NOTION INK ADAM

The notion ink android is also called  as adam tablet or adam . The Adam Tablet is a tablet computer developed by Bangalore-based firm Notion Ink.The Adam is set to be the first device marketed to contain Pixel Qi's low-power, dual-mode display.

The adam  features  both the Pixel Qi Transflective liquid crystal display in one version and a regular LCD in another. The  device will measure  158 (6.2in) (h)239 mm (9.4 in) (w)14 mm (0.55 in) (d) and will weigh 590—635 g .

some of the hardwrae specifications are

1.Pixel Qi transflective LCD screen

2. 1 GHz nVidia Tegra 2 Dual-Core Arm Cortex-A9 Mpcore Processor

3.NVidia Graphics processing unit (Tegra 2)

4. 185 degree Swivel Camera 3.2MP

The unit will come with the Android 2.2  operating system, but should also be able to support Google Chrome OS and Ubuntu softwares.

The inventer Rohan Shravan, an engineering graduate from IIT-KGP  and CEO of notion ink provides open source  applications which improves the adam's  performance. The inventer is very eager to use engineering students of  Andhra Pradesh to introduce more applications  by giving  them some basic training.

 This adam is better than the apple ipad in case of technologies and performance. It is going to be  released on end of 2010 or at the start of 2011 with estimate amount of $399.

  

1.    WHAT IS NOTION INK?

  Notion Ink is an Indian company that designs tablets and other computing products.The company announced their prototype Adam tablet on December 18th 2009.

Notion Ink was founded in May 2009 by Rohan Shravan, an engineering graduate from IIT-KGP with the express purpose of creating the Adam tablet, an Android powered Tablet PC in partnership with nVidia and Pixel Qi.

 2.     INTRODUCTION OF ADAM

 The Adam Tablet is a tablet computer  developed by Bangalore-based firm Notion Ink. The US launch is expected in late 2010 or CES 2011.The Adam will run a customized version of the Android operating system. The Adam is set to be the first device marketed to contain Pixel Qi's low-power, dual-mode display. The device is one of several tablet form-factor devices launching in 2010 to include a dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor that can support 1080p video output.

3.   FEATURES

The Notion Ink Tablet will feature both the Pixel Qi Transflective liquid crystal display in one version and a regular LCD in another, with the screen being 25.7 cm (10.1 in) diagonal with a resolution of 1024 × 600. The dimensions are 158 mm (6.2 in) (h)
239 mm(9.4in) (w) 14 mm (0.55 in) (d) and weighs 590—635 g.

          5.   SOFTWARE

           The unit will come with the Android    2.2  operating system, but should also be able to support  Google Chrome OS and Ubuntu. Rather than solely rely upon Google's Android Marketplace, Notion Ink will have their own marketplace for programmers. They have amassed $1 million in prize funds for developers.

·         An Android Ebook Client

·         Webkit browser

·         An  Android  touchscreen  paint program

6.      KEYNOTES

a)     Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google and is based upon a modified version of the Linux kernel. It was initially developed by Android Inc. (a firm purchased by Google) and later positioned in the Open Handset Alliance.

b)    Open Handset Alliance.  The Open Handset Alliance   (OHA) is a business alliance of 78 firms for developing open standards for mobile devices. Member firms include Google, HTC, Dell, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Samsung, LG, T-Mobile, Nvidia, and Wind River Systems.

    c)        Pixel Qi Corporation(pronounced   Pixel "Chi") is an American company involved in the research of low-power computer display technology, based in San Bruno, California

d)     NVIDIA Tegra is a system- on-a-chip series developed by NVIDIA for mobile devices such as smartphones, personal digital assistants and mobile internet devices. Each Tegra is a "computer on a chip" which integrates the ARM architecture processor CPU, GPU, northbridge, southbridge and memory controller onto a single package. The series emphasizes low power consumption and high performance for playing video and audio.

e)   A transflective liquid crystal display is a liquid crystal display (LCD) that reflects and transmits light (transflective = transmissive + reflective).

7.     Adam vs ipad:

Adam:

Ø  1 GHz  nVIDIA tegra core 2 duo  arm               

Ø  185 degree swivel camera 3.2 mp.

Ø  Backside trackpad .

Ø  Two loud speakers.

Ø  Transflective  LCD screen.

Ø  Around  $399 price.

Ø Open source  applications.

                     Ipad:

Ø  1 GHz  apple A4 processor.

Ø  No camera.

Ø  No  trackpad.

Ø  Two internal mono speakers.

Ø  Normal  LCD screen.

Ø  Around 800$ price.

Ø  No open source applications

              8. Thought from the author

·         Notion Ink took an innovative step to jumpstart indigenous development, training students of engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh    :

  “We take care of their courses, examination preparation and in return we get complete infrastructure. It’s a win win. We get virtually free resources that we trained (in far better industrial standards) the way we wanted (with friends working in Infosys, Accenture, Oracle and likes) and college gets the far superior education for their students, visibility and latest technology” .

9. CONCLUSION

—  The  adam is an tablet p.c   introduced by  a bangalore based firm notion ink which  is better than the apple ipad.

—  It’s  applications is open source which means any end user can modified the applications and assures the quality product.

—  Due to its Transflective liquid crystal display one can work under the sunlight.

—  It is going to be released at the end of 2010 or  beginning of 2011 with estimate amount of  $399.