Concept device : Noate

[gxsaurav]

Following my GSX concept PC, I M presenting Noate, a device for the replacement of copy & paper. I made it quite a long time ago, but presenting just today here in this forum

Noate is a concept device, made specifically to perform only one task, replace the long used copy & paper everywhere.

On first look, Noate will look much like a Tablet PC or Origami like UPMC, but it’s not that, a Tablet PC can do various tasks, it can even play music & video, however a Noate, can only take text input, via a Light Pen, it’s is not supposed to play music or video, it’s not supposed to connect to the internet, for that there are other devices & Noate is made not to compete with them, but to accompany them.

Noate is just half inch thick, & 10 X 8 inch long tablet, much like a paper or conventional notebook we have in school, or offices. It consists of a non reflective, scratch resistant, OLED screen, which acts as the display & the input area, on which the user writes with a light Pen, similar to the method of text input in Tablet PC or PDA for input, Noate, supports 32 bit colours so u can also read PDF on it, which contain images with full glory. The key feature is simplicity, just a notebook, that’s all.

Noate has 4 GB of inbuilt flash memory on which everything is stored, additional memory can be added via USB pen drives, & Memory cards, it supports normal MMC cards. Connectivity is possible by a USB port, as well as Bluetooth 2.0

Noate is not supposed to be standalone; it assumes that you have a PC or Mac at your home, where you can copy all the data & process further. Suppose you are in a college & you took notes for whole day, when you reach home, simply copy the files to your computer & do whatever u want to it.

By default, Noate doesn’t have handwriting recognition enabled, because it makes the writing process slow, u simply write on it & it will save it as such as, without any processing, the handwriting recognition is completed later by the application bundled with Noate which is available for all major operating systems. By default, Noate saves the files in PDF Format, because that’s how u can save your scribbling easily, it can be converted to ODF format, & if the MS office is installed, it can even convert to MS Word format, with the help of the Noate application. U can also convert your MS office documents or images as PDF with the bundled Noate application installed in your PC.

The battery in Noate lasts for 24 hrs. It’s a simple battery used in mobile phones etc, & you can even replace with 3 AAA batteries, if required. Since the power usage of Noate is very low, the battery is quite small in size & dimension, adding to the overall weight of Noate which is only 150 grams, much of which is possible due to the OLED screen, instead or LCD panel. You can turn off Noate or put in sleep, by pressing the buttons on the side.

Noate has no operating system, instead it has a firmware, which is very simple, to make & manage. The CPU of Noate which also acts as the GPU, is custom made, which is sufficient to draw everything on the screen even when scrolling through the pages quickly.

The interface of Noate is also very simple, just a few icons on top, for New, Open etc, & 2 arrows at the bottom for forward & backward page. When u write on Noate, & one page is filled, you simply click on the forward arrow, which switches to the next page, & you cane continue to write. No matter what you write, one page or multiple pages, it’s saved as PDF, your can either write your own name for the file, in which case the input text is on the fly converted to ASCII text, because scribbling cannot be used as file name, or you can set to automatically, name the file, according to the Time & date stamp. Remember, Noate assumes that you will further process the file on your computer

Since Noate is a simple device, it’s cheap to produce, which results in very low cost

Here is a concept render of Noate, all done in 3Ds Max 9. I m refining the materials to be more plastic like

[gauravakaasid]

Kool idea saurav.......

[iMav]

how abt having a wireless transmission to other devices ... though a concept it will certainly be a nice feature

[gxsaurav]

@mav3

I have included bluetooth 2.0 EDR, that is enough to transfer PDFs to & from Noate

[iMav]

then its really a good competition for the iball ka inote product .... its also got imaging ....

[gxsaurav]

inote from iball is for writing in PC, like u draw on it & it draws on coreldraw or illustrator cs2

Noate is a copy, u write on it, & save is a paper (PDF)

[GunshotSilence]

i balls's take note is the device like ur "concept" which has been already launched in the marked to replace pen and paper and costs 9000/-

its wucom tablet (see digit's A-list in March issue) which is suposed to be used in illustrator or photoshop to draw by hand. its also called a digitiser

[tarey_g]

I think carrying a tablet PC will be a smarter thing compared to carrying this concept device.

[gxsaurav]

gunshot silence & tary

what iBall has relesed is a device which needs a computer to "save" files to & read. This is a self contained device with it's own memory. It doesn't need any computer to work, just for syncing.

Carrying a tablet PC is good, but it is costly. Noate does only one thing & does it best,....resulting in a very low cost