1 of one of the most exciting items from CES 2010 last month was Idea Ink’s Adam tablet, the Android-based slate utilizing the latest-gen NVIDIA Tegra chipset and Pixel Qi’s innovative low-power display. The company had brought along a prototype they could exclusively show us, and now they’ve sent more than renders of what’s likely to become the final Adam style complete with some mockups of a SlashGear digital magazine. And, since Apple’s long-awaited entrant to the tablet arena -the iPad- has since created its debut, we also asked Idea Ink just how Adam holds up to the new competition.

The short answer is “very well indeed”. Particularly of note may be the battery existence; Notion Ink CEO Rohan Shravan highlighted Apple’s “Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music” [emphasis ours] estimates for the iPad, and pointed out that, thanks to Tegra’s frugality, the similar Apple hardware with the NVIDIA chip could run for 2-3x longer than the iPad manages. That is prior to you factor in the Adam’s Pixel Qi display, which stretches out the longevity even more, and of program Tegra is capable of outputting 1080p HD video whereas the iPad maxes out at 576p/480p via its optional component cable.

Interestingly – and hitherto unannounced – Notion Ink are apparently considering two versions of Adam for release, one of which could measure 12.9mm thick and the other 11.6mm; in contrast, the iPad is 13.4mm. The organization wouldn’t say what the difference between the two units might be, but contemplating much from the bulk of the tablet is from the Pixel Qi panel we’re wondering if they’re also searching at a slimmer LCD version. That could potentially be cheaper again, despite providing much better battery existence than the iPad. Of program, that’s just our speculation right now, and Idea Ink themselves are only contemplating the two models.

Shravan also tells us that Notion Ink’s digital content partnerships are progressing swiftly, and that the Adam will launch with digital magazines, ebooks and comics from some significant collaborators. No names we can share correct now, but there’ll be more information at Mobile Planet Congress 2010 following week. There, they’ll also be demonstrating the Adam operating Flash, again some thing the iPad can’t manage.

Finally, the organization has told us that it are going to be running an Apps Competition, similar to Google’s Android Developer Challenge, to encourage software program developed for that Adam tablet. Details of the Idea Ink competition haven’t been finalized as yet, but we’re told the prize fund will come in at over $1m. We’ll be talking to them much more about it in Barcelona next week.

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