Review: Notion Ink Adam Tablet
Notion Ink’s story was something of a tale. It is a tale of a small company who is trying to put something new on the market while trying to also meet investor demands as well as issues with manufacturing and time crunch itself. Nonetheless, the story had a brighter end of the tunnel compared to the unfortunate others. The Adam tablet was able to appeal to a lot of gadget experts and even after release, it still offers something novel to the market. They introduced a paneled user interface, has full functionality for USB hosting and it also has the unique Pixel Qi screen. At the end of the day, did the Adam tablet live up to expectation? Let’s find out.
Hardware
At first look, you will find the hardware of the Adam tablet to be very stylish and attractive. The design is also very unique, so it is very attractive compared to the tons of tablets that sport the look of the iPad. One side of the tablet is quite larger to hold a specific purpose. It holds stereo speakers on both ends and then the 3 cell battery is held in between. This also serves as the axis for the swiveling camera. It also is very handy for holding the tablet securely. The weight of the tablet is around 1.6Lbs and that is not light enough for holding with 1 hand. The great thing about this one though is that you can connect it to any regular USB keyboard or connect on your TV as easy as with any devices. That is something other companies might want to consider.
Display
The Pixel Qi is now on the review booth. The idea of a screen where backlighting can be turned off to be more visible on outdoor lighting is novel but it is a hard task to handle. The Adam tablet uses Pixel Qi matte display . The viewing angles are one of the best in the market. The colors vary on a different angle though. The screen protector is not recommended as it affects the performance of the capacitive digitizer. The good thing about the screen is that if you turn off the backlight, you save hours and compared to others, it does seem to be more viewable outside.
Software
The Adam tablet uses the Android 2.2 but the custom UI called Eden made it quite undetectable. The innovation of the Eden was the panel view and the effect is like having numerous Android apps working at the same time. Sadly, you cannot put all the apps you want into the panel as Notion Ink only allowed a few apps. That is a very limiting disadvantage. Another issue is that the UI tends to stop or freeze and you have to reboot. It also crashes and that means you have to reboot. That is not at all how you want to use a tablet and so maybe Notion Ink had done some more improvements.
Overall, the ideas were very beautiful indeed but it is another issue of something that was rushed and ended up not offering the best of what it could possibly offer.
Enjoy these NotionInk Adam Tablet pictures
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