Will Notion Ink Adam tablet see formidable competitor in Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 with 'immense' specifications?
This year in Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011, many tablet PCs were introduced and most of the tablets were really tremendous and spectacular to say the least.
But Notion Ink Adam doesn’t seem to stop now even though the tablet was introduced in CES 2010. The shipping of the tablet was delayed for a long time and we could only see the tablet through some leaks and photo shots posted in Notion Ink’s Website. There were several introduction videos that were captured during the CES 2011. Nonetheless, the tablet has quite unique and impressive features which are not available in many latest tablet PCs.
Few of the features that may excite many viewers would be gameplay and incredibly zippy JavaScript performance linked with the Webkit browser. One can adjust the display brightness while viewing the video depending on whether one is indoor or outdoor facing the sun. There is also a touchpad kind of intuitive which lets you change what is on the screen without disturbing the browser. The tablet is accelerated by JavaScript to initiate any kind of animation.
The tablet is named Adam and their store is named Genesis which is based on Bible. Many other products that will be released later are also expected to be named after either Eve or other characters in Bible as described and shown on the video below.
Coming to Samsung Galaxy Tab which debuted in 2010 IFA in Berlin, this is another Android-based product which is a tablet performing second best to Apple iPad in the market today. The tablet from Samsung has been released in major places like Africa, Asia, India, Pakistan, Australia, Brazil, Europe, Middle East and the United States. Also during CES 2011, Verizon Wireless and Samsung Telecommunications America have announced a new 4G LTE-Enabled Samsung Galaxy Tab which will feature a 5 mega-pixel rear facing camera.
Notion Ink Adam prototype introduction video:
Notion Ink Adam CES 2011 Video:
As the Mobile World Congress event is nearing, a teaser video of Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 has been released and with not so true to believable specifications, the device specs throng the Web. Rumored specifications show that the tablet will feature 3D Display (after upgrade to 3.0 Honeycomb), NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, 7-inch display 2048×1200 Super-AMOLED Gorilla Glass screen, 8 megapixel camera with HD video recording (1080p) with Dual LED flash, 3 megapixel front facing camera, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v3.0, USB port, 64 GB Internal memory, microSD slot up to 32 GB, 1 GB RAM, accelerometer, gyroscope, compass and Barometer.
A teaser video of Samsung Galaxy Tab 2:
Here is a comparison of original Samsung Galaxy Tab and Notion Ink Adam.
Notion Ink Adam | Samsung Galaxy Tab | |
OS | Eden (aka Gingerbread) | Android 2.2 |
Processor | 1 GHz Dual-core ARM Cortex - A9 Nvidia Tegra 250 processor | 1 GHz ARM Cortex A8 Hummingbird |
Memory | LP-DDR2/DDR2 667MHz 1GB, plus 1GB SLC for the OS | 512 MB |
Display | 10.1-inch 1024 × 600 px TFT Pixel-Qi display or Normal 10.1-inch 1024 × 600 LCD | 7-inch 1024 × 600 (18 cm) diagonal |
Battery | 3 Cell RemovableLithium-Polymer, lasting up to 16 hours and 160 hours on backlight off | 4000 mAh battery which gives 7 hours of video playback or 10 hours of talk time |
Storage | flash memory 8GB, expandable Micro-SD slot | flash memory 16 GB or 32 GB models and microSD slot |
Input | multi-touch touch-screen, headset controls, 3-Axis accelerometer and ambient light Sensor | multi-touch screen |
Camera | 3.2MP Swivel Camera with turn of 185°, - 5° during video chat, 90° turn can capture a live lecture | 3.2 megapixel AF camera with LED flash, 1.3 mega-pixel front facing (for video calls) |
Connectivity | Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n), Bluetooth 2.1+A2DP, USB 2.0, HDMI whereas 3G models include UMTS (HSDPA) 850 or 900 MHz | GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE) : 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz (HSUPA 5.76Mbps, HSDPA 7.2Mbps) : 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz, or 1700 / 1900 MHz CDMA 800 / 1900 MHz EVDO Rev A Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, DLNA |
Weight | 600-750 g | 380 g |
Dimension | 191 mmx 269 mmx 14 mm | 190.09mmx120.45mmx11.98mm |
Price | $375.33 for LCD, , $425.33 for LCD WiFi 3G, $499.45 for Pixel Qi and Wi-Fi, $549.99 for Pixel Qi, Wi-Fi, and 3G | Sprint Galaxy Tab price recently was dropped to $299 with 2 years contract under Best Buy and Verizon is available at $499 without contract. |
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