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Notion Ink Adam Android tablet unveiled
As reported yesterday, Adam, the new Android tablet from Notion Ink has been unveiled today. The official blog even has a picture of the Tablet with the words “Order Now”. Although there are no links to a pre-order page yet, the official website has been updated with all the specs and pictures of the tablet. Here is what the Notion Ink Adam will pack: an NVIDIA dual-core Tegra 250 processor, a 10″ WSVGA “transflective” display, 1 GB of RAM, 1GB SLC, 8GB of internal memory, Android 2.2, a 185 degree swivel 3.2 megapixel camera, full HD 1080p HDMI output, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPRS, 3G, GPS, a microSD slot (expandable up to 128GB), USB + mini USB connectivity, Adobe Air and Flash support- and, wait for it- “a bonus mystery feature”. After the amount of goodness packed inside the tablet and they want to top it off with a mystery feature? Talk about overdoing it! There aren’t any official prices up on the site yet but it has been previously leaked that the tablet will cost from $399 to $498 depending on the specs you choose. But so far the tablet looks like it’s going to be this month’s gadget to have, up there with the Google Nexus S. Head over to the Notion Ink Adam website and blog for more details. Any guesses to what the “mystery feature” could be?
Update: Pre-order details have been revealed.
The Fairphone 2 was first unveiled in June earlier this year, where this particular handset carried a modular design while featuring majority of its components that have been sourced from conflict-free mines. It seems that this particular handset that you can purchase with a clear conscience has begun to ship to those who happen to live across Europe.
Fairphone announced in a blog post, “It’s been almost two years in the making, and some of the earliest buyers have been patiently waiting since July to receive their new phones. As community manager, I want to personally welcome the new batch of Fairphone owners to our community.” The initial 1,000 units are tipped to ship this month, before the other pre-orders follow in January 2016.
In terms of hardware specifications, the Fairphone 2 will run on a Snapdragon 801 chipset, has a 5″ 1080p screen with Gorilla Glass 3 protection, 2GB of RAM, an 8MP camera, with Android 5.1 Lollipop in tow. It will be a dual SIM capable handset with a microSD memory card slot and plays nice with 4G LTE networks, retailing for approximately €525 a pop.
It looks like the upcoming flagship model from Xiaomi will feature NFC support, at least based on a document that was released by China UnionPay. Just in case you are scratching your head and wondering who China UnionPay is, they happen to be the only domestic payment gateway supplier and card organization, and hence, to see them offer detailed support concerning the newly released NFC-based payment system points to the very real possibility of the upcoming Xiaomi Mi 5 featuring NFC capability.
After all, the Xiaomi Mi 3 was also mentioned on the list, which so happens to feature NFC, and there is no mention of the Xiaomi Mi 4 which does not come with NFC. Still, such a new payment system would be the ideal tool to see the reintroduction of NFC to the flagship model.
OnePlus did make an announcement in the previous month that the Ceramic variant of the OnePlus X will be released on November 24. True to their word, they did exactly that – although only a pitiful number of units were made available, and not only that, this was through a charity auction. Thankfully for the rest of the masses who are on the lookout for this device, it has gone on sale officially already.
Needless to say, this particular variant is available only by an invitation, although do bear in mind that standard OnePlus X invites are not good here – you will still need to snag yourself a specific Ceramic variant invite before you make a purchase. OnePlus is also on the lookout to offer additional methods of picking up this smartphone, although no further details were revealed.
The OnePlus X Ceramic will be available only in select markets, where among them include Europe, India, and Hong Kong. To date, we do know that OnePlus had made only 10,000 units of the handset available. A case of the early bird getting the proverbial worm here?