The Advent Vega was released to a storm of good reviews (including one from us here at Electricpig). It was a cheap, basic Android tablet that worked. Then it all went a bit wonky as the Flash plugin turned out not to be properly certified by Adobe, and so Advent had to yank the Vega’s Flash skills from then on – a pity, since it worked just fine in our testing.
There’s now a download available for people who ended up with an Advent Vega sans Flash, but there’s a new version of the Advent Vega with certified Flash pre-installed too. The difference? A fiver. That’s for the inconvenience of having to plug in and download an update when you get home. Fair or not? Read on…
When we asked about the difference, a spokesperson for PC World told us: “The Vega had issues with Flash and we had versions that were sold without Flash pre-installed, so what we’re doing is selling through at a discounted rate of £5 off, and when they’re sold out it’ll be back to the £249.99 price.”
