Feature-wise, Notion Ink Adam beats any other existent tablet device hands down. From 10.1-incher PixelQi display that enables dual display(LCD/e-paper) modes to USB port availability, from 3.2 MP Auto Focus Swivel Camera to Integrated stereo loudspeakers, the list goes on and on…

From hardware perspective, this uniquely designed and feature-packed Android beast is by far the best Android tablet produced this far, well above the widely advertised Samsung Galaxy Tab or even Apple iPad but early product reviewers have reported some sluggishness of the Android UI customized for Notion Ink Adam.

Here are full tech specs of  Notion Ink Adam:

Size+Weight

• Thickness: ~14 mm
• Width: 191 mm
• Length: 269 mm
• Weight: ~1.6 pounds

Here’s a video demo of the Notion Ink Adam…

As Notion Ink Adam is already in the pipeline to get FCC approval, it may become available in US during Christmas holidays or early 2011. The company behind Notion Ink Adam is targeting global audience so Europe and Asian markets will also get to have the tablet during the same timeframe. Pricing will remain competitive, that is, ranging around $400-500 or Rs.20k-25k.

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At their global conference, Acer has just unveiled 7-incher and 10.1-incher Android tablets(Froyo), slated for launch in April 2011. With holiday season just around the corner, Acer’s intentions of giving a teaser of their upcoming tablets is pretty obvious.

With sneak peak of their tablets, Acer’s underlying message to consumers is..

“Don’t you spend your money on iPad, Galaxy Tab or any existing tab…We aren’t too far away and we’ve got much more to offer”

Tech specs for 10.1-incher Acer tablet

• Screen size: 10.1-inch
• Software: Android 2.2(Froyo)
• Screen: Ten point Multi-touch
• Processor: Dual-core 1GHz processor
• Screen resolution: 1280×800 (!) screen resolution
• Camera: 5MP rear camera, HD front facing camera for video calling
• Other features: Inbuilt Gyroscope for gaming, WiFi, 3G support
• Video output: 1080p output over HDMI

With big names like Amazon, Sony jumping into tablet space with their e-reader cum tablet, HP already selling its enterprise tablet and preparing for upcoming WebOS tablet, Samsung Galaxy Tab looking strong and now Acer chipping into this booming market as well, iPad will sure have to juggle with much more competitors in 2011.

For now, 2010 is all about iPad. Holiday season is about to begin and no competitive tablet, except Galaxy Tab, is up for sale. This Black Friday, Apple is sure to record new sales milestones.

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The S-pad is also said to come up with super-AMOLED power saving screen, which will last for really long time, may be more than iPad’s 10 hours time too.

The S-pad will come only in ‘WiFi & 3G’ model and will also offer desktop dock as an accessory, just like iPad. The tentative month of S-Pad launch is the month of august but it seems that S-Pad will be too late as iPad is just cruising away at the moment and despite some WiFi reception issues, there is no looking back for Apple in tablet space at this time.

But one thing that might work in favor of S-Pad is the latest news of project shutdown of HP Slate as well as Courier killing.

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It doesn’t mean that HP will not bring its own Slate. It’s just that Windows 7 will not power the much awaited HP Slate. It appears that HP realized the unsuitability of using Windows 7 as core OS for its first touch-enabled tablet.

It’s a proven fact that hardware will not sell like hot cakes if there’s a poor software setup at its core and HP doesn’t want to take any more chance here.

With recent acquisition of Palm, it could a possibility that HP would also consider Palm’s WebOS power its Slate device but the chances are slim as there’s no established eco-system around WebOS as such.

Will HP turn to Google for Android OS ? Chances are minimal but HP seems to be having little choices here.

Things will get clear after sometime but this is for sure that HP Slates will not make it to market anytime soon and all those tablet lovers can comfortably buy an iPad or WePad if they aren’t willing to wait for really long time, say until end of this year.

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With loads of media speculation over this new category of device and the possibility of success or failure of iPad, it was tough to guess the real fate of iPad before April 3. Now, with early sales estimates pouring in, its quite apparent that Apple has certainly created a new category of device, which is revolutionary and disruptive in several regards.

According to an estimate by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, Apple sold as many as 7,00,000 iPads on the first day of its public launch. It takes no genius to estimate that Apple must have sold more than 1 million iPads by the end of Day Two, that’s April 4. Now, compare that to the 74 day time period that iPhone took, to get to the figure of 1 million and you will easily realize what’s the probable future of iPad.

One much note here that Apple is not yet selling iPad with WiFi+3G model, the preferred option for anyone who wants to take along iPad just about anywhere.When 3G enabled model comes into the market, iPad sales are bound to explode. And further, when more tablets will jump in, Apple will drop the iPad prices for staying competitive and lift the sales.

But what the key factor in this early success of iPad ? It’s the Apple Fanboys !

It has become more of a ritual for people, aka Fanboys to queue up in front of Apple Stores all across the U.S. before any such product launch and get the iPod/iPhone/iPad on Day 1 itself. And probably, it just Apple that enjoys such a committed following, not even Google.

No doubt, iPad is just awesome in many regards but it’s actually the millions of Apple fanboys that don’t even need to touch yet-to-launch Apple gadgets before pre-ordering the device weeks before getting it in their palms.

There are plenty of slate device alternatives available like WePad or many others will soon be available so why hurry for a WiFi only iPad Slate device right now ? That’s what a sensible guy would think, not an Apple Fanboy.

The war between the Slate devices is bound to get hotter and more interesting as the time passes by. We’re keeping an eye over that.

And the latest one to bring more competition to iPad is WePad. It apparently sounds like a cheap copycat of Apple iPad but it’s certainly not. It’s actually a shocker of a gizmo and brings a lot for the consumer to take away, especially when one compares it to what Apple iPad is offering.

Built by Germany based Neofonie, WePad adds some staggering hardware capabilities that are way too far from iPad till date. Take a look at the head-on comparison table between iPad and WePad.

Now WePad, as defined by its creators, runs a Linux derivative with Android on top. And this makes it a suitable device to run thousands of Android applications over it. With growing prevalence of Android platform and more apps being added to its marketplace faster than ever, WePad might turn things difficult for iPad in the initial run, especially in Germany and European continent where WePad will make its debue next month itself.

Another thing to note here is that WePad is trying its best to fancy the publishing industry magnates and projecting its device as the most ideal slate device for serving digital analogue of magazines and newspapers. It makes perfect sense because the parent company(Neofonie) has already been busy providing software services through WeMagazine ePublishing Eco System and now, the same software will power WePad. Here’s a factsheet for WePad. Take a look.

It is yet to be seen whether WePad, JooJoo, HP Slate or other queued up slate devices will be able to dominate the evolving market of “couch computing” when there is iPad to compete with but it is sure that Apple iPad will not be squeezing the non-existent yet lucrative market of slate devices all alone.