Hello,
Lately our designers have spent a bit of time on Info-graphs. Info-graphs are graphic visual representation of information, presenting complex information quickly and clearly. While our study is more focused on how we can create an automated process, where device can collect information and create these for a user, Dhyani created some art presenting his concepts. Check these below:
This is the email distribution spread over the countries. Idea was to figure out the location of senders for a user, and map it over the globe. P.S. this is just a concept, with no relation between the locations and email types.
This is the graph of a user’s activity spread over a period of time. Activities are divided into categories, and each circle represents a task/app/use-case.
This is an impressive ball-graph plot.
This is a conceptual drawing of how content is distributed over the internet.
And this one is how brands fared over CES. CNET, PCWorld and Gizmodo were covered here.
This is a continuous activity which we are doing now to come to a point where we can define drawing primitives and rules based on which these info-graphs can be auto-generated. This is going to be a long but fun project at Notion Ink.
Dhyani is the brain behind this project. In the comments you can post requests for more info-graphs and case scenarios and we should be able to build more for you. Your requests will definitely help the project.
Warm Regards
Rohan Shravan
Interesting post, Infographs are useful tool to make the devices more inclusive. What is the plan for using Infographs in the Adam 2?
In my wish list it would be
- Knowing communication history with a contact and have alerts be shown in the calendar for Birthday, Marriage day and alert based on rules if I have contacted them for some time.
- When viewing my data show by data type (doc, audio, video) should be customisable so that people who want to use different file extension can do so.
Rohan (please read) for your own benefit.
differentiate
last time around, adam one had a few major aspects to differentiate it self from the pack, such as pixel qi, tegra 2, the battery hump, and the swivel camera. right now asus is one of the biggest innovators in android they changed the way we can interact with our tablets by creating there dock for the transformer. one of the biggest reasons i bought the adam was because of the placement of your battery. to me the idea of shifting the battery to one side of the device was simple but ingenious. you effectively reduced the torque force by shifting the center of mass. i suggest with adam two you continue your trend of innovation and differentiate your adam from the pack.
keep it simple
wile you should differentiate your self don’t go over broad and clutter up your ui like sense. it’s nice looking, but slow. people do love gloss, but they love speed even more. your simple idea with the battery made me buy your device. apple is great at its simple but innovative approach. i have hope that notion ink can do the same.
speaking of apple
normal people just want there products to work. they don’t really care how. that is what apple is great at. however we android people love freedom and the ability to customize. if your adam two can cater to both of these demographics then notion ink can truly succeed. in other words if you can find a balance of functionality and customize ability that will be your hammer to break through the market. (idea maybe you can have a stock extremely fictional ui, and for the the tech savvy you create official notion ink custom roms, mods, and tweaks)
the display
if you offer another lcd model for adam two, you should pick a good lcd panel, high quality, good colors, and great viewing angels. after all the screen is the most used part of a tablet. as such the screen should be a major priority in adam two. also pick a responsive touch panel. even if your system runs fast, if the touch panel is unresponsive it will fell slow.
customer convince
when i got my chance to order the adam one, your paymet method looked so untrustworthy. also i had to put my order through 20 or so times till the transaction finally went through. i’m still loyal to notion ink, you are innovators in your infancy. but a suggestion, offer paypal as a payment option and if you can’t afford the fee’s ask us the purchasers to pay difference for added convince of using paypal. i’m sure the majority of us will be willing to pay the difference for the extra convince.
final thoughts
don’t rush your adam but make it to the market before it becomes obsolete. that’s a contradiction but it will be the key to your success. if you rush too much your product will suffer as well as your profits. if you go too slow your product will become obsolete and your profits will really suffer. you have to find a balance in order to succeed. weather its a optimized duel core or not, i doubt people will buy a duel core past the 4th quarter of this year. after all hardly any body are buying single core android phones any more look pantech there offering a duel core phone for just 50 dollars. my prediction is that duel core tablets are going to be phased out like single core phones were. so if you plan to make it to the market by summer you should still do alright. any later than that you risk having your product become obsolete.
i love notion ink. i want you to succeed. so please take some of what i said into consideration.
sorry i rambled on so much. but as i said i want to succeed.
well said…….
I really wish adam 2 to success.
I didnt buy adam 1 because i was not too used to any android device by then. But i was following your posts all the time. Any way i feel the problem with adam 1 was not because of it was bad but
1, It took long time to reach consumers. If you could release adam 1 few months later 2010 ces it could have been far more successful. By the time it reached consumers there were more good choices out there.
2, Pre-order and shipping issues. People would like to see the product in person befor investing their money in it
3, The support issues……
4, Software updates.
So i hope all these issues will be take care in adam2.
Please use amazon, croma or relience digital for retails. please dont modify the stock android too much that it will delay future updates.
My wish list for adam 2 are follows.
I wish adam 2 is not just like any other android tablet in market.
1, please keep the design elements as in adam 1. because its special.
please keep battery, speaker and rubber grip in same position (it will be easier to hold). need a second battery below disply. I like to have longer battery life than any other tablet in market.
2, less bazel around disply (as small as possible)
3, thickness of 10-12 mm other than grip area.
4, 3 disply option. better pixel qi, high res led and a normal res led(for students for half the price)
5, All ports as in current Adam.
6, Stylus support for note taking and drawing.
please dont waste too much time on dock and software customization.
Please listen to people and implement the sensible and possible ones
Rohan,
I want to wish you luck in the development of Adam 2. I hope you can keep the innovative spirit that gave Adam 1 such a strong following. Though you are going a different route on the processor, I hope that you maintain your relationship with Pixel Qi and continue to offer display options for your tablets. The Pixel Qi screen is something other tablets don’t have and I think Notion Ink can help share that product with the world. Good luck and have fun! I am glad to see you are still with it.
the concept is very interesting.. what tool was used to create those screens? never seen a better way to display the use cases!! great work.. keep going
Interesting!
Is there an android app for this already? In other words, is there a way we can play with the concept?
Thanks,
#2 or last screenshot are to be extended to be animated flowing in menus, like http://wol.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk/djw30/dasher/ or like firstelse.com concept