Rohan's Back! Some Adam owners!

[shantiom]

Just out of the oven...I removed the photos but here it is. He mentioned to FCC /CE.

Hello All,

Adam has already reached some of its owners. While our friends in US and Europe might have to wait bit more since we are awaiting CE and FCC approvals (passed all the tests), I thought I should give more details on Adam. Posted below are some of the images taken from Adam. Camera quality is really very good, and if you are into photography, Adam might come in handy. The swivel nature would allow you to scan documents as well and auto-focus function will help in that a lot! But beware, Adam is a big device when compared to a camera, and you’ll have to hold Adam with more stability. Those (like me) who are a fan of macro mode, would simply love Adam. One thing which you can notice is, Adam does not have flash. IMHO, flash is only useful in 5% of the cases. You use flash when light is low, and end up with glares and washed out regions. So make sure you have good lighting around when you use any camera (I hope those will photography experience will comment on this and we can learn more on this new topic).

FCC and CE. Though for a company doing business IN the respective countries can’t sell product without these certifications, global business does not have any such restrictions, and over all these contradiction makes things confusing. For example, as a customer you can buy a product without these certifications online. We will opt for the safer side and wait for the final confirmation and then ship it to you (little more patience please ).
At CES we all learnt about Honeycomb. At Notion Ink we were aware of this project and could guess what modules were being improved, and made Eden so things are compatible. As such there are no official (as per our record and few online sources) there are no hardware restrictions, and when Honeycomb is available, we will send updates as soon as possible. For Motorola to have access to Honeycomb, NVidia first MUST have access to make it stable on Tegra and resolve any issue. They give to us OEMs what is called, a BSP (Board Support package) and then only OEMs can work on it. As of now Honeycomb is a work in progress, and would take little more time than we think for its public availability (for an instance, Android took almost 18 months to become stable on various Tablet platforms).
Eden requires lot more than traditional Android elements. For example, even simple things like 3 leaves requiring Keyboard focus, does not exist in Android. These are ‘view’ features and this is exactly what is getting a lot of improvement on Honeycomb (along with a lot more things). We are expecting a lot of graphic improvements. For instance, on the Panel system you can see that the animation though is fast is not smooth. Reason is, that the parameters chosen were for a small screen, where you 5% movement is only 0.125 inch (say), but on a tablet it’s around 0.5inch.
Times ahead are far more interesting because Notion Ink is just not software, it stands for design, for new hardware and for innovation. And if Google is doing innovation on Software front, what would Notion Ink be doing on other fronts??

(I just arrived, off to some rest now!)

With Warm Regards

Rohan Shravan


[EDIT: Read the original post with pictures at NI's blog. ~ JonnyBoy]

[saied]

i really dont get what he means by that. he had said several times that all orders would get shipped at the same time so maybe he changed his mind?

[shantiom]

Maybe he figured that it would take more than a few days to resolve FCC / CE issue? I don't really see a point of holding back shipments for US / Europe.

[RodneyLee]

you can send my Adam right away and then later on send me the FCC sticker and an update

[tacojohn48]

RodneyLee - It can't be just a sticker, it has to be something more permanently attached or etched that is expected to last for the lifetime of the device.

[Edheltaur]

From the Post:

Greg said, on January 12, 2011 at 04:52

All good news. Thanks Rohan.

However, would you please clarify one thing? Do you already have the FCC and CE numbers printed on the tablets so that they are ready to ship or do you still have to print them on before shipping?

Thanks again. Adam is awesome! I can’t wait!!!

Rohan Shravan said, on January 12, 2011 at 05:04

For the countries where it is required, markings need to be there. Within a week there will be no distinction but right now there are 2 sets. First a smaller one where we shipped to those where there isn’t any requirement, and next is with labeling. How are you going? (Off to some rest now)
Regards

[LeftysRule22]

At least this is the first official word that Adam did pass all tests, so its just a paperwork issue. Im sure the holidays put a considerable delay on the FCC side (which i think we all expected anyway), so as far as im concerned everything looks like its coming together!

[Zuber]

I look forward to the youtube videos and reviews from our non US/EU colleages any day now

Anyone able to confirm tracking with eta or even better actual receipt ?

Zuber

[Zuber]

Where was this posted by the way ?

I just assumed it was a blogg update and went to look for the photos, but nothing there ?

Zuber

[tacojohn48]

It was there earlier, but is missing at the moment.