Feature Packed Vega Android Tablet Coming to UK for $395
The Vega, a Tegra 2-powered Android tablet, has had a long and painful birth, but it looks as if it is just about to see the light of day. First shown off in November 2009, back when we were still calling the iPad the “Apple Tablet”, the Vega should soon be on sale in the UK, for a bargain-priced £250 ($395).
To be sold in the UK by the Dixons Group (in PC World and Currys stores), the Vega is incredibly well appointed for the price. At it’s heart is a 1GHz Nvidia T20 Tegra 2 processor and a 10.1-inch capacitive 1024 x 600 touch-screen. Then things get ridiculous: A micro SD-card slot (with 4GB card supplied), 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, 3G-ready SIM-slot, a microphone, Bluetooth, 1.3-megapixel webcam and a battery which will play n1080p video for up to six and a half hours.
There is also a 1.5-Watt speaker, a USB-port and even and HDMI-port. The OS is Android 2.2 Froyo, and the RAM is 512MB, with 1GB option. Whew.
But it’s bound to be junk, right? How could they make it so cheap, with so many things packed inside? Well, take a look at this video and you’ll see that it actually runs pretty well:
Pretty amazing, huh? Apart from that awful keyboard, I mean. Without any official announcement of pricing and availability, we’ll have to wait and see if that figure is really correct. The Vega will sell under the Advent brand, which is just a rebadging for Dixon’s stores (the original MSI Wind netbook was also sold under the Advent brand, for instance). This appears to be the same Vega that was announced by Converged Devices all those months ago.
It’s been a while but, with this and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab due very soon, the competition for the iPad is starting to arrive. That’s good for everyone: iPad haters get alternatives, and iPad lovers benefit from Apple’s response to competition.
Advent Android tablets set to hit the Dixons Group stores shortly [Android Modaco Forums]
See Also:
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