ADAM - An iPad-like device from NotionInk, India
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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.
The interesting thing about Steve Jobs' final argument in his letter is that he fully recognizes the importance of this in the embedded space, and he gives that as a reason for avoiding middleware layers. But this is obviously a curious point, considering Flash has been ramping up towards GPU-based things since before the iPad was probably first planned.
Anyway, one can debate all one wants about the colorful histories of Apple, Adobe, and recently tablets, etc. These folks seem focused. Good luck to them all.
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.
Courier was a concept video, not a piece of hardware or software. It was never a working demo, or anything close to it.
http://www.slashgear.com/notion-ink-adam-flash-ipad-comparis...
That said, yes they have a prototype, but are they any closer to market than the WePad (also Android)?
1) they can do it
2) the price is sub $700
If they can do that, the Slate, iPad, etc. can go home now.
What will be interesting to see is the apps. Apart from the browser what apps will the iNotion have?
The same web apps that everyone decries for not providing the rich experience of native apps?
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.
I can't believe Apple didn't put something like this on the iPad.
"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?
If true, then it really is a new species, neither iPad nor Kindle.
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.
Internationally, that's a different story altogether.
In fact they will probably never come even close to competing on price. Hardware is a tricky game and most is sold at below production cost e.g. consoles and also I imagine the iPod. This loss is recouped through software licensing or in Apple's case the app store. This probably wont be an option for these guys since they are building on an open platform.