Rohan allowing a reporter to have a play while he stands there isn’t my idea of a ‘hands on’ and I think we have to ask why when customer models are supposedly already in the postal system and should be arriving like yesterday, there are no press models available?

I think Rohan is playing the game many small companies have to play when they don’t have their own cash and so far he’s been able to kid some of the people some of the time to jump through the hoops set for Notion Ink by his backers.

My guess is that they had to prove the software in order to get a guaranteed build and they had to get a guaranteed build in order to get Pixel QI.

That done he seems to have got a limited run made (we’ll see if he really did in the next few days I guess) but the thing is, it’s might now too late.

Only Eden, QI, the radio and the rotating camera remain novel, but for most consumers Eden’s uniqueness will be superseded by Honeycomb the camera and radio are gimmicks and with most iPad owners apparently afraid to take their tablet outside and with virtually every reviewer of the iPad and its 10 inch competitors claiming them to be too heavy to use as an e-reader alternative QI isn’t nearly as important as Notion’s fans think it is.

Yes the Notion fans (or trolls) have done a fantastic job of getting the Adam mentioned on the comments section of every tech blog but as the old saying goes you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.

I wish them well but I’ve already seen tablets I want more, not to mention being fairly happy and impressed with the iPad I bought LAST SPRING when Notion could have had my money instead.

If they don’t make it, lets hope they are remembered like Betamax and not like Gizmondo.

I’ll probably be getting a tablet later this year-I’m waiting for the new crop to come out first like the iPad2). Of course I’ll give every tablet a fair shake and then buy the one I think is best. Adam and iPad2 are definitely on my radar.

They’ve said quite explicitly that they intended to have the trackpad but it didn’t work out, so it is disabled, and they have included a mystery feature to replace it (i.e., a promised feature won’t be in it, so another feature will be in it instead).

Think it through: why would they start calling a feature which they had already described a “mystery feature”?

I think SlashGear should fix their commenting system to prevent such lame spoofs. But whatever, it’s not like I’ll start posting under my real name ;)

I do agree that Notion Ink is suffering from too much secrecy. This may work for Apple who is big enough, and proven enough, to tease the customers, but has backfired a bit for Notion Ink, what with the rumors of vaporware and scams.

I’m thinking they should have been much more forthcoming and put as many units in the hands of reviewers as soon as possible, back in July or August. Better to build solid hype then teasing people into thinking they are being scammed.

That said, I’m very excited about this tablet and plan on getting one as soon as I have the money saved for it.

I still cannot get over my indignation that the troll used my alias to start a flame war. What a disgusting coward!

I have yet to see any news of this tablet anywhere except at Slashgear. Perhaps we will hear more today, but it is not a good thing when we hear Motorola, Samsung, Asus, RIM, etc. mentioned all over the place, and nary a word about the Adam.

And, with all the interviews, we still don’t know about FCC certification, mystery feature, shipping dates, retail availability, etc. What the hell are they waiting on?

Sorry – they need marketing more than anything else. More and more this is looking like another tech gadget that has promise but is going to flop big time.

I, for one, would love to see their promo video from their website on Indian TV channels.

We still don’t have a firm shipping date, no FCC approval, the pre-launch was a fiasco showing a complete lack of organization, etc. etc. The masses are not going to buy this without a lot of buzz from the press, availability at the Best Buy’s of the world, and a solid customer support organization behind it. None of which NI has.

Custom UI is great if you are a large, well known company. The masses don’t care how sexy it is.

The only hope is if CES is a huge success for NI and the press is full of praises. Unless you see NI plastered all over the mainstream press (WSJ, NY Times, et al), this puppy will have a not so slow death. So far I don’t see it.

I hope the fat lady is not getting ready to sing.