Comments on: Advent Vega review

By: Steve Gianolio-Jones

Steve Gianolio-Jones — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:01:00 +0000

Bought two of these from PCWorld for my kids for Christmas. out of the box they were impressed enough with them, but then they worked out how to put VegaComb on (version of Honeycomb) and its brilliant. Far more responsive screen and colours. Runs all games well, including the new FLCommando. FIlms, music and Android Market added on Vegacomb too. Excellent value for money. Would certainly recommend, but upgrade to Vegacomb is a must!

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:18:52 +0000

I picked up on last week from PC World in Bristol (I went in to buy an Archos 10.1). First thing I did was download and installed the MoDoCo thing, then from the standard Android Marketplace I installed Go Launcher EX (which fixes the orientation lock on the homescreen and allows you to alter the dock contents at the bottom) and the standard apps I have on my Android phone (Pulse, Evernote, Google Apps, etc).
I've not tried out HDMI yet, but so far the device is great. Looking forward to getting Dock next and a decent small keyboard.

By: Zo

Zo — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:15:40 +0000

Hiya Steve. I got mine today. Can you give me a bit more info in where you found the games and apps. Which site did you use. things. Thanks

By: Zas2809

Zas2809 — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:59:54 +0000

Ohhh you are so lucky! PC world took my order last Saturday but cant say when it will be delivered I have been looking at apps in ready for when i receive it and from what i can see I can get all i want.

By: Steveu

Steveu — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:36:44 +0000

I've got one, and have all the apps I need (I'm no expert but found it easy to get them) – Angry Birds, Google Maps, Google StreetMap etc, you don't need any shortcuts as all websites can be bookmarked like youtube, twitter etc. iplayer works brilliantly, and so does the music player, video player and photo slideshow options. All in all worth every penny!

By: bensillis

bensillis — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:56:15 +0000

I think the Vega's screen resolutions is maxed out already unfortunately.

By: bensillis

bensillis — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:55:25 +0000

Hi Wesley - while it's easy to do if you know where to look, the fact is it's not what the Vega offers out of the box. This is what we have to base our review on, since so many people who will end up buying the device will never have heard of modaco or xda-developers. Note also that I didn't write "only" £180, but instead said it was a "lot", but still worth it for those who are looking for a great tablet experience without any computer knowledge required.

But hey, if you know how to put the official Google Android apps on there, crak on, you'll get a lot more from the Vega.

Cheers!
Ben

By: coolbeans

coolbeans — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:38:39 +0000

I would go for an ipad if it supported Flash but it does not and has too many restrictions with apps. I lot of websites use Flash and if you want a tablet computer for web surfing and to replace a laptop or desktop the ipad is not an option (not for me anyway). For example, the ipad does not support iplayer or other media streaming services like Napster music, and many news sites include Flash video. I own an ipod touch hand it's great for games. If you want a games tablet then the ipad wins hands down. If you want more than a games tablet then Android will always win in my opinion.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:45:29 +0000

See above post. In Derby PC World. No good to me but could be to you. As of 4,15pm today

By: zoe

zoe — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:44:13 +0000

Just been into our small PC World and they tell me the only store that has it in stock is in Derby. Not sure if that is any hellp to anyone, but thought i would post it just in case. This was at 4.15pm today when the told me this.