Notion Ink Adam Bug Report: Apple Headhones

     Most people probably haven't noticed this and probably don't even care. The somewhat mediocre headphones that come bundled with iPhones, you know, the ones with the button for music controls? Well, they have a wierd side effect when paired with the Adam. The middle button has to be held down in order to hear music properly. Without the button being held, the music sounds garbled like a bad youtube video. This isn't a major issue by any stretch, but it is most likely hardware related. I don't know what causes the problem, but I do know a solution. A clothespin. Yes, a nice string clothespin to keep that button good and smashed.

Bug Report: Eden Browser

    Notion Ink bragged about their browser so much. I wouldn't say they lied, but the browser is half baked. I have compiled a little list of improvements the Browser needs to have below.

    Tab switching is a little confusing at first, but once you get the hang of it it is pretty good. I rarely use the tabs because tab switching causes the browser to crash about on out of every four times. That's annoying, and you lose everything you had open.
     Pinch zooming is slow because it unnecessarily pre-renders everything. A very confusing aspect about the zooming is that pinching only works in one direction. To zoom you have to pinch horizontally; vertically doesn't work. It's a very odd gesture hole.
     And now the last of my complaints. The address bar makes it difficult to simply search for something. You can't enter in a URL until the current webpage is done loading. The address bar has no "googling" functionality. When you type in a search term, it just says webpage cannot be found. Also, the hardware search button does nothing in the browser. To search for something you have to open a new tab (usually crashing the browser) and go to Google.
   

Notion Ink Adam: Bug Report 1

     The Adam is a great device, but as I have said before, the software has some issues with it. Don't let this discourage you from buying one if you had the notion. I've been using it for a few weeks, and I love it. The purpose in pointing out the bugs is to make other people aware of them, and hopefully Notion Ink might see this (or maybe someone could send them an email about this) to fix the software to make it grand.

1. Browser

     The NI browser is pretty great except for a few things. The hardware search button has no effect in the browser meaning you have to open a new tab to google something. Opening a new tab is easy, but 2/3 of the time, tab switching causes the browser to force close. I avoid tab switching at all cost, because I know that my work will probably disappear.

2. Sniffer

     This one is minor. The nice progress bar style image that shows how much memory has been used is wrong. It thinks the SD card is the Adam memory, and it shows it as overflowing. Also, any apps that use the SD think the internal flash is the SD card. Just a slight annoyance.

3. Battery Life

     I won't go as far as saying it's bad, but it isn't good either. It'll last me a few days on stand-by, and (I'm guessing) four - seven hours of video playback. A dive into the battery usage shows the problem. 70% of the battery drain comes from cell stand-by. I wouldn't mind that so much if I had an Adam with 3G, but I have the wifi only model.This has been pointed out before, and I'm Notion Ink will come to the rescue on this.