The Engadget Editor made a post on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/09/notion-ink-adam-gets-caught-photoshopping-its-bezel-away/#disqus_thread - The tags to that post were "adam, fail, misleading, notion ink, notion ink adam, NotionInk,NotionInkAdam, photoshop, pre-order,pre-orders, shady, slate, tablet, vapor, vaporware") citing the fact that Notion Ink had photoshopped their product image to which he got majorly slated because he didn't even bother to read the Notion Ink Blog.
On his twitter he posted :
"vladsavov Vlad Savov
I told you people Notion Ink was shady: http://engt.co/ggGIq4
Calling someone shady over a photoshopped image to me seems like a joke. I am a big fan of engadget but this is poor form for someone deleting comments that obviously point out how in competent he is in presenting hsi story and doing his research.
After a serious blacklash from the community, he closed comments and started to delete those that were pointing out how incompetent he is.
I am a big proponent of a small company trying to achieve their goals. Big Blogs should be supporting those with a vision and desire to bring us something new and different. Not posting negative and taunting articles. CrapGear did the same thing a few days ago. If they were all doing this with proof, I would thank them but this is just silly.
Who said people would pre-order on the basis of an image? You aren't going to be forced to pre-order on the basis of an image. I'm pretty sure in the detailed post they will tell people everything they need to know before orders.
I don't understand how companies can be "shady" for editing renders? Surely if consumers have an ounce of intelligence they will do what is required (on their part) to ensure that the product is everything the company promises it will be. I'm pretty disappointed in the tone of the whole story.
I don't understand how companies can be "shady" for editing renders? Surely if consumers have an ounce of intelligence they will do what is required (on their part) to ensure that the product is everything the company promises it will be. I'm pretty disappointed in the tone of the whole story.
The funny thing is Notion Ink keep getting called shady/vapoware/liars/misleading, some of us don't take everything at face value or actually make an effort to do some research. I hope this guy had done the same. If you see the LinkedIN profile of their UI Director, You can see that he has worked at MANY reputable companies before.
Does he really think they would go to such lengths as detailing everything on a blog?(oh wait, he is so pro you didn't even bother to read their blog) and "faking" UI images because they are "shady" and trying to trick everyone? Do you really think their customer base is that stupid?
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