Well the time is finally right and I have a feeling that Notion Ink's Adam will be the first Android Tablet that will rival Apple's iPad.
Take a look a the picture gallery below from Notion Ink's Blog. There is also mention of the Notion Ink Eve which will have NFC (Near Field Communication) component.
Synapse Phones is now taking pre-orders for completely customizable hardware for your next Android OS phone (Synapse One)!
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Android 2.2
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Processor:
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1Ghz
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Display:
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10.16cm, 4,0-inch SuperAMOLED multitouch-sensitive screen with 480x800 WVGA resolution
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Speakerphone:
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Two built-in microphones (Telephone and noise-reduction)
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Sensors:
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Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor
Accelerometer sensor Compass |
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GPS:
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AGPS
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Buttons:
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Four capacity buttons or four physical buttons under the screen
Power button Two volume buttons on the left side Camera button on the right side |
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Expansion Slot:
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microSD memory card
Up to 32GB card support. |
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Body material:
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Aluminium with ambientlight
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For the list of customizable options CLICK HERE! You can also stay up-to-date via their Posterous Blog!
Well it appears Steve Jobs' comments about Android during Apple's 3rd quarter earnings calls were a bit off base...
Here is Iain Dodsworth's responses (CEO of TweetDeck):
RESPONSE 1 - Did we at any point say it was a nightmare developing on Android? Errr nope, no we didn’t. It wasn’t.
RESPONSE 2 - We only have 2 guys developing on Android TweetDeck so that shows how small an issue fragmentation is.
I personally like Andy Rubin's comment:
the definition of open: “mkdir android ; cd android ; repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git ; repo sync ; make”
The Fred Wilson makes a post in regards showing he thinks Android is becoming a good option, then it seems that a bunch of Apple fanboy haters didn't really share his sediments about the Android OS.
So what gives? Why all of the drama?
I have to disagree with Chris Anderson and Michael Wolff. While Apps are the popular thing right now, there is too much fragmentation between Operating Systems. iPhone/iPad support this 3D HTML5, Android supports Flash, Blackberry does this, Symbian does that... yada, yada, yada...
Then on top of OS fragmentations, you have fragmentations between different versions of the OS. For example, the iPhone 4 & iPhone 3GS is running the 4th version (iOS 4) of the iPhone OS and can do multi-tasking with apps, while the iPhone 3G can run the iPhone iOS 4, but it can't do multi-tasking with apps. Then the iPads aren't getting the iOS 4 until Q4 of this year, so whoever has an iPad you won't be able to do multi-tasking until then. Yes, fragmentation will always exist because of better technology, but obviously less fragmentation is better than more fragmentation.
A solution to fragmentation is web apps! All browser support HTML. I'm still not touting HTML5 as the savior from fragmentation completely, but I am saying that is can help.
From a developer's or product manager's standpoint it would be easier and much more cost effective to develop multiple web views with HTML, than to have specialized teams developing an app for the iPhone, the iPad, the Desktops, Android, Blackberry, Symbian, etc... Right there you are up to 6 various apps platforms, 6 completely different operating systems (iOS, Windows, Mac OS X, Android OS, RIM & Symbian), and at least 2 different programming languages (Java & Objective-C). Developing apps is a hassle, time consuming and most developers only specialize in one or two languages.
I think apps are a great tool for the here and now, but in the coming years I'm betting mobile web will end up as the king.
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Hi! I'm Lee Graham. I'm a GOAT (Geek Of All Trades)! I'm also a Flash Platform Developer, eLearning Developer for BB&T University, Android fanatic, & husband to the world's most beautiful girl!
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