Notion Ink Adam Pre-order Info

*Note*: Mastercard and Discover are currently not being accepted!

This is my personal explanation for the shipping charge!

$50 Shipping

The Adam isn't going to be shipping from your local Amazing Warehouse. It is probably coming from half way across the world. Add the weight of the various elements (manual, charger and packaging) and it can all add up. DHL isn't cheap either!

Service Unavailable

The server is under HEAVY load from the many many people who are trying to order. Please be patient! US/EU server will be up soon.

Timeline:

01:40

Rohan Shravan said, on December 10, 2010 at 07:00

Servers will go smooth in 1 more hour when our US & EU servers go up!
Thanks for your patience

Regards

01:29 Homepage updated with new link to pre-order! EVERYBODY can pre-order!

01:20 The site seems to be under HEAVY load and going up and down with 503 errors/Service Unavailable messages.

01:15 Users are now reporting Open Access to the Notion Ink Adam Pre-order page. Everybody can order.

01:07 people are now reporting that the Jan 9th delivery is no longer available and they are seeing 6 - 8 weeks.

01:05:People who were sent early pre-order invites have indeed been able to pre-order their Adams, many of them have confirmed their orders on the Notion Ink Blog.

01:00 Early orders started at around 00:00 GMT. It seems 9:30 PST (06:00 GMT~, i think) is when pre-orders will begin for the general public. It seems there has been a delay of 6 hours to the schedule.

Notion Ink Adam FAQ

There have been a lot of questions asked about the Adam, I thought I would take some time and put them in a single place so people do not have to dig through 100s of comments

This is currently just a draft. If you have anymore questions that should be added then please add them to the comments!

Q:Has the Adam been submitted to the FCC?

A: On the 24th Nov 2010 the FCC received an application from Notion Ink but it is not clear for what however it is believed to be for the Adam. (Rohan hints in Weekend Special X that previous observations mentioned in my FCC related blog post by me/others on the blog are correct!)

Q:will the mail program support PGP encryption?

A: Yes

Q:Will the Adam support CPU Hot Plug?

A:Yes

Q: What Apps will come with the Adam?

A: Initially there will be 20 Apps, to name a few: Mail'd , Calendar, Office Suite, Sniffer (File Manager). You can learn more about those Apps in: Weekend Special IX

Q: What languages and file formats will be supported?

A: The Office suite supports 35 Languages, all major formats (including docx, pptx, pdf, etc) and zip files as well.

Q: Will the Adam Support Flash?

A: Yes - it will come bundled with Flash and support Adobe AIR

Q: Will the screen be Gloss or Matte?

A: Matte

Q: Will the Adam have an Active Digitizer?

A: At this point in time it does not seem to be the case, however from Rohans Blog, Which shows a canvas done by hand, Which seems to be very accurate.

Q:Will there be a trackpad at the back?

A: This answer is a rumour and not confirmed by Rohan, however it seems the design of a trackpad at the back has already been patented and may not be included. (requires further clarification from Rohan).

UPDATE: The Adam will ship with a rear trackpad however it will not be activated initally due to performance concerns (source: Rohan Shravan interview on Androidheadlines.com)

Q:What is the Bonus Mystery Feature?

A: Rohan has given strong hints that this will be something to do with Nikola Tesla and 3d Interfaces. see: Weekend Special X

Q:Will the Bezel stay as it is now? Why has it changed?

A: Yes - As explained in an earlier blog post

"the reason of still having it (bezel) is the USBs and other I/O peripherals. We have spent a lot of resources and have more than 9 patents on the same (to reduce it)! But the fabs and vendors need to upgrade to accomplish what we want(essentially Adam 2 )"

Q:How many keyboard types will there be?

A: There will be 4 virtual keyboard variants.

Q: Does Rohan Shravan sleep?

A:

Rohan Shravan said, on November 29, 2010 at 11:50

I do, when there are no comments!

Q:Why are there no Indian Applicants in EAP1?

A: As Rohan Explains

"EAP was multi pronged test for us. Production Validation, Logistics (handling shipments, etc. for so many countries), test of the support system, work on the feedback before it reaches masses (ones which we can quickly fix) and sending out messages to all that we have arrived!"

I would appreciate it if the community could help me improve and add to this.