Notion Ink has announced first touchscreen tablet PC in India based on Google’s open source operating system Android. Touchscreen tablet PC is named “Adam”
The tablet PC developed by six IITians and an MBA will be displayed for the first time at Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show in January 2010.
Adam Features and specs :
- 10.1 Touchscreen with Pixel Qi
- 3 megapixel digital camera
- Nvidia Tegra T20 Processor
- Connectivity: WiFi, Bluetooth, UMTS/HSDPA, 3G (compatible with AT&T)
- Storage: 6 GB or 32 GB SSD (with SD card support)
- Operating system : Android
- Cost: $300 to 400$ (approx)
- Weight is 770 grams
“Theoretically, it can work for 25 days if one just listens to music. To be precise, it has 48 hours of standby, eight hours of high-definition video and 16 hours of Wi-Fi internet surfing usage time,” claims Shravan.
“After the evolution of desktops, laptops and notebooks, the next innovation is going to be a complete touchscreen you can write on. And, we thought we needed to take the first step. It took us a year to come up with the design, requirements and proposed technologies to make this device a reality,” says Rohan Shravan, founder and director (creatives) of Notion Ink. The company was floated in February 2009.
It is targeting to sell 1.5 million units of the tablet PC in the first year of launch. The device is tentatively priced at below $400 (Rs 18,800) in the US and below $300 (Rs 14,100) in India (with subsidy from telecom operators).
“The device will be bundled with internet services by telecom operators. Already 10 telcos in the US and four in India, which offer 3G services, have shown interest. We will be finalising one telco for the US and one for India during the four-day Mobile World Congress, which is scheduled to be held at Barcelona, Spain, from February 15, 2010,” he adds.
