Major Victory if the "transflective LCD" is at least partially usable in sunlight. My iPad becomes an extraordinarily effective mirror the instant the sun comes out.

I've been watching this device for a while, it truly is one of the most promising non-Apple tablet devices. The android jungle is being filled with creatures, and they are starting to breed :)

where hardware talks to software more often

that sounds silly enough that they might be on to something. i had to think about that for about 30 seconds. then i realized, that is probably the name of the game in this semi-embedded/tablet space. the fact that they are so focused on that, to the detriment of making sense, is a good sign, i think.

With the cancellation of Courier and Windows tablet, I would't hold out for this.

Yes, there is a working demo but until I see a release date, I won't take this product as a contender against the IPad.

There's a video of the actual device in use here:

http://www.slashgear.com/notion-ink-adam-flash-ipad-comparis...

The eInk option is what would make this a winner for me. The other bells and whistles are nice too, though.

now... I'd gladly pay as much as for an iPad for a device that gives me (a) the basic functionality you'd use on an iPad (web browsing, calendar, pdf viewer) but also (b) enables you to use any kind of application, including your own, without paying extra for a "developer account" or requiring to jailbreak the thing.

That said, yes they have a prototype, but are they any closer to market than the WePad (also Android)?

been following this company for a while, really fascinating design. Hope they keep the pixel qi screen in their final product

I'm still not sure whether i should buy a tablet or not. But if i buy one, i will definitely wait for this one. From my point of view it has a lot of strengths compared to the iPad. The screen in the first place.

This is completely game changing if:

1) they can do it

2) the price is sub $700

If they can do that, the Slate, iPad, etc. can go home now.

I thought it was entertaining to see their website looking very similar to Apple's.

That said, Steve Jobs has pissed me off enough recently that I hope this gains traction.

Apple and Facebook have gotten too uppity with our rights. With all the other sh*t going on in the world at some point people will have had enough and will start pushing back on this crap.

The transflective display is definitely a plus.

I can't believe Apple didn't put something like this on the iPad.

Is it any 'iPad killer' with similar to iPad screen? 768 lines IPS is much better then 600 lines (TN?) screen.

Despite the great number of horror stories, India is a successful exporter of software; less so for hardware. Has any Indian startup managed to create a consumer device that is used worldwide? If not, ADAM could really be a first. An exciting prospective.

I don't understand this:

"It's not a tablet or an ebook reader, it's a new species"

Is that marketing hyperbole or did I miss something fundamental about what they are doing?

Well, these guys are touting themslelves as ipad killer.. http://bit.ly/aYhAXY possibly wrong strategy for a startup?

this is the best demo i have seen of the adam tablet, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQvefuCHZds Im very excited, i hope it measures up to the iPad and other tablets, it seems to have some very cool features

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Great looking product - they'll have a hard time out-marketing Apple though. This seems like a market where second place is as good as dead.

Good luck to them.

As a side note - there's at least a billion dollars to be made by the first company that develops a fingerprint/smudge free screen - every used iphone i've seen looks gross

Also 1080p on a screen that small is v.nice. The high DPI should make for a nice ebook reader.

Their blog is a prime example of why you should keep engineers away from the public.

http://notionink.wordpress.com/

"I have closely observed a different kind of integrations evolving in the consumer electronics domain. Take iPad for example. Most of the people involved in its product engineering have experience in Automobile Engineering. Today you talk about extrusion, milling and drilling in the CE products! Right now, its pioneered by Apple of course! iPod was extruded. There is a lot of drilling in the aluminium Mac Air. And you will see milling as the major engineering exercise in iPad. It’s fascinating, isn’t it! There is even internal “Heat Flow” analysis which takes care that your product doesn’t get fried up!

Automobile engineering will extrude consumer electronics to such an extent, that those who have automobile product engineering will soon become the most sought after resources in CE industry. Here you talk about heat flows, CNC milling processes, extrusion, sand blasting, moving components and what not! [...]

As more and more products will be made of metals, material and metallurgical engineering will have the most of the fun. Imaging the next generation of product made specifically to give you a 18 degree celsius feel! Imagine the body designed which change colors with external temperature! Wouldn’t it be fun that we can create a “Drum Application” where drummers can practise on the screen of Adam! The time is about to come. It’s nearer than we think. The dawn of innovation is here!"

It's a lot of bizzare wankery about manufacturing processes, with little to no actual content. Definite evidence of kool-aid drinking.

"Designed with best of the features, all necessary functionality and easy to use. Because they have a point here! To give a ‘feel’ you need to take away functionalities (the reason why there is no I/O ports in iPad). How many products were used to made of metals?"

Yeah, no i/o connectors! Like the dock connector, or the headphone jack, which aren't on the ipad at all!