Kindle on Adam!

Posted in Uncategorized by Rohan Shravan on May 5, 2011

Kindle on Adam!

Greetings everyone!

Today we announce the availability of Kindle on Adam!

Notion Ink is constantly looking for great companies to work with, and we’re excited to offer customers a way to discover and read hundreds of thousands of e-books. Adam has long waited for the perfect e-reading application. Today Notion Ink is extremely delighted to announce the collaboration with Amazon to make Kindle for Android available on our devices moving forward. As with all Kindle applications, customers get access to more than 900,000 books and Whispersync technology. Kindle takes the normal reading experience to the next level.

This is a major landmark for Notion Ink, and we hope to serve our customers better!

More announcements are coming soon!

Warm Regards

Rohan Shravan

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myonlinethesisexperiment said, on May 8, 2011 at 03:16

WOW! Makes me want one even more. Hope I won’t miss out on the next round of orders…
palnor34 said, on May 7, 2011 at 10:08

Good news….but sadly,after waiting to be able to buy one of these since last year,I have ordered from “the enemy” instead.

Hope you have continued success,and maybe this will be for sale to the public some time in the future when its time to upgrade
holtsjoe said, on May 6, 2011 at 14:46

Great to see that improvements are contineously comming available. I would VERY MUCH like to try them.

When is the third pre order round?!?!
nickpheas said, on May 6, 2011 at 12:25

Nice. But does this mean that there will at some point per an opportunity to buy an Adam?
daiuton said, on May 6, 2011 at 07:27

@androidposts

Whispernet is the thing your referring to not Whispersync, simple Google would get you

“If you read the same Kindle Store book across multiple Kindles, you’ll find Whispersync makes it easy for you to switch back and forth. Whispersync synchronizes the bookmarks and furthest page read among devices registered to the same account. Whispersync is on by default to ensure a seamless reading experience for a book read across multiple Kindles.” –amazon(com)

So no whispersync is the SAME thing you get in the apk, no 3g, no whispersync

-knowledge is…
daiuton said, on May 6, 2011 at 05:34

So Im guessing that Rohan is having his team add the amazon app and then claim a partnership? Thats so cool! Oh wait, um let me guess, honeycombe is next on the list? Do you have a bootable copy? Its still in the works though right? Probably a month after tabletroms gets it? Im so tired of this company, as we say in the military, stop talking, start working, you’ll find when you release updates people will be happy. BTW how come amazon hasn’t announced this(maybe on their blog), maybe not a big deal since you could do that easily?
Phillip said, on May 6, 2011 at 05:14

@dwarf
@Himanshu

Just in case WeirdPress loses it, I posted a response from Amazon regarding the AppStore, but don’t get too excited, its nothing special or informative.
See “Phillip said, on May 6, 2011 at 05:07″
luis said, on May 6, 2011 at 01:45

when start genesis? soon please
androidposts said, on May 6, 2011 at 00:41

“As with all Kindle applications, customers get access to more than 900,000 books and Whispersync technology.”

The Whispersync means that if you have a 3G model without a data plan, you can access your content from participating countries (US, UK, Europe).

It’s not just the apk.
Veeraraagavan said, on May 6, 2011 at 00:29

For those who don’t know yet:

Honeycomb on Adam – The Unofficial port work is gaining momentum:
“http://tabletroms.com/forums/showthread.php?356-Honeycomb-on-the-Adam-(Updated)”
MS said, on May 6, 2011 at 00:00

sounds great Rohan. Congrats !!
ordzo said, on May 5, 2011 at 23:50

Interesting… has it panel support ? When not, then whats the point ?
cricfan2011 said, on May 5, 2011 at 23:38

Hey Guys,

Just wanted to let you guys know that some Honeycomb progress has been made for Adam. Mr Guy and DJ Steve got HC boot on the adam. Now there is still ways to go, but a step in the right directon!

Looking good for HC on adam
Veeraraagavan said, on May 5, 2011 at 22:07

At the edge of failure/ customer betrayal: My analysis /impressions/ important advice to NI/Rohan from the long time following of the Adam’s journey, continues…..

I think the strategy is now on to get back ppl to notice, to move forward after wrong decisions and pathetic support. But somehow I feel Rohan is trying to do a lot of things himself and trying to do many of the things together at the same time, something I see as a pattern – his employees are not in sync with his work, coz we hear something from him, and some more promises all the time, but the people who need to deliver/know are not delivering/knowing, and at the end of it he has an vague explanation post ready.
Rohan!- its high time – a lesson you need to learn from successful visionaries – you need to know how to get work done by delegating – don’t do something like – Rohan to NI employee: hey you, don’t do this way, I will do it in the way it should be done. You need to mature to RtoNI Employee – Hey you, this is not how it should be done – it should be on these lines (give an outline – make sure he/she has understood you) and then give a target and get it done. But be sure that the initial time target of the total work is never missed – meaning, if for example, some things need to change in software, release the app or feature openly labeled as beta in the current state, and release an update when the thing you want is ready. Do not misguide, by not mentioning something as alpha or beta (on the UI itself).

We all still have the soft corner to give you advice, so that you succeed. For your vision’s sake, if you don’t listen now and adapt, you will only end up being on the wrong side a few months from now!

And that will be really bad for all of us!

If, you have already realized this and started damage control, then nothing like it.
Suresh said, on May 5, 2011 at 22:00

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Suresh said, on May 5, 2011 at 21:52

Rohan,

Congrats on this achievement.

Adam well wisher
Sam From Wisconsin said, on May 5, 2011 at 21:31

I think this is a big deal. I don’t think this announcement really has anything to do with, Oh look we can use the Kindle App. It’s more of Hey look NotionInk is now actually working with another company, and one that is main stream.
Another thing to take note of is the blog posting seems to be a bit “smoother”, meaning that they actually have some people doing PR work for them. So I say Cheers to this post.
Vector66 said, on May 5, 2011 at 21:01

Nice, I just bought a Kindle book 10 minutes ago before I saw this.

Mike
topspnr said, on May 5, 2011 at 20:48

Posted this late last night Pacific time quoting the Kindle Reader.

“topspnr said, on May 5, 2011 at 07:23

@mark-indiana

My recent experience with the adam is somewhat akin to waking up each day with a new device.

You know the joy or frustration you get in configuring a new device. Sometimes they work out of the box and sometimes not. It’s that way in the adam’s case. What worked yesterday doesn’t necessarily work today. And in NI’s favor they didn’t charge extra for that.

Yesterday l was able to do most of what l wanted, today not so much.

For now l’m using it preferably for reading on the Kindle Reader and that at least works.

I’m on stock adam and hoping for a better experience with the coming update.

And if l need any help l can always call on levpius. ” : )”

LeoP
- levpius said, on May 6, 2011 at 00:05
  
  @topspnr :
  >>And if l need any help l can always call on levpius
  .. of course (though I am not sure of the source of this pun, except for the fact that you may not have agreed or liked what I said )
- topspnr said, on May 6, 2011 at 01:41
  
  @levpius
  
  No pun intended.
  Hope your aid is extended.
- levpius said, on May 6, 2011 at 03:12
  
  sure i will “extend it” for a few days
niravlulla said, on May 5, 2011 at 20:05

Where is the apk file for existing ADAM users for this “Kindle for Adam” which is going to be preloaded for new devices?

Is this APK any different then the (side loaded) apk available on majjj dot com?
- dwarf4242 said, on May 5, 2011 at 21:00
  
  niravlulla: I don’t expect it is any different. However, I got a Kindle update recently, but I think I got my apk file from Amazon, or maybe it was freewarelovers…I don’t really remember. However, I DO have a Kindle apk file on my microSD card
  Luck,