Advent Vega 10" Tablet PC back on Currys E-Bay @ £129.97

mrmclark

Hi

Searched but couldnt find on the boards

Currys Ebay are selling these at £129. The models are refurbished but when delivered are basically brand new with a 6 month warranty. i have had one for a year and you cant break them.

Link for ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Advent-Vega-Refurbished-Internet-Tablet-/130582310469?pt=UK_iPad_Tablet_Accessories&hash=item1e674fee45

The product is that good currys have up their price

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/advent-vega-tablet-pc-4-gb-08258762-pdt.html?srcid=867&cmpid=comp~Google~Computing~08258762&istCompanyId=bec25c7e-cbcd-460d-81d5-a25372d2e3d7&istItemId=qiiiqxm&istBid=t

Would make a very good christmas present. Plus its a lot cheaper than a ipad.

k599rag

mrmclark wrote: »

Hi

Would make a very good christmas present. Plus its a lot cheaper than a ipad.

Cheaper yes, better or anywhere near as good no. Wait for the Amazon Fire to come out if you want a cheap tablet. Anything with Android 2.2 (which is not designed for Tablets) will be OK for web browsing, but not much else.

If u can wait a few months, i would wait and see what the Fire's reviews and prices are.

Enterprise_1701C

Unless of course you flash it with Modaco's vegacomb rom! Don't have one myself, but have heard it is a very good little machine once it has been flashed.

Rich44_2

k599rag wrote: »

Cheaper yes, better or anywhere near as good no. Wait for the Amazon Fire to come out if you want a cheap tablet. Anything with Android 2.2 (which is not designed for Tablets) will be OK for web browsing, but not much else.

If u can wait a few months, i would wait and see what the Fire's reviews and prices are.

Fire is primarily going to be tied into Amazons cloud services it's not going to be a naked Android device and as such it's going to be severely hobbled in what you can probably do with it unless you flash it of course.

If you're after a budget tablet it's one of these or a Hannspad then flash and it's as good as an ipad if you're not bothered about the whole itunes/ipad/iphone user experience and in at least one instance it's better

Aidy

611 sold; just 14 left - be quick if interested ...

Bella_b

k599rag wrote: »

Cheaper yes, better or anywhere near as good no. Wait for the Amazon Fire to come out if you want a cheap tablet. Anything with Android 2.2 (which is not designed for Tablets) will be OK for web browsing, but not much else.

If u can wait a few months, i would wait and see what the Fire's reviews and prices are.

I'm waiting for Fire to be released but there is speculation on Amazon Uk forums that it may never be released in the UK!

mrmclark

i flashed mine and its now running honeycomb. Believe me you wont get better for your money.

kipper641

mrmclark wrote: »

i flashed mine and its now running honeycomb. Believe me you wont get better for your money.

Second that
Easy to flash and the developers just keep improving it.
No its not an Ipad, but its a quarter of the price and does what it does well.
Bought mine a year ago from the second batch and not had a problem with it, reading ebooks , surfing watching movies etc.

Even her indoors who is usually at a loss with tech has strted doing her online banking and e mails on it.
Sure you could wait for the Fire but the Vega is here NOW.

Keith

mrmclark

Well said Keith

Plus currys have increased the price to £229 from £200

Aidy

These sold really quickly recently.

10" tablet pc, which can (if you know what you are doing) be 'flashed' to the latest Android operating system which is designed especially for tablet PCs.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Advent-Vega-Refurbished-Internet-Tablet-/120799059414?pt=UK_iPad_Tablet_Accessories&hash=item1c202f5dd6

There is another thread covering this or google vegacomb

kalico

Thanks for the link.

Is there any thread which details what to look for in a tablet and whether they might be better than a netbook for certain applications?