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Notion Ink Adam Tablet Caught On Video, Specs Finalized(iPad already obsolete)
Gizmodo ^ | 2-14-10 | Jack Loftus

Posted on 02/14/2010 4:03:42 PM PST by aft_lizard

We saw impressive renders of Notion Ink's Adam last week, along with some speculation, but today we're getting what's probably the best look yet at this ambitious play into the tablet space.

The following specs, to be unveiled officially at MWC, are listed as "final" by the folks at Notion Ink. Take some of it with a grain of salt, as they are grossly incorrect about items like accelerometer and touchscreen (chart provided by Notion Ink):


(Excerpt) Read more at gizmodo.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: ereader; internet; tablet
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Gizmodo's chart is incomplete, as some of you guys will notice. For one the iPad will also have an accelerometer and the iPad will not just be 499 it will also have a price scale.
1 posted on 02/14/2010 4:03:42 PM PST by aft_lizard
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And as Apple has proven so many times, it’s not what it does that’s important, but what it looks like—designer colors, designer everything.


2 posted on 02/14/2010 4:07:26 PM PST by Brilliant
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While I like my iPhone, with some exceptions, the lack of flash, the Safari browser, the inability to multi-task and the lack of camera are all BIG strikes against the iPad, IMHO.

I haven't yet seen the iPad in person - has anyone, but it's other functionality (read: Apps) will have to be tremendous to make up for those shortcomings.

3 posted on 02/14/2010 4:08:06 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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Why will anyone NEED a PC anymore if they use Google Apps and cloud computing?


4 posted on 02/14/2010 4:08:14 PM PST by Darteaus94025
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To: Brilliant

hey if you look cool


5 posted on 02/14/2010 4:10:05 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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Yes, because not everyone can or wants to use google apps.


6 posted on 02/14/2010 4:11:09 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Darteaus94025

Cloud computing. Lol.

Gonna need a little networking speed before I could put my 2.2tb on “The Cloudsternet”


7 posted on 02/14/2010 4:19:03 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny
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"Yes, because not everyone can or wants to use google apps."

And they can keep paying Mr. Bill for Windows 7 + MS Office.

Redmond Ka-Ching!
8 posted on 02/14/2010 4:25:31 PM PST by Darteaus94025
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Sure you can store all your business critical data on a google owned and controlled server. I choose not to.


9 posted on 02/14/2010 4:26:39 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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Why will anyone NEED a PC anymore
if they use Google Apps and cloud computing?

Do you REALLY Trust Google with your documents?

10 posted on 02/14/2010 4:29:52 PM PST by HangnJudge
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"Gonna need a little networking speed before I could put my 2.2tb on “The Cloudsternet”"

OK. The average PC user does not have 2.2T of data.

2.2T is a lot of data to access at one time. If your application accesses it, and it can do it through a browser, then why carry it around? I'd rather leave it at some internet accessible, backed up, data server.
11 posted on 02/14/2010 4:31:14 PM PST by Darteaus94025
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iPad already obsolete

In Amazon's dreams.
12 posted on 02/14/2010 4:33:27 PM PST by Terpfen (FR is being Alinskied. Remember, you only take flak when you're over the target.)
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Why will anyone NEED a PC anymore if they use Google Apps and cloud computing?”

The same reason “anyone” needed a PC back in the day, when we had dumb terminals, running from IBM mainframes, DEC VAX’s etc. Not to mention I wouldn't trust any documents of mine to Google, where 97% of their executives contributed to the biggest communist this country has ever seen in the White House, Barak 0bama.
There is nothing new about any of this.

13 posted on 02/14/2010 4:36:04 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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"Sure you can store all your business critical data on a google owned and controlled server. I choose not to."

Cloud computing simply means that your applications run in a browser, and your data is accessible through that browser.

Keep your critical data on a corporate data server or a flash drive if you want. BTW, most people's business data is not as critical as they think.
14 posted on 02/14/2010 4:36:51 PM PST by Darteaus94025
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To: HangnJudge
"Do you REALLY Trust Google with your documents?"

No; of course not. I don't trust my hard drive either. If they want my daily to-do list, my contacts, working versions of memos, etc., they can have them. There is nothing proprietary on any of that.

But, if I want to work on a doc in the office and then at home, I start it on Google Docs and save it. It is now getting backed up, and I can access it from ANY computer.
15 posted on 02/14/2010 4:41:54 PM PST by Darteaus94025
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“Cloud computing simply means that your applications run in a browser, and your data is accessible through that browser.”

Until whoever owns the server changes the rules.

“BTW, most people’s business data is not as critical as they think. “

Correct, usually its more critical.


16 posted on 02/14/2010 4:42:41 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: SmokingJoe

“There is nothing new about any of this.”

Someone else who gets it.


17 posted on 02/14/2010 4:44:12 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Terpfen

I could have put Kindle is obsolete but then again they were obsolete when B&N introduced their ereader.


18 posted on 02/14/2010 4:45:33 PM PST by aft_lizard (Barack Obama is Hugo Chavez's poodle.)
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To: SmokingJoe
"There is nothing new about any of this.

Gee, you do go back a long way. The reason people gravitated to PCs from the 9370 and vt100 terminals (see - I go back a long way too) was the the tools available on the PCs (word processing, spreadsheets, COBOL step debuggers, etc.) were so much more capable than what the Mainframes and Minis could provide.

Cloud computing promises to do that also, as your application is browser capable and your data is application accessible. You do not need a PC at that point, as any device browser capable enables you.
19 posted on 02/14/2010 4:48:10 PM PST by Darteaus94025
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Privacy. Local storage, The ability to keep your data off the internet.

For many purposes, storing your documents on Google Apps would be entirely unacceptable. The risk of data leaks are too great.


20 posted on 02/14/2010 4:49:10 PM PST by MediaMole
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