Quality Assurance team stopped it they suspected a defect.

    If this explanation is true, there is some kind of quality control.

  2190. @Wally west – If you are on the fence – you should cancel it. Either wait couple of months… or if you have to have “a” tablet – get one that’s out there you are happy with. maybe Adam could become your 2nd tablet when you are ready to repace the 1st one 🙂

  2192. @boybarbados

    I think you must ask the question over at Notion Ink Addicts if you want Bruce to answer.

  2195. Hey Rohan, if you’re reading my comment?!?!

    Suggestion for the next two video/blogs
    1. Honeycomb status update/bug update
    2. Meeting the Notion Ink Team

    i would love to see the people working and projects being worked on!

  2196. I am fine karen. Just feeling a bit happy after this blog gradually coming to its as usual color 🙂

  2198. OK I have taken it out of the box but won’t turn it on for awhile because it is very cold here and I don’t know how long it was outside. My point of view will be from someone who is not techie but an average user, I can compare it against my wife’s Archos 101 ( which has proven to be a great tablet so far) I will give my first impressions of unboxing:

    1. Packaged very well, the postal box is very solid.
    2. Had a total of three unbroken seals, one on postal box and two on Adam box and packed in a very secure manner.
    3. The Adam is a very attractive device, my wife’s first reaction was she wanted it…lol
    4. It’s not heavy and easy to hold, I had already bought a generic sleeve and it fit’s well.
    5. The Adam feels solid and the white stickers on the side are very well put on and looks great.
    6. The camera swivels easy and locks in place front and back.

    I will report more when I turn it on later today, remember I’m not very techie but most users won’t be.

  2199. You need to manual adjust your time setting. Go into your setting and adjust it first there and then you should be able to log onto you e-mail, facebook, etc

  2200. Probably, but after all the commotion… then again, saturday is just around the corner at this point.

  2203. @friendbis FYI, my tracking still said in transit from California but it was at my home in Illinois.

  2204. The reference platform is Tegra 2, which is later than Adam’s Tegra 250. So, Nvidia may need to be nice to NI to get Honeycomb working almost as efficiently as it is meant to run on Tegra 2. I am not an expert, and I don’t know the precise differences between the 250 and the 2. Perhaps others can opine whether this might pose a problem or not.

    In any case, I hope NI are burning the proverbial midnight oil and trying to be the first tablet on the market with Honeycomb. As somebody once said on this blog, ‘damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead’.

  2205. Er…scratch what I said. I don’t know what I am talking about. It would appear that Tegra 250 and Tegra 2 are the same. The latter denotes the generation, while the 250 and the 230 are variants.

    There is one advantage to leaving such misinformation about, though: Rohan might be compelled to chime in and correct me, while adding his inscrutable Cheshire cat smile to indicate that all is well with Honeycomb and that they intend to beat Motorola to the punch. Or not.

  2208. Problems of plenty. NI probably never anticipated how much of a fanatic following they will have. Even with the minimal number of Pre-Order sales. With those waiting for their delivery. Those waiting for Pre-Order 2 and those writing to NI. Even those who have received their adams some of whom are having problems writing multiple times to NI.
    I have a feeling that they are getting a few thousand emails every day. I dont think that they anticpated such a deluge of email that is entirely understandable.
    I dont see any easy possibility of addressing thousands emails every day with a small team for Customer Suppourt.
    These are intelligent people Im sure they know what the problem is. Resolving these issues is not easy. You cant just throw new people in the Customer Suppourt in a matter of days. I takes time to recruit and train people.

  2212. so my adam just showed up … and I can confirm the box is brown … FedEx delivered to the front door … and did not knock … just left the poor thing outside … more to follow.

    03 Feb 2011 08:02:00 Usa Others Out For Delivery.
    02 Feb 2011 15:29:27 Los Angeles Shipment In Transit.
    01 Feb 2011 18:11:16 Los Angeles Shipment Received At Transit Point.
    01 Feb 2011 00:05:09 Hong Kong Shipment In Transit.
    31 Jan 2011 23:52:06 Hong Kong Shipment Received At Transit Point.
    31 Jan 2011 16:34:00 Xiamen Shipment In Transit.
    31 Jan 2011 16:26:14 Xiamen Shipment In Transit.
    30 Jan 2011 21:34:26 Xiamen Shipment Collected From Sender.

  2213. Yep, saw that later, he is a shit, he must get sick of his self now…. OK everybody must ignore him 100% now, its better.

    Namaste

  2214. What is that back ground noise. Sounds like road noise. Is it a Trailer they are in? It is a long room. There is a bit of sound of emergency vehicle siren towards the end.
    There are two videos one the first one is short. shows adam with a blue tooth keyboard.

  2216. Actually the 5th line seemed out of place… So this sounds better
    I offer this to you HO WING KIT with deepest regard.

    Wake up, wake up!
    The dream has ended.
    The company has ended.
    Everything is a lie.

  2217. @Karen & Carlo: Yes, good to realize that some people are working for Notion Ink on New Year’s Day.
    as Karen says: “Best wishes in the year of the rabbit“

  2218. Did you try to add the APN under the settings? If you have a android phone, you should know about this from phone. If not you might be new to this.

    Settings -> Wireless & Networks ->Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names

    “http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f29/china-mobile-apn-settings-for-g1-help-13488/”

    “http://www.flexispy.com/Mobile%20APN%20Setting%20to%20use%20GPRS.htm”

  2223. Hi Docibo, I ordered the 900/2100 MHz. The carrier will be China Unicom.

    Aa far as I know only China Unicom’s network works with the international 3G standard of WCDMA. China Mobile operates a Chinese invested network, so only systems specifically designed for China can use its 3G network. China Telecom’s network uses CDMA2000.

    I have a G1 and changed from China Mobile to China Unicom because they were the only ones who supported 3G Android at that moment.

  2225. @gecko (feet??): You are right, even for us in Holland ‘hartelijk dank‘ is much warmer then ‘dank‘. Reptiles are so sensitive to these things.

  2227. +1 You hit the nail on the Cobese. Rohan Am just a fool who bought into your dream. I’m on the edge of saying goodbye to all this BS. Years ago we wondered where’s Waldo…. Now we wonder where’s Rohan. Tell us why we should still be here. If I hang in there and not cancel my order, it will be more out of curiosity then confidence or common sense. How about giving out some straight talk and some straight facts….Such as.

    1. How Many Adams have been shipped?
    2. How many have been reported defective?
    3. How many will be shipped Feb 14,th15th?
    4. When Aprox. do you anticipate another round of ordering?
    5. When do you anticipate releasing another OTA Update?
    6. Will there ever be different colored stickers for the side panels?
    7. What is the best reason you can give me not to cancel my order?

    I could ask a dozen more questions, since I have serious doubts that you will bother to answer any of these questions I won’t bother to ask anymore. You could choose to thoughtfully and in a straight forward manner answer these questions. Even answers that would shed negative light could bolster the confidence that your enterprise so sorely needs. You may likely chock this post up to being just part of the pain until Valentine situation. That it all will go away when all the first Adams are in the hands of their owners and you begin another round of orders. The question for me now is will curiosity kill the cat, or will my curiosity be enough to keep me hanging on?

    Some kindly follower who still has faith may answer this post…”Hang in there Wally, you will soon have your Adam and you will love him, and if anything goes wrong Notion Ink will take care of it and keep you satisfied. Rohan Sir, won’t you be the person who steps up to renew my confidence? Or would you rather add me to the list of castoffs that you really don’t need?

  2228. I CANT BELIEVE A LARGE NUMBER OF PRE ORDER PEOPLE WERE HERE ONLY FOR BUSINESS. They are all selling adams on Ebay. They were the ones who put a lot of pressure on Rohan to send them the adams soon so that they can make couple of hundred dollars on it. Poor Rohan must hardly be making 50$ on each Adam and these FAKE adam lovers are making 5 times more. Check this example below:
    Seller; rubi76
    Notion Ink Adam Tablet – Tegra 2 Pixel QI + Extra Case!
    Item condition: New
    Ended: Feb 03, 201113:09:14 PST
    Winning bid:
    US $885.00 [ 20 bids ]
    Shipping:
    $25.00 USPS Priority Mail Large Flat Rate Box
    Seller: rubi76 ( 80)
    Notion Ink Adam Tablet

    Brand New on the market, I am one of the first people to have pre-ordered this amazing device.
    The first pre-order was sold out in a few hours and no date has been announced for the next pre-order.

    UPDATE: Notion Ink SHIPPED me the Adam already.
    I have the tracking number and I will be receiving the tablet this week.
    This auction is for the Wi-Fi only, Pixel Qi model (no 3g). Technical specifications below.
    I will ship the Adam sealed in the same box it came in, without opening it, anywhere in the USA upon payment receipt.
    I ship fast and provide a tracking number.
    Warranty included from the manufacturer.

    EXTRA:
    Meridian Leather Slipcase from Targus®. The Meridian 12-inch Slipcase is slim, lightweight, and made of genuine leather with plush lining. Plus, the contoured fit keeps your laptop / tablet snug and protected. Also, the scratch-resistant interior lining adds premium style to the simple yet functional design. Moreover, this elegant case is designed for stand- alone usage, but it can also be easily slipped into a larger carrier for added convenience. Additional features like the sturdy magnetic closure and a rear slip pocket with business card holder make the ONS119US Meridian Slipcase an excellent acces.
    I think rohan should start selling Adams on the Ebay, this will remove a lot of problems.

  2229. Dear Rohan

    I Am just a fool who bought into your dream. I’m on the edge of saying goodbye to all this BS. Years ago we wondered where’s Waldo…. Now we wonder where’s Rohan. Tell us why we should still be here. If I hang in there and not cancel my order, it will be more out of curiosity then confidence or common sense. How about giving out some straight talk and some straight facts….Such as.

    1. How Many Adams have been shipped?
    2. How many have been reported defective?
    3. How many will be shipped Feb 14,th15th?
    4. When Aprox. do you anticipate another round of ordering?
    5. When do you anticipate releasing another OTA Update?
    6. Will there ever be different colored stickers for the side panels?
    7. What is the best reason you can give me not to cancel my order?

    I could ask a dozen more questions, since I have serious doubts that you will bother to answer any of these questions I won’t bother to ask anymore. You could choose to thoughtfully and in a straight forward manner answer these questions. Even answers that would shed negative light could bolster the confidence that your enterprise so sorely needs. You may likely chock this post up to being just part of the pain until Valentine situation. That it all will go away when all the first Adams are in the hands of their owners and you begin another round of orders. The question for me now is will curiosity kill the cat, or will my curiosity be enough to keep me hanging on?

    Some kindly follower who still has faith may answer this post…”Hang in there Wally, you will soon have your Adam and you will love him, and if anything goes wrong Notion Ink will take care of it and keep you satisfied. Rohan Sir, won’t you be the person who steps up to renew my confidence? Or would you rather add me to the list of castoffs that you really don’t need?
    Reply

  2230. some more fake adam fans who are trying to sell their adams they used to brag their Love about. GREEDY losers
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    SELLER:cables4college, Greenwich, CT, United States

    Notion Ink Adam Pixel Qi/3G/Wifi!!! Awesome Tablet
    Item condition: New
    Time left: 4d 22h (Feb 08, 201113:22:31 PST)
    Bid history:
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    Starting bid: US $600.00
    Your max bid:
    US $

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    SELLER: auspiex from Vancouver, BC, CANADA.
    -Notion Ink Adam WIFI Pixel QI 3G
    Item condition: New other (see details)
    Time left: 4d 09h (Feb 08, 201100:19:33 PST)
    Bid history:
    3 bids
    Current bid: C $620.00
    Approximately US $627.40
    Your max bid:
    C $

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    Shipping: C $25.00 Standard Int’l Flat Rate Shipping | See all details
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    Seller ships within 4 days after receiving cleared payment .
    Returns:
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    3. SELLER: podsmog from Austin, TX, United States,

    Notion Ink Adam Tablet – Pixel Qi screen/WiFi/FM radio
    Item condition: New
    Time left: 2d 00h (Feb 05, 201114:50:38 PST)
    Bid history:
    10 bids
    Current bid: US $536.00
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    Estimated between Tue. Feb. 8 and Thu. Feb. 10
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    4. I CANT BELIEVE IT, ONE MORE FROM podsmog on EBAY
    SELLER: podsmog, from Austin, TEXAS, USA.

    Notion Ink Adam Tablet – Pixel Qi, 3G (850/1900), WiFi
    Item condition: New
    Time left: 1 day 23 hours (Feb 05, 201114:37:59 PST)
    Bid history:
    26 bids
    Current bid: US $570.00
    Your max bid:
    US $

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    Estimated between Tue. Feb. 8 and Thu. Feb. 10
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    5.SELLER: riverwander, from Annapolis, MD, United States,

    Notion Ink Adam Tablet 8GB Tegra 2 3G Wi-Fi Pixel Qi
    Item condition: New
    Time left: 1 day (Feb 04, 201115:43:52 PST)
    Bid history:
    6 bids
    Current bid: US $640.00
    Your max bid:
    US $

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    Shipping: $25.00 | See all details
    Delivery:
    Estimated between Wed. Feb. 9 and Tue. Feb. 15
    Returns:
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    SHAME ON ALL THESE GREEDY PEOPLE.

  2232. Dear All,
    Have posted here before but had to register now to post. Anyway, An interesting article today about the verizone Iphone Pre-order and how it went.

    I am pasting some of the comments here from that article and the link to the full article.
    do have a read. by posting this, im not saying that everything is perfect at Notion Ink or that they are as good as Verizon or AT & T….only that everyone is human and shit does happen, even in big companies. Notion Ink does have its unique issues however and i hope they do get sorted cos im really waiting to place my order for the adam as soon as it opens up again.

    Comments:
    As many iPhone fans will recall, in June of last year AT&T’s Web site was overwhelmed by customers trying to preorder the iPhone 4. Orders couldn’t be processed through AT&T, and many customers simply gave up after their purchase attempts timed-out and failed.

    Lee Evans of Manahawkin, N.J., said he got up at 3 a.m. to preorder the Verizon iPhone because he was afraid Verizon would run out of the devices.

    “The only reason I got up early and preordered it was because when the Droid X and HTC Incredible came out last year, I heard there was a seven-month waiting list for the phones, and that was even for people who preordered the phones. So I figured I’d jump on and get one right away.”

    Kate Johnson of Garrison, N.Y., who got up at 2:55 a.m. EST Thursday, said she spent 45 minutes on Verizon Wireless’s Web site trying to order her iPhone. Finally, she gave up and went to the Apple Web site, where it took 5 minutes to complete the order.

    Link : “h t t p:// news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20030571-266.html”

    I hope this will restore a little bit of faith atleast because simply put,
    There is no guarantee that if you order another tablet, you might not have a similar experience. 🙂

    Rgds,
    Kirtan Doshi

  2233. @all – based on all this new revealing information – I am willing to bet there are more than 10 Adams shipped. (I saw some one claiming only 10 were shipped). If it turns out to be less than 10 – I’m willing to eat Albert’s other shoe. (I’ll have mine fried with mole sauce)

  2235. I was told by NI that the last delay was caused by NI’s quality assurance team suspected defect in a few shipments which were ready to be shipped.

  2236. If you have doubts, cancel. You can always get one later after things smooth out. That said, somebody at notionhacks took his apart. He found the build quality to be good.

  2237. JUMP Wally JUMP Cancel, you can allways buy one later on ( if there are any more)

    although currently they are trying to rip me off for 59 dollars. see other post.

    rambler on notionaddicts has stated co founder of NI called him up (on the phone at 11pm) and said his broken camera (physically not the same as most everone elses does not lock in position ) and white lines / blck screen when atempts to use.

    co founder VARUN is stating that all his woes will be fixed with a download kit that is being sent via email to rambler.

    obviously rambler aint buying that one 🙂

  2238. ohh and also the blotchy pixel qi screen “according to varun” is supposidly also fixable by a magic download ?? !! 🙂

    seemingly android is at fault not hardware 😛

  2239. Received my adam 3G PQ today.

    – Don’t get my 3G to work, Wifi is working, waiting for Answer from NotionInk.

    – Could not manage to put the mate screen protector foile in satisfying quality on my adam. I am just not talented enough or don’t have the tiny fingers to do it. Crap. Now I have a glossy screen with tons of fingerprints. Equal to the iPad. 😦 Sorry, but I did not expect that I have to do some of the handcraft work by myself. @NotionInk: Please get this done in the manufacture.

    – Eden needs a lot of training. Some good ideas but really not easy and sometimes confusing. Standard dummy user will fail. Huge room for improvement. Just a few apps do support panels. Most of the apps require full screen.

    – Did not find the twitter app? Hmm…

    – No usage for camera found so far. Don’t know how to take notes aside with the camera (full screen app only). No chat client that allows the usage of the swivel camera (Skype does not yet support the camera on the android app). Standard angle will not allow to get my face on the camera when adam is flat on a table (needs to be hold in the hand).

  2242. Yes the LCD one here, I can compare it to my wife’s Archos 101, to me the colors are as vibrant if held at a 45 degree angle. I have only used it for a short time but no problems. I have the wireless working and my email both in about 1 min. of messing with it. The touch screen seems very responsive but Eden will take some time to figure out. It came about 90% charged and booted right up, one thing is when you want the keyboard to come up when touching the input section, it won’t the first time unless you long press in that section and it will bring up your option for which keyboard you want. After that it comes up every time. I need to spend more time with it and try different features but I have a feeling I’m going to be very satisfied when future updates are available.

  2243. @amarko5

    You stepped on them. Look at the bottom of your shoe, or at least at the bottom of this page. See where it says “older posts”? Scrape that off your shoe, or click on that link at the bottom of the page.

  2244. first it was newest last, then newest first, then its back to newest last again ?

    someone is having fun in the settings menu ?

  2245. I’m waiting until the 8th of Feb to decide on cancellation, even then I might consider Ebay, then I could be called a greedy non fan. I might as well make up for some of the time spent waiting and all the other non productive time worrying and speculating about Notion Ink and Adam.

    I did go look at the Dell Streak 7 inch, but they took the phone out of it and I wasn’t all that impressed The Toshiba 10.1 inch Tablet looks nice, but won’t be here till spring. Tablet Fever sucks……

  2246. Not only have you lost your gravitas, you’ve lost your gravity. You have no clue whether you’re up or down with your purchase.

  2247. Got adam day early. leaving videos and reviews here “http://notioninkhacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=532”

  2248. Agreed with you, someone I know wanted the iPhone 4 in December, the store didn’t have it, she placed the order and it was with her in 2 days. Also if you place the order online at the apple site, they give you a clear estimate of when you’ll get it.
    Once I ordered a MBP from them and it was going to take 5 days to ship it inspire of me choosing overnight delivery, so I called them and they cancelled that order and told me exactly how I could get the MBP the next day.

    Having said that its best to compare yourself to someone better not someone worse. Unless you do that, how’re you going to improve?

  2250. That’s because the NI office is in the back of a trailer connected to a moving truck!

  2251. To all the naysayers….why are you here???? just move on and let this be a blog FOR the Adam. The time your wasting here could be spent finding the tablet of YOUR dreams. Bitch, whine, cry, we have already heard it all.

    @Wally West hang in there, I’ve enjoyed your posts and I know you want this tablet.

  2252. Hello LeoP,

    The gravitas is still there just a bit subdued considering recent events. I am truly up and down on Adam though. One minute ready to roll and another not so much. I usually handle any product I’m about to purchase. At least then I get a feel for what I’m getting into. Most of us are here because we thought the specs were good. User reviews have been a mixed bag. How do you feel about Adam at this stage of the game? Have you purchased one? Are you planning to?

    In the end I’ll probably stick it out. I’ve invested a lot time and my curiosity will likely get the best of me. If Adam does not work out for me, I’m sure I would be able to recover most of the expenses on Ebay. There have been a few comments on the LCD version (the one I chose) and they seem to be scoring higher marks. Whether your buy or are just watching I wish you the best.

  2253. Hey back 2,

    I had a little case of buyers remorse before even receiving Adam. I’m too curious to let it go by the wayside. I see you have just received the same model I’m waiting on. I’m eager to hear how you like it. Yes, I’m still hanging in there!

  2255. @wally west

    I’m in the same bind that all 14th Feb purchasers are. The wait isn’t bad if you’re busy with other vices. I mean other devices. Waiting for the $600.00 version.
    From beautiful Contra Costa County CA

  2256. You know, earlier I was thinking maybe Rohan can wait till saturday to post. Now I’m really thinking he should answer a few of the questions that are out there like those posted by Wally West.

    Rohan, you must listen to those who have supported you for so long. Honestly, Notion Ink is like Will Smith in Hancock at the beginning of the movie, a fallen hero. Two more days of posts like this and you won’t need to do a preorder 2 cuz it will be the final order if that.

    You talked to us like we were family. Family deserves the truth, it maybe ugly, but if you are honest now, perhaps we can help you and the company out of this unfortunate mess you are in. I hope pride doesn’t get in the way.

  2257. LeoP,

    We share more then the date our Adams will ship. We live in the same state.

    From beautiful Ventura County CA

  2258. @Wally West, I think by the quality of your posts, and because you seem knowledgeable about this sort of thing you will be able to make the Adam into anything you want. So far I’m very happy with it but to my demise I’m not techie so I probably will need updates to get it where it should be. The display is fantastic and have no problems with it at all. Actually I think I could do the rooting and hacking but a little hesitant right now until I know it better. Keep hanging in there I don’t think you will be disappointed, and by all means keep posting like I said I always liked your posts. 🙂

  2261. @suicideclown1

    Saw all your videos. You did more than a credible job on those videos. Seems you handled the OS like you knew what you were doing.

  2264. LeoP, Thanks, I was shooting the footage with the Galaxy S (captivate) phone which is very similar to the adam tablet in many ways. Plus my dad got the adam a week ago, but I have not touched it as he lives in Texas still and I am in Colorado. I know what I want to do when trying to navigate through stuff and I just try many different things to try and figure it out. I have done quite a bit of programming and design in my highschool days, so I have a tendency to think along the lines of “how would I want to interact here”. there were several things I wish acted differently, but I figured out many. There really should be a manual showing all the ways things work… but there is not. It frustrates me and I hope people will find my video’s helpful when buying the adam. It really is a neat device and I am very glad i purchased it. I will admit, and agree with my father, at this stage it is not meant for the average user. In fact, I sort of feel that way with almost any android device. I have used the Iphone 3gs and the galaxy S phone and have come to the conclusion that the Iphone is made for picking up and using… sort of like a smart phone for dummies. But the android phones are made for picking up and customizing… for advanced users. I feel the same about the adam tablet. It was made to be customized… and believe me… I will customize the hell out of this thing 😉

  2268. Imagine if they had a blog like this one to go to!

    Of course, Samsung’s, and Appplke’s CEO’s don’t lie…(they don’t talk in a blog either!)

  2270. @atul Tiwari

    being one of the earlier supporter of the Adam, are you going to post some pictures/videos once you receive it? I think that would be great!

  2271. +1 Customization is one of the things that keeps me in the Adam tent. I’m going have a look at your videos Albert.

  2272. Dear Rohan,
    I got my Adam today!!! Thanks so much. It is a beaut! I am waiting for the market to open. Hope you will update us soon. Meantime I have APXed and am running with Android Market. Thank you and thank you. What a device you have created.
    mccoc66

  2275. Albert,

    Just got through looking at your videos. Thanks for all the effort you put into them. Even though your Adam came with the most recent update things looked pretty buggy. I personally think Adam needs Honeycomb. I just don’t know what kind of support were going to get for Eden from Notion Ink. Customizing software seems your best to get Adam working like the hardware designed to work. Again, thanks for making those videos!!

  2281. Rohan loves your sarcasm, at least better than Greg – the ideal’s non existence. I remember another fan – Sowmya, dont know where everyone vanished after the pre order season.

  2282. OK Rohan,

    Perfect answer on Wally West….!!!
    Get it by mail but I can’t find it here on the page…. Shit blog

  2284. In response to wally west on February 4, 2011 at 04:09:
    Dear Rohan I Am just a fool who bought into your dream. I’m on the edge of saying goodbye to all this BS. Years ago we wondered where’s Waldo…. Now we wonder where’s Rohan. Tell us why we should still be here. If I hang in there and not cancel my order, it will be […]
    1. How Many Adams have been shipped?
    94%
    2. How many have been reported defective?
    0.9%
    3. How many will be shipped Feb 14,th15th?
    5.31%
    4. When Aprox. do you anticipate another round of ordering?
    14th, when we ship all.
    5. When do you anticipate releasing another OTA Update?
    Tomorrow
    6. Will there ever be different colored stickers for the side panels?
    Yes
    7. What is the best reason you can give me not to cancel my order?
    Rather i’d say, if you are not happy, please cancel it. It doesn’t make any sense for you to share pains because of us. I am honest in my approach. I can only plan things, but not predict.
    Regards

    I mis the Warm Regards………….

  2285. Great videos Albert. As Pratik said in the comments: “Great job dude! Your videos will surely boost confidence into many people to buy and try Adam.“

  2286. This is what Rohan posted. I got this on the RSS reader. I can’t find it on wordpress.
    I would to thank Rohan for posting a comment.

    The link is,
    “https://notionink.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/pain-till-valentine/comment-page-13/#comment-93135”

    04 February 2011, 08:37:53 | Rohan Shravan
    1. How Many Adams have been shipped?
    94%
    2. How many have been reported defective?
    0.9%
    3. How many will be shipped Feb 14,th15th?
    5.31%
    4. When Aprox. do you anticipate another round of ordering?
    14th, when we ship all.
    5. When do you anticipate releasing another OTA Update?
    Tomorrow
    6. Will there ever be different colored stickers for the side panels?
    Yes
    7. What is the best reason you can give me not to cancel my order?
    Rather i’d say, if you are not happy, please cancel it. It doesn’t make any sense for you to share pains because of us. I am honest in my approach. I can only plan things, but not predict.

    Regards

  2288. GPS issue in Adam is under triage and hence we can expect a fix soon. Just received an email from the NI team.

    As per an earlier comment by Rohan – 94% of Adams have been already shipped. Expected last shipment of Pre Order 1 season – Feb 14/15 th. Mine is included in that lot. Super excited 😀

  2291. After another attempt of about 2 hours to put the the mate foile clean on the adam, I give up. I cleaned the foile as good as possible with cold water and tried not to have any particles on it… But I am not in the chip manufacturing business and don’t have a ultra particle free room. Impossible!

    @Rohan: This is a 10inch screen and not a tiny phone. This is really not easy… There is always something on the screen and it’s really sad that the mate screen was just nice theory. As much as I loved the idea of the mate screen, I can’t get it solved on my adam.

  2293. Thank you so much for doing that! All those videos!

    When I get mine, I will study everything you have done.

    prrrrrrrrrrrr

    😀

  2295. can you access “market.google.com” and install application from there? you could always root the adam & get access to the market!

    anyone from Bangalore got their Adam?

  2297. Perfect Albert….!!!!!

    Explained a lot in your video’s. Now I know what I want, PQ looks perfect.

    Thanks for let us see your Adam video’s.

    Namaste, Bert

  2301. I so agree, Kirtan.

    NI is a brand-new company with a GREAT dream, And it is releasing a brand-new, cutting edge device that (most of us) want. And I have enjoyed the journey, which I have shared with you guys, They say it is not the destination, but the journey that provides the greatest memories.

    I get so excited when people get their Adams. And I see a bit of calm now here, now that several people have them now.

    The best thing is that the pros say the HARDWARE IS really nice, but the software may be buggy in spots. Software issues can always be fixed! And when Honey Comb is ported to it, well, I can’t wait for that!

  2304. 04 February 2011, 08:37:53 | Rohan Shravan
    1. How Many Adams have been shipped?
    94%
    2. How many have been reported defective?
    0.9%
    3. How many will be shipped Feb 14,th15th?
    5.31%
    4. When Aprox. do you anticipate another round of ordering?
    14th, when we ship all.
    5. When do you anticipate releasing another OTA Update?
    Tomorrow
    6. Will there ever be different colored stickers for the side panels?
    Yes
    7. What is the best reason you can give me not to cancel my order?
    Rather i’d say, if you are not happy, please cancel it. It doesn’t make any sense for you to share pains because of us. I am honest in my approach. I can only plan things, but not predict.

    Regards

  2306. Thanks Rohan for the precisions !
    “I can only plan things, but not predict.” -> You are so right … retarded deliveries because of screen damages is bad luck, it’s not your fault, glad you see it before sending more …

    I don’t know how you can stay so calm !
    And in an other side, you don’t have the choice …

  2307. “http://notioninkhacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=532”

    And then page 2 or 3 I think.

    Namaste, Bert

  2310. Hopefully I’ll get in with the next pre-order. Found out I’d managed to comment on past posts without registering so never got an email! 😦

  2313. yeah Albert you are doing a great job :).

    @All one request:: There are some users which have posted several video which will be useful for a beginner as an adam user and as an android user(me being the one)

    SO can anyone compile them at one place so that we can refer it any time(like albert videos, our own kam videos which were superb specially that rooting one and many others). Thought Greg was expected to do it but i dont see him doing in the next few days or weeks, so any volunteers will be more than welcome 🙂 .

  2316. @boeltwit
    Yepp, I’m a germany citizen and live in Hamburg. As far as I know, in Germany we have nit to pay extra taxes for computer devices. Last year, I have ordered a device in Hongkong and no extra charge.
    I’m on the last shipment, February15th. After delivery I can tell you for sure, that I have paid no extra tax.

  2317. I just read this on TechDIN

    Notion Ink Adam has been in the news lately because of the drama surrounding it. When it launched a contest for the device’s logo back in November, 2010, it promised all the 43 entries steep discounts on the tablet. However, the promise has been pretty much in the air with contenders not even getting a response from the company on this matter.

    If that’s true Rohan should immediately do something. Many people did put a lot of effort in there logo-designing and they deserve appreciation.

  2318. does anyone knows why NI will start a pre order2 and not going on the open marlket with the ADAM ??

  2319. Well that’s it. I’ve jumped ship.

    Lost complete faith in NI with their refusal to post on this blog and seemingly to have disappeared.

    Just couldn’t maintain patience with a company who seem so naive when paying customers are clamouring for information.

    Delays are one thing, but not backing us up with support, no website updates, no phoneline, deathly silence from the main players has killed off my faith in them.

    I hope those still waiting are successful but if the level of support shown by NI during the debacle of the last few weeks is indemic of future expectations, then you will despair when/if your Adam goes wrong. They just have not got the backing and manpower.

    I feel a great relief now, knowing I no longer have to pour over this blog or Greh=gs blog for answers that will probably neve come. Good luck all who remain firm.

  2320. Well that’s it Guys. I’ve jumped ship, cancelled order.

    Lost complete faith in NI with their refusal to post on this blog and seemingly to have disappeared.

    Just couldn’t maintain patience with a company who seem so naive when paying customers are clamouring for information.

    Delays are one thing, but not backing us up with support, no website updates, no phoneline, deathly silence from the main players has killed off my faith in them.

    I hope those still waiting are successful but if the level of support shown by NI during the debacle of the last few weeks is indemic of future expectations, then you will despair when/if your Adam goes wrong. They just have not got the backing and manpower.

    I feel a great relief now, knowing I no longer have to pour over this blog or Greh=gs blog for answers that will probably neve come. Good luck all who remain firm.

  2321. NI Adam gets an honorable mention at the end of this article on “7 reasons why Android Honeycomb tablets can fare better than Apple iPad”

    “http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/108920/20110204/apple-ipad-tablets-honeycomb-os-samsung-galaxy-tab-motorola-xoom.htm”

  2322. I think I remember a video in which someone disassembling his ADAM removed these stickers. He also said that they were well glued and that he was confident they should stick for a long time.
    I guess they could come off after some time (they are stickers after all), but hopefully by then NI will be selling sets of stickers with new colors. You could then pimp your ADAM ;-).

  2323. Problem solved:

    Need to add the APN configuration in setup of the adam as follow:
    “http://www.swisscom.ch/res/hilfe/mobile/einstellungen/index.htm?languageId=de&campID=src_apn%20einstellungen&”

  2326. I have now problems with setting up Exchange synchronization for my company emails.

    I have already the HTC Desire (Android 2.2) running and everything works fine. Now when I go through the setup, I can authenticate but it finally fails with the following message:

    Setup could not finish
    This server requires security features your phone does not support.

    When I check on my Exchange account, I can see the paired HTC device. Also, the adam tries to pair up, but fails with the identification. It seems that there is some customization in the code of the adam, which fails for the successfull Exchange configuration.

    Regards,
    Alex

  2328. @kirtan – I had posted a link too – If not restore faith (there are addressable problems at NI) ; but at least the trash talking should stop.

    (Actually its not bad on the blog for the last 2-3 days)

  2331. So, my adam came in yesterday (USA, Virginia). It seems well built and I expect to be happy with it. Problem: because there is no “quick start” guide, I have been unable to figure out how to access the keyboard so that I can change a URL and log into my secure website (I need to be able to enter a WPA key). HELP!

  2333. Prantha, to Mark:
    > i wanna see your adam!!!

    Ahem. This isn’t Craig’s List, if you know what I mean.

  2334. bikramdas:
    > I remember another fan – Sowmya, dont know where everyone vanished after the pre order season.

    Quite a few fans have vanished, in fact. Not to make any accusations, but Greg does have a gun.

  2336. @Harold: Yes, Adam is getting a name out there.
    Now what we need is production capacity and distribution channels. It seems as if Notion Ink is riding the tiger and that the ride might be much faster and more eventful then they had expected :mrgreen:

  2338. @Alex 😦 sorry to hear that.
    I will give it a try next week when I get my Adam, but I will make sure that I do it at a quiet moment.

  2341. Thanks Rama Maganti to copy this comment from Rohan.
    I do not use an rss feed, so I had not seen this comment at all (in WordPress). It seems that I have to get my credit card ready for PO2 or for simply ordering. Normal ordering would be even better.

  2344. Hi Boeltwit, Did you see it that you made it (or at least one of your comments made it) to the Office Suit & Email video of Albert ?
    (“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z57XCcyu2uE&feature=player_embedded”)

  2351. @Prantha: Thanks for repeating the answers here, otherwise people think that Rohan didn’t answer while what Rohan said is worthwhile.

  2352. As seen on internet with an ipad, it’s possible to skateboarding with this kind of device !
    Nevertheless, I think Adam will be better for a flying carpet.

    Also, the Rohan’s last comment didn’t appear on the blog !
    He is censuring himself ?
    Wordpress is sh*t …

  2353. If it is a security issue, I have found that downloading touchdown, even just the demo version, puts the right security certificates on the phone, but you can still use the built-in mail program, you don’t have to use touchdown. Something like that might work for Adam.

  2355. @bikramdas: Thye didn’t vanish, thay are now the proud owners of an Adam, which is why they were here.
    Now that they have received it, they spend more time with Adam then with Rohan (on this blog) 🙂 .

    I didn’t know gecko’s were afraid of guns. Given how often they post about it, they seem rather intrigued by them.

  2356. Hi Rohan, thanks for the response.
    Can you add a support page on the Notion Ink website that refers to the right software to download?
    Many people will run into problems like Albert and might not know from which website (notioninkhacks?) to download which software (I am a bit surprised that flash is not pre-installed as virtually every Adam user would want that).

    Thanks.

  2357. @All
    Based on Rohan’s figure that 5.31% of people are on the last shipment for 14th and 15th Feb, I worked out a few numbers (these are cut and pasted from Excel. May end up garbled up in WordPress. If not fine, this comment will hopefully convey something):

    Final Total
    Shipment Orders Shipped Defects
    10 188 178 1
    20 377 357 3
    30 565 535 5
    40 753 713 6
    50 942 892 8
    60 1130 1070 10
    70 1318 1248 11
    80 1507 1427 13
    90 1695 1605 15
    100 1883 1783 16
    110 2072 1962 18
    120 2260 2140 20
    130 2448 2318 22
    140 2637 2497 23
    150 2825 2675 25
    160 3013 2853 27
    170 3202 3032 28
    180 3390 3210 30
    190 3578 3388 32
    200 3766 3566 33

    It is anybody’s guess, how many were shipped.

    OPTIMISTIC CASE:
    Taking a optimistic estimate of 200 in the last shipment, total sold are close to 3750 and total defective adams reported are 33.

    PESSIMISTIC CASE:
    Taking a optimistic estimate of 50 in the last shipment, total sold are close to 940 and total defective adams reported are 8.

    REALISTIC CASE:
    Taking a realistic estimate of 100 in the last shipment, total sold are close to 1880 and total defective adams reported are 16.

    UNREALISTIC CASE:
    Taking a unrealistic estimate of 10 in the last shipment, total sold are close to 188 and total defective adams reported are 1.

    Rohan hasn’t indicated how many cancellations they received. There has been a lot of cancellations lately. It may take time for him to know the exact figures.

    Even taking the Pessimistic case, I find the number of adams sold are close to a thousand. So why haven’t people reported receiving their adam on this blog? That is the mystery that is really puzzling me, unless the unrealistic case is truly the realistic case. If so, the unrealistic case number of adams sold match closely with the EAP2 numbers (of 200).

  2359. Apologies for missing out articles. Everything that is starting with o should have an before it instead of a.

    And
    >PESSIMISTIC CASE:
    >Taking a optimistic estimate of 50 in the last shipment, total sold are close to 940 >and total defective adams reported are 8.

    Should read as,

    PESSIMISTIC CASE:
    Taking a pessimistic estimate of 50 in the last shipment, total sold are close to 940 and total defective adams reported are 8.

  2360. Ja! zag het ook !! Maar de Adam ziet er niet alleen goed uit, ook Albert is een Holywood mannetje… lol !

  2363. Rama I wonder why this would not show up on the blog? This an important response if it does come straight from Rohan.

  2368. All is great with my new adam, very pleased! But i wanted to post this here (already posted on Notion addicts site):

    TIP-

    Some adams are being shipped with a film on the camera and some are not. Confirmed by NI. Do not attempt to take off the film, unless you are 100% sure it is there. If your not sure, contact support first. Let them tell you. If the film is on, and you don’t take it off for a few days, you’ll be ok. Don’t rush it. Please confirm it first.

    PQ, 3G

  2369. @gumbodave,
    when you click in the field, then the keyboard must come automaticly.
    Look at Alberts video you can learn a lot boybarados put them here in this blog.

    Namaste, Bert

  2370. @leop – you have to tell what gateway to connect to. The names are specific to the service providers. The Service providers will always tell you the host name.

  2372. @gumbodave – I believe you have to hold down for a couple of moments for the first time. Dont remember where I saw or read it – probably Alberts Wi-Fi setup video.

  2374. Camera doesn’t look bad.Glad to see more better and better things are coming out.

  2375. @gumbodave,
    Mine did the same thing but if you long press in the input field you will get an option for which keyboard you want and it will start working automatically after that.

  2376. Dear Rohan,

    I brought this forward as it does appear that you answered the questions I posted yesterday:

    #
    #
    Rama Maganti said, on February 4, 2011 at 14:30

    This is what Rohan posted. I got this on the RSS reader. I can’t find it on wordpress.
    I would to thank Rohan for posting a comment.

    The link is,
    “https://notionink.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/pain-till-valentine/comment-page-13/#comment-93135″

    04 February 2011, 08:37:53 | Rohan Shravan
    1. How Many Adams have been shipped?
    94%
    2. How many have been reported defective?
    0.9%
    3. How many will be shipped Feb 14,th15th?
    5.31%
    4. When Aprox. do you anticipate another round of ordering?
    14th, when we ship all.
    5. When do you anticipate releasing another OTA Update?
    Tomorrow
    6. Will there ever be different colored stickers for the side panels?
    Yes
    7. What is the best reason you can give me not to cancel my order?
    Rather i’d say, if you are not happy, please cancel it. It doesn’t make any sense for you to share pains because of us. I am honest in my approach. I can only plan things, but not predict.

    I would like to thank you for your direct answers. I realize you have reasons for not giving the actual numbers sold and instead are using percentages. I appreciate your honest answer regarding what best reason you would give, for me not to cancel my order. I do understand it is one thing to plan things and another to predict. The question is not whether I’m happy, I don’t believe true happiness can be found in a electronic device, it is more a question of am I comfortable. To buy a brand new device from a relatively new company is a gamble. I have never been much of a gambler. The purchase of Adam has challenged my comfort zone. I will deal with that challenge, more then likely, without canceling my order for Adam.

    For over a year now I wished and hoped for Notion Ink’s success.
    Seeing the birth of a child can be a painful yet beautiful experience. Whether the child can survive after birth depends on the care and love his parents provide. Hopefully you can find a way to care for and give the Notion Ink the attention it needs to survive and be successful.

    With my best regards,
    Wally

  2377. The journey has been tough, and we are always told about whats we are not good with. I see you all who support Notion Ink at this moment a part of something big. I have no idea how we are going to pay back the moral dues, but it’s there in our minds, and i surely will. Sometimes what we gain in life is not monetary, but it can just be a thought, a thought which in the end can change how we think or feel about things. May be in years from now we will know all the real stories, and appreciate what we do, how we do, and what actually we are fighting here. But till then, I appreciate you my friend for being honest to what you know! 🙂

    Warm Regards

  2378. A question about QuitckOffice.

    Can someone with Adam tell me if you can create a spreadsheet/doc and save it on the external device such as a micro SD / USB?

  2379. Both well said!!!!!
    Here can everybody learn something from, perfect!!!
    Ignore the pessimists and go one with Adam and NI

    I hope that I can order my PQ 3g after the 14th feb….!!!!

    Namaste, Wall & Rohan

  2380. UNBELIEVABLE!!!

    As soon as I cancel my order Rohan decides to post!!!

    I have not received a “do you really want to cancel” email yet or confirmation so If I’ve
    now lost my Adam OK but my timing, or Rohan’s, was really UNBELEIVABLE. I really thought he had deserted us it’s been so long since a post from him.

    Care to comment @Rohan?

  2381. Hi Rohan, glad to see you back on the blog. As long as you are in an ‘answering mood,’ could you give us a rough idea when the Adam will be in brick-and-mortar stores?

    Thanx.

  2382. @Rohan,

    I am glad, I saw again a Warm regards

    Keep it like that, go one with who you are, you win in the end..!!

    Namaste, Bert

  2383. Seems like the clown won’t have to eat his shoe after all. Xoom has already suffered it’s first delay!

    “Contrary to earlier insider leaks pinning the Xoom to a February 17th launch, Best Buy is now promising to have the vanguard of the Honeycomb tablet revolution on February 24th. That’s exactly a week later than our earlier info, so perhaps somebody somewhere decided to push things back a bit.”

    source – engadget
    “http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/04/motorola-xoom-coming-to-best-buy-on-february-24th-htc-thunderbo/”

  2384. @Rohan

    UNBELIEVABLE!!!

    As soon as I cancel my order Rohan decides to post!!! I’ve been loyal until 2 hours ago.

    I have not received a “do you really want to cancel” email yet or confirmation so If I’ve
    now lost my Adam OK but my timing, or Rohan’s, was really UNBELEIVABLE. I really thought he had deserted us it’s been so long since a post from him.

    Care to comment @Rohan?

  2385. Please Magic51,

    Give Rohan a break, this is what you must feel, never pressure somebody…

    Namaste, Bert

  2386. Got more video’s coming, some of good stuff, some of bugs. I am video taping bugs to help NI figure out what is going on and to fix it. I hope no one thinks I am taping bugs to make them look bad. They need to see this more than anyone else. I recently tested a couple of gameloft games and Avatar does not work… Assassin’s creed loaded, played intro video full screen and menu part screen…. ingame runs but has video glitches. Works perfect on my galaxyphone.. probably doenst have right drivers. More video’s this evening.

  2387. @magic51 – couple of days ago you posted something with a smiley – I pointed out to you that the post looked better with the 🙂 . What happened? Why did you decide to ditch the smiley 2 hours ago?

    I hope you get a chance to un-cancel your order – or wait for the next round of orders – soon! 🙂

  2388. And Rohan posted earl eyer:

    The link is,
    “https://notionink.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/pain-till-valentine/comment-page-13/#comment-93135″

    04 February 2011, 08:37:53 | Rohan Shravan
    1. How Many Adams have been shipped?
    94%

  2389. Sorry Boeltwit but I have given Rohan breaks and stayed loyal for 4 delays. It wore me out. I do wish him and NI well, I’ve had the same dream for 9 months and felt exhausted with the disappointments. Again I say good luck to all, I’m a reasonable guy who just felt let down.

  2390. instead of complaining you should use your energy in a positive way…thus making you happy, and you will see your ADAM will come.

    You just sound like a bunch of old mother in laws hahahah

    Dude

  2391. Hi Rohan

    Good to see you are back. Without your comments this blog was pretty much empty. You the creator of life over here and we missed you.

    I guess i was lucky to preorder Adam and also it is shipped on 29th, not yet received through but eagerly waiting for it.

    Howz your work going with HoneyComb? I hope Nvidia is providing all the supports you needed?

  2392. Nice to see you Rohan. Hope everything is good. I haven’t been commenting much but I have been following for a long time. I can’t wait until the ADAM is in my hand, it looks amazing.

  2393. @Albert,

    Maybe you did not read this? I think it was for you:

    Rohan Shravan said, on February 4, 2011 at 21:12

    You are using the wrong version of flash, and that is what is crashing your browser. Check notioninkhack for right one.

    Regards
    Reply

    His warm regards are also coming back…
    Go on with your perfect video work!!

    Namaste, Bert

  2394. I already got it fixed and I video taped the result. TY. Thanks for the response Rohan.

  2395. @Rohan, glad to hear from you. I wish you and NI all the success during these hard and testing phase of adams journey… I am sure you will emerge victorious with an “i-told-you-smile”. Adam will have its mark felt around the globe.

  2396. I can understand how you feel now, but in all the negative talking, you must be very strong to stay in this boat,can you understand how Rohan is feeling..??? 25 years and he want this also, he started this, but how shall he feel…?? very alone, believe me, but he is also very strong…
    Sorry magic51, I wish somebody can let you feel better……. but often in life mostly you must do all by yourself and help yourself in this…

    Namaste, Bert

  2398. @magic51, “Patience is a virtue, Possess it if you can, Seldom found in woman, Never found in man”.
    -unknown

    🙂

  2400. @Tess.y,

    I “think” yes, why not..?
    But ask this at suicideclown1 he is very active in this at the moment.

    Namaste, Bert

  2401. This is where I will post the rest of the video’s as they finish uploading
    “http://notioninkhacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=532&p=4323#p4323”
    probably wont be until tonight. That is Tonight Mountain time, some time before midnight and after 5pm ;P Is that specific enough? NoF5

  2402. Hi Rohan,

    I can only imagine how hard it must have been for you and your team in the last days when many did not hesitate to use harsh words and make blatant accusations. Even though you have probably made a couple of mistakes in the last months, I don’t think you deserved all that. Not to mention the tech blogs who kept bashing you as soon as they could, by reporting all possible negative remarks about the adam.

    I hope you are hanging in there. I did. I am still very convinced of my purchase and I can’t wait to receive my Pixel Qi 3G. I have read all the reviews out there and seen all the video’s made by our fellow pre-orderers.

    From what I see, there are still a lot of us here believing you can make it.

    Cheers,

    Carlo.

  2406. Very clear Albert,
    I think we must see this in real and not on the video.
    What I remember was, in the beginning, Rohan had a Adam with a almost loose front and one was laying on the ground, so they where then playing with the front and that is what everybody is seeing when hey is going to use the Adam, maybe there will come a complete different front, you never know.

    Namaste, Bert

  2407. Rohan,

    Very good to hear from you again; your supporters missed your leadership 🙂 Look forward to owning an Adam sometime in the future.

  2408. Magic,

    If it has only been a few hours, Email again if you want to change your mind. I think you would have a shot!

    No matter what any critic will say it is inspiring to hear from the company leader… to know he knows, and to have just a small glimpse of where his mind is at. To know even with missteps his attention is good. It reminds me of very old song from the 60’s By Eric Burdon and the Animals called “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” The line goes…..I’m Just A Soul Who’s Intentions Are Good Oh Lord Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” We have a young man here, Rohan, who I do believe has good intentions. Struggling to make a mark in the world, He can’t get everything right, but the whole concept of community and building a product that is open and non-proprietary is refreshing in a world where greed and the almighty dollar holds too much importance. My confidence is renewed. Many others should be as well. Can we put the underdog on our shoulders and carry him to victory? Not quite….he remains, at the wheel, but we can stand up for something and somene and that can make a difference.

  2409. yes but i did not expect 59 dollars difference in fsct at todays rate the exchange comes out at 371 ukp still bad but not as bad as what is in my account. i will be disputing this further

    NI have emailed saying they refunded 599.99 so are washing their hands of it.

    saying its up to me to chase now, which is a cop out if you ask me.

  2410. Indeed it is nice to have Rohan posting back on the blog ! It is nice of you of taking the time to read and answering to questions, thanks a lot (also have to admit that communication was lacking these last few days :-)) !

    I remember reading this somewhere around: do you think you’d have time, it might be planned for all I know, to send test mails to prepare for Pre-Order 2 ?

    Again, thanks a lot and keep up the momentum !

    Warm regards 😉

  2411. Rohan:
    > I have no idea how we are going to pay back the moral dues

    That’s easy – food.

    HEY EVERYBODY! Rohan’s buying us lunch!!

  2412. its a legal problem as its the same with the advent vega, FLASH is not OFFICIALLY suported on Tegra 2 yet . so adding it could cause some legal problems.

    pretty well known if your a follower of tegra 2 devices on XDA or the likes

  2413. Murali:
    > @magic51, “Patience is a virtue, Possess it if you can, Seldom found in woman, Never found in man”.
    -unknown

    Patience fills your body
    From head down to your toes,
    Always found in lizards,
    Especially geckos.

    If ever you lose patience
    Remember just to smile,
    You look and feel more pleasant
    And cheerful, like reptile.

    – known

  2414. @Rohan you could start to repair the damage by paying back the difference of 59 dollars to my CC account. I should NOT loose out because i cancelled , and you have had my money to use for some 2 months nearly.

    it would be the DECENT thing to do ! SO ?

  2416. Magic’

    Xoom and Adam run the same processor Nivida Tegra 2. They will both end up with Honeycomb. Motorola Xoom will be hard to customize, Adam will be wide open. Xoom may have a higher screen resolution, but to get a decent price you will likely need a 2 year contract so look to pay a lot more for a little extra screen resolution. Another bonus for Adam is you will be able to have honeycomb and switch over to Eden. I know Eden has bugs now and likely takes a little more of a learning curve, but it does have potential.

  2417. You can tell albertwertz has been waiting and talking about his Adam a lot. Great last few words spoken:

    Lady: “did it come”
    albertwertz: “Yer this is it”
    Lady: “oh no way!”

    I bet this is the case for so many people. I know this is how I will be once I get my chance.

  2418. You can tell albertwertz has been waiting and talking about his Adam a lot. Great last few words spoken:

    Lady: “did it come?”
    albertwertz: “Yer this is it”
    Lady: “oh no way!”

    I bet this is the case for so many people. I know this is how I will be once I get my chance.

  2419. Good informative video Albert. You verified my desire not to put on the Matte screen protector.

    I wish they would leave it out of my order altogether and just send me some Red stickers for my side panels. Rohan confirmed different color stickers would be available for the sides.

    Keep your videos coming the more we see the more we learn.

    A grat big thank you as well!!!!

  2420. @amarko-the-fifth

    Sounds like Chase ripped you off – if NI refunded the money that they received, the rest would be credit-card fees. I know Chase charges a foreign-transaction fee, even if the transaction is in US dollars. No doubt they have other fees as well, courtesy fees or convenience fees or whatever.

  2421. @Rohan good to see you comment here. I’m cool and happy now. I was so much upset and was in no mood past week but now im relaxed and awaiting my adam next week to ship. Thanks for your email.

  2422. I will be laughed at for this but I don’t think NI is bad or dishonest. I do think there is a lot going on right now in the tablet world with the release of Honeycomb. I also don’t think that Greg has suddenly developed a case of bad character either. For both Rohan and Greg to be silent there has to be a reason, like a non disclosure agreement. I never ordered in the 1st preorder since I wanted to wait until all the inevitable (sp) logistic hicups where worked out. I’m more patient then most perhaps since I don’t have any money in the game. But I still think the silence is for a reason that will be explained later.

  2423. you better watch calling people here immature. From my experience they don’t like that even though its true. This is a start up company. hell you gotta order the computer from India which then ships from china. Not exactly a retail store experience. Fortunately I’ve decided to stay with Apple. I’m now waiting for the new macbook pros that should be out this year. I hope everyone who buys from India/China never has a warranty problem. Much luck all.

  2424. @geckofeet

    i am in the UK and it would seem on the day of 1st transaction the uk usd rate was such to give me a cost of 396ukp. i know i have had 359.08 ukp returned.

    the rate worst case on the day it was returned would have given me 371ukp i could maybe of stood that but to take even more and make it near 60 dollars is just total rip off.

    NI have benefitted from me an interest free loan for 2 months and i end up getting shafted because they could not deliver on time X4 ?

    something is rotten here and its not mine or your feet this time.

  2425. Hmm… That doesn’t look like the -3’C minimum recommended operating conditions outlined. 😉

  2427. Come on! you jumped ship, get outa here……

    What l mean, you jumped ship…. So get out of here…….now

  2428. I do and for that I have called atleast 4 departments across 3 continents to understand why that happened. We returned all, and if it is not reaching back to you, there must be something wrong somewhere. For every returned transaction we pay the 5% and that further increases the burden. Banks are difficult to understand, but I wont leave them unless I know whats happening. Do same from your side.

    Regards

  2430. Is it Motorola or Best Buy (Best Buy sucks). Also, where and when was the official release date released. Only thing I see is linked dates. No official date, what until Sunday, Super Bowl for the released date.

    Also, do you see who already have the Xoom? Get some salt ready for the shoe.

  2433. This is in response to what Rohan Shravan said, on February 4, 2011 at 23:22

    Thanks Rohan!

    Your words really moved me. It reiterates why we are all into this in the first place. Things haven’t turned up exactly the way we all expected, but that is not because of you and your team not trying. You are your team at NI have put your hearts and souls into delivering adams to all of those who ordered. Congratulations for that. As you rightly pointed out in an earlier post, you are not here to sell millions in the first year. You wish to do it Slow and Steady. I hope people can be brought around to see your view point.

    I am hoping that I will get a chance to order in the next round.

  2434. It’s good to see rohan back on here and directly answering questions. Direct clear answers are what people consistently need. when this does not happen it begins to feel like everything is rhetoric

  2437. I requested change in the model from pixel qi to lcd and got email from NI that the order is changed and the difference amount is refunded. I checked my cc statement today and it is credited with the difference amount (amount mentioned in email from NI)without any deductions.

  2438. I don’t understand this panic. I ordered an Archos 101 which was in stock at a big European reseller. I canceled the order after 16 weeks of waiting and 4-5 promises it would be delivered “soon”. Both Archos and the reseller are custom to huge deliveries and they messed up as well.

    So I’m not in panic if the delivery gets delayed a couple of times with a unexpierienced company. Early march it review my position on this, after 16 weeks of waiting.

    (I ordered a PQ+Wifi – Delivery pushed back to Feb 14, with buffer)
    In the meantime, keep your head cool guys, there no alternatives on the market yet (only promises from other providers)

  2439. @Rohan, well said. we would like to listen your experience and thoughts. We still have trust in you.

    I believe as long as your adam hardware is solid you should be good (software apps/issues can be updated through timely OTA). Ensure the hardware is good (camera, screen quality/color depth, touch screen response) and half the problems are due to pixel Qi (color wash out & glossy – differing from as described earlier that are not under your control but from pixel Qi).

    I feel the problem is due to “people taking your words in literal meaning rather than as an understanding : word to word” (to prove you wrong or over excited).

    Although I am waiting for Pre-Order 2 desperately, please don’t release pre-order until all adams are delivered in first phase and the issues are resolved (else you will double your pain with more customers pumping in) this being said keep a tap on xoom release date.
    Also make sure you have all adams (for pre-order 2) manufactured when you accept new orders for pre-order 2, ship adams with in 1-2 weeks time frame as they are already manufactured(targeting delivery in 1 week if possible) ==> happy customers from Pre-order 2 would overwhelm Pre-order 1 delayed customers (people recall only recent incidents). I probably not experienced as you (you are more capable as a CEO of NI and your thoughts are appreciated).

    We understand your pain and its quite common for tech sites (just like news media) to go behind the big/established companies (to grab attention to their sites).

    Few things I feel required for adam’s success and less pain:

    1. Don’t take Pre-order 2 until you ship all Pre-Order 1 (which I think you are already doing)

    2. Have Pre-order 2 adam’s manufactured(atleast 80% so that you can catch up the rest in 1-2 weeks window) to provide accurate delivery date : Stick to the delivery date, preferably 2 weeks at max as people tend to be impatient

    3. Remember that the Pre-order 1 & 2 are all (90%) NI/adam fans (who try to accomodate flaws of adam). Retail customers will be impatient from hour 1.

    4. Fix all (as much as possible) issues that have been reported so far, before Pre-order 2 customers get their adams.

    5. Have dedicated senior/experienced people to handle customer issues (respond to every mail from adam owners even if it says ‘we are looking into it’) promptly. Categorize issue type and have responses readily available.

    6. Make sure touch interface is accurate and responsive. People compare everything with iPad (although inferior but its touch response never lags)

    7. Try upgrading the LCD screen resolution/quality compared to xoom (even if it requires increasing the price by 25$).

    8. Your selling point is pixel Qi take the best version available. Make LCD as crispy as iPad(that’s why people went to iPad : resolution, touch response & beauty).

    9. Have honeycomb update available at the earliest with the option for users to run either Eden UI or Honeycomb UI (as is Android 3.0) through settings. You can provide this option until Eden UI stabilizes and people start using it. This way people are not required to root their device and loose warranty.

    10. Have apps (or make Android 3.0 apps available) for all hardware features (GPS : Google honeycomb maps, FM receiver app, video chat: GMail app etc..).

    11. Have the screen protector installed (no complaints from people about bubbles), if required its easy to remove rather than putting on one.

    Having said the above you would see NI becoming a icon even for a normal consumer.
    See how Apple has trapped customers about multi-tasking by saying battery killer, not suitable for tablet etc.)

    Frankly speaking I thought of getting pixel Qi/wifi although I don’t read under sunlight, however seeing responses I am settling to LCD version as I want crispy images.

    These are just my thoughts and having more trust in NI. I am still in campaigning mode for adam. Your selling points are good hardware (-screen resolution), affordable price, good design and no provider lock-in(this is a game changer – no contracts).

    I am still surprised why Google hasn’t provided you with 3.0 SDK as they have given it to CNN, Disney, So gaming provider, LG, Motorola etc.. I think you should approach google for later versions and provide them with your sales figures to impress them.

    Waiting for your next post/pre-order 2(fulfill Pre-order 1 customers).

    Also please don’t release on a weekday (damn if I am stuck in a meeting I have to wait for few more months again ;( ).

  2443. @Rajendra
    >Have Pre-order 2 adam’s manufactured(atleast 80% so that you can catch up…..

    Technically pre-orders are taken prior to manufacturing.. If items are already manufactured and are in stock – it becomes a open to public order.

  2444. @Rajendra
    >Have Pre-order 2 adam’s manufactured(atleast 80% so that you can catch up…..

    Technically pre-orders are taken prior to manufacturing.. If items are already manufactured and are in stock – it becomes a open to public order.

    (WordPress… sigh)

  2445. @Rohan

    Thanks for the Personal response (much appreciated indeed)

    i have started with an email to CCAvenue and will ring my CC card Co Tomorrow (it’s 21:41 here in the uk)

    i feel part of it will be changes in UKP – Dollar Conversion rates

    but as i said earlier i should not loose out and i think by your answer you agree. had my card not been charged before you shipped Adam (as every other transaction I have done ) as you first stated would be the case.

    I would not be where i am now and probably still sitting very happily awaiting my ADAM Arrival, Please Consider this for the future and order 2 it really would allay fears of the majority of the people awaiting to order.

    and please come to an agreement / quick solution for those with faulty units / cameras, GPS and poor PQ screens without delay it’s really hurting your sales, some of your tech support suggestions that a SW update can fix a physical problem is quite humerous to many and shows NI in a bad light, as if they are trying to dodge the issues

    I hope you survive and will keep you informed of my progress re the Money.

    Mark D

  2447. @Rohan, Just get out of here and get some good sleep – fresh minds think better/tired minds stress themself.

    @amarko-the-fifth: NI is not responsible to pay the bank conversion rate differences, international transaction fees etc. They are responsible to only pay you the amount in USD they recieved in their a/c. I myself did few transactions and the manufacturer never pays the transaction fees or other intermediate fees.

    Don’t try to rip off NI by taking their current situation as an advantage (not specifically aiming at you but in general).

  2450. @Karen: indeed; no use talking Dutch if Carlo can read it 😉

    @Carlo: ‘hollywood mannetje’ is positief bedoeld: iemand met veel karakter en een duidelijke uitstraling 😉

  2451. Just looked at your video, I have the exact same spot at the top centre of the screen, also have one long one at the bottom. It looks like a set of finger prints….

  2453. Got new video’s posted. Still 2 more pending. Several glitches. Maybe they can be fixed soon.

  2454. Legal Eaglll over on Notion made some interesting calculations. Here is his post:

    Member legaleagll is on a distinguished road

    Join Date
    Nov 2010
    Posts
    32

    Let’s look at some facts. There are 6,291,773 hits on the Notion Ink WordPress blog. There are a total of 77,723 posts (dating back to the first post). Even if you assume that 90% of the 6 million are repeats, that still means there have been 600,000 unique visitors to this blog. A Jakob Nielsen study found that 90% of online community users are lurkers (read or observe without contributing) with only 9% of users contributing ‘a little’ and 1% actively contributing. Assuming that us gadget geeks are more participative, the scenario I have put forth would say that 13% of the visitors comment. Follow this through to an actual total shipment of 1,000, this would mean that the comments, reviews and the like would seem to indicate a total of 130 units. Again, I think the 1,000 total with 5% of those still being undelivered is pretty close to accurate.

    I agree with his figures and they make a lot of sense. You don’t ship 100000 units on your first run. It is a “pre order” a trial run. This is where you work the bugs out and find out what your software and hardware issues are. This is why Adam sold out so quickly. The big players can afford to send out a thousand units to beta testers. Notion Ink is not a big player so they used the pre-order method. Most of the sales went to invitees. These were the most interested and loyal of followers. They bothered to post. Since Pixel chi was generating the most excitement they were gone in a flash. I think Notion Ink’s calculation was that the most interested and loyal of followers would be the most likely to put up with the bugs and defects that were bound to come. By choosing to order you became a member of the bleeding edge. There is pain till Valentine’s day, but there is also pain on the bleeding edge. One of the reason’s Rohan could tell me if your unhappy go ahead and cancel. He is feeling the pain as well and understands it will be too much for some. I agree with him wholeheartedly on this score. Wasn’t it Truman that said: If you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen. On the other hand I do believe if your device is defective,if your screen is bad, you will get it taken care of. Yes, there will be hoops to jump through but I think Notion Ink will come through. Having said that I know there will be a few that won’t be satisfied. There always is no matter what company you deal with. I’m also thinking that pre-order 2, which Rohan has stated when he answered my questions here start on the 14th, and likely also be another run of a 1000 units. I’m not sure of that, but you do want things working well before you ramp up to bigger numbers. Also we must remember Rohan has previously told us the most they could produce would be 100000 units a month.

    I’ve seen a negative that Adam was just a cheap Chinese Tablet. Ipad is made in China and it may have ever so slightly better parts in it but it will do far less then Adam will. Adam just has to work through the kinks and get Honeycomb and it should be a better dollar for dollar value.

    As for for Rohan being a Liar and a snake oil salesmen, we can all judge for ourselves. I can stand up and say that I see good intentions in Rohan. I think he answered all my questions truthfully. Has he made some mistakes? Haven’t we all? Today’s response from Rohan has brought encouragement. For all the naysayers it is your privilege to say nay. I say yes. Notion Ink and Rohan have my complete support!!!

  2457. Thanks Wally for a well considered overview and conclusion.

    I have full confidence that NI is ironing out all the glitches, and the fact that they now seem to reply to emails within 1 working days (and sometimes even hours is an indication of that.

    Let’s hope that they soon feel confident to go to a production of 100.000 units. Looking at the reviews, Adam with Honeycomb and a stable Eden can sell into the millions per year.

  2459. Looks like the 14th.. I would be ready because it could be a limited number again.

  2461. @Rajendra

    I am not trying to rip anyone off. I was charged 396 UKP for a product i do not have and have cancelled.

    I expect to get 396 UKP back to my account. not as present 359.08 UKP. Granted rates change i know that but there again why should i loose out at all ? it was not my fault that Specs on ADAM Changed, dates were not met, yet you think i should be happy with less money than i started with ? I Think not.

    anyway I will chase from my end , as Rohan is chasing from his end and see where the charges / costs lie.

    as soon as my money Equals out i am Gone from this Blog and the Adam forum’s, until perhaps one day i can get an ADAM I ,II,III whatever from a local supplier.

  2464. Lol, vet goes, big not, color not, I wanted to know if we can make the tekst here some nicer, lol

  2468. @Wally,

    In one word SUPER!!! and let everybody make his own decisions and when you need to yell here only negative things, then you are a simple and weak figure.
    You must be very strong to say what Rohan and Wally today said.
    Perfect guys, this is intelligent, here can a lot of ppl learn something from.

    Namaste, Wally and Rohan

  2470. Adam as shown by Shane:
    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbAtgrO01S4”

    LOVED IT!!!!!

  2471. @magic: you know that Rohan used to be on a weekly Saturday update. Only the 2 weeks before the CES we were promised more updates. Too bad that you got worked up so much that you decided to cancel before the next post.

    I hope that the next orders will have faster delivery so that you can enjoy an Adam soon.

  2472. @Tess.y: One of the videos of Albert (suicideclown) showed using spreadsheets and if you can’t open and save them directly on a USB then you can use Sniffer to move or copy them from Adam to the USB or micro SD.

  2473. @Rama Magnati: “why haven’t people reported receiving their adam on this blog?”
    That is the normal state of affairs and to be expected. Most people are only here because they want to see how it is going with their order. Once they receive their Adam, they have no reason to visit this blog anymore and might either stay away from all blogs or move to NotionAddicts or NotionHacks to discuss with other people having an Adam.

  2476. Roahn can you have a look at this video of a standby glich I recorded. Is this something other people are experiencing?

  2477. I’ve just received notice from my credit card that I received a credit for $549.45. Thank you NI. I cancel my order about a week ago when my shiipping date changed for the 5th time I think. Was one of the 50. To explain why I cancel, some orders with a later date was getting there shipped before me. (Yes same model and everything). Also, thew information flow was terrible. Please do not wait until the last minute or after the deadline to give or report a delay. This just piss off people (at least me) so much. If you would of inform me before the shipping date I think I would of stuck it out. But not telling us about the delay and then just before delaying again you say everything was going to be shipped out on time then delay some this is not right.

    I will depart from this blog now and will not bother with anymore messages, I hope. I still hoope your company does great and wonderful things. I hope you kick Apple a$$. But my money is going to Motorola to buy the xoom. It is a couple of dollar more but it is still a good value.

    Goodby and good luck, been tracking for over a year. Wish I could of stuck it out but I will wait or maybe never buy.

  2478. Thanks amarko5 for explaining.
    Still not a nice solution for non-tech buyers. I hope that Notion Ink will provide a support page with links to software that can/should be installed. People buy from Notion Ink so they might feel more comfortable with a Notion Ink support page then going to any of the independent support sites (which one to choose? what is useful and what not? what is risky and what not?)

  2479. So, it is Saturday in some places, Friday in others, and Tuesday or Someday for some people (admit it, there have been times in your life when you had NO idea as to what day of the week it was.)

    We have heard from Rohan, and I think most of us are very happy at what he has had to say. I don’t think any of us would want to be in his shoes at the moment, but it seems he is bravely taking his responsability!

    @Rohan
    My sincere congratulations, and thanks for speaking up, perhaps it was the wisest choice to do let the storm pass. Don’t know if it was intentional or not, but part of me feels that what you have done is for the best. At this point you have a solid product. I believe nobody can say that any tablet has the perfect platform. After all, I don’t mean this demeaningly, the iPad is an overgrown iPhone. What we do have with the Adam is a product with solid hardware. In the end, I believe this will give Adam longevity which is very important these days.

    @albertwertz
    Your coverage has been great! Very thorough and if you ask me pretty darn objective, which is what most people have gripes with. Would you do me a HUGE favor, could you please take pictures of your Adam in a home (bedside) environment with the e-reader feature and the back light off? I’m still going crazy as to whether or not to get the Pixel Qi screen. The LCD screen on geardiary’s youtube video looks great, and from that article I posted from CNET it seems that eyestrain isn’t an issue on LCD’s. I rather have something bright and readable than something opaque that I have to strain my eyes to see. From what I have gathered, the contrast with the contrast on the PQ screen with backlight off is nowhere near that of e-ink. Like others, I’m not sure I’ll be reading that much outside, though I probably should get some sun. After all I live on the equator!

    Thanks All! It’s great to have the comments back to normal!

  2480. Sorry Amarko5, but NI doesn’t have your money. The banks sometimes take massive amounts from international payments. I sometimes send/receive money between friends and we simply don’t do it anymore when it is less then 50 US$ as the total charges from the banks involved can add up to over 50%.

    Rajendra is right: manufacturers will sometimes return you the money paid without cancellation fee, but they will never pay more to you, then they received in their account in the first place.

    International bank transfers are a real pain for both customers and suppliers. They can take weeks and result in incredible charges.

  2481. Luis, Right now I am going to tell you it is a no go. The back light off feature requires a ton of ambient light. See the second and third video I shot at the med school. There was tons of ambient light. I try to use it at home today with a window behind me and light overhead … there was not enough light. If you want to use it for bedside reading, buy an LCD, not PixQi… PixQi is for very bright rooms and outside… otherwise, save some money.

  2483. Hi Rohan, eagerly waiting for the preorder2. based on the customer feedback so far, most of us want the lcd model more than pqi. so there is no point in holding the preorder2 just for the pqi model. we want LCD version ASAP, possibly with more memory variants. pls pls pls

  2484. @Rohan,

    This one got me through a lot of dark nights and difficult days:

    “What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger” … Nietzsche

    Glad you’re still with us 🙂

  2485. Albertcwertz one more video. Please visit the FORUM in Notionink hacks.com for more Great videos by Mr Albertcwertz, using the link, “http://notioninkhacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=532&start=40”.

  2486. @paul
    its not like that. its just because WP sucks.

    heres my review of Adam.
    What I feel about Adam…..first Indian customer experience
    What do I feel about Adam? Its 70% worth the wait!!!!

    I somehow am honored to be the first Indian comsumer of Adam (let known by NI). After 2 days of use, I can say Adam is not bad. It is a beginning,that much is sure. I am in medical profession, and I had a certain expectation from adam. Hope you dont mind me being little biased , as my assessment will be from my usage point of view.

    I will try to address all what I could experince till now. I am not an expert as such. Most my comparison will be with my HP mini netbook (hardware wise – same display size, ports, speaker, mic etc).

    This is my personal review alongwith suggestion which IMO will be more intuitive and impressive to me.(especially software partt)

    I also declare I am a newbie as far as android is concern. What I wish could have been already there in market.

    First of all

    A. Hardware :

    1. Body : It is sturdy and seems to be able to withstand a moderate degree of rough handling. Shear forces doesnt create creaking sounds, and infact give a feeling of solid built.

    The rubberised curve helps in a firm grip of the device, kind of an impression of a medium thick Book.(weightwise also).

    The side plastic stickers do however feel plasticky. Improving texture/rubberised will definitely help in getting an impression of premium buit.

    The Swivel camera can be source of problem.(I will inform more later regarding this). Camera onscreen display is noisy/grainy (?interference). However recordings are good for a 3.2 MP camera. Video is also good on recording. Autofocus is an irritant. Manual setting of focus, exposure, ISO etc will be HUGE plus. I have comapred with a 5MP Nokia camera, Adam wins in quality.

    The screen area seems less and narrow in potrait mode. I dont think 16:9 aspect 10.1″ screen do justice with the device.

    It will look more balanced with a 12″ screen, which can still fit in the device size albeit with thinner bezel (will also look sexy and better area for e-reading!). It will definitely help me when I want to annote patients’s notes.(giving a more normal look of a case record)

    The touch sensitivity of the screen is variable. I think it can be related with OS.Some actions are very responsive, some are in fact “dead” touch aka notification area. Especially like the responsiveness when reading PDFs

    2. Battery charger: Looks like a standard one. Almost similar to my netbook charger.

    3. Speaker : Well reading Rantz comment in the blog, I sort of raised my expectation. The sound quality is okay.

    Stereoeffects is good (but in landsape only). I did not find a good bass as stated by Rohan, rather mildly high on treble side. (a mild tympanic tinge). Equaliser setting did not improved much. Volume is not that high when compared to my HP netbook.

    4. Headphone jack: Output is fine, with standard quality level. Paired with a good quality headphones, one cannot be unsatisfied.

    5. PQi : Its a letdown, but not a big one. (?improve with newer generation). The depth of color is less (?16 bit) and not very wide angle. (could be also because of display driver).The washout color is prominent in autobrightness control. Ereading with this mode is very good.(both outdoor and indoor). With max backlight, its like a normal LCD. But dont expect OLED like display. When I compared to my HP mini netbook screen, its almost similar, except the color temp more is cooler on the HP mini.

    When viewed headon the display is very good – color depth, bleach, contrast improves. Some people will like this in context of privacy. If the contrast ratio is increased and background looks “white” instead of tinge grey – then it will be the end of e-ink.!!

    Sunlight / bright ambient light is required for good contrast ratio.(in backlight off mode) otherwise the ambient light control is good.(especially for ereading). I find turning off the control when watching movies better. The grayscale seems to be adjustible by software control.(and will rock with that!)

    6. I find the side back button redundant.(not intuitive and more so when I want to hold single handed) or maybe I am wrong here..lol. The android menu buttons, I feel should be done away. They come in the way, and accidently I press them leading to irritating closure of apps !! With honeycome upgrade the menu function should be removed. (I am new to android, so maybe I am not “adapted”). All UI control/interactive control incorporated on the interface will be a welcome experience. (or these menu can function additionally as “hard” buttons like in the standard function keys in a keyboard. A programmable app for this will be awesome…like converting them for camera contol, video control etc)

    7. Wifi and 3G seems to be fine. 3G in my place sucks (BSNL), so bandwith a little low.(so cannot comment much on this).

    Rooted with NIH ROM, adhoc connection not successful. Maybe I need to hack the settings .(if there is an app, please let me know to make my life easier). Bluetooth is okay and seems to be fast. Have not tried a bluetooth headset.

    8. I had commented earlier in the blog that the bezel seems okay. But now i feel it should be decreased.( if possible to half the size). As I said above a larger screen with this will be sexy. and also somewhat give a feeling of A4 size paper.

    (Holding adam in landscape I automatically assume a position like holding a plate, with the edge giving the fulcrum effect. So wide bezel= thumb space seems like myth )

    9. Microphone is a bigger letdown. Sound quality is in fact bad. (comparing with my netbook). Interference and noise and again a “twanging” tinge. Donno whether firmare updates will improve this. I would like a app to control all aspect (noise cancellation, input level etc)

    10. Adam shows memory capacity as 1.8 GB for apps. So I guess the 1 GB SLC also doubles as RAM.(Is there something like swap in Android, since it is linux? SLC= swap memory?)

    11.Ports are good. Only nitpicking – the orientation seems upside down for USBs…lol ( a result of motherbosrd?)

    12 battery life : usually in a range of 9-10 hrs. I will post more details and if posiible with usage scenario. Not check with PQ mode only.
    B. Software

    The stock OS was hell of a buggy one. All gave an impression of “incomplete” or very early alpha..LOL. (now I understood Rohans blog of beta stage a week before pre-order).

    Update with unbricking ROM: improves Info, decrease FCs (forced closures), more options in settings, change in color theme of facebook panel. Maybe more but I only noticed that much.

    update with NIH base update (root,market,adhoc) : got google market, superuser etc. Adoc connection failed in my attempts with dynamic IP. Am hacking with settings, maybe I am missing something..lol. I expect lots of help here. (PC os Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.10)

    1. Eden: The flow animation of select panel currently seems like “flow animation” only. IMO there is no added functionality other than a cosmetic animation. The Panel view is something better. The current version feels less intuitive, but I can feel the potential of – added functionality and intuitiveness….eg. like the sniffer main app’s usage of panel. If one can launch the main app from panel by gesture control..double tap/figure/mutitouch gesture than it would be a better experience. Going through menu buttons is very less intuitive, rather irritative. The panel task kill in sniffer seems alpha… no feed back to actions/ process check.

    i would like the launcher strip to be converted to a home button only…like pressing on the button arrange the panel in the default mode the alpha panel first….other time movement of panel rest where the user rotates/position the panel he likes. IMO it will be more intuitive if the active task area in the alpha panel usurp the functionality of the launcher strip. Like pressing on that area/a start menu type point, brings up a pane from below – display all the install app, highlights/glow for active apps (which are arranged first) and when pressed on active apps gives option for task kill – resulting to non highlight of app. A tap again to the start button brings down. IMO a user can have a bird’s eye view of running process and non running apps altogehter in a single place.

    It will be better if panel position can be changed using gesture control (?in select panel flow)….like lock the selected panel and rotate and “posiions” to the wanted sequence….lol hope you understand what I am talking about.

    2. Apps – would love to get updates on all. Still get an impression of “not fully optimised for Tablet large screen”.

    Major irritant :

    Office suite – location restricted to internal SD, cannot create new docs/ppt/exel (have not registered. maybe better after that and onlinemode?).

    Video player – incomplete codecs, location resticted. But seems to be hardware accelerated. (install arcmedia which shows blockiness..not seen in default player). Still having sound problems(?audio codec). Would love to have Vlc with full functionality of PC version.

    Music player – love to see the “shown and teased one” than the default. Coverflow/ Coverglobus version would be fantastic. Still not satisfied with winamp which I installed (felt it would be better phone experience than tablet experience)

    GPS functions and shows correct value (tested via GPSstatus app)

    3. played angry birds – smooth graphics.

    For me the current generation apps are wanting in features and hope with honeycomb, we get lots of tablet optimised apps.

    Overall impression:

    The Adam grows on you. And I am happy for a versatile device. What I see is a potential playground with lots of good apps to come up. Hardware issues – if iron out then Adam will be even greater. Its a good initial step.
    Now I am used to autobrightness setting for my everyday use.

    Will update more…..for now its my experience.

  2489. Here is a playlist of all the videos I could pull together. I am sure there are some missing, as I had to go back through the different posters on YouTube. I thought that would be easier than searching the blog and forums:

    “http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E54F4B6C032BC1EA”

    Just a word of warning – there are a lot of them. It’s best to sort by date.

  2490. I’m reposting this to bring it up to the top.

    Here is a playlist of all the videos I could pull together. I am sure there are some missing, as I had to go back through the different posters on YouTube. I thought that would be easier than searching the blog and forums:

    “http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E54F4B6C032BC1EA”

    Just a word of warning – there are a lot of them. It’s best to sort by date.

  2491. Best Buy would not be internally planning for a Feb 17th launch unless Motorola had ‘officially’ committed (to BB, not the public) to supplying them with the first consignment of tablets before that date.

    “http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/22/motorola-xoom-launching-february-17th-at-best-buy/”

    Now that BB have pushed the launch to Feb 24th, it must be again Motorola who must be behind it, I see no reason for BB to sit on thousands of Xooms if they already have them.

  2492. It appears that my adam tablet shipped on Jan 29th may not have had the update installed on it from the manufacturer. I just ran the system recovery release from NI and the adam is running faster and less glitchy. More updates on this coming tomorrow.

  2493. I’ve also separated out the non-user (so to speak) videos:

    “http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=51F648C50A69FE39”

    This list isn’t nearly so complete.

  2494. I never recieved an email … my date was just changed to 2/14. I’ve gotten plenty of other NotionInk emails, so I’m not confident that it was sent.

    I certainly hope this company is successful with this launch. They are in serious need to professional marketing and service folks.

    The image they are currently projecting is a bit too “Keystone Cops”. While I know that is true of many technology companies, it’s best not to let your customers see it.

  2495. @Rohan, Based on the comments that are going wild across the world (blog, tech sites) the immediate help notion ink can provide is couple of things. these could reduce your call/email volume by 50% ( I can guarantee that).

    1) Open up a hot-to sections on your website under support section for common problems and their work arounds/fixes ( Will reduce unnecessary repeated mails for basic common issues like notification bar, camera not taking good quality pica due to thin film cover)

    2) Open up support forums, people will first hit these support forums and try to resolve issues them selves and would contact NI only if its still not resolved ( a sure bug with no work arond) – reduces 50% of recurring issues

    Just these 2 would help you in reducing most of the problems and customer issues by 50% (as you are shipping the same adam to everyone and issues are common across all shipped adams). When people can unbrick their devices ( a technical guys understanding but not a layman’s understanding) they can resolve issues from support forum.

    You might think that 90% of people are reporting the same issue which would effect our sales ( a genuine reason for any businessman to harm sales figures), have the forum display the user post only after approval through which you approve genuine posts and not all the crap that can harm your sales. It’s easy for a developer/support person to provide a solution in support forum compared to answering them on phone (reduce your telephone costs) and also save time (think of wishing the customer – 1 solution already provided in support forum, trying to understand his issue – 1 post resolved in the mean time in forum, providing a solution – 1 post resolved or trying to convince the customer that next update would resolve the issues (2-5 support issues resolved during this time depending on how adamant the customer is). For a repeated issue customers can look through the forum and resolve or wait based on NI’s feedback.

    Trust me it would buy you lot of your developers time(assuming your developers are doing support now a days due to support volume) and concentrate on issues at hand.

    Think if apple receives calls from all its customers in a span of a month, apple would go crazy even with the huge support team they have. Most of apple issues are handled through google search (apple forums or other forums), 2nd level AT&T support and third level is Apple support. You are trying to address all these levels through email for all customers (if you just sold 100 adams you can manage butnot if you sold in 1000s).

    Back up with 1st How-to’s to resolve issues, apps installation, right flash installation link (!st level of defense)

    2nd Start support forums under various categories like Navigation (GPS), pixel Qi (screen issues), LCD issues, Eden UI issues, etc.. (2nd level of defence – have your developers answer if required distinguishing other responses from employees as employee badge) – 2nd level of defense

    3rd level of defense – support by mail or phone ( 50-70% of issues already reduced).

    Just think why apple/microsoft/sun/oracle have support forums, can’t they take email support from all across the world when their support employees are in 1000s? they don’t want every damn call to reach the support guys.

    Your fear to list phone no. is assumed the same expecting too many calls. Come on you are responding to your customer issues who paid for your trust even w/o seeing the device. No company has sold anything so far like this and you have achieved it.

    Update your website with more how to demo videos (I am tired of saying this not sure who s restricting now). Show how to use Eden UI rather than people barking all over and cancelling orders. Even Microsoft would have released how to videos when they released their first UI.

    These suggestions wouldn’t cost you anything but would relieve you from unnecessary load/complaints all across and give you and your team handful of time to work and achieve what you and your customers want.

    Please take these as suggestions as a generic user and support NI through these hard times (in fact apple had much more tougher time than NI when they release iPhone 1st version including activation – you are much better of than apple).

    Notioninkhacks.com has taken the lead in starting a bugs forum to help NI. Instead NI would have taken started already (shows lack of interest to a normal user). How many adamites know about other sites (why should they even know : you are selling tablets to non geeks – assume the user is dumb but want adam, apple assumes this always).

    Apple has convinced users in buying iPad saying it fills in between phone and computer just by stretching an exiting iPhone by size and not providing one single extra feature.

    The only issue I see with NI is you are dreaming of delivering the best tablet on earth (no one can infact – if so you don’t require adam 2). Try to fulfill what you delivered and make it complete. thats whats apple does, once it satisfies it releases next version by fulfilling the short comings of first thus tempting old/new users to buy it(again – iPhone 3gs upgraded iPhone 4).

    You spent 3 years in developing Eden UI (reall appreciate multitasking, panel support in Android 2.2) and released during the same time when Android 3.0 is out (Google provided much better standard UI than Eden {it’s not that Eden is lacking though, Eden may be better}). Motorola infact didn’t spend much time but just manufactured the device and is releasing xoom and taking a big hit based on googles out of the box UI.

    Comparison how adam can win :

    xoom – 500$ with 2 yr contract out of the box Android 3.0
    Adam – 500$ with no contract out of the box Android 3.0 (pure winner unless you go by muscle power)

    Specs between adam/xoom are same except the camera and resolution. Adam is sure a winner. What you achieved by 3yr development cycle is better achieved by xoom only by testing it works fine (it wouldn’t have spent more than 20-50 developers and testers to deliver android on xoom).

    It’s all about timing and support (that Apple always won. Every one knows that Apple is about to release a tablet a year ahead but no one dared and want to see how people react to apple’s tablet release. Once they found that people are accepting tablets every one started to get in).

    First comers always have the privilege of leadership.

    Please update your website with more details (why does apple provide as many details as possible including videos when it knows people are already crazy about apple?). You can’t stay in dreams and still expect things to go smooth (how hard you work).

    1. Support forums
    2. Update website with demos (How to’s even).
    3. how to install apps from other sites that adam is not providing (with a statutory warning that they are not supported)
    4. How to approach NI for support (direct first to forums)
    5. Clear specs update as is (no more unexpected complaints from users be it screen issues or glossy/patchy pixel Qi)

    And finally you win (rest assured).
    I know its a long post but this is what as customer I would expect (going to be a customer hopefully in Pre-Order 2).

    And on the lighter/heavier side I think the update on 14th Feb is (Honeycomb ?) 🙂

    We are with you Rohan/NI and I am ready to invest in adam (although I moved from pixel Qi/3G to wifi/lCD as I don’t use it on move often(3G) and pixel Qi color depth not up to par with LCD).

  2496. It is “traditional” not to actually run charges until the product ships. It was already an act of faith to pre-pay a month early. Clearly we’re looking at at least two now.

    I expect something for the use of my money.

  2498. To get the discounts one has to make the purchase. It looks like some of them have not made the purchase yet. Now if every one and their cat starts sending mail 4 times a day on every issue in their mind do you expect a response?
    Do you want NI to employ more people to massage peoples ego. give apologies, foot rubs or attend to their customers first?
    Those who were not able to order have to wait till they get their chance. Also some of them may have received their adams some probably did not return back the agreements.

  2499. A lot useful advice here. Perhaps too much absorb in one short viewing. Maybe Rajendra would offer his services?

  2501. @ Rohan
    I have been in moderation mode for almost 3 1/2 days. I know about the rules of posting. Everything was fine, but changed when your blog was reconfigured.
    Any help please?

    Thanks FJG!

  2504. +1 Rajendra.

    Rohan, can we get something like what NIH is doing. Maybe you should propagate the idea that all customers should try workarounds provided by NIH, and then ask NI support for more help if required. example – you referred Albert to the NIH patch for the flash issue.

    Once we have a dedicated NI tech support forum, the traffic to NIH will also reduce and over time the NI tech support forum would be primary knowledge base.

  2506. completely off track Q > Is anyone following the Egyptian problem. Can anyone suggest me some blogs that have almost real time info?

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  2517. Hi Amarko5, You run into the problem of International bank transfers . The banks sometimes take massive amounts from international payments. I sometimes send/receive money between friends and we simply don’t do it anymore when it is less then 50 US$ as the total charges from the banks involved can add up to over 50%.

    Rajendra is right: manufacturers will sometimes return you the money paid without cancellation fee, but they will never pay more to you, then they received in their account in the first place.

    International bank transfers are a real pain for both customers and suppliers. They can take weeks and result in incredible charges. I believe that Notion Ink has paid you the full amount that they originally received from you. The first difference is explained due to the lower exchange fee between US$ and UKP and the rest is indeed bank-fees.

  2518. Had a talk with Varun Nand Chahal (VP – Operations) of Notion Ink who wanted to know my choice for the prize. I preferred the LCD one as am apprehensive about the PQ.

    My LCD+WiFi+3G adam is on its way to me!
    🙂

  2522. @dociba: 你的哥哥帮助你 🙂

    @everybody else: Sorry for this, Docibo and I were just chatting about how first Adam brought us all together (even Ruf11 from Russia and Docibo who is in China) and now Google Translate is helping us to communicate.
    Google is pronounced in Chinese as GeGe, which means brother.

  2524. @Atul No I haven’t got the mail yet :(. From Notionaddicts forum it seems that they first are covering notionaddicts and notioninkhacks.com forum. THough I am also there at notionaddicts but no mail. Btw they have reduced the delivery time. Now it’s 15-20 days 🙂 .What bout u? Decided to buy one?

  2526. @suicideclown1: Thanks for letting us know Albert. That makes the user experience even better. Are there any videos where that should be mentioned as well? Thanks.

  2532. @johnvelas: Sorry to hear that you cancelled your order, happy to hear that Ni send you the money so quickly.
    We hope that you will become an Adam user (and Adam fan again) when they are available in a store near to you 🙂

  2534. @shritosh & Shane: This video convinced me that Adam was the right choice for me and will do everything that I expect. Very convincing. next time I hope to get the PQ screen. Thanks for recording and posting this.

  2537. @ Rohan

    HELP!!!

    OMG I am either in moderation hell or I am living in my own imaginary world where I talk to everyone around me but the only one that hears is me.
    Is this just a dream. Is the Adam just a figment of my imagination?

    I think it’s time that I upgraded my old HP to a NI Adam.
    Will pre-order 2 be for the new 12″ model that Bruce suggested?

    Have been waiting patiently for over a year for the Adam to go into production. Now that it has, I can’t get out of WP moderation.

    Kim

  2539. @Rajendra:

    Fantastic post with lots of good ideas; many of them have been suggested before, but not so clearly summarized.

  2541. Oh, congratulations Pratik! Glad to see your patience and restraint has been recognized, acknowledged and rewarded 🙂

  2542. Wow Bruce, that is a detailed, good and unbiased review. My two main impressions are:
    1) Eden is not yet delivering what we expected
    2) the out-of-the-box experience is not that good.

    Particularly the last one requires attention as the general public will not download hacks etc in order to get their device to work.

    I do think that Adam is doing better then any other Android device out there. One more week and I can test myself 🙂

  2545. While I’m waiting to escape moderation I thought I’d summarize what I’ve been reading….

    Are you hinting my apples aren’t what they ought to be?

    Courage! What makes a king out of a slave? Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the “ape” in apricot? What have they got that I ain’t got?

    Better get under cover, Sylvester. There’s a storm blowin’ up – a whopper, to speak in the vernacular of the peasantry.

    I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!

    I’d be gentle as a lizard…

    “Courage”. Ain’t it the truth? Ain’t it the truth?

    Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

    You people should consider yourselves lucky that I’m granting you an audience tomorrow instead of 20 years from now.

    Orders are nobody can see the Great Oz! Not nobody, not nohow!

    You are talking to a man who has laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom and chuckled at catastrophe.

    There’s no place like home…
    There’s no place like home…

  2546. Excellent suggestions! Most of them do not cost much but they can help NI win more customers!

    Most of these have been suggested by quite a few of your well wishers at different times and tones!

  2549. @ tafilad
    If it’s any comfort it’s wet, windy and light down here (Brighton) and with no link to the coveted and ever evasive adam. 😉

  2550. I cannot take my eyes off it (“http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/”). Following AJEnglish, mideastmedia, SherineT and MayaGowaily on Twitter.

  2552. Can’t believe that I’m actually in. Ignore my ramblings in my last post. I really didn’t think It would ever show up.

    I am concerned with the discussion about LCD vs PQi.
    I want the PQi for when I am in a bright environment (outside or when the sunlight washes out the screen by a window.)
    I have no problem reading a regular LCD screen for e-Books. Will the PQi screen take care of this for me? I don’t need an e-ink like display inside for reading.

    Has anyone installed and used Audible’s software? I am interested in how it works on the Adam.

    If I don’t get and Invite to pre-order2 will I still have the opportunity to get in after the fact like some did for preorder-1? (I was travelling to Myanmar and missed the opportunity the first time)

    Kim

  2553. @Veeraraagavan I am not able to find you post on wordpress so replying you here randomly

    THanks and i hope you will also receive in some time. It seems that they are firstly sending invites to members registered at “notionink.addicts.com” and NIH. They have even alloted one support member namely Tina and Rishi at Notionaddicts and NIH respectively.

    Now the sad part. No master card :(. I have asked both support team and Tina about it.Tina replied that they are working on it and it will be there shortly but i dont think this short period is with the limit of 36 hour-the time until the login sent to us is valid. So a very big disappointment . I may not be able to order at all.

    Secondly this time around banking option also doesn’t seem to be there as no mention of it in the mail(Last time it was available for Indian customers). The link is one time use so I have not checked it from my side though.

    If at all all I am able to order one(Given the condition chances are pretty bleak), I will go with LCD screen with Wifi+3g. Not because it is cheap but for contrast ratio(500:1 as compare to 100:1 for pixelQi) and also because there were many customers who were not as satisfied with Pixel chi performance as they had predicted at the time of ordering.

  2555. For the first time, many of my comments have gone for moderation. It’s weird.They did not contain even an iota of weblinks 🙂

  2556. Thanks a lot Rohan.. I have been in the moderation mode for the past 2 weeks!!

    @ bikramdas,

    my medicine ships on 15th Feb ! I am part of PO1. Moreover since I am in India really don’t know by when will I get to see my Adam..

  2557. @Himanshu,
    Agree with you! I have the same problem. Last time I paid through netbanking.

  2559. I found yours – thanks to Opera Feed reader – to zero in on comments 🙂 I received my mail, but I dont see a Pixel Qi +Wifi + 3G – Available (it says no longer available) – so thinking whether to go for LCD WIfi + 3g…

  2561. Perfect Bruce,

    Exact what we need, normal review from a user, and not yelling what a shit here..
    Very good, and yes you must get used to Androide, but you are going to love it.

    Thanks for sharing this with us, it cost a lot of time to put this on “paper”.

    Namaste, Bert

  2562. Is FJG in contact with something we can’t see…?? don’t get it what this is all about…
    Maybe WP is mixed up all things?

  2563. HELP!!! My comments are switching from posted to awaiting moderation??
    Still awaiting email from support. Please reply before I have nothing to order 😦

  2564. @Himanshu –

    I joined Greg’s forum (notioninkfan) so it seems I’m not gonna get any emails. I’m still not sure whether I should wait for it to available in stores or order it online when I get a chance(there’s still confusion on the custom duty in india if I order now). even if i Decide to purchase it right now, I can’t do that coz I use MasterCard which is not an option right now.

    what about you? if master cards works would you order it now? if yes, which one?

    -Atul

  2565. @Rahim
    >BTW, any idea on how much customs, taxes will be? I think Bruce got the Adam and he is the first one to receive it from india.

    Do you know how much Bruce had to pay for custom and Taxes?

  2566. @Atul ::
    I will go for LCD+wi-fi+3g (though veeraraghvan has just told tht PixelChi is not available at all)
    Btw I also don’t have master card.
    But I am in touch with Tina of Notion Ink(support member for NotionAddcits.com)/ I have Pm’d her my details and waiting for a response.

    Regarding retails:: I am not sure whether adam will be available through retails any time soon. Moreover as i will be going for LCD the saved money (150$ in case if i would gone for Pixel CHi) can be utilized for taxes. 🙂

    Btw Bruce From India has received his adam. I have asked him twice as well as other members but he has not answered about custom duties. Hope other members from India who are supposed to receive their adam in the coming days will be more receptive to these queries

  2568. Hi ADAM owners, I have a question:
    Is it really true, that the German keyboard layout doesn’t have the special characters like ü,ö,ä ß and so on ?????
    I have installed the NI keyboard on my Galaxy Tab and I can find the special keys.

  2569. Hi ADAM owners, I have a question:
    Is it really true, that the German keyboard layout doesn’t have the special characters like ü,ö,ä ß and so on ?????
    I have installed the NI keyboard on my Galaxy Tab and I can find the special keys.

    Thanks,
    Harvey

  2570. Hi ADAM owners, I have a question:
    Is it really true, that the German keyboard layout doesn’t have the special characters like ü,ö,ä ß and so on ?????

    I have installed the NI keyboard on my Galaxy Tab and I can find the special keys.

  2572. @Doja: it looks like I have been forgotten too. Missed PO1 and on the verge of missing PO2 though I have been following for a long time :-(. I am also member of Notion Addicts (event their Facebook !) and NI Hacks but I did not receive anything…

  2574. I’m really sorry. I feel guilty because I have seen a couple of posts from you Mehdi and loads from Karen also. My cousin didn’t get her’s either and she introduced me to adam. I got my link not long ago and I have ordered mine after 7 tries.
    I think my rant might have something to do with it.

    @Rohan, please these are family members here!!

  2575. Totally off topic to all Indian Fellow mate
    do any of u guys used to follow Tehkikaat? Featuring Vijay anand and his Secretary Gopi :)?

    I used to love that. It’s now available at flipkart. Buying it today.

  2576. OK I ordered the Adam (PQ WiFi, 3g is out), pre order 2 is started…..

    Fingers crossed…

  2578. @ Rohan
    because with this you made me feel your presence, and are proud to have ordered an adam, Thanks again Nicola

  2579. Can anyone with an LCD screen give some idea of battery life, Please. Did try helpdesk and all I got was ‘depends on how you use it’
    Thanks

  2580. @Rohan

    I haven’t received an invite yet. In the first round I missed out because the Pixel Qi were SOLD out. Please could you send an invite? I have supported NI from the beginning and I hope you read this and send the invite.

    Warm regards,

    Rama Maganti

  2581. As stated in an earlier post, I received my Adam (now) two days ago and have finally been able to spend some time with it over an extended period. There are many things I am quite pleased about and some that I think might be improved. My suggestions below imply criticism, but please understand that some of what I see with my machine might either be a side-effect of some other issue, or might just be specific to my machine:

    1. Feedback to the user could be improved.
    Example A, when I go to settings and select “update Adam” I get visual feedback that the option has been selected (via a highlighted box around the option) and a screen message that the update has started. However, I have no idea of the progress of the update, whether it has hung, or whether I have successfully updated Adam or not. As a result, I have tried to update three times in different Wifi environments and am still uncertain.
    Example B, in settings when I select applications and then manage applications and then look at a running application, I can choose to kill an application. I tried this on camera but the kill seemed to hang. I say “seemed” because of the lack of feedback. Camera did not disappear from the running applications list so I am not sure whether the application was killed or if the kill process hung.
    There are other examples, but I think that’s enough.

    2. Include a good simple manual.
    “Simple” is a misleading because a good manual is not simple to write. Here is an example of how this could help. In my one previous post I asked how to get a keyboard to appear. A couple of replies were correct in saying that I just had to press on a field, say of a webpage, for this to happen. However, I couldn’t get to a webpage because I couldn’t get Wifi to work. It seemed to be working, because I could enable it using settings. But Adam came with Airplane mode enabled. What a manual could have told me is what I found by digging through notionaddicts: Airplane mode disables Wifi. I turned off Airplane mode, enabled Wifi, found a website, and the keyboard appeared as expected!

    3. Provide a contact for customer technical support. Maybe one exists, but I’ve not found it. Frankly, I am not one of the believers who feel that Adam might save the world, even though I admire their ferver. Because of this I might have not read my solution in the thousands of Adam-related posts. In my opinion it might be OK to say, we are going to let our customers form a community to figure all this out and let everyone know what they have found, but then this makes Adam seem intended to be less like a viable commercial product than like a hobby for enthusiasts. By the way, I would be OK with the latter, but think that if it were the case, promoting Adam to be otherwise would be a bit disingenuous.

    4. Sort of related to 1, a couple of applications seem to hang but I am not sure. I am pretty patient about this sort of stuff so I don’t think I am misjudging their behavior (and Adam is pretty responsive and quick). When this happens (or even when I am just finished with using an app) I should have some means of ending the app’s use of Adam’s resources. I don’t see that.

    5. Three suggested cosmetic improvements.
    First, the fit of the case on my Adam is not great along the bottom left of the touch screen (it bulges out a bit). I have over the past five years grown accustomed to the finish provided by Apple on its products. That provides a high standard to meet, I know, but there it is. Users are expecting more these days.
    Second, is it possible for Adam to ship with the plastic screen protector already installed? I found it very difficult to install (given the cutout for the camera) without leaving unsightly bubbles that I was not able to remove using the provided softcard.
    Third, in future versions, soften the edges of the case. Now I might be one of your oldest Adam users at nearly 61, so perhaps my hands are a bit sensitive. But the edges feel uncomfortable when holding Adam in what I expect will be a normal position for most users.

    Having said all that, I did not pay a fortune for Adam (with LCD and 3G). For its price, it seems like a good buy. Most of the suggestions I have made could be addressed with software upgrades over time (maybe those have already been addressed and I just haven’t updated properly 🙂 ). Knowing what I know now, I would buy Adam again. Adam isn’t quite yet what it could be, but it can get there. In my opinion, as a startup, Notion Ink has made some marketing mistakes but is getting the product out there. If Notion Ink survives the brutal process of staying the course, they may join the big players. If they don’t, then I’ll turn to the net and root my Adam and try to install whatever version of Android or linux might be developed to run on it.

    I like Adam and would hope that at least some of my suggestions might be seen as ways to improve this product.

  2582. @Rohan, Please send me the pre-order link. I have been waiting for this for a while now and dont want to miss while I am on the move (I’ll be travelling tomorrow and the whole of next week on the move). Dont want to miss ordering adam.

  2583. @Doja: I too am glad you could order one :-).

    I was planning on going for the LCD+3g model but I guess, supposing we won’t hear from NI before end of PO, that’s it.

  2584. This may be a duplicate comment. If so, I apologize.

    As stated in an earlier post, I received my Adam (now) two days ago and have finally been able to spend some time with it over an extended period. There are many things I am quite pleased about and some that I think might be improved. My suggestions below imply criticism, but please understand that some of what I see with my machine might either be a side-effect of some other issue, or might just be specific to my machine:

    1. Feedback to the user could be improved.
    Example A, when I go to settings and select “update Adam” I get visual feedback that the option has been selected (via a highlighted box around the option) and a screen message that the update has started. However, I have no idea of the progress of the update, whether it has hung, or whether I have successfully updated Adam or not. As a result, I have tried to update three times in different Wifi environments and am still uncertain.
    Example B, in settings when I select applications and then manage applications and then look at a running application, I can choose to kill an application. I tried this on camera but the kill seemed to hang. I say “seemed” because of the lack of feedback. Camera did not disappear from the running applications list so I am not sure whether the application was killed or if the kill process hung.
    There are other examples, but I think that’s enough.

    2. Include a good simple manual.
    “Simple” is a misleading because a good manual is not simple to write. Here is an example of how this could help. In my one previous post I asked how to get a keyboard to appear. A couple of replies were correct in saying that I just had to press on a field, say of a webpage, for this to happen. However, I couldn’t get to a webpage because I couldn’t get Wifi to work. It seemed to be working, because I could enable it using settings. But Adam came with Airplane mode enabled. What a manual could have told me is what I found by digging through notionaddicts: Airplane mode disables Wifi. I turned off Airplane mode, enabled Wifi, found a website, and the keyboard appeared as expected!

    3. Provide a contact for customer technical support. Maybe one exists, but I’ve not found it. Frankly, I am not one of the believers who feel that Adam might save the world, even though I admire their ferver. Because of this I might have not read my solution in the thousands of Adam-related posts. In my opinion it might be OK to say, we are going to let our customers form a community to figure all this out and let everyone know what they have found, but then this makes Adam seem intended to be less like a viable commercial product than like a hobby for enthusiasts. By the way, I would be OK with the latter, but think that if it were the case, promoting Adam to be otherwise would be a bit disingenuous.

    4. Sort of related to 1, a couple of applications seem to hang but I am not sure. I am pretty patient about this sort of stuff so I don’t think I am misjudging their behavior (and Adam is pretty responsive and quick). When this happens (or even when I am just finished with using an app) I should have some means of ending the app’s use of Adam’s resources. I don’t see that.

    5. Three suggested cosmetic improvements.
    First, the fit of the case on my Adam is not great along the bottom left of the touch screen (it bulges out a bit). I have over the past five years grown accustomed to the finish provided by Apple on its products. That provides a high standard to meet, I know, but there it is. Users are expecting more these days.
    Second, is it possible for Adam to ship with the plastic screen protector already installed? I found it very difficult to install (given the cutout for the camera) without leaving unsightly bubbles that I was not able to remove using the provided softcard.
    Third, in future versions, soften the edges of the case. Now I might be one of your oldest Adam users at nearly 61, so perhaps my hands are a bit sensitive. But the edges feel uncomfortable when holding Adam in what I expect will be a normal position for most users.

    Having said all that, I did not pay a fortune for Adam (with LCD and 3G). For its price, it seems like a good buy. Most of the suggestions I have made could be addressed with software upgrades over time (maybe those have already been addressed and I just haven’t updated properly 🙂 ). Knowing what I know now, I would buy Adam again. Adam isn’t quite yet what it could be, but it can get there. In my opinion, as a startup, Notion Ink has made some marketing mistakes but is getting the product out there. If Notion Ink survives the brutal process of staying the course, they may join the big players. If they don’t, then I’ll turn to the net and root my Adam and try to install whatever version of Android or linux might be developed to run on it.

    I like Adam and would hope that at least some of my suggestions might be seen as ways to improve this product.

    This may be a duplicate comment. If so, I apologize.

  2586. Guys, I have an issue with Mail’d. It seems that it does not support ActiveSync. I have tried to setup mail synchronization over the last two days without success. I googled about the K9 mail client (which is what Mail’d is based on) and found out, that K9 does not support ActiveSync.

    Hmmm… this is in contrast to Rohans answer:
    “http://nifaq.pbworks.com/w/page/34164536/3c1-%E2%80%93-Mail’d#DoesMaildhavesupportforExchange/ActiveSync”

    What’s the issue with ActiveSync? My companies policies allow only mobile device synchronization for Blackberries (using Blackberry Service) or Iphone/Android devices using ActiveSync. Period. If adam does not support ActiveSync, many of you might not be able to synchronize their adams with your companies email.

    Just to let you know… My adam is currently not very useful without ActiveSync.

  2587. Mehdi/Karen: I hope you guys do get a link unlike the greedy ones who’re going to ebay!
    @Mehdi: I went for the Lcd/3G/Wifi. There was no PQi 3G/Wifi available.
    Fingers crossed, you’ll get a link.

  2588. PLUS ONE!
    Me refusing to out for a birthday party now for a 3 years old, untill i get my Adam.
    Stamping feet won’t help, tried that already…

  2590. while i sympathize with you guys genuine grievances…i call for reviews from the ones who are already using it…pls share ur first hand experiences to brighten up the mood here…specially the oldies….

  2591. @gumbodave – All excellent suggestions – Hope someone at NI is keeping a running list of all of this feedback.
    Also the bulging issue – seems like a hardware issue – did you write to NI?

  2592. And why do I feel, when support team will contact us, all adams will be out of stock then 😦

  2594. @pratik: Awesome! NI did come thru!! Looks like they are getting the house in order.. People getting responses from support, contest winner being contacted etc..

  2595. you talking about Sam ? I did use to watch it, but liked Byomkesh Bakshi more..

    wonder if that available anywhere !!

  2596. Can we get a reply from Rohan? Rohan if master card is going to be added soon then why this haste about pre-order 2? Okay It will satisfy many but at the same time will leave many with bitter taste who will get disappointment twice because of it.

  2597. Yeah :).

    I am also one of the biggest fan of Byomkesh. I have all the 54 episodes. They are available on youtube/ torrents.

    In fact I have read all the two novels published in English (Translated from Saradindu Bandhopadhya’s novel: Creator of Byomkesh). Believe me read the novels they are 100 times better than the serials because serial has its imitation of telling everything in half an hour and therefore misses various subtle points. Though that tv serial itself is a vintage one, specially the way Rajat kapoor(Byomkesh) has acted in it.

  2598. Here you are . Youtube link to Byomkesh
    “http://www.youtube.com/user/ryt2cheeks”

  2601. @Himanshu: I don’t understand the haste either.
    Many people (including me) asked for a dummy run to make sure that everyone on the mailing list would get their mail. I hope Rohan will quickly get back to us on that.

  2602. Hi Greg!!,

    Long time no see.. perfect news.
    I hope you still come with new video’s, why are you so long absent?

    I just ordered my Adam, 1 hour ago, so let see what is happening now…

    Namaste, Bert

  2603. Hi Greg, glad to see you back in here.
    How are ya?

    Sorry, caught up in receiving an invite for ondering one first now.
    Have to follow some priorities 😉
    First: purchase
    Second: wating and craving
    Thord: updates

  2605. Hidayatulla Khan
    Pages before there are perfect video’s from suicideclown1 its exact how it must be, very informative.

    Namaste, Bert

  2606. First reply is in moderation, so giving it another try:

    Hi Greg, glad to see you back in here.
    How are ya?

    Sorry, caught up in receiving an invite for ordering one first now.
    Have to follow some priorities 😉
    First: purchase
    Second: wating and craving
    Third: updates

  2607. @Chebbinator

    I was in contact with support regarding Exchange synchronization setup. The answers I got back (use IMAP etc.) made me think and I started to google for the K9 client regarding ActiveSync support.

    So I just learned about it recently and contacted NI support and send a request to “comment at notionink dot com”.

    Will give them some time to answer, no problem. I know now that it is not supported and they will not be able to fix this within days. Just need reliable roadmap info’s otherwise my adam will be useless.

  2608. @Himanshu, are you in India? If so, even bank transfers work. I did mine on HDFC Netbanking. Just check the ccavenues site to see which banks are supported by them

  2609. hi to the community!!!!!
    been a silent observer from a long timeeeeeeeee
    just ordered a lcd+wifi+3g model n am damn excited to get it!!!!!!
    \m/ ^_^ \m/

  2610. Woehoeeeee finally man, the long wait has been rewarded.
    I applaude (?) your patience.

    Have fun with adam.

    Congratz & Greetz.

    Daryl.

  2612. Question: Was anyone successful in getting the screen protector installed in an acceptable quality (no bubbles, no dust)? Please let me know. I was not. Anyone?

    10 inch screen is really large for untrained people.

  2613. @Rohan,
    This blog is behaving strangely.To get to the last page(latest one), I have to click “Newer Comments” more than 10 time. Is there easier way to manipulate the page?

  2614. So I noticed from a few posts that the next batch of emails has been sent?
    Am I correct?

    If so………………….”sigh”.

    You know what, I’m going to Karwei because they have 15% off, come back, hang up a new lamp and see if I will EEEEEEeeevvvvveeeerrrrrrr receive an email.
    My “patiencegastank” is running low now.

    Do I sound pissed off or just a little bit groggy?

    Greetz & (FTWP, just kidding always World Peace)

    Daryl.

  2615. @boeltwit
    “I just ordered my Adam, 1 hour ago”. Do you mean 2nd preorder opens now? I didn’t see anything on the website.

  2618. New update from NI released, making video now. suppose to fix GPS among other things. see list of fixes here “http://notionink.com/45-flash/Update-Summary.pdf”

  2620. @Greg

    For those of us who have yet to receive our adam tablets Feb 14th, will these fixes be installed/included in the Feb. 14th PO1 group?

    Prediction of gift: Weather app for our zip code and/or Honeycomb upgrade.

    From beautiful Contra Costa Country CA

  2621. Is it true that some peopple have received emails for preorder 2 or is it a wind-up?

    I got an email for the first pre-order but had problems with the link but so far no pre-order 2 email.

    Has anybody got an URL for the new orders as the NI website hasn’t been updated.

  2622. @Rohan + Team,
    you left me ‘Dazed and confused’

    I don’t understand and although i’ve been trying to remain +ve, calm and confident all the way, now i’m upset.
    No invite today (again), and no reply to my mails to support to get it fixed.
    I really appreciate the way NI Team has been working in Addicts and Hacks, trying to answer all questions.
    The first reply of Tina: ‘Please be patient and we will get back to you within 24 hours.’
    My guess is that i won’t get any untill Monday 1000 hours IST now, after the 36 hours window is closed.

    Please tell me i’m wrong on this one?

  2625. No Direct online banking this time. And it sucks big time :(.Most of the Indian generally have master cards.

  2626. @alex – Ok. Looks like there was a new update released today. This means software team has started delivering updates! May be your issue will get solved – hopefully soon (wouldn’t you write to support instead of comments?)

  2627. +1. Rohan I would like to know why there is so much haste about Pre-order 2, considering the link is active only for 36 hours and no master card support. Infact direct banking support has been withdrawn strangely. Support team is saying that master card will issue will be solven soon but then our links will not be active anymore. Frankly I am not able to get the rationale behind it. Need some enlightenment.

  2629. Has PO2 really started? Still no Mastercard And PQ has sold out? And I did not receive notification? Wellm if thats the case, it will be goodby to Adam and I will wibe wishing everyone continued success and happiness.

  2630. They will be subsequently rolling over mails to others too. But yeah PQ+wifi+3g is sold out . I have the mail for the last 7 hours but have no mastercard. I hope Rohan will address this issue in today’s blog. And the link is only active for 36 hours.

  2631. I just wanted to say a big Thank you to NI. It is evident that you are listening and using our reviews and videos, like the ones I am making, to fix many problems. Your most recent update , released last night, has fixed the GPS. I have started a new thread showing the update and video confirming GPS function at “http://notioninkhacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=607” Thanks again for listening, although words would bring a little more confidence in the short run, your actions speak very loudly in the long term survival of your company and this product. Thanks! I will keep the video’s coming.

  2632. @morningching,

    Sorry I was afk,
    Yes I get an invitation, with a link and ordered the PQ WiFi 3g was out, but its not so important 3g, I shall use my GSM to connect to the Internet.

    Namaste, Bert

  2633. @Karen: Oh dear.
    My bad. I wrongly thought you had received a link from NI because you were talking about CC avenue.
    | still think this is obviously wrong.
    Rohan, Rohan??

  2634. I think Doja means this..?

    Hi Greg, glad to see you back in here.
    How are ya?

    Sorry, caught up in receiving an invite for ondering one first now.
    Have to follow some priorities 😉
    First: purchase
    Second: wating and craving
    Thord: updates

  2637. Karen, send me an e-mail albertwertz at gmail dot com I will send you a prize 😉

  2639. hey himanshu, when you have got your mail…i haven’t got any mail for preorder…… 😦 (anyone care to share their pre-order mail with me.

    PQi is available or gone..

  2640. magic51 has cancelled his cancellation of adam. He posted this on Notioninkfan.

    Have asked NI to diregard my cancellation.

    So far preorder status is ok.

    Hopefully I will be the first NI prodigal son!; if not just my self to blame for being hotheaded and hasty.Time will tell

    Wish you all well.

    Best Regards

    Steve
    February 05, 2011

  2641. Hi Friends,

    Apologies to anyone who was irritated with my rants over the last two hours over this blog. I was too crazy to have an adam after waiting for it for almost a year.And no master card option dented it big time. With getting no clarity by support team over Mastercard, I was like .. nowwait for per-order 3

    But Finally I have ordered one 🙂 🙂 🙂 yipeeeeee 🙂

    @All Indian fellow mate who dont have master card.

    Select the visa card option there in the payment method you will get options of Netbanking/Debit card payment option. I used the same. Though I wish Notion support team could have cleared this issue. A normal customer after seeing only visa payment option(Even mentioned in the mail sent to us too with no mentioning of direct banking) may not go further and explore it.

    I have ordered LCD+WI-fi+3G it costed me 475 $. In Indian Rupees it costed around 23k (Though I have reasons to be angered upon inflated dollar rates. it’s 45. something according to RBI today :))

    There is no information about shipping date. But according to Tina (Support member from NI on NotionAddict) it will be shipped within 15-20 days.

    After all the waits, lots of anger about master card, lots of frustration in between, I am a totally happy person now. I had decided to buy an adam long back even though I have no as such requirement of a tablet as such 🙂 but just to support a noble idea coming in the form of adam and NotionInk.

    SO time to enjoy my ordering 🙂

  2643. You are welcome everyone. I will try to keep adding to it as I come across more and new videos.

  2645. Well, the bulge is minor imperfection. I would not bother to return the device for repair/replacement, even if I asked and it were offered.

    By the way, just subsequent to my post (above) I received an email from Notion Ink (the first since Adam was delivered) telling me the process to use to download the initial update software to a Windows or Linux PC. Unfortunately, I’m an Apple user now and will have to borrow someone else’s computer to get Adam working as it should. So, another suggestion, Notion Ink: please provide support for people who use that platform, too.

  2648. I got in the afternoon courtesy Notionaddicts.com
    And was acting like a 4 year old kid because there was no master card option 🙂

  2649. hey someone care to share pre-order invite with me , looks like i will never get pre-order invite from NI.. 😦

    and PQi is available or sold-out.. i want PQi..

  2650. OK Himanshu jain,

    Good to hear this, I also ordered today, PQ no 3g it was out.
    How did you hear about the delivery?

    Namasta, Bert

  2651. hey someone care to share pre-order invite with me , looks like i will never get pre-order invite from NI.. 😦

    and PQi is available or sold-out.. i want PQi….

  2652. gumbodave…. I think i just threw up a little in my mouth… thank you for that.

  2654. Rohan, please post another page update to reset these comments… official site forum? please? Sorry, my record is broken…

  2655. This is gold!!!!!!!!!!

    suicideclown1 said, on February 5, 2011 at 20:53

    gumbodave…. I think i just threw up a little in my mouth… thank you for that.

    Fantastic Albert…!!!

    Namaste, Bert

  2656. My inbox says the e-mail came at 12:25 this morning. That is US central time. PQi was still available. I just ordered, but had to borrow a friends credit card as I do not have a visa or american express.

  2657. @Rajesh,

    Nobody can share his invitation, its only for 1 person:

    PLEASE NOTE! This link is valid only for a single use. Payments can be made using Visa or AmEx only. We suggest you call your bank / credit card company before clicking on the link, letting them know of this transaction shortly. The charge would appear on your statement as ‘World.CCAvenue.com/Charge’. Once clicked on, the link would take you directly to our order page, where you would be able to enter all your details and make the payment.

  2658. I hope that today the weather is good for Gecko’s, i hear nothing…..
    Maybe sick again..? I hope not….

  2659. I am wonder if this pre-order 2 was a limited one to sell Adam that been canceled. That would explain the very quick sell out. Rohan had mentioned another round of orders on the 14th. Hopefully there will clarification on this.

  2660. @ boeltwit
    In reference to “Is FJG in contact with something we can’t see…??”. I was running through some WordPress coding to see it worked. Also using some mathematical expressions within the coding. I’ll preface it next time to let everyone know of the testing. Sorry for the confusion. 😛

  2661. I have put all the videos in one spot. This does not include the written reviews, but should give you an ides:

    “http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E54F4B6C032BC1EA”

  2662. @Karen,

    Is this maybe also your problem?

    Himanshu jain has ordered his Adam now….:

    @All Indian fellow mate who dont have master card.

    Select the visa card option there in the payment method you will get options of Netbanking/Debit card payment option. I used the same. Though I wish Notion support team could have cleared this issue. A normal customer after seeing only visa payment option(Even mentioned in the mail sent to us too with no mentioning of direct banking) may not go further and explore it.

  2665. Frustration and anger are progressively taking over when I read all these posts of happy pre-ordering folks. Rest assured I got nothing against you guys but I would like an explanation about why in hell (sorry about that) have I not received a link ?

    I do not understand the timing for this pre-order round either, we have been asking Rohan to give us an idea of when it would happen. There was no rush in it, NI could have made sure that they were ready to supply the links and support for this round…

    I am sorry for the rambling message…it is just really frustrating.

  2666. It could be. I asked for the same through a direct e-mail to notion ink earlier this week and they said that would be unavailable, but then I got an invite just this morning.

  2667. I got in the afternoon Rajesh. I think it’s a continuos process and you will be receiving yours too

  2668. Delivery? Means shipping Date? Tina at notionaddicts told that it will be within 15-20 days

  2669. Thanks Boeltwit, it worked for Himanshu.
    I’m not in India though, but in the Netherlands and CC Ave is Indian.
    The invite is good for one try and i only wanna use it if i’m sure it will work for me too.
    Don’t wanna spoil it.

    Any one from outside India who gave Himanshu’s way of payment a try?

  2670. Just FYI,

    This time the pro-order link did not go to my spam and it said it was from Notion Ink Design Labs, whereas the last one did go to my spam and said it was from noreply.

  2671. Thanks Rohan. I am once again breathing… Phew! That was quick. Good to see that you are doing the test runs. If you want a volunteer for testing I am there. I live in the UK, so I can test for UK/Europe sector.

  2672. Hello Rohan ! Nice to hear from you !

    Well if it really only was the test, you definitely got me ! I was getting more and more angry but your post calmed me :-).

    Regards

  2673. And by the way, you could have warned us you would run tests ?! I was going bananas here !! 🙂

    Best

  2674. Rohan can you explain this testing? I have placed an order and it was successful too 🙂

  2675. Uuuuh Karen, heb jij een uitnodiging gehad?
    Is het een echte?

    Zo ja, dan ben ik stomverbaasd, zo nee het begint me wel een beetje te irriteren.

    Sorry peepz, special code.
    You wanna know what I wrote to Karen? Google translate it….

    Greetz.

    Daryl.

  2677. @Rohan
    In fact, there is one very loose end Rohan.
    In December and at CES yoy claimed Mastercard would be an option next time.
    I trust your word and counted on that, which left me empty handed today.

  2679. And according to Rohan’s post below it was a test. Hopefully I still ordered one 😀

  2680. Thanks Rohan! Do you know when we should expect a confirmation e-mail? For the purposes of your test, that did not come through.

  2681. Btw according to Greg, he will be posting is video later today or in the night. It will be a well made video for sure. And I hope will help many users.
    @Albert Really Appreciate your unimpeded zeal to make videos about different functionalities of adam. Carry on the good work mate.

  2683. Well I am confused with this “real test” thingy. The way I understand “test” is that no one will be charged and we will all received links when PO2 will really happen, am I right here ?

  2684. Yes I receive a conformation from CCavenue. And on Ni’s website it’s also showing paid.

  2685. Oops sorry, I posted at the wrong place…

    Well I am confused with this “real test” thingy. The way I understand “test” is that no one will be charged and we will all received links when PO2 will really happen, am I right here ?

    Best

  2689. Hi Daryl,
    Rohan wanted us to act like a real family, and they did.
    I received heart warming support in many ways of family (>1), even offering their invite, since i didn’t get any today.

    For me, this day is pretty ridiculous.
    – first very happy to see next ordering started, waiting and waiting for an invite;
    – literally stamping my feet to my man Marco, refusing to leave the house for a kids’ party;
    – Tina of NI Support Team soothing me in the Addicts forum that way of payment would be taken care for;
    – family offered their invite which made me a very happy gal (very moved by their gesture);
    – Alan from NI Support replying my mail by telling me AmEx and Visa are my only options to pay for one (‘We apologise for the inconvenience caused. However, we’re afraid that this round of order will not be accepting payments other than from VISA credit and debit cards or AMEX cards. Thank you for your continued support to Notion Ink!’);
    – Himanshu finally managed to order his LCD-version by direct bank transfer, really glad for him, but afraid that trick will only work for Indians;
    – the link in the invite is good for one try only, so i don’t dare to try ordering and maybe spoiling the invite.

    Ol’ Murphy knew what he was talking about, when he made his Law 😦
    Have to try to think straight now, but my brains are on the roof.

    And keeping hope that the ‘real’ PO2 will have Mastercard option.
    Rohan, can you make me that promise?

  2690. @Rohan: How is this a test? I’ve been charged and even paid the international banking fees.
    Could you comment on this please?

  2691. @Boris as soon as i placed the order. But More than that, please ho and check the order page at Notionink. There you will get the whole details

  2692. I have no confirmation mail from NI only one from ccavenue,Should i have a confirmation mail from NI?
    Sry posted wrong place first time

  2693. Blog greg go and see what they have accomplished this week with Rohan compliments girls

  2694. Karen just to add one point::
    Link one time good means that it will be working until the payment is made. Before it you can play around it the way you like. I explored different options and only then i stumbled upon this direct baking thing.
    But saying this I dont see that Direct banking can work for many countries too. They do have an option of Royal bank of Scotland which is infact an european bank. So You can check that option

  2695. Thanks, I think there may be a problem with my billing address. I am trying to figure out how to fix that.

  2696. So does that meaan I have paaid for nothing?
    Been on the NI website and I can view my preorder status
    Here’s my email from CCavenue

    Order No.129689995x-x from CCAvenue

    orders@world.ccavenue.com
    to me

    show details 12:00 (4 hours ago)

    Dear Customer,

    Thank you for your order from http://www.notionink.com

    For your convenience, we have included a copy of your order below.
    Please Note :- The charges will be billed to your credit card as ‘ccavenue.com/charge/US’

    If you have a question about your order status, you can contact directly by
    e-mailing at : preorders@notionink.com.

    Order Details

  2697. Hmmm… I woke up this morning and found out that pre-order 2 emails went out. Checked my email and spam folder and there wasn’t any message. I’m rather disappointed. I was an active commenter (MDob) and a member of notionaddicts. I hope they go through the list quickly. This should get sorted out.

  2698. It is a REAL order. The numbers were less because we wanted to test the load, process, banking issues, fraud detection, new customer team, etc. You have ordered real product, and have real shipping dates.

    Regards

  2699. Doja you have paid for an adam and me too :). What ROhan may have meant that it was not an usual pre-rder2. For test purposes they had sent mail to very limited number of users(a subset of NotionAddicts memebrs) to just to check whether the system working or not. Now as many of us have placed our orders using mail ids and password without glitches, they can use the same for a much larger set of users. This is my interpretation of the whole thing 🙂

  2701. @Rohan, I need to correct payment details for my order to go through. Will my device still be available? I have not yet heard back from the support team.

  2703. @Rohan: well then it is not a test, rather something like Pre-order 1.5 (kinda weird). I still think that it would not have hurt to let us know.

    Best

  2704. For those who don’t own an adam yet, you can use an Android emulator on your desktop or laptop running Windows. The link is:

    “http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2366192,00.asp”

    Once you install the emulator, go to the following link and download the apk of adam apps.

    “http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928832”

    I just downloaded canvas and it runs so well in Honeycomb. Do let me know what you think?

  2705. You may still have work to do just checked my order again
    Payment Status –Payment in progress that’s 7 hrs now

  2707. @mdobm..I did the same thing, but after reading through some of the postings(not an easy task with WP) I see that it was a small test to see how well the process worked now. I was going to be really mad, but I don’t think we have missed the official pre-order 2 yet.

  2708. with these new news, the warm hearts of the people should be quiet, and no more rage ‘against NI. I’m looking forward to seeing the video

  2710. Well, its kinda disappointing not to have received the link for ordering adam.
    I am happy though for the others who have successfully placed their order. Congrats guys!
    And for the rest like me – lets hope we get picked in the next round 🙂

  2711. @Dennis I didn’t see that post that it was a small test, but with the mess that WP is that’s understandable!

    I really hope you’re right and the official pre-order 2 is not far off.

  2712. Mine sat like that too, I just went and re-entered the payment information, then it went through (kind of, the credit card company had a lock for a different reason, so I was denied), but now I have a status, but a link that is no longer good, also.

    @Rohan, can you reset my link?

  2713. Thank you Rohan.
    I’m so much at ease now. I was worried when comments started surfacing saying the orders were not for real.
    Warmest regards

  2714. I was also an active blogger since June last year. And I also got no email. But this fits to my opinion about NI. It’s a startup. Period.

  2715. I can now confirm:

    * the interior box is black
    * the update from today (2/5/2011) works fine – instructions good
    * AT&T sim card registers – SMS works, no phone in US ( have Enterprise BB data plan )
    * Mail’d connects fine to Gmail, Charter — Microsoft Exchange – NOT yet
    * double login required for Facebook – one for notifications, one for normal login
    * until adam accessories are readily available, netbook accessories will work good
    – i purchased a wenger swiss guard 10.2 inch sleeve – perfect for adam
    – i had a Targus small saddle for netbook – perfect for adam with strap/compartments
    – you will DEFINITELY need Monster’s iClean/Cloth
    – wallpapers – again search for netbook wallpapers

    – two swinger swipe not working — but tap home screen clock once to goto app screen
    – GPS in US fixed with today’s update
    – web version of android market not available (NON-rooted) — requires a phone to be registered
    – camera works fine – protective covers take a little patience
    – flashing adam notification ( upper left corner ) needs to be moved — or tell Eden UI developers to indent their first menu items ( example QuickOffice )
    – QuickOffice – very nice, connected perfectly to my DropBox account, but upper left menu item covered by adam’s notification blinking light
    – ambient light sensor worked well when stepping outside
    – pleased with Pixel Chi ( try to post a comparison video with my Toshiba Netbook later)
    – several generic android apps force portrait mode, – Scoremobile FC, OsmAnd
    – form factor very nice — not light — in fact, I would like to see it lighter in the future
    – fingerprints are an issue (not surprised) — i have not tried to put on screen protector — i am contemplating cutting the screen protector to a smaller size to make it easier to put on and to prevent prints on the primary touchscreen
    – Eden UI still needs plenty of work — but I am finding it very intuitive, and enjoy having homescreen, mail’d, and facebook open simultaneously
    – auto-off is defaulted to 2 minutes — you will want to change it to at least 10 minutes — otherwise you will find adam sometimes shuts down
    – screen brightness is defaulted very low on arrival — i have found the 75% position to be just fine — i am not doing any graphic artist, photography work — but i am perfectly fine with it in terms of colors and brightness
    – sim card and micro sdhc covers are ok — need a better fastening design

    before mass distribution:
    1) market access must be available — most frustrating thing is having a ferrari and not having a track to drive on.
    2) Eden UI apps will make the biggest difference in this experience — without it — the 2011 tablets will all be pretty similar for the mass consumer IMHO
    3) OTA updates ( should be fixed now )
    4) incorporate touchscreen gestures or don’t — single taps work very well, and allow us not to linger on the screen ( need better finger feedback — i have the click volume turned on right now )
    5) amazon kindle app works perfect

    that it’s for now … i am please with the purchase and the Pixel Chi

    – Mark

  2717. @Himanshu jain,

    Thanks for your reaction about the delivery (shipping).
    Can you already check in Check Pre-Order Status the status from your order?,
    or maybe you know when this works?

  2718. Way cool Rohan, Things are improving!!!! I’m excited about the future possibilities.

  2719. @tafilad: Hi there mate. Mine was like that initially. I’m not sure if it’s the browser but I tried 7 times with firefox and it didn’t go through. It went through immediately when I did it on chrome. (Also only got charged once) If you’re using Visa and you’re registered with Verified for Visa then you only get charged after verifying your transaction.
    Good luck!! 🙂

  2720. @Boelwit. I have to reply here only as I am unable to see your post related to me.

    No I am notable to check in the pre-order status link. But I think it will be updated in coming days

  2721. NotionAddicts clarification about Pre-order2

    “http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/1757-Notion-Ink-Adam-Pre-order-2-Announcement”

  2722. Dear Karen,

    I’m very sorry to hear your empty handed over The Master Card, A long while back I posted that anyone who really wanted an Adam during pre-orders should cover other means for payment. Such as obtaining a Visa Card. This the most tried and true means I know of. I believe the full pre-order period will begin Feb. 14th. I believe the pre-orders will continue to be fairly low numbers of units available.

  2724. body-builders to apply the stickers on the machines they use the water, then make the surface wet aplicando the stickers, so it is easier to move the adhesive and any bubbles that can be created in a couple of days disappear ’cause the water evaporates. This exercise could be a solution to put the protection on adam, of course you should not spill too much water, always remember that with electronic components. Not yet tested on adam ATTENTION

  2725. Anyone got a link they would like to donate, i really would like to order mine now so that it arrives home before i have to move out again for a month.. 🙂

    regards,
    Kirtan

  2726. @Carlo: die referentie begreep ik niet.
    Ik denk dat gewoon kaal hoofd bedoeld wordt en dat kan ik moeilijk als ‘gemeen‘ beschouwen want dan heb ik iedere ochtend een probleem als ik in de spiegel kijk.

  2728. Hi Paul!
    You are absolutely right. I construct grant payments for the State, and only deal with a couple hundred grantee payments, and it takes me around a week to construct the requests, and the rest of state government and the post office another 4 to 6 weeks to get those requested checks delivered to the grantee, and that is after all the accounts have been set up and are ready to go. Doing the same job for several thousand orders probably scales pretty well, So 3 months to build and deliver that large of an order is really staying on top of everything that can and does go wrong.
    Great Job Rohan! and thanks for putting me on the list for the next pre-order! I can be as patient as necessary, so don’t give up hope, many of us are eager but willing to wait as long as needed for such a great product!

  2730. @primarycloud

    What Rohan just now said: This batch was to test the new order system.

    He responded to wally west up above.

    My take is that on the 14th + the new order system will be without flaws.

    Hope this helps.

  2731. I have been playing with that. A number of the Eden apps seem to work, though Calendar keeps crashing on me. It has at least helped me see what apps I will want to add once I get an Adam.

  2732. Wanted to post my thoughts on adam after two days of playing with it… (I use to post under my name adam… now with registration required had to go with new name)

    (Disclaimers)
    It is hard to post something when I know so many people are still waiting. I hope you all get yours soon and maybe earlier than the 14th…. I have followed this blog as many have for some time and there has been so much negative things stated around the adam lately… that my expectations were considerably lowered so this may bias my opinion. Last I applied the update and rooted it and have the market… etc.. (I am a software engineer and have already started some dev/hacking).

    (MY THOUGHTS)
    I really like the tablet… and while it has some minor issues, I find it enjoyable to use. It takes a little bit of effort to learn some of the nuances… but I like the User Interface. The screen is better than I expected and works well in sun light… There is a quality trade off… I expected this but after reading so much negative stuff… then actually using it I am very pleased with the screen (I would disable the automatic setting and adjust the screen manually… this will help).

    I took the device to work… (Remember we are talking about software engineers so… this does skew this story…) Everyone liked the device… many wanted to get it… kind of had to dance around the “pre-order” stuff. I had one “ipad” user that stated he wanted to trade in his Ipad for it… (again I think this has more to do with the “open” nature of the device… and if Rohan’s promise about source code happens I think you will see more engineers getting this device… )

    I know I am not going into details… there are many that already have…

    Adam

    THANKS ROHAN AND TEAM… (looking forward to source code)

  2734. Oh no…I read all the other updates…sorry for the confusion. it was a test of the updated order system. It is a ‘real’ order, but not pre order 2.

    we can say pilot of Pre order 2.

  2735. thanks Mark…i was looking forward for the GPS update..my day is happy now. Can you please check the 3G connection with ATT if possible. I too have BB from office and intend to take ATT 3G for the Adam.

  2739. Update installed. ActiveSync support was not included. I just got the message from support that they plan to support ActiveSync in the future, but no dates….

  2740. @0ash

    You can get your original handle back by signing in to wordpress and go to user profile then you’ll see that you can add your original handle and save it and you’re back to adam.

    Hope this helps

  2742. Hi Wally, it is not that easy. In the US it is very easy to get a pre-paid visa card. You just go to a shop, buy one and use it on the Internet. In Europe and I expect in many other countries that is not the case. Pre-paid cards are not readily available so a Visa-card can only obtained through a standard time-consuming application that even includes personal credit-checks and will be registered on national debt databases.

    I think that Notion Ink will get more sales, and reduce disappointments from fans, if they can accept Master-Card. (They may even be able to line up with a friendly US or European partner (PQ?) to accept the payments on their behalf. If they have such a partner, then it is only a few lines of code on the order page, for the customers ordering it would be virtually seamless.)

  2744. @suicideclown1: Thanks Albert for sharing the good news about the updates.
    This is one of the reasons why I have more faith in Notion Ink then in any of the big players. We believed, and now we know, that NI cares and has the people to give us the best solutions.

  2745. Thanks for the clarification Rohan – I was starting to think I was going to miss ordering again (and then brood like a 4 year old who doesn’t get their way)

    Really looking forward to placing my order!

    Cheers

    P.S. I’m more than willing to act as a tester for the Mastercard payment option

  2746. @Stan: I feel the same way. I finally have enough money to buy the the pixelQi version (and the willingness to do so) but if I missed out on the pre-order again I think I’d end up buying a kindle!

  2747. @harvey186: as the NI keyboard is working on your Galaxy Tab, I expect that it is a country or language setting in Android that is pointing to a different country or language on your Adam.
    I have no idea with one 😦

  2748. @Albert
    Thank you so much for the videos, I never could have gotten the update done if it were not for your update video!!!!! Even though I suspect your a closet geek, you put it in layman’s terms which really help people like me who are not techie. Please keep them coming.

  2750. Rohan, please give us an estimation on when we should be looking for our pre-order 2 emails. A day, couple days, week?

  2751. Yes Mark, I agree with Carlo: your review is reassuring AND provides a very clear listing for the development team of Notion Ink. I guess the next update will be better because of what you wrote 😀

  2752. @Dennis, probably after preorder-1 shipped completely..i.e Feb 14th/15th..
    you may see this
    “http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/1757-Notion-Ink-Adam-Pre-order-2-Announcement”

  2753. Check back a page or two. Search for Rohan’s comment. It definitely wasn’t pre-order 2.

    Gauntlet,
    I have had all three versions of Kindle. They are nice and certainly now cheap and a nice compact size. The screen will be clearer than the Pixel Qi, but size and overall usability is limited. Be wary of reading a pdf on a Kindle, it isn’t a good experience.

  2754. Two ‘buttons/switches/toggles’ that I don’t like…

    1) The back button on the side – NEVER touched it. Should be something else, maybe something for the camera – anything but ‘back’
    2) Move the volume toggle up about an inch. It is placed very low on the side and not ergonomic IMO.

    Thought I would share.

  2755. Apps I can’t get to work correctly or at all. Thought I would share.

    1) Yelp – won’t install
    2) Youtube – installs, but can’t authenticate and give you access to your channels
    3) Google Mail – installs, but doesn’t work
    4) Google Talk – Per majjj, you need to install 3 apps for this, but only one app actually installs
    5) Google Maps – with the new update (2/5/11) I know get my location – but I can’t get the driving directions to work yet (navigation).
    6)Osmand (stock app) – works, gets locations, but have not figured out how to get the direction part to work.
    7) Mail’d – works, but your gmail contacts do not sync to it. You need to type in each recipient.

  2756. NotionAddicts clarification about Pre-order2

    “http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/1757-Notion-Ink-Adam-Pre-order-2-Announcement”

  2760. @Harold: Thank you for the advice, I’ll mainly be reading academic papers in pdf format so that really does help make the decision easier.

  2763. Hey Paul

    Completely understand what your saying. It appears that implementing Master Card is just about as difficult for Notion Ink as someone acquiring a Visa Card in Europe. I feel very bad for those that are stuck with this predicament. I’ve heard of a case or two where someone borrowed a Visa card or got a friend or family member to make the purchase. Do you have any other ideas that might help these folks out?

  2764. Rohan, just a quick suggestion which I’m sure you’ve read a couple times. Please open a forum, I think it would very much help the flow and catergorization of info. Let us know if we can help!

  2765. Its disappointing how we as ardent followers of Rohan’s journey till completion of his product since 2009 got forgotten in his preorder list. Looking back at the motivational support we have given him, I am pretty sure not all has got a chance to preorder and got missed on the list. There is frustration but there is none we can do. There are many like me who will still wait till that email arrives.

  2766. Nice post Adam,

    Since I don’t have Adam yet posts like yours are very reassuring. The openness of Adam is one of things I know I will like. Hearing that you and your coworkers are software engineers does skew the story. I like the direction it is being skewed!!!

    Never has time moved so slowly when one is waiting for their Adam….

    A New song from yesteryear has been stuck in my head….”Honeycomb won’t you be my baby” That is Adam with Honeycomb..

  2767. nice to have u back………we r still with u……nobody does what u and team r doin…..these things happen…….the way u communicate is really good….we r here refreshing 1000 times just to hear from u…….if u keep talkin……we all will feel good….now with each passing day…everyti is getin better……was disappointed with initial reviews…..but these ppl who complained should have waited…..ma be they can do another video……:)

  2769. @Rohan,
    Looks like I am left out of Pre-Order 2 also (as usual like Pre-Order 1) after supporting/defending adam all over. This is really disheartening.
    (I was registered on the required forums well before time, commenting here from last may/june 2010)

    I don’t have words how I am feeling and disheartened now. This is making me think ‘Should I be going for adam? Should I mad for adam? when many who haven’t been on this blog (commenting much) could be sent a mail why not me?”

  2770. Probably I took things granted that I am big NI blog commenter and they would never miss me during Pre-Order 1. Now they missed me in Pre-Order 2 too.

    Yesterday I commented in providing suggestions for NI to handle successfully (took me 30 min to write) and this is what I receive (totally disappointed). Probably I would have mad 300-500 comments so far (ranging from 🙂 to multi paragraph comments).

    Probably this will be my last wait for pre-order link, else I will give up and buy when it may be available in market directly.

    Too tired of campaigning for NI so far and being ditched always.

  2771. Have you got the link for pre-order 2? I am missed out as usual like before.
    I have read it but most of them got but why not me (alphabetical, no. of comments : I should be in the first 10).

    Tired of waiting,missing, F5 (I have commented yesterday as did many times earlier waking till 3AM and making huge comment).

    Even if they send me the link now (which I doubt and am going to order for sure), I am totally disheartened for not being in the batch 1.

    Taken NI to heart too much

  2772. Pain till Valentine & beyond (for me):

    Probably they don’t want to sell me an adam, I campaigned too much for NI on the web/friends FB pages and even in the Rohan’s friend list. I deserve it (my friends on FB say that I work for NI free). They would be making fun at me if they learn that I was not sent a pre-order link (again and again and again).

  2773. Your disappointment is palpable, but I am sure Rohan didn’t mean to ‘ditch’ you. Before the second round of ordering begins, NI most likely decided to test the ordering mechanism once again — even as they wait for Mastercard to come through — by making the ones canceled from the first batch available to a select few. The key word is ‘few’.

  2775. Thats good to hear. and probably when Rohan said the update for Feb 14th would be a big one, I am guessing is it Honeycomb update (its a preview and NI may not like to be there already).

    This way NI is ahead of XOOM with honeycomb (First tablet to run honeycomb in market).
    Xoom is already claiming its the first to have a dual core processor and 1 GB RAM (aren’t they considering adam as a tablet (a super tablet) ?? )

  2776. First of all they have taken some of the names(most probably randomly) from notionaddicts and not from notion Ink blog.
    And Rajendra Just want to advise you that please don’t compare number of comments/length of comments/quality of comments with getting mail from NI team from an exercise that was just a test run to check the whole thing going right or not. It will be tantamount to expecting something in return for what we are doing 🙂 .
    I think there were so many followers(including me too) who were following this blog for long and even then were ditched by NI’s faulty mail sending operation. We were disappointed but we did not leave the ship.
    Saying that all followers here/@NIH/@NotionAddicts will for sure get an invite as and when Pre-order2 starts. But then I don’t expect them to behave in a manner more than equal to anyone(which includes me too).
    I think we all make comments here because we love adam and at the same time want to share our suggestions/happiness/sadness related to adam and NI and nothing else.
    And Thanks for sharing your suggestions about adam in this blog. Hope to listen more from you in the coming days

  2778. I totally agree and I understand its not that they don’t want to miss anyone from their followers. I was totally disappointed (so were my remarks : to grab more attention of Rohan/NI 😉 so as not to forget me this time ).

    I am referring to comments as it was counted earlier (and I have never commented here for no.s as its not going to be any more profitable rather than satisfaction).

    One quick query, can we order more than 1 during the pre-order as I want to order 2? Else me and my wife are going to fight for the lonely adam.

  2779. @Rohan, as I see the response from initial adam owners all have rooted their devices (thus loosing warranty including Greg). The main purpose is to get access to android market as the Apps supplied by NI or either buggy or bare minimal.

    It’s pretty clear that NI would give access to market with honeycomb (although 95% of the apps would not be using honeycomb features – developed for non tablet).

    Instead of letting people root and loose the warranty should we not provide android market with a statutory warning that they are not supported by NI but they can install at their own risk.

    It’s next to impossible for NI or any single company to provide a complete suite of apps that meet all the requirements. So leave the market accessible as Google released it now including tablets (for xoom to be in time).

    You don’t want all adams out there to be rooted.

    Also a question for adam owners in general. Can’t you go to market.android.com and download the app directly w/o rooting the device?

  2780. @Greg, your pixel Qi screen looks great (no washed out colors as expected – may be even if they are there it should be negligible).

    Does adam (Eden) provide standard android home screen? Also can you provide the multi-tasking video. opening two apps next to each other that update content simultaneously.

    Ex.: Chat window (chatting), youtube playing video simultaneously?

  2781. @Rajendra No. THis link is for a single adam purchase. But as Tina mentioned when it will opened for general public(Shortly after pre-order), one can order any number of them as one likes 🙂

  2782. Adam has some new toys! see video

    “http://notioninkhacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=607&p=4650#p4650”

  2784. Rohan, is there any way to keep the keyboard from appearing when using an external keyboard to type?

  2785. That’s a good question. I have seen Rohan using keyboard in one of the video/image ? So he should have already taken care of it as it would be annoying for him too ;).

    Also is the HDMI output just video or can output audio too ? Although HDMI is capable of both many (including dell) don’t enable it. How does adam handle it?

  2786. This video is for NI to help fix an issue I have noticed… anyone else have this issue?
    Watch video of in-depth standby glitch troubleshooting

    “http://notioninkhacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=607&p=4653#p4653”

  2787. outputs audio too, have not tried. greg mentioned his kids playing angrybirds in surround sound 😉

  2790. tis ok, I am a student 😉 – more time

    I look at it as we are working together to make NI better. Making videos is better for troubleshooting than trying to explain through typing and e-mail or making a phone call.

  2791. Rohan, are the new Adams coming out of the assembly plant get the most updated version of all the individual quick fix patches and correct version of flash, or do we have to download them ourselves. Also will there be one central location (or email from customer service) to let us know how many patches do we need. I saw one list compiled by Greg. I personally feel it would be great if we can get all quick fixes bundled as one patch/package released by NI once every week.

  2792. I would like to see something somewhere on the site saying what version is the most up to date one that should be installed. This way you will know immediately if you are running the most current version.

  2793. Greg said he could use the navigation features while driving..
    YouTube authentication: Heard that due to SSL the time should be current (default was set to Jan 7th) : I think you should have already set the date as you are using it for sometime. Just, in case you haven’t

  2794. I am trying honeycomb and testing if adam apps work.
    I am new to android so taking sometime to get used to it.

    Thinking of developing some apps for adam (could be simple to start with)

  2795. @Rohan, that was a refresher for me. Else I would have jumped from Empire state building ;). Hope this time I am not left out ;(.

    I am glued from the moment I read the first pre-order 2 although I recall you saying it would be Feb 14th. Hope you would release to general public also like last time (I will have chance if I am missed by mail).

  2796. @karen, in India they do. I am actually surprised that Indian users can’t transact on Mastercard. I think if they click on visa, they can also transact through mastercard (in India).

  2799. @Rohan, thats good you have a new customer support team. As suggested can you get the support forums started on NI’s site as it would reduce a lot of load on you and your team?

    Also is the Feb 14th big update going to be honeycomb (being too greedy 😉 )? as xoom is releasing on Feb 24th either they have the hold of a final build or its the same preview available online.

  2801. @All,
    It may early at this point of time but I am curious..Any possibility of dual booting on adam?

  2802. @All,
    It may be early at this point of time but I am curious..Any possibility of dual booting on adam?

  2805. He said he got a PQi + 3G variant in his unboxing video. I was surprised to see that the screen was very nice in his latest video.

  2806. @borismedia HDMI switchers are very useful. I have one on the front of a shelf in front of a first generation HD tv that I use for a second monitor when I want to watch video on demand. It saves having to rummage around to switch cables behind the tv when I go from satellite receiver input to computer input.

  2808. @Rohan i want PQi, send me invite…posting on this forum from very early days…

    I haven’t got any invite this time… 😦

  2809. her Rohan though I’m active on this blog more than a year now and on notion addicts since Nov still no pr-order mail for me 😦 ???

    hope you will count me this time …

  2810. her Rohan
    though I’m active on this blog more than a year now and on notion addicts since Nov still no pr-order mail for me 😦 ???

    hope you will count me this time …

  2812. @ Rohan/NI: I should apologise for throwing a tantrum 24hrs ago regarding preorder. This is because it was just a test and thinking clearly now, Rohan did mention that there was going to be a trial run/system tests to ensure what happened during preorder 1 wouldn’t happen again. (Crashing servers and family memebers like you and I not getting early bird links)
    I understand you guys are moving at full capacity and I have to admit I have gone crazy over the adam….never guessed it could happen after my N900 preorder predicament but hey here I am again and I’ll be here for Eve and adam2 😉
    So to everyone who feels aggrieved about not receiving the email, I’m sorry for adding salt to your injury but it will come in a few days when it’s due.
    @Karen: Sorry you couldn’t go to the birthday.
    @Rohan: Thanks for replying yesterday 🙂
    ……And could we all pay our respect to those who died in Egypt 😦

  2813. hey Himanshu – Congratulations to you for being able to place your order. when’s the expected delivery date for your device? pls share all the details once you get it (custom duty and tax). are you in mumbai?

  2814. @Atul Thanks a lot :). My Shipping date is 15th February. I will be posting every details of taxes and duties once i receive my adam. No I am not located in Mumbai.

  2815. Thanks Doja, spot on…
    What’s happening in Egypt makes all relatively simple, but even a cool Northern Europaen gal like me caugth up in the stress here yesterday. I’ll make it up with the kid, no worries.

    Have the best wishes for NI and i really wanna see what they managed to develop now.
    The sooner the better now. Watching the vids and reading the hands on make me eager to have my own Adam.
    @Rohan: bring it on…?

  2817. Hi dwarf4242,

    Happy to see that you made it to the blog :-D. Getting access to WordPress blogs is sometimes a painstaking venture and even when you are in you can’t be sure that your entries always get through. Also happy to see that you get to order in the next round. Time to shipping seems to have reduced so you might have an Adam in your hand shortly 😀

  2818. As rohan said it would be 14th Feb (+/- few days). I am looking at all my mail folders (spam). What’s the mail id they use for sending pre-order? I want to add to my address book so that it will land in inbox.

  2819. Am I still in moderation?

    AFAIK only 2 of my posts have made it it out of moderation. Do older posts in moderation ever get out?

    Should I keep making stupid comments? Those seem to be the only ones that escape the Moderation Black Hole.

  2820. Actually Gregs review has calmed my nerves a lot.

    Really looking forward to 2 preorder to start.

  2822. @vimal
    Have I understand right: You have ordered a ADAM today !!!! and the shipping date is Februar15th ??

    I have ordered mine on December9th and my sipping date is also 15th of February !!!!!!!!

  2823. From what i’ve heard this test was a small sampling in order to test out the main ordering system. If you were lucky enough to be included you actually had the opportunity to make a REAL order before Pre-Order2. The rest of us have to wait for the real pre-order 2 and some of us will even have to wait longer. NI is attempting to iron out some of the bugs in their ordering system in order to alleviate some of the problems faced in the first pre-order.

  2824. I hate WordPress for bad sort of comments.

    @vimal
    Have I understand right: You have ordered a ADAM today !!!! and the shipping date is Februar15th ??

    I have ordered mine on December9th and my sipping date is also 15th of February !!!!!!!!

  2825. Hi Karen, it seems that your roller-coaster ride has not ended yet. I think that NI will get more sales when they accept Master Cards and are able to make more fans happy at the same time. Apparently getting Master Card approved is not easy for new companies in India.
    I borrowed a Visa card from somebody in the office for PO1, but that is of course not ideal.

  2826. I have ordered on Decemver 9th and my shipping date is also February 15th. That’s silly, isn’t it ????

  2827. Navigation of this WordPress Blog would be much easier if someone from NI (Rohan?) would simply make a new Blog entry each day. You don’t have to say anything important, just identify the new date and then each day’s entries could be categorized by the new date. Rather than having 2000-3000 comments per topic we could have several hundred comments per day.

  2828. They have done intentionally Harvey. Most probably they are those adams which are cancelled by customers in the recent time. So if they have cancelled I see no point in not allowing other customers to avail them if some are interested . You are comparing two situations which have totally different context. This test run is not delaying your delivery, is it? So I don’t find it silly even if i would not have ordered adam because of this offer.

  2830. @harvey186: Yes you heard right. It’s the same for me. As Rohan mentioned a while back, they were going to run tests on the system in order to make sure it’s a lot more effective than the first panic stricken preorder where servers seemed to fail and there weren’t enough payment options.
    So I guessed in order to run the tests they probably allowed a very limited random few to buy the canceled preorders meaning they would still ship at the set date.
    🙂

  2831. @KS: Yes, WordPress has some people that are hired for that task. They read every comment before it is accepted (that is why it sometimes takes such a long time for the page to refresh after you press ‘Post Comment) and when it is a stupid comment it is immediately accepted and when it is more serious it goes into moderation, which is also known as the WordPress Abyss 😆

  2832. Cool northern European gal…!!!! I like that. 😉
    Same here, can’t wait. Just been watching Greg’s new uploads and I can’t wait to cuddle my adam.
    @Greg/Rohan: Is Greg’s device rooted?

  2834. @Greg:

    I have seen your latest videos and I like the HDMI cabel you are using very much. I never has seen a cable like yours. Could you please give me a adress where I can order it ??

    Thanks,
    Harvey

  2835. Thanks Paul. Good to know.

    I guess i’ll keep making useless statements and maybe try and sneak something in, to get my questions answered.

    Do you think the number of words in a post makes any difference?
    Do U thk # of wrds mks a dfrence?

    I could cut down if I had to.

    I often wonder, or is it muse, if comments that are held in moderation ever actually make it out, and if so, will the questions asked within, ever be contemplated or actually answered.

  2837. Hi Rajendra: I don’t think that you miss out on PO2. All they did was a very small test, for a very limited group of people, to see if the order system now works correctly. PO2 has NOT taken place yet.

    We will all start trolling on the blog if PO2 takes place and you do not get an invite ❗

  2839. I’m happy for you. But my shipping date was delayed 5 times and I think, if there ar cancels the pro order1 guys which are waiting since December should get these ADAMS.

    So I was hoping, that my shipping date would be earlier.
    This would be bad for you but good for me and all the other pre order 1 waiting people.

  2840. @ Paul Schoe
    You are joking about the moderators, right? If not, how do you know that information?

  2841. @Rohan:
    any plans to be at CEBIT 1-5th of March 2011, in Hannover, Germany?
    It is a big deal attending this digital industry’s maybe biggest international show.
    “http://www.cebit.de/home”

    No need to have yr own place there, just bethere like you did at CES.

  2842. No offense Harvey but can u enlighten me that how come these adams help in preponing your shipping date? They are shipped in your shipping date time frame right? Because wht i feel that most of them were destined to be shipped in the same time frame for original users who have cancelled it.
    So please dont feel like that they are being taken away from pre-order 1 people wrongly and been delivered to us in a non-transparent manner. They are *not * delivered to any of customer earlier than you.

    Saying that as per NI employee Tina, in the future the shipping date will mostly has the time difference of 15-20 days from your ordered date.

  2843. @Tina And I can understand your genuine concerns over your 5 time delay. Any customer will feel the same as you are feeling if it is delayed by that much amount of time.

  2846. @Paul,
    I think fjg is correct, look what I did:

    —————————————————————————–
    Your comment is awaiting moderation.

    Please go to the website from Greg…:

    “http://www.notioninkfan.com/“ (put the URL in Bold)
    ____________________________________________

    Then I send it normal and it was good, nobody is reading this, its a script, that fails often not to do what it must do…. (I think, waardeloze site WP, voor dit soort dingen)
    —————————————————————————–
    Please go to the website from Greg…:
    “http://www.notioninkfan.com/”
    ____________________________________________
    After this last same message, all went direct good.

    Namaste, Bert

  2847. A new post by Rohan, telling us when we will be able to order adam, is overdue!
    I didn’t register at any of there fan-forums, but I posted here in the blog. I wonder whether I’ll get a preorder 2 email…

  2848. Guys,
    I think Paul is kidding and messing with your heads, unless he really believes that stupid comments are preferred to serious ones :-).

  2849. @rajendra

    I don’t think he could get directions (he did not say either way). I think he said it followed him around. I can do that too. I will try again.

    As for the date, yes it is set.

  2851. @mehdi: didn’t you know that WordPress is actually an employment project? WordPress now has over 17 million sites, with an average of 400.000 comments per day (“see: en.wordpress.com/stats/“).

    All those comments are being screened and only comments that the reviewers understand (hence the stupid ones 😉 ) are being allowed through. The rest goes into moderation (aka the WordPress Abyss) . Due to the volume of posts, this considerably reduces the US unemployment figures.

  2852. Just curious… Is anyone here? Or did I miss the invite to the NI adam launch party? 😉
    Hellloooooooo……..

  2856. I miss Biswajit saha’s +ve comments here.
    Poor dude is in a hotel sans wifi.
    Rohan, he needs his 3G Adam 😉

  2857. Pls moderate me again – You guys changed something on this blog, which made it impossible for me to just post with my nick Breese (email mieke@thedragonwhole.com). I now all of a sudden needed a wordpress account to get back on here to post. Of course the nick Breese was taken by somebody else and I had to pick another one. And of course now I am once again awaiting moderation. This is really annoying. My email address is the same, my IP is the same, but still I can’t get on.

  2858. Hello Karen 🙂 Nice to know everyone’s still here, even if it’s in the background.
    Wonder what Greg’s upto? Probably playing with his adam.
    I’m so jealous.

  2861. @kr33cher: Hi there. Unfortunately it’s been like that for a few days now. The good thing is with a little tweaking in your wordpress account you can stiil change your handle to whatever you want it to be. If you go into your settings you should find the option under general to effect this change. (At least it worked for me)
    Good luck 😉

  2863. Well, everybody must skip first 15 pages to read…. what?….. yes its very silent here…

  2864. Mmmm here is something what I don’t like, as a Dutch I feel very disappointed how they think of other country’s, never have this in 15 years…..:

    Dear Sir/Madam,

    Thank you for shopping online with “http://www.notionink.com”

    Your order number 1296906xxx-x has been classified as a HIGH RISK transaction by the CCAvenueWorld Payment Gateway Service Provider due to incomplete/invalid/incorrect data submitted by you. “Manual Authorization” is required for this order.

    Our manual authorization procedure requires that you scan and email or in the alternative, fax us the below mentioned documents for verification of this particular order. The documents required are as follows: –

    (A) The credit card statement, which clearly shows the card number and the billing address of the card. The statement should be a recent one and should be of the same credit card used for the transaction. We only require a scan/fax of the header section of your credit card statement, which contains this information.
    (B) A photo ID of the credit card holder whose credit card has been used for this transaction. This may be any one of the following: –
    • Driver’s License or
    • Social Security Card or
    • Passport or National Identity Card or
    • PAN Card / Voters Card.

    Please note that you have a maximum of 4 days from the date of this order, to comply with this or else your order will not be processed. You may fax the documents on 91-22-26480772 or scan and email them to “risk@world.ccavenue.com” . On receipt of the above-mentioned documents, your order will be processed on a priority basis and your card will be charged.

    We apologize for any inconvenience caused to you. Our efforts are to ensure that no loss is caused to any of the parties involved in this transaction. We seek your understanding and co-operation.

    I always pay with Visa, have this now for 15 years and there is enuf on it.
    But I send direct back what the want it, heard nothing until now, let see how this goes, because when this is going on like this, I let it go, there are more way’s to buy a product “normal”, maybe its normal in India, but not in Europe………. a HIGH RISK transaction……………..
    This is what I think of doing business with India…………for me this is a HIGH RISK transaction…….
    BTW, all was entered complete, no errors, only the telephone number (I send a mail after with the correct number).

    Of course the first post is in moderation, try it again…
    Now I go afk, eating…..

  2865. OK now it works, until now I did not get a conformation if I “may” buy from NI………..
    And don’t say its Sunday, I get this message also on Sunday, to make me moody..? lol

    AFK now.

  2866. Sorry to learn this. But have you mailed the support team. This concern is raised bt ccavenue and not by your credit card? Strange requirements

  2867. Ahoi ! 🙂
    It is true that the traffic is really low today…I think everyone is awaiting a post from Rohan to shoot 😉

  2870. @boeltwit: It’s just become really ridiculous and even when you do find the right page it’s not in any order. I’ve been using my gmail and Rss reader to keep up!!
    @Mehdi: It’s been an awkward ghostly silence today.
    This is a good example of what a blog should NOT look like.
    @Wordpress: Hope you’re listening.

  2872. I think it’s a Micro SD, and that I believe someone stated they were using a high capacity card. So probably 16 – 32gb Micro SDHC. You want to get a higher class for speed so maybe a class 6 or higher.

    JD

  2873. Just wanted to say thanks for the great videos. Fun and informative, makes me want to get my hands on one ASAP…. waiting as patiently as a child the night before Christmas..

    JD

  2874. Very strange and tricky indeed Boeltwit, an unheard way of doing business.
    Please mail NI’s support team first, don’t send your documnets.

  2875. Yep, waiting, and took a step back in the same time to watch a movie.
    Intolerable Cruelty.
    Gal wise i liked G Clooney in it, of course…
    And now i get the expression ‘catch 22’
    A situation Boeltwit found himself in 😉

  2876. I have send 2 emails to “comments@notionink.com” and ask them to assure me that this action is legal and when something goes wrong with my Visa account that they have a serious problem…

  2878. CC Ave is acting on their behalf, so NI has to assure CC Ave.
    Mail “support@notion..”
    This is the world up side down.

  2879. Rohan, looks like the PILOT for Pre Order 2 is also buggy. I did order a LCD, 3G (Americas), wifi. There was a brief message that said payment processing was successful, but I never got the confirmation screen.

    I have sent the details to “preordersupport@notionink.com” and “support@notionink.com”

  2880. Rohan, looks like the PILOT for Pre Order 2 is also buggy. I did order a LCD, 3G (Americas), wifi. There was a brief message that said payment processing was successful, but I never got the confirmation screen. There was a script syntax error.

    I have sent the details to “preordersupport@notionink.com” and “support@notionink.com”

  2883. Paul!
    Thanks for the reply! I have email notification of postings on the blog, so I saw you there. Didn’t yet know my posting had made it through moderation.
    I see that some folks are having trouble with their pre-order, but I haven’t yet gotten the offer. Being late to the blog, I don’t expect an invitation for a while yet though.
    My first international order (another product, no Adam) set off all kinds of red flags at my credit card company, so I suspect it is something like that which is setting off ccavenue’s warning buzzers. I can only suggest patient replies, giving information as needed.
    Best of luck to all who are waiting. I’m in the same boat 😉
    Waiting is,
    Dwarf

  2884. @bikramdas,
    I got exactly the same, the last page was an script syntax error, but it came trough, so it seems now that it has been classified as a HIGH RISK transaction.
    So I “may” pay money in advanced…. I get nothing, maybe after 2 weeks or month and I have has been classified as a HIGH RISK transaction, its only for me an HIGH RISK transaction, not for NI, its normal that when your goods are shipped that you pay and never in advanced, in Holland and Germany is this working like this.

  2887. I’ve had similar problems with international orders. My credit card flags them as unusual, possibly fraudulent, and that may be what the fulfillment house got into.
    I’m still patiently waiting for my invitation to order 😉
    Waiting is,
    Dwarf

  2888. Thanks harvey!!
    You know so much!
    I feel so stupid when I read your comments! Why can’t I come up with so terrific ideas! Your logic is so smooth, and well structure!

  2890. @seabeetodd said, on January 30, 2011 at 21:45

    A lot of companies should learn from seaeetodd. If all Apple costumers llistened to you, the whole ecosysyem would change instantly!
    For example, a dear friend of mine wrote a letter to Steve Jacobs about five years ago, compalining like you are about some issues in his headquaters. She still has not heard anything, nada, caca. They have to be a little faster, don’t you think?
    And then when I saw him trying to difuse the biggest blonder in public marketting last year I could not believe he expected his costumers to fix the problem them selves by holding the phone in a different way!
    So, a million ones to you for your rebellious ways!

  2891. Dr.Prashant Rai said, on January 30, 2011 at 21:34
    “ipads and otherer???????

    Dr.,
    How long have you been gone????????

  2893. The worst part of it is (from CCAvenue) asking for social security card copy (one of them)? Aren’t they aware that you are not supposed to ask a copy of your social security card (at max to your employer or homeland security).

    Even banks don’t ask for this information (except asking your no.) Also SSN doesn’t have a address :(.

  2894. Magic,
    I disagree. In any culture. , a no apology is simply a way to say thetre is nothing to apologize. But apologies come in different ways, and it is very cultural. An apology may be expressed without words. Sometimes actions, and simple gestures can be ways to maplogize. A lot of people present gifts. They can show that they went out of their way to find something they might like, something special.
    Rohan has shown his kindness more than once. Yoy can call it a lot things, but 95% of the world can tell you it is very effective to present a gift, or a smile (even a wink) when in need of apologizing.
    Now, do your magic, and apologize to someone next to you. That is the only way to know what an apology really is.
    If we can’t find anything to apologize for, to anyone, in any given day, then we don’t know what a real apology is.

  2896. Rohan, you need UAT testers!

    With such credit card transactions failing, i don’t think pre order 2 will be successful. i don’t understand what is going wrong at the NI web app implementation end…mind boggling…no quality control checks for the web app! This is not rocket science, yet for almost last 3 months you guys not been able to test the CC process successfully? Why is the work so shabby? Before December, you said all the applications are undergoing testing, yet we had a debacle during pre order 1. Now again this pilot is screwed up. Buckle your belts NI team and wake up.

    You guys really surprise us with innovative bugs and inabilities.

    For pre order 2, use at least 5-6 outside India credit cards to test on PROD before releasing the emails to the group. Take US, Europe, UK, India, Australia. Since the transactions are all ‘SALE’ transactions, you can instruct your bank to reject those ‘test transactions so that the payment ultimately does not go through. We did the same for one of our clients Siebel web Order implementation few yrs back. We had Siebel interfaced with Visa, and on the day of go live, we used real CCs to test the PROD system. Later the orders were cancelled and the money refunded to the actual client employees.

  2897. I’m glad to see positive posts from people who have received their adams. I have been frustrated with all the delays and I am hoping but not expecting mine to ship a week from Monday. It seams they have shipped a very small number to the people that have blogs.

    I saw a video review where someone was complaining about how the edges of the touch screen were not as responsive as the center. I suspect this is the cause of the delay. I think Rohan has a high standard for quality and I would be happy to learn that the shipments are being held up for quality reasons. This is just speculation though.

    Regardless, as someone else said, I have been waiting for a tablet like the adam for well over 10 years. The time had come where the full computing experience can be held in my hands with a full day of battery life. This is a great time and I’m glad Rohan and his team had the courage to lean the lesson he has in the last few months. Thank you.

  2898. @Paul, I second that.

    So I have been waiting quite a long time, just to be able to order an adam.
    It is getting dead-on frustrating.

    1. I do believe I have been a member of the so-called “La Familia”. If not please pop my bubble. I have been commenting on whatever (I agree most of them were quite useless, but commenting nonetheless)….This is kind of dissapointing.
    2. I was in China, the land of the the cheap ass products, including tablets. If some of you dear peepz are going to Beijing, go to Zhongguancun. That is, my dear fellow geeks, the MECCA of all gadgets (in Beijing that is). Phones, cameras, computers and ofcourse tablets. Mostly iPads (the cheapest I could get for was 3500 RMB (I didn’t though). But if you go somewhat higher storeys you will find find tablets, I bought one….No it is not enough to fulfill my hunger for adam.
    3. The Xoom is getting dangerously close, besides the pricing, the Xoom is mighty sexy. It could also be Honeycomb, haven’t figured that one out yet.

    In conclusion of my no meaning ranting : I somehow understand there are problems need to be fixed at NI. Buuuuuut it is taking too much time for people who have been at their side from day 2. The competition is getting closer and closer and my dear NI you just might one customer.

    Good niight.

    Greetz.

    Daryl.

  2899. Mr MAgic,
    you should spoeak for your self. I don’t find anything wrong with what Rohan has done (opr not done!!). And maybe (I can’t talk for everyone else) many of those you think are in your situation don’t give a hoop about your rants here. In your comments, “We” multiplies “You” in a strange way. Be truthful and say “I” this, or “I” that. I think that will give you more legitimazy.

  2902. BYPASSING STUPID MODERATION

    “h t t p : //sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/nfl/super-bowl-2011/02/06/super.bowl.commericals/index.html?eref=sihp”

    This is the link for watching all the ads during Superbowl in case you have not seen them. Some of them are really nice. Scroll down of the page, all hulu videos embedded.

    Enjoy!

  2904. Even i did not get the confirmation screen. But then got a mail from ccavenue

  2908. Kinda of felt the same way, paid for two tablets I ordered back in December, I could have had the $1100 in my account rather then ccavenue.

    My wife doesn’t believe it is going to come out, but I am keeping the faith. I am glad others will get to use the adam also, but I feel a little foolish rushing to pre-order.

    People that missed or waited are going to only have to wait a few week total.

    heard rumors of a special gift, but I have never received contact from Notion Ink on either of my orders. one Pixel Qi and one LCD, both with 3G. only received a comfirmation from ccavenue that they got the order. and web page updates changing the estimated delivery date from the 9th to the 15-22nd to the 29th and to Feb 14th. It is really disappointing, with the lack of communication, I am sure in a while after I have the tablet, all will be forgotten, but it hasn’t hit that point yet for me.

  2909. First! to say we are now at the 17th page of comments!!!

    Sorry, couldn’t resist – I haven’t done a “first” yet 😀

  2913. Seeing that a few folks got lucky and got a chance to order an Adam. Congrats to you guys! I’m very envious! As they say good things come to those who wait, and wait I will have to. As I’ve mentioned before, I’ll have to order the Adam so it gets to a friend in the states, other wise I’d have to pay between 32% and 42% taxes more on my Adam because with the cost of shipping, any Adam comes to be over the $400 customs threshold. OUCH!! So, when I get upset, I just tell myself “What’s a few more days!” It’s not particularly comforting when I look at the great new videos coming out of the “loyalists”.

    So I have a couple of questions. At this point I’ve pretty much decided for the LCD screen. Now I’m looking at the Wifi only vs. 3G.

    I am currently also in the process of purchasing a new phone, hopefully an Android one, with tethering capabilities. So the question is: is it worth it to get the 3G variant with an additional sim card and therefore the additional monthly charge?

    Also, would it be possible to use the USB port to connect my USB modem which I can get with prepaid internet?

    Perhaps I could just plug in the prepaid sim to my adam? Phone company would definitely say it’s impossible, has anyone tried popping in a sim card that’s not originally for the Adam?

    Anyway, thanks!

    Rohan and NI, keep at it! You have tons of collaborators at your side that aren’t working at NI, and we all want to help!

    Cheers, good week everyone!

  2914. @Louis
    see Alberts video, he used his phone SIM in the Adam but after that it would no longer work in his phone. Check with Albert first.

  2915. don’t take the delivery dates of Tina too seriously,
    After all it was just a few weeks before the first pre-order were we were told

    •FCC: We are on time for this and you could hold devices in your hands on or before Christmas (and as hinted earlier, if we miss Christmas, then CES or New Year). Pre-booking will start in early December (if the case id prior). Already received FCC for the chargers!”

    We now know that they never intended to deliver before CES, as stated by Rohan later. So even though a possible x-mas delvery was teased, it was not ever really considered. Now someone at notion ink is saying future orders will be 15-20 days, I am just saying you have to take that with a huge grain of salt.

  2916. I am wondering what happened with the matt glass, I know it has been talked about, but I am still curiouse, the November 20th post went into great detail about how the glass was going to be matt and they worked real hard to overcome problems with it, and then the final version doesn’t have the matt glass on top, he is the want was said back in November

    “The Matt

    We told you how much we love Matt (that’s one reason why all the monitors here are from Dell). We have invested a lot of time in figuring out the right surface values which gives the perfect combination of 2 worlds (no reflection property of matt and scratch resistant property of glossy surface). But the first question: “Why every other device we see is Glossy and not matt?” The answer lies in the surface property. In general you can say that glossy surfaces along with giving better photograph of the device for marketing and shelf view, gives scratch-less experience (for its defined life time). And that is very much required. If your surface is rough (matt), it will be susceptible to scratches cos now when you drag a sharp object on it, it will have something to drag along, and leave a mark behind. All of this makes designing matt surfaces for touch screen extremely difficult and costly.

    This is a small test I did for you in the morning. You can see one of our engineers dragging a sharp object scratching on of the Matt glass samples we had ordered for.

    You can easily see the scratch (though you will not be pressing this hard, but still) and we definitely don’t want this.

    After nearly 2 months of tests, we have been able to figure out what exactly should be the parameters and here is the result:

    This is Adam’s glass and the result after the same test performed thrice. You can actually notice the speckles left from the last experiment on the other screens.

    It took us really long and was really harder for the manufacturers to make what we wanted. We can’t compromise on few things and this was one of them.

    Here is the image of the 3 tests which I did for you this morning (Adam is using the improved version of the last one shown here)

    But the story between Glossy screen and Matt is not finished yet. One of our friend (working in Pixel Qi) who has an amazing command over LCD technology made us aware of the issue of using the matt surfaces on LCDs.

    Look at the image below:

    (You need to open it in another tab and see it full screen). If you can see (I hope you do), you will see small green fringes and speckles. Matt surfaces don’t work well with Green colors and creates diffusion around green pixels. You Dell screens look good for two reason, one they have done good job and two, they don’t have to deal with the gap of touch screen in LCD monitors. Gaps add more refractions. Please see the next illustrations for more understanding.

    We have done a good work when it comes to both of these issues and you can oserve the same in the final product.”

    so the question is why the switch of glass and the move to a screen protector,
    and shouldn’t the web site be updated to reflect the actual shipping product; It still says “At Notion Ink, We hate fingerprints on our devices and love all things light, durable and useable. And so, all the Adam’s screen surfaces are made of pure matte glass that softens reflections under the brightest of lights, and prevents fingerprints

  2919. This was my reply to that in video format
    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhRH2zCqFcs”

  2921. @ Can Anyone point me to the link from where i can buy Micro Sdha Cards(Class 6 or 4, I dont think Class 10 will be required for adam) for Indian customers. I searched on ebay but couldn’t found one of class 4 or class6 . Thanks

  2922. This is the response from Rohan to a query put by Greg of Notioninkfan. The pain will have to be endured until Valentine’s day.

    February 6, 2011
    So what is coming next from Notion Ink?
    Earlier today I asked Rohan about the status of the official Notion Ink forum. His response included the following information (which he said I could share with everyone)…

    “From 14th you will see a lot of activity on the design firm. We just scaled our design team from 6 to 16 and this time Adam will see a lot of games, illustrations and statistical visualizations! 🙂 We are also in the process of forming a dedicated web team which will take care of new letters, forum, flyers, website, etc.”

    So after reading that, I’d say baring any issues that force a change in plans, we have some exciting things to look forward to beginning February 14th!

    –Greg

  2923. here you go Himanshu
    32 gb – “http://www.gadgets.in/main/verbatim-sdhc-card-32gb-class-6-flash-memory-cards.html”
    16 gb – “http://www.gadgets.in/main/verbatim-sdhc-card-16gb-class-6-flash-memory-cards.html”

  2924. Hi!

    Greetings from Notion Ink!

    We have received an over whelming response about the Adam and understand that there are many of you wanting to purchase one for yourselves.

    We really appreciate all your patience and enthusiasm. It is only fair that you be specially invited to order your own Adam.

    So, here is us inviting you to be the owner of an Adam and become part of the Notion Ink Family.
    As promised by Notion Ink Officials & making it to Top Ten in Logo Contest, a discount of USD 25 has been offered to you.

    We appreciate your support to Notion Ink!

    Please use the link and login using this e-mail address and the password mentioned below.

  2925. @himanshu jain
    Ive just ordered a adam but the problem is that the order no given to me doesn’t seem to be working on the preorder status page so can you tell me what format ur oder no is.. mine is like this ; 129****134-*

  2926. I don’t know how good it is, but woot.com has this on sale for $29.99 — Centon 32GB Class 10 SDHC Card

  2927. Thanks a lot Atul. But are they Micro SDHC? And moreover will class 6 be appropriate? Class 10 is suggested for mainly camera where one is taking lots of HD videos so i am not willing to go for Class 10 cards for adam.

  2932. Please let me know if you get a reliable source in India. I have been exploring the web. I see recommendation from tech grps that Sandisk is the best. Even class 4 of Sandisk offers good read and write speeds compared to other makes with higher class.

  2933. “http://www.gadgetsguru.com/transcend-16gb-microsdhc-class-6-card-lowest-price-spec-cheap-sale-india-7396.aspx”

    I don’t know how legit this is, I got this site out of a google search…

    All tried and tested online stores in India have class 2 only.

    You could also probably try th ebay global easy buy program- basically you serch on ebay.in, and if your search shows up no results, it shows you results from ebay usa…

    You can even get the class 10 cards that way, if you wish. I think Greg aid he was using a class 10 card and he could play DVD quality movies directly off the card. He got one for 30 something dollars if I am not wrong. ..

  2934. Just read on several tech blogs that there is evidence that Xoom is going to be launched on 24 Feb for $800… I mean $800?! What were they thinking?

    And there’s more- The WiFi will be activated only if you buy a month’s service from Verizon! Wait… WHAT?!

    Seriously, the pricier they make the Xoom, the better it is for ADAM 😉

    Each passing moment reassures me that Adam, despite all odds, is the best option out there.

    I must however add that the document stating these claims is full of spelling errors… No proof of its legitimacy…
    “http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/06/best-buy-ad-prices-motorola-xoom-at-800-affirms-february-24th/”

  2935. yeah, may be it’s not the right one but you can do a search in google shopping india. Below is the search I just tried…

    “http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&biw=1440&bih=775&prmdo=1&tbs=prc:1&&sa=X&ei=16NPTYeyEYnnrAfoosTaBg&ved=0CBsQBSgA&q=microSDHC+card&spell=1”

  2936. Yes my sources are also telling me the 24th for a launch date for the Xoom. I too saw that leaked ad which has alot of typos to be legit? But we will see see if that is the price. Of course that could be unsubed price. Also remember Xoom has no usb 2.0 ports as well. Moto is paying alot for that superbowl ad that is probably why the Xoom is so high….LOL Those ads are not cheap. I believe the LG G slate will have usbs and they are saying will be priced lower. However for the hardware and the price the Adam is the the way to go. But of course with the time it is taking to get orders up and running Both of them will probably be out and maybe even ipad ……..LOL 🙂

  2937. Nice to see that Rama Maganti. There is a lot of work happening backstage and it seems that the website and web-support will become one of their focus points 🙂

  2938. Hi Dwarf4242, You are welcome. As you have tried many times to post on this blog but ended up in the WordPress Abyss, I hope that somebody at Notion Ink will read you post and add you to the pre-order 2 invites that we expect to start after Valentine.

    I got the impression that soon after that the normal order process will also open, so more and more people can get their Adam.

  2939. Hi Boeltwit, Clearly it is GOOD that NI decided to do a smaller test-run first before opening PO2. This will drastically reduce the number of sales that Ni can get. Maybe we, as fans, might be willing to step into these procedures, but the general public won’t.

    I can imagine the discussions: “Yeah, I ordered an Adam, but then they asked me to fax my credit-card and id-papers to India and told me at the same time that it is a ‘high risk‘ transaction“. The next person then has to be very brave to buy an Adam in the same way, but most likely will go to a place where a tablet can be purchased without “high risk‘ indication.

    As soon as they can handle the volume, NI needs a sales desk in each continent. That will take care of many payment issues.

  2940. Hi Karen, Yes I am in Holland till next week. As my activities are in China, there is not a lot to report, so that explains the silence 😉 .
    Too bad that my Adam is delivered in China, I now have time for it. One more week and I’ll have him in my arms 🙂

  2942. hmm. my comment is stuck in moderation limbo, here it is with the url adjusted:

    i suspect that the trackpad is missing because of a series of submarine patents filed by sony and NI wanted to avoid a legal battle:

    games.slashdot.org/story/10/11/30/032249/Patent-Supports-PSP2-Rear-Touch-Pad-Rumor

    United States Patent Application 20100299595
    United States Patent Application 20100299594
    United States Patent Application 20100295799
    United States Patent Application 20100295798

    all of them are “continuation” patent applications for provisional applications filed by sony on May 21, 2009

    may 21st, 2009 is the reference date to beat for finding prior art on this concept or we won’t have a back side touchpad until sony says so (i.e. never)

    Additionally, there are others patents in the same series by sony, patents that are related to user interface interactions between the front screen and the back-side touchpad/trackpad.

  2943. Himanshu, I suggest you stick to eBay. Although a lot of them don’t specify what class the sd card is of, they are usually Class 6. For eg see “http://cgi.ebay.in/16GB-ORIGINAL-MICRO-SD-Card-ADAPTER-LOWEST-EBAY-/230573191857?pt=IN_Memory_Cards&hash=item35af3bb2b1#ht_1714wt_932” – from his description it appears to be Class 6. The price is half of gadget .in and a third of gadget guru.

    Frankly, I expect to use the sdhc card for two key purposes. To load apk files to the adam and secondly to store video (movies) to watch. Neither of these operations would need me to have super fast Class 10 cards. In fact I would think that I could do both with a Class 2 and still not have a problem.

  2944. Albert:

    Is your Adam a Pqi or an LCD???

    I got a pQi and I hope it looks as nice as yours.

    -Zel

  2945. Thanks Amit. Class 10 cards are basically used for camera(I recently purchased class 10 card of Transcend for my camera).
    Well It’s class 2 card only. Majority of cards sold in India are class 2

    “http://www.flipkart.com/sandisk-memory-card-16gb-sdhc-mobile-accessories-acccrrqzu82r587c”

    “http://www.flipkart.com/transcend-memory-card-16gb-microsdhc-mobile-accessories-accctpgvzgk6bmzt”

    @Amit Where is your adam btw? At customs? Any idea about customs duty? IS gati delivering it in India?I have asked bruce twice or thrice but he has not replies till now about custom duties.

    In India microsdhc cards are way too expensive. Greg in USA bought Class 10 cards for 30$(around 1400 Indian rs) :).

    @All Can anyone sugeest advantage/disadvantage of going for class 2 card over other higher card not from point of view of speed but from pragmatic point of view considering we will be using it on adam

  2946. @himanshu – I last received an email from GATI on Saturday afternoon telling me that they will clear the adam from customs in “24 working hours” and that I will have a docket number by “EOD” today (Monday). All I can hope is that they don’t have just 8 working hours each day! I will keep you posted.

    As regards the Class 10 vs Class 2 – the difference only lies in speed, doesn’t it? Because at the end of the day, the capacity is the same on both? Am I missing something?

    Finally, you need to figure this out based on usage. Keep in mind that you will also be able to plug in your usb memory cards just as easily (probably more easy than sdhc), so you should figure that based on intended usage.

  2947. I think I remember him mentioning he got a PQi model, but I am not certain. However it is true that it looks quite good. After weighing the pros and cons for a certain amount of time I finally made my mind on the LCD model, but Albert’s videos sent me straight back to the doubt zone…

  2948. @Amit Thanks 🙂 That’s why i am interested in class 2 or class 4 until class 6 is too cheap 🙂

  2949. Very Good.

    I know how the ones left on the pavement feel. Hopefully soon I’ll get my call up too..

    Laters Amigos

  2950. Did ya receive an email from NI that gave you the estimated shipping date?

    I did not see an email confirming a shipping date.

  2952. The Chinese new year is over and hopefully our ADAMs is being assembled right now.

    So now I can go back to my rutine.

    Open my browser
    Browse to “www.NotionInk.com”
    Press “CHECK PRE-ORDER STATUS”
    Type in infomation
    press Submit
    Hope for a “shipped”
    Check the “Estimated Ship date from factory”

    Anyone else has this rutine ? 🙂

  2953. @Jason said, on January 31, 2011 at 05:09

    “Keep your faith, I’ll use evidence.”

    So, where is your evidence, dummy?

  2954. @Luis Flores

    Still waiting for my PQ, 3G to be delivered on the 14th.

    Purchased a sim card from Tmobile (850 band) on a no-contract month to month basis.
    Charged $7.99 for card until l start using it in the adam. This is a data plan only for $25.00
    per month used at my discretion. Talked to the Tmobile Rep. who assured me that this would work on the Android adam.

  2955. And after all these crap you ‘discored’, are you still here? If I believed what you said, I would not be here. Period.
    But…I don’t believe your logic. And stop thinking you are some kind of Sherlock Holmes. Please, if you are cancelling, let me know so I have a chance to buy mine.

  2958. @Rob1bm

    and the trolls? there are a few here. they are in both of your groups. when they smell a problem, they come out of their holes, and start bad mouthing, spreading their odor all over.

  2960. @Paul – I will not be surprised if some media troll picks this up and makes a big story out of it “Notion INk asking for social security numbers! Your scamometer should be screaming!!”

    Of course I have not seen any reporting on all the good reviews after Update 1.

  2961. “http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/02/07/presented-without-comment-a-video-review-of-the-notion-ink-adam/#comments” 😉

  2962. “http://androidcommunity.com/notion-ink-adam-update-delivers-bug-sweep-users-delighted-video-20110207/”

  2966. Greg posted this link: “http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/02/07/presented-without-comment-a-video-review-of-the-notion-ink-adam/#comments” which is a very good presentation of bug fixes that NI has provided in their first update. I saw the posting in my email notification, but can’t find it here, so I’m reposting the link.
    Very nice review Greg.
    Waiting is…

  2967. Hey Rohan,

    Also waiting for preorder2, enjoyed Greg’s new video btw (the 2 parts). Still checking your blog every day, hard to follow comments (because of the order WordPress puts it in). Looking forward to your next post.

    Greetings

  2971. Thanks Leo. I don’t live in the US, and I’m not sure if Sims, at least here, work if the imei numbers don’t match. And the other thing I’m considering is if I buy an Android phone with tethering capabilities, then I could just connect myself through the wifi hotspot. Very very seldom do I go anywhere without my phone.

  2972. Rohan, has never said it would be 14th Feb, +/- a few days, that has just been the speculation on the blog,

    what happens is it gets said so much, around the blog, it become fact, when in fact it is not.

  2973. OK better news now, that part from NI works good, I am glad:

    Dear B.J.Boelema

    Greetings from the Notion Ink Support Team !!

    Your shipping date will be between the 15 and 18 of February.
    Thank you for your continued support to Notion Ink!

    Warm Regards
    Alan
    Notion Ink Support Team

    But still heard nothing from the CCAvenueWorld Payment Gateway Service Provider about my order number 1296906xxx-x that this has been classified as a HIGH RISK transaction……..

  2974. Check out infibeam site. That is an Indian online store.

    “http://www.infibeam.com/Camera_Accessories/search?q=micro%20sdhc#q=micro%20sdhc&store=Camera_Accessories&category=Memory%20Cards”

  2975. For Adam customers based in India – Micro SD HC cards:

    “http://www.infibeam.com/Camera_Accessories/search?q=micro%20sdhc#q=micro%20sdhc&store=Camera_Accessories&category=Memory%20Cards”

    I have used that site couple of times. They were reliable.

  2976. @Prantha,

    What is going wrong with this? and what bank?
    Did you read my trouble with the payments? but I have get a ship date, 15-18 February.

    Namaste, Bert

  2977. @Chebbinator: yes, another egg that they can throw towards NI.
    The tech blogs become as bad as the gossip press in the UK.
    At least Notion Ink has achieved the status of a tech celebrity 😆

  2980. Geg, thanks for that. You demonstrate why I have more confidence in Notion Ink then in any of the big players. it is not only the better specs, but also that Rohan has a vision on how to use information. Notion Ink is more focused on the user interface then the big names out there, who only produce hardware on which Android runs.

    The benefit of this for us? Your video shows it: quick fixes of problems and an Adam that will get better and better and better over time.

    Thanks for showing that so clearly (although I was a bit shocked during the first 2 minutes 😉 )

  2981. Man, this week is gonna be a long one. It’ll seem like forever until the 14th. I don’t think we’ll even get new posts till then.

  2982. A big + 1 Paul…I’m very glad Greg was inspired to get that video out. I’m very happy to see the honesty and straight forwardness that is starting to develop. We have to admit faults in order to get them corrected. I’m feeling much better about Notion Ink and Adam’s future. I figure in about a week and a half Adam should arrive at my door. It will have been a long strange trip. I’m trying not to let the excitement level get too high and I’m braced for some challenges in getting Adam to a top performing level. I do understand that is part of being in this early pre-order program, and happy to be a part of it!!!

  2983. This is welcome news!! Hoping the delays in implementing these advancements will be minimal. On a day at a time basis the going can appear to be slow. However the knowledge that progress is being made is very uplifting to the spirit. This where our patience can really pay off. Hang in there Adamites good things are yet to come!

  2984. I could not post the last couple of days. Just checking to see if it post. Got tired of posting test, test1, etc….

  2985. I understand your reply, but what Rohan had posted on the blog was they had solved all those problems, and had a matt glass they felt was superior to all others. This was in November when they were already supposed to be submitting to the FCC,

    I am wondering why the glass changed, and the inferior screen protector that you received came to be.

    it seems like a pretty big change to make at the last moments before FCC submittal.

    and one that was never conveyed to the public, or even updated on the web site as it still says as of today, that it has the matt glass on the exterior.

    I am thinking I am going to have to buy a clear screen protector, since as you state the matt protector that comes with it is not very good.

    I would have much preferred to have the scratch resistant glass that was described by Rohen, and demo’ed with the great pictures, he showed running a screw driver across the glass and it not leaving a mark. That is the glass I wanted, not a poor versjon of a matt screen protector.

    So, I agree with you, the matt proctector is probably not very good.

  2986. If you want to see images of what I was talking about take a look at the blog post
    Scroll down the matt glass.

    on November 20th, just two and half weeks before pre-order

    “https://notionink.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/week-end-special-ix/”

  2987. Sorry I didnt mean to post that twice… What I meant, and thought I said in the video, was that any type of additional matte glass placed in front of the screen will cause a distortion of the green and red pixels of the screen. It looked HORRIBLE when I turned it on. like looking through glass that had been textures. I am VERY happy they went with clear glass on the front. Maybe someone with an HD camera or video cam can take pics of images before and after and can show the separation of colors when matte is in front… If this was on the front of the tablet, people would be criticizing NI for putting it there and making the picture look bad… best way was to publish non matte and place screen on. I promise it is better this way…

  2988. @mehdi – deep breathing usually helps.. I’m waiting for my PO-2 link too – Im sure several more are as well.. You you are not alone 🙂

  2989. Thanks themave,

    Yes indeed now I understand you, and yes there is not much left from this perfect technical introduction to something “new” and special …..

    Namaste, bert

  2990. Maybe we should start group therapy… maybe like a big brother type thing. Everyone with an adam gets assigned to each person without an adam and then we can tell them how its ok, be patient, the wait will really pay off… etc We can let them cry on our shoulders… show them pictures… maybe something of me running through a field of flowers and tossing my adam up into the air, catching it and rolling in the grass… adam and me, laughing and giggling… … LOL… I kid because I was there too…

  2992. How I finally ordered a Notion Ink Adam (in the US):

    Luckily, I was one of the test members of pre-order 1.5. I would like to take credit for Notion Ink selling canceled units in this matter, as just a week before I asked if it was possible to help take those units off their hands, but they probably had the test gearing up at this point. I was one of the lucky family members that received an e-mail for pre-order 1. It did go to my spam, but I saw it there and tried to use it. Unfortunately, it took hours before it would work. Then, without Mastercard support and the unknown about customs fees, I decided to wait (plus by the time I would have been able to get to a Visa, the unit I wanted was gone).

    So, in the wee hours of this Saturday morning, 12:25 am CST, I received an e-mail for this test run of pre-orders. Again, I still only have a Mastercard. I called a friend who said I could use her Visa. In all the excitement, though, I forgot to put her address in for the billing address. The payment just sat there saying it was processing, but allowed me to Pay Now again. So I did that, fixed that address and was immediately denied. She called her credit card company for me. It turns out that there was a hold as she had just ordered two laptops earlier in the week, and this transaction flagged the account after that. The lady supposedly released the hold, but my link would not let me back in to fix the order. I contacted Notion Ink through several channels and finally received an e-mail from Steve saying that they would be in touch on Monday.

    I thought that wouldn’t be so bad, as the 11.5 hour time difference means Monday for Notion Ink starts Sunday evening for me. But still no word. About 1:30 this morning, I finally got an e-mail saying that my payment link had been reset. Now, I did not have to reselect my model, that stayed the same. I just had the option to re-enter payment information. I used my friend’s card again, which still came back with unauthorized usage. Then I went to the bank and purchased a pre-paid Visa card. I was on the phone with the bank while I made the transaction. They never even saw it come through, basically saying it looks like the vendor is not accepting this type of payment. CCAvenue sent an e-mail saying that I had an incorrect number/expiry date or insufficient funds. I knew I did not have insufficient funds, as I overloaded the card for the purchase.

    Now at this point, for which I give kudos to Notion Ink, my payment link was resetting itself, so I did not have to contact Notion Ink to reset it. So, I re-entered the payment information again, in case I had for some reason entered it wrong. Again, same message with a declined transaction. It does look like CCAvenue was not going to acccept my pre-paid Visa Card.

    By this time, my friend had come into work, and called her bank again. Apparently the lady on Saturday did not release the hold like she said she did. We also had to inform them that this would be an international transaction. I ran the card while she was on the phone and everything went through just fine. I received confirmation from CCAvenue and when I look at my order screen, it shows paid. The order screen continues to show the correct variant that I had ordered from the start, though my Notion Ink confirmation e-mail has left that description blank.

    Lessons learned from this order:
    – the pre-paid Visa card did not work for me
    – you have to tell the bank this will be an international transaction
    – Notion Ink should continue to have the payment link reset automatically after a declined transaction
    – I am appreciative for Notion Ink allowing me to keep re-entering payment information, rather than starting over in the system and having to reselect my variant
    – don’t believe the bank when they tell you they have done something, when they haven’t

    I thought I would post this for Notion Ink and their testing purposes as well as for the next person who does not have their purchase go as smoothly as it could. And if everything has gone according to plan, I have a Pixel Qi, US 3G variant heading my way.

  2993. Yeah :D,
    I have to say I was a bit frustrated when the pre-pre-order 2/post-pre-order 1/pre-order 1.5 mails were sent to a few, but it all went far far away once I learned it was just a test and that more should be sent around the 14th, providing I am on the mailing list (*cough* right Rohan ? *cough*).

  2994. Also, the pre-order status link on the Notion Ink Home Page seems to only be for pre-order 1. I can continue to check my order status by following the link from my e-mail. At least for now, I don’t know if that portion expires in 36 hours like the option to order.

  2996. I’m glad that Greg is back in an active way, and with great passion for NI, under Greg 🙂

  2997. WOW Motorola are bringing out a notepad with Honeycomb OS within the next few weeks. Surely Rohan you need to ramp up ordering and despatch before start looking elsewhere. I REALLY want an Adam but I wont wait indefinitely. If it takes 3 months from purchasing to receiving – as has been the case for the first batch of buyers then how long will the second and subsequent group going to have to wait?

  3000. @ Terry Bawden
    The original first batch went out in less than 2 months, and we were aware of the original time table of 6 to 8 weeks. Some of the next original batch, went out on time. The final original batch would have also, if not for the damaged shipment, which pushed the shipping into the Chinese New Year. This is a small startup company and they are ramping up, and testing the process as they go along. Once all the pieces are lined up I’m sure it will be a more effective and timely process.
    You do know that the Motorola tablet cost $800.00, without a phone contract, don’t you? Adam will also have the Honeycomb OS when it is released.
    It’s your choice. As time goes on, you will have more choices. It depends on how long you can wait. Remember first isn’t always best.

    We would love to have you join us!

  3001. Hi,
    I just saw the first review in german language from Christof Wallner on tabletblog.de. I was amazed by the PixelQI display in bright sunlight. You can discuss color shades on the display, but there is no display in sun light as the PixelQI. I feel it was a good decision to choose this display.

    Find the videos on
    “http://www.tabletblog.de/2011/02/notion-ink-adam-erster-deutscher-test-video/”

  3002. Could be that they got two. Two user names on WordPress got them two pre-order emails. So they sold the extra 1 on eBay. It could be they bought 1 but were underwhelmed buy it. I see there’s one now w/ Pixel Qi but without 3G selling for $860 so far with $25 shipping. Hmmmm….that’s quite a profit.

    I didn’t use my pre-order form because the Pixel Qi went out of stock so fast and I don’t like just the LCD. But maybe I should have bought the LCD version and sell it on eBay for those who can’t pre-order and don’t care about the Pixel Qi display.

  3003. I think it would be interesting to just have a slide viewer in portrait so you can type the notes underneath?

  3004. I think it would be interesting to just have a slide viewer in portrait so you can type the notes underneath? So in that way the viewer is an app of it’s own and quick office the word processor for notes

  3005. I hope that when we get the Forum we get a section only for apps we would like to see developped!

  3006. With this flash card app, I hope someone can develop something that can be used across platforms. Flashcard apps for android and iphone can both be based on the same database, so there should be customers for both platforms on the same database. You should be able to share your cards with your friends, etc.

  3008. nobody out there does this. It is very easy to make the same app for apple and android, why cant they communicate information…

  3011. Have you all seen the article on notioninkhacks.com

    “http://notioninkhacks.com/index.php/2011/02/07/restoring-the-faith-with-notion-ink-and-the-adam/”

  3013. although Notion Ink have nothing to prove to such an individual I can’t wait for the day this guy has to eat his words.

    Notion Ink has already shown they are able to make a quality product.

    I supposes the age old saying “you can’t please all of the people all of the time” spring to mind…

  3014. Imagine if everyone would be using flash! Unfortunately so many third interests and money goes into this stuff. The final user ends up having to choose between platforms, not based on technical merit but rather on exclusivity deals which are driven by market share.

  3016. Ohhhh. Which version did you order? I’d be happy to purchase it in you place. Best wishes for you in selecting an alternative.

  3017. @Jason, “restitution” ???? Are you daft or what? You are an ‘early’ adopter for a product that is not even on the shelves. You should have held off until it was later. Based on your thoughts. I empathize with all those who have yet to receive thier ADAM. But please just cancel your order if you do not want the product. Forget about ‘restitution’ or ‘sticker’s. Once you get your ADAM in hand and its working as it should…you say it was soooo worth it.

  3018. How about teaching them that patience is a virtue. When you do have it…they’ll be screaming to their parents to get them one. Guaranteed.

  3019. @ magic51
    Are your students old enough to by an Adam, or are they in grade school? I wouldn’t worry about to much, it getting out of control. Things usually get diluted over a short period of time, and names and companies are forgotten. I’m fairly sure all the eyes in the world are not on the Adam….yet.

  3020. So it seems more and more is being posted on the web about Notion Ink…

    check out this article on Slashgear.com

    “http://www.slashgear.com/trouble-at-notion-ink-ui-director-leaves-adam-battery-issues-surface-07131407/”

    Any comments Rohan & Co.

    Is this some dirty tricks vendetta against Notion Ink or should we concerned?

  3021. Whoa what is this 17 or 18 pages of comments. If we don’t get another Rohan post until the 14th were likely to crash through the 4000 maybe 5000 comment barrier. Big numbers are cool, but posting has become a pain in the you know what.

    There is where an official fourm would make so much difference. You could refer to old posts send private messages to fellow members with ease. It sure would be nice!!!! Hopefully we will get to that point. Imagine being able to look for particular subjects!

    I have 8 days until my Adam is shipped. Time is crawling like a snail. The very best to all as our wait continues.

  3022. A line from David Frost reflects NI rather well:

    “Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.”

    Keep up the great work!

  3023. Look. Andre is a awesome design guy. He did his job in designing the Eden usage pattern. I think NI can run with this tail wind for some time by writing software to Andre’s design. I don’t think this is a major blow or anything. I would be very worried about NI if Rohit (of course Rohan as well) quit. Andres guidance can continue to take Adams UI for some time.

  3024. I dont understand all these people complaining about battery life… They need to install advance task killer and kill everything every time they boot. As it is now, Adam loads many apps upon startup (i show this in one of my upcoming video’s I have not linked here yet, but can be found on my youtube channel). That is also one of the reasons I downloaded droidwall. You can save tons on your battery life if you limit access to web to programs you dont want to pull ads (etc). while they are running in the background. This helped a ton with my phone. Also another tip is to turn off the GPS when you are not using it (easy shortcut for this through a launcherpro widget, which I also show in my video) Wifi can be killed if not in use, GPS, Lessen backlight, close all background apps, etc… or I could take the apple approach and say if you want the battery to last longer, stop using it as much…

  3026. 1. Are u planning on some big post
    2. thinking that you’ll go to page 18
    3. Are you testing the Adam
    4. Are you asking Rohan to test the Adam before Pre Order 2

    cannot write anymore junk 😉

  3027. Will this fit adam?
    “http://cgi.ebay.in/Protective-Case-w-Built-in-Bluetooth-Keyboard-iPad-/380314630177?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_203&hash=item588c84b821”

  3029. Just a note…I have downloaded apps on my Nexus One (android) only to find my battery life suddenly drain away. I finally found it to be a weather app that was the culprit. My point would be…maybe there is not a battery problem.

  3030. Yeah Bikram. All are class 2. Was waiting for any class 4/class 6 link. or i will buy class 2 only.

  3031. Do you know the Ui Director personally so that you can comment about beginning of the end?
    There are several reasons for a person to quit a company. Moreover no company depends on a single individual until he is the substantially responsible for the success of the company. Personally I dont know the work and contribution of NI Ui director to make this type of sweeping comment.

  3033. According to his twitter page he had issues that cropped up (in Mumbai) and he needed to take care of them. “http://twitter.com/#!/ousiadroid” Like Himanshu jain said, there are many reasons someone changes course.

  3035. Haha, not that sad. I now have an Adam! maybe… Really the biggest thing was that the pre-paid card didn’t work after so many people insisted that was the way to go.

  3036. It sounds like there are screen problems galore (Bangalore
    ?! Sorry, could not help myself), both with delivered and nondelivered.
    There is competition from POV’s Mobii tablet.
    Goes for the same price. Tegra. Cap. screen. Froyo. Bona fide co. with track record in
    Video chips. Stable platform. Android marketplace loaded.
    Tomorrow I decide to pull the trigger and cancel if Austrian Ditech will deliver to USA.
    The baby ain’ ready to be born. I don’t want a product that is not ready.
    Mobii 10 inch. Dig it.

  3037. It looks like the only US retailer only sells the netbooks:
    “http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/CategoryProductList.jsp?cat=Browse+By+Brand:Point+of+View’

  3039. @Himanshu,
    If you are looking for class 2, infibeam has 16gb at Rs1742/-(Sandisk). I have written to infibeam for higher classes.

  3040. Thanks Raja. Do let me know if they revert back. I am also planing to write a mail to transcend online store about it.

  3041. I’m keeping an eye on the case from NotionInkHacks. I am still on the fence about what kind of keyboard I want to use – one with or without the trackpad. NotionInkHacks have mentioned that a future version of their case may come with the keyboard. May settle on a sleeve until more tablet accessories make their way to the market this year. It is the year of the tablet, right?!

  3042. @Boris oh yea. Actually I kinda liked Albertz keyboard with trackpad but it was too big. In India I was not able to find any keyboard with track pad. So better wait as it is the year of Tablets indeed 🙂

  3044. I am a late arrival to this party, but I immediately recognized the beauty and potential of the Adam tablet and wanted one right away. However I also recognized that NI was a startup company with a major challenge and was therefore quite surprised to get an e-mail reply when I asked their contact address how to get one. I was a bit frustrated when I followed the instructions and tried to reply to this blog and got blocked with “awaiting moderation”. I have gotten past that now and even got an order invite. I also had trouble making that work, but eventually got a confirmed order for the device I had been drooling over for months. So now I’m waiting for the delivery date to arrive so I can begin finding all the problems left to resolve on the technical side. The difference for me is that I understand where I am in the process and don’t balk at the little problems that present themselves. The key work here is persist. If you persist at what you want you have a better chance than if you give up at the first road block. I’m sure that’s why Rohan as gotten as far as he has with the Adam project, and I’m sure he will persist until he is as successful as he hopes to be. All of us who have gotten through the process with him will also benefit in our lives as well. Those of you who drop out in disgust will be the ones who have lost.
    To repeat Paul S. the video was a great dialog.
    Waiting is…

  3045. It’s a Sunday afternoon, and I have nothing better to do than read this blog 😉

    WOW! It looks like a 50/50 crowd! Half are pissed and half are giving wonderful support!

    That’s pretty good of a web based group! Usually the nay-sayers outnumber the gentle folk!

    One thing to remember for those folks screaming for a retail experience: the whole group of us only represents about 25% of the buying public, and those with any technical background are less than 12% of the rest of the world, so don’t expect to have much leverage when matched against the rest of the buying public 😉

    Luck…

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