http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/anybody really surprised? I'm not.]]>Aug 10th 2010 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/
I'm looking at you too, Emblaze First Else. You were my next phone.]]>Aug 10th 2010 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/
I'm with you. I never fully expected this to come to market early, and I would be surprised if it came at all. The distinct feeling that I got from the numerous presentations was a lack of infrastructure (or discussion about it) but lots of idealistic talk about 'possibilities' of such a tablet. I think the giveaway for me was the Tegra development board running the device prototype device. It was only a feeling..

I'm sorry to read this news.
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Idk why people are surprised, even if this came to market they obviously don't have enough investor security or confidence in them to have any type of marketing campaign for anyone but engadgeters to even know about this.

The pixel qi screen was cool, but by the time this is coming out, the ipad 2 and droidpad will be out and likely dominating the market. Too little, too late, next.]]>Aug 10th 2010 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/I mean, I understand that the growing pains of a small company, especially when you do things like relocating HQ, changing ODMs, et cetera, and the Tegra 2 + PixelQi + custom Android apps are something of new territory... But it just sounds like mismanagement at every level, and a small company being pushed around by the money really drowned these guys.

It's sad, too, since the prototype looked half decent. Let's hope they/someone else eventually gets this to market. ]]>Aug 10th 2010 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/
Come June, Notion Ink were touting their “Most Business Friendly” email app as a key strength of the Adam software suite, their engineers having been working on custom software since the get-go. Shortly after, the first capital arrived and the third ODM was agreed; however Notion Ink’s investor proved reluctant to step out and allow alternate VCs to move in. Eventually – with would-be buyers complaining of infrequent blog updates, little in the way of public information and no fixed release dates – a new investor was secured in early June and the team once more began to grow. Prior to the investor news going public, Notion Ink’s engineers completed engineering verification testing (EVT) with their new ODM and launched their alpha App Store.

Since then, the Notion Ink blog has seen 1m hits, 31 applications and the underlying OS have been finalized, and the company’s unique multitasking system has shifted from idea through proof of concept to working model. Shortly prior to DVT, the Notion Ink team had grown to 85 members, and after the internal release of the Adam SDK the third ODM design hit product verification testing (PVT).

In the second part of our Notion Ink coverage, we’ll be talking about what the company has been doing during their extra development time, how the hardware and software has been evolving since the last functional prototype we saw, and hopefully showing you screenshots of the company’s custom UI. We’ll also have some tidbits on Notion Ink’s next-gen models, and best of all, the first public news on release dates.]]>Aug 10th 2010 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/I already e-mailed endgadget about their mistake, but it seems like they are a bit reluctant to update this...
Even Rohan himself commented on the fact that engadget is wrong:

Rohan Shravan said, on August 10, 2010 at 21:34: I would say wrong interpretation!]]>Aug 10th 2010 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/
I totally hear you man!! The First Else from Emblaze was looking really sweet, especially for a true Linux device.

It's also sad to see the Notion Ink heading to the Vapor-Zone... :(]]>Aug 10th 2010 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/
While you may be right about the different "tone" of the articles and comments on the two websites, I don't think it's out of place to say that the Notion Ink Adam is heading down a path that we've seen many other "amazing" products walk on...]]>Aug 10th 2010 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/you portrait a very gloomy future for NI, while this is completely contradictory as to what slashgear cited, and even Rohan (from Notion Ink itself) has said you misinterpreted it.

on engadget all reactions are negative, while on slashgear and http://notionink.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/interesting-article-on-slashgear/ they are positive
There must be a reason for that discrepancy...

Maybe you could try to get an interview with Rohan and let him clear things up? people are clearly interested in this story.
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Whoa.... Adam vs Goliath!!!]]>Aug 10th 2010 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/
Instead of whining about the delay, or predicting the direst of dooms, I'll do something crazy. I'm going to take them at their words, these guys put in way too much work to settle on vaporware. And whining about something you don't yet have being delayed is pretty silly. It's not like you had a lollipop and they took it away, you had a Sears catalog with pictures of lime and molasses lollipops.

Just calm down. They have a three year window, and the iPad will peak next Spring, so let them take their time and do this right.]]>Aug 10th 2010 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/
Engadget got it spot on. Could be the positivity is due to Slashgear getting an exclusive interview. Long shot, I know]]>Aug 10th 2010 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/
Yeah, that's the way a 12 year old would look at this.

What? You're not 12?]]>Aug 10th 2010 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/True...this article is portraying the product as if its a fake KIRF from schewan.... With 85 ppl working on an innovative product doing an entrepreneurial debut ..there are bound to be ups and downs....Launching a global product is much much difficult than writing an article in the confines of engadget... ]]>Aug 10th 2010 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/
Might come as a surprise; most vaporware products don't just appear out of thin air one day then disappear the next. It's a prolonged process as they stumble about from one investor to the next, produce several almost-working hardware iterations, announcing delay after delay - always blaming some mystery partner, spouting various half-truths along the way to keep the whole scheme / scam ticking over.

Seen it before. Never amazed that people continue to fall for it.

Give them credit though, it's more original than the 411 scam.]]>Aug 10th 2010 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/
Comparatively, posting a comment on Engadget is a lot easier than writhing an article, and requires a lot less thought, intelligence or literary skill, as your comment clearly demonstrates!]]>Aug 10th 2010 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/

The Slashgear piece was basically a press release. Thankfully most bloggers aren't as stupid, gullible or as lazy as you, and have saw through this

You want them all to re-hash the same press release? Don't like free speech? Piss of.]]>Aug 10th 2010 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/LMAO]]>Aug 10th 2010 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/
Cheaper than the basic iPad and still on the way! (of course they'd say that, but if it's true...)

This is so mine. I wanted a Win7 tablet, but screw that.]]>Aug 10th 2010 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/
*clicks the minus button* Poof, indeed.]]>Aug 10th 2010 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/
I really hoped that in the tablet world we wouldn't have to wait so long. Where is my nice android tablet :(]]>Aug 10th 2010 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/
Sounds like someone is afraid that if this sees the light of day that they might have ipad purchase remorse.]]>Aug 10th 2010 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/
This is nothing more than an evolution of vaporware - cloudware. You can see it, experience it, but can't have enough of them to appease us all.]]>Aug 10th 2010 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/
[Nods Head]]]>Aug 10th 2010 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/You do know that if you preorder and they fail to ship due to bankruptcy, you won't get your money back. ]]>Aug 10th 2010 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/
Yes, I do. I don't believe that preorder cash would be enough to push the Adam into production, but I bet the numbers would be strong enough to convince fence-sitting investors.

By the way, this isn't exactly vaporware. Dude's trying his best. You want some vaporware? ICD Gemini. ]]>Aug 10th 2010 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Shravan: Yes i will , give me money , just support is not enough .. you wanted flash , i will give you flash .. no matter how many years it takes.]]>Aug 10th 2010 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/
Cmon lenovo,Asus,Nec,Sony etc get on the ball..at least acquire the tech.]]>Aug 10th 2010 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Aug 10th 2010 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/notion-ink-adam-really-delayed-this-time-investors-are-to-blame/Wow, when you put it like that...

"Computers!? Just some fancy pants typewriter hooked up to a TV thing!"
"Cars? Just some metal on wheels."
"The radio? Just an electric noise maker!"
Light bulbs?! Don't get me started on light bulbs. Just gas in metal and glass."]]>Aug 10th 2010 11:29AM