NotionInk, the Indian tablet company that so captured the industry last year at CES 2011 and then struggled to meet the demands and expectations placed upon them, is still at it. After announcing that they had a new Adam in the works, they also let loose something that will be cause for joy amongst existing owners of the original Adam.
They announced that they, in direct collaboration with members of the development community, are actively working on an ICS build for the NotionInk Adam. Continue past the break for more information about this early build.
Open Source developers RaYmAn, Mrdeadlocked, Mrguy, and Kushiel have been actively assisting the NotionInk team in the development of this ROM, and it’s come a long way so far. The list of things functioning, along with those not, is below:
Functional
- It BOOTS
- .39 Kernel Booting
- Hardware Acceleration
- WIFI
- Physical Back Button
- Accelerometer
- GPS
- Power Button (Long press hard shutdown, Shorter Press (for shutdown menu))
- EMMC mounts (as /emmc/ and /mnt/emmc/)
- SDCARD mounts (as /sdcard/ and /mnt/sdcard/)
- Capacitive Buttons
- BLUETOOTH
- Compass
- Audio
- 120 DPI Launcher2 fix
- HDMI VIDEO works
Non-Functional/Issues
- Camera
- USB plugged in at boot
- USB mass storage or MTP in rom
- USB flash drives
- Light sensor
- 3G
- SLEEP BUG–Black Screen when trying to wake
- Pauses/Delays in rom
- Slow market downloads to begin with.
- Touchscreen response quits then soft reboots android
- Video Acceleration (HQ Youtube etc)
- HDMI sound
- Background Banding
- Disabling Notifications cause SYSTEMUI crash
- Troubles with SD/EMMC not mounting
More information can be found on the NotionInk blog as well as TabletRoms where the Alpha resides. A worthwhile note is that the entire project is open-sourced, inviting contribution from the community.
Here is a video showcasing Android 4.0.3 Alpha on the NotionInk Adam.