What is the Padpivot made of?The main body is made of durable ABS plastic. The edges are TPE (rubber) which is both grippy and protective so your tablet or pad will not be scratched or marked.  |
Lots of people got interested in Adam because of his promising new type of screen: the PixelQI. That screen has the particularity to act like a normal LCD-screen indoor and to be very readable outdoors, in the bright sunlight. This is where you will see your Adam working in it's full glory. One thing is sure: outdoor means more risks! You'll have to protect your valuable item like no-other.
That's where Goliath Adamant Pro™ comes to the rescue. This, still under development, case is your best friend to protect your Adam ... and it's clever too!
The Goliath Adamant Pro™ can be used in three ways:
1) Santoprene or TPU only cover (material hasn't been decided on yet) which is also called the "SecondSkin": This material gives us higher impact resistance, less compression, and it wont cut or tear. It's intended as a basic protection for our Adams, with the added perk of screen protection. The latter is done by elevating the corners of the SecondSkin to just above the screen. If you were to lay the Adam flat face down, the screen will never touch the surface.
2) SecondSkin + Polypro Outer Shell: The Polypro is durable and flexible and it tightly wraps around the SecondSkin. The combination of the two will dissipate impacts across the SecondSkin like a bike helmet does.
3) SecondSkin + Polypro Outer Shell + Lid: You can click off the lid and turn it around so you can either use it as a stand or fold it double for comfort, like you would be holding a magazine. If the lid is closed it protects and closes off all ports including speakers. When open all ports become accessible. Special care has been taken to allow the speakers to perform as they should with the case open.
In it's full glory, the Goliath Adamant Pro™ adds 4mm to each side of your adam, which considering the protection it delivers, isn't all that much. If all goes well the Adamant Pro™ should be in production by the end of April. Other models are also lined up for production: The Goliath Colossus™ will be Impact, Dust, and Water proof, a still nameless slimmer profile case and possibly even an EMP protection suite that will fit around the Goliath Adamant Pro™.
But now, who the hell is My Ditto? http://www.my-ditto.com/ (Dane Elec)
Well this year Adam was quite popular on CES, but last year somebody won the award for best innovation: The My Ditto from Dane-Elec. It's a NAS (Network Attached Storrage device) . What makes it so special? Well it's a hard-disk, actually two hard-discs are possible (2nd one to copy the first: RAID 0-1) max 2x2T connected to your router by Ethernet-cable and actually NO software to install. Instead you get 2 USB-keys, that you just have to plug in a computer to get access to your hard disk with a password. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOUR COMPUTER IS LOCATED AT HOME OR AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD !!! As long as you have Internet-access, the key does the rest.
"But... won't that only work on a PC or a MAC ?!" Of course not, it was a "best innovation" winner remember ? It runs on pretty much any OS. Even on our Android devices! Simply get the FREE Android App and you'll be able to access the drives from your Adam, anywhere, anytime!
Now, can you imagine that when you're going on vacation and are taking lots of pictures, you'll be looking at them on your Adam PQi 3G ? But then you'll have the added luxury of immediately storing them safely on your hard-disk... at home! You simply have permanent access to all your media. Of course at home it backups all your computers connected to your router and supports VPN, Itunes, Ftp,....stream everything to your mediaplayer, XBOX or PS3. Only thing you'll have to get, is a decent 3G carrier subscription that won't make you bankrupt for when you don't have a normal wifi connection available. ;)So when put together for outdoor use, I think we can truly speak of a very remarkable trio.
