{"id":156836,"date":"2010-01-08T22:41:32","date_gmt":"2010-01-09T03:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5444232"},"modified":"2010-01-08T22:41:32","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T03:41:32","slug":"notion-ink-adam-pixel-qi-tabletereader-hands-on-your-screen-is-obsolete-tablets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/156836","title":{"rendered":"Notion Ink Adam Pixel Qi Tablet\/Ereader Hands On: Your Screen Is Obsolete [Tablets]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/500x_500x_adamtablet_1.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" \/>Housed in a wooden, painted prototype case, the <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5429466\/notion-ink-enters-tablet-wars-with-android-device\">Notion Ink Adam<\/a> tablet is rough. But with <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #pixelqi\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/pixelqi\/\">Pixel Qi<\/a> dual-mode screen tech on one arm and Nvidia&#8217;s Tegra 2 on the other, it&#8217;s one of the most exciting devices at CES.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve seen a fair share of Android 2.0 tablets at CES, some of which share not only Android 2.0 with the Adam, but the Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, too. But what they don&#8217;t have is a Pixel QI transflective screen, a 10.1-inch panel that can switch between backlit LCD mode and low-power electrophoretic reflective mode, which looks more less like E Ink, and which actually gets <em>easier<\/em> to see in direct sunlight.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> gawkerGallery(5444219,4,''); <\/script><\/p>\n<p>We got our <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5443895\/e+ink-is-dead-pixel-qis-amazing-transflective-lcd-just-killed-it\">first good look<\/a> at this screen tech this morning, and we covered its weaknesses: the LCD colors aren&#8217;t as vivid as a plain LCD&#8217;s and suffers at some viewing angles, and the reflective mode suffers from the glossy screen&#8217;s glare, but in both modes, it&#8217;s <em>good enough<\/em>. (And Notion honcho Rohan Shravan says he&#8217;s working on a fix for the latter issue.) What this means is that no matter what you&#8217;re using the device for&mdash;browsing the web over 3G, reading an ebook, watching a video&mdash;you can switch between screen modes depending on your environment or preference.<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"mbox_player_d497d5b01f1beac45b\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" class=\"left gawkerVideo embeddedVideo videoObject_0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/bg-video.cp.motionbox.com\/motionboxons\/flash\/VideoPlayer.swf?video_uid=d497d5b01f1beac45b&#038;type=sd&#038;security_token=prod3.42a7683819de535f\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><embed name=\"mbox_player_d497d5b01f1beac45b\" src=\"http:\/\/bg-video.cp.motionbox.com\/motionboxons\/flash\/VideoPlayer.swf?video_uid=d497d5b01f1beac45b&#038;type=sd&#038;security_token=prod3.42a7683819de535f\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" class=\"left gawkerVideo\"><\/embed><\/object><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/d497d5b01f1beac45b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/500x_d497d5b01f1beac45b.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" style=\"display: none;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I said before, the device is still in development, so you&#8217;re seeing protoype hardware (there&#8217;s prospective <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5436105\/notion-inks-tablet-named-adam-will-be-birthed-in-june\">second model<\/a> with a curvier exterior, too), untouched software (Rohan promises a custom interface, with a solution for text input other than the awkwardly sized standard keyboard), and unoptimized performance (Android 2.1 should help the interface move a little more quickly). We&#8217;ll get a fuller picture of the device come Mobile World Congress in February, as well as pricing info&mdash;though we&#8217;re assured we&#8217;ll be &#8220;very happy&#8221; about it.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, you can stack these caveats as high as you want, and the <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #notioninkadam\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/notioninkadam\/\">Notion Ink Adam<\/a> is still taller, if just for this reason:<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"mbox_player_7a97d5b01f1aebcaf5\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" class=\"left gawkerVideo embeddedVideo videoObject_1\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/bg-video.cp.motionbox.com\/motionboxons\/flash\/VideoPlayer.swf?video_uid=7a97d5b01f1aebcaf5&#038;type=sd&#038;security_token=prod3.70b588647ac004dd\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><embed name=\"mbox_player_7a97d5b01f1aebcaf5\" src=\"http:\/\/bg-video.cp.motionbox.com\/motionboxons\/flash\/VideoPlayer.swf?video_uid=7a97d5b01f1aebcaf5&#038;type=sd&#038;security_token=prod3.70b588647ac004dd\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" class=\"left gawkerVideo\"><\/embed><\/object><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/7a97d5b01f1aebcaf5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/500x_7a97d5b01f1aebcaf5.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" style=\"display: none;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We repeat: The bullet&#8217;s in the chamber. 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