BTW, I really had high hopes for the Adam and I was hoping to snag one, but I’ll hold off for now and let the dust settle and will compare it to the Xoom when it’s released. I hope the Adam does well. I love the long battery life, the screen that’s readable in sunlight and the numerous ports. But they really need to reform their refund policy and find a way to run things much more smoothly. I’m rooting for Notion ink.

Expectations were very high, which means disappointment was to be expected.

Criticism was strong and often vituperative, which contributes to a fault-finding environment.

Notion Ink is a young company trying to develop something more or less completely new, so some degree of failure is to be expected — but hardly anybody takes account of that. (What was the failure rate for new Apple ][s?)

I’ll agree with the critics that people were being naive to expect so much from a startup. But those critics (and I’m looking in particular at John Biggs and his cronies at CrunchGear) are doing great disservice to the cause of innovation by heaping scorn on hopeful Adamites.

as I’ve said elsewhere, I’m much more interested in what the guys at XDA have to say. I just set up a google alert so I can see when they start physically disassembling the boxes and weighing in on the build quality. (They’ll probably be a bit biased, though, since it seems it was essentially created to be rooted.)

Compare the insinuations Notion Ink is receiving for its goof-ups with what Apple had for AntennaGate – which is by far a much serious problem considering the volumes. Well, I for one, didn’t see AntennaGate coming just because “it was an American thing”.

CHECK THIS OUT – WHAT A PIECE OF TRASH

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/28/notion-ink-adam-hits-the-fcc-torn-apart-in-haste/

I don’t have too much money to buy an Ipad2 or Xoom, so I settle for subpar experience.

My suggestion is to report all the problems to the Consumers Affair Agency in case NI doesn’t respond to their responsibilities.

and btw, the adam is chinese made if you seemed to have forgotten.

There is no evidence that he has applied the update and also there is no guarantee that he is not trying to defame the product by faking the touch response.

I can’t convince you that either he is lame or he is an apple fan boy. I believe in the product and I will buy it, just because it is cheaper, fits my budget and will be better than any Chinese tablet.

He has his unit in hand and the issues are evident but he doesnt know any better than you right? FYI he was following the instructions given to him on how to use the tablet per the new manual. The extremely brief manual says to two finger drag down on a panel to open the homepage. It didnt work, so thats obvious his stupidity and not the frustration with a nonworking tablet right?

the messed up gps and dim pq mode are also due to his stupidity too right?

Lot of people are saying that update has really improved the performance.
Mada really looked dumb while reviewing his unit on the video, so I don’t believe in him.

why are you blaming their screen defects on their expectations?

dont drag in other companies to make NI look like some grassroot savior from exploitive capitalistic pigs either. This has nothing to do with anyone other than notion ink.

By your sensitivity it seems like it should have been called that.

Now, as for the post, It seems to me that the poster shouldn’t have specifically pointed to India as almost all marketing that I know off hypes things up whether it works or not. Microsoft being a prime example especially in the early days.

I am not saying Adam is perfect, it is far away from it. But it is a decent device for that price. It should be encouraged to cut down the capitalists like Apple, etc.

Most of the people who had pre-ordered have been following this product for quite some time, so they too would probably be sharing my attitude towards Adam. This is a start-up of a unique kind and I believe they should be given some more time to prove themselves. However as they had shown how to conceptualize and get a product manufactured, they should also be smart and quick in alleviating all customer grievances at the earliest. If they have come so far (with all the investor issues, pre-order gaffs, etc) and still deliver a product which mostly has lived upto the expectations, at least ergonomics/hardware wise (I know there have been quite a few disappointments around as far as software and few issues on defective parts), they could go ahead and address issues in a competitive manner as well. I hope all the defective products that got shipped get replaced/refunded with minimum fuss as that would be the correct thing.

I have had a number of bad experiences with products from established brands reaching me in defective conditions, or developing issues within the first few days. Also even the customer services of big brands have at times been quite disappointing.

So Adam, which saw the light only during CES and is from a company which is a startup with no big backings as of now, should be given a bit of time to iron out the issues and I hope then to succeed in the near future.

Rohan, if you happen to read this, I hope you make this happen for people who are passionate about technology and prefer to walk the less travelled road.

Chris, when Slashgear gets its Adam (I believe you guys have ordered one too), please do make sure that you give a neutral review without comparing to what others have reported. And as we all by now know that the update is very critical to the first batch of Adams to perform satisfactorily, please see if you could break down your review to pre-updated and post-updated Adam.

Thanks,
Arun

Again it is nice that people are having fun with their non defective units but that doesn’t help how NI deals with defective units despite their T&C. Adam isn’t being questioned here, its NI’s integrity on taking back defective units.

I wouldn’t have this much inclined to give some benefit of doubt to NI, hadn’t i seen the videos where people are able to fairly work well with their units.

kumar