Click over to the blog and read the comments. You cannot understand the Adam without looking into their fans. If we deem the Adam anything less than the best thing since penicillin, the Adamites will burn down our houses and steal our iPads. (example 1, 2, 3, & 4) I’m actually fearful to do our official Adam review. It’s like a common meeting place where they gather, pool ideas, and then go out into the World Wide Web to preach the good word of the Adam. This blog post will probably be littered with Adam trolls within minutes of its posting our other Adam posts certainly are. You think you’re serious about your tech? The Adam-ites are out-doing you on fanboards and forums Internet-wide. Now these are fansĪpple fanbois, grab your notepads. Suddenly, the Adam’s massive potential market was distracted with products from the big boys causing those still interested in the tablet to turn rabid and dedicated to the company even more so than Apple loyalists. The iPad launched in April, the Samsung Galaxy Tab hit in the fall, and RIM, Motorola, LG, Asus, and HP all announced their tablet plans. It’s now said to be shipping later this week since the FCC just gave it their approval.Ī few things happened from January 2010 to now, though.
After seeing the CES pics and videos, a June release schedule seemed just about right.īut the June date was soon replaced with November, but then switched back to late summer - and then to January 2011. The tablet was a hit of the show with a novel form factor and fancy UI concept art. We were excited.ĬES 2010 arrived and we somehow missed the Adam. This one was set to come out in June complete with Tegra chipset and Pixel Qi screen. You may recall the timeline: This message about a start-up doing a tablet came just days after another notable tablet died. It all started back in December 2009 when we got a little message from Notion Ink’s founder, Rohan Shravan, who wanted to show TechCrunch his little project that would be unveiled at CES 2010. We’ve watched the company move through a rigorous learning curves and vocal trolls (mainly us) have caused a good deal of public agony. The Adam tablet is their first go in the market and the road so far has been rocky. Youth gives us that extra edge in bringing a whole new realm of concepts to reality.” Notion Ink is new at the consumer electronics game. According to the about page on the official website, “Notion Ink is young at heart, and proud to wear it on its sleeve. The Adam is the brainchild of the Notion Ink design firm. The Bangalore-based company took the Adam from rendering to production in just over one year and thanks to the company’s vocal CEO, Rohan Sharvan, constantly granted fans a look at the development process. The tablet itself though has a rich, but short history. For us at CrunchGear, the Adam isn’t the fascinating part of the story it’s the wide-eyed company and its crazy fanboys. It’s coming from a start-up fueled by nothing but raw passion. This kit isn’t coming from a high-profile outlet with deep distribution channels. The Notion Ink Adam might be the best tablet you’ve never heard of - but there’s a good reason for that.
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