So you may be wondering ,what is iPad killer. Its actual name is Adam (A tough competitor for apple's iPad). This product could make the iPad seem outdated, and, what's more, it is completely made in India.
India is so far considered as a software superpower (as DR. Subramanian Swamy told) and hasn’t really made waves in the IT hardware.This could soon change, thanks to the Adam tablet PC of Hyderabad-based Notion Ink. Adam has generated enormous buzz on tech websites and gadget blogs ever since an early prototype was first demonstrated at the CES 2010 (Consumer Electronics Show), the world's largest consumer tech trade show.
The founders of Notion Ink are six IITans and an MBA graduate, with an average age of 24. They believe India has the potential of being the world’s Tech super power. Indian engineers and designers are doing most of the innovative work at Microsoft, Intel, and Apple. So there has to be someone who can make them believe that what Indians can do, and they did it.
What's so different about their tech? Three years in the making, the Adam tablet is the first device in the world to integrate two breakthrough power saving components - nVidia’s Tegra 2 chip and a PixelQi screen. Together, they help it achieve twice the battery life and performance of the iPad.
The chip provides an edge over the iPad with its ability to play full high definition videos and Flash on the web browser. It can offer the performance of a computer with the power consumption of a cell phone.
Adam’s 10-inch screen integrates many innovations first used in the $100 OLPC (one laptop per child) project. Unlike traditional screens, PixelQI screen has a dual mode, and can be read in bright sunlight like an e-reader. With the backlight off, the company claims that it can increase battery life between charges by a factor of five. It works on Google’s Android mobile operating system.
What about the pricing? Apple iPad is priced $499 but Adam is priced just $327. It expects to start retail sales, at first in USA, from July onwards.
“Shine India Shine”
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