Advent Vega

Responsive ; Good browsing experience ; Battery is adequate

No Home button ; Silver buttons are awful ; No Android Market ; Budget features

The Advent Vega is the latest Android-clad touchscreen tablet to take on the Apple iPad.

There are times – web browsing, for instance – when we had to remind ourselves how cheap the Vega is, given its performance lived up to other far more expensive tablets. At other times, the cost-cutting required to hit that price reared its head, with...

It would be kind to explain away the Advent Vega as an over-enthusiastic attempt to get a knock-down price iPad into the hands of the masses in time for Christmas. But this poor copy of Apple’s tablet appears more as another embarrassment to the Dixons...

It's cheap, but the high spec and decent screen make it a good choice - just make sure you install the Mod to get the Market.

It’s unfair to expect perfection in a £250 tablet, and Advent has had to make compromises. You could argue that it’s made them in the right places: a fast processor, capacitive 10.1in screen and support for Android 2.2 make for a decent combination. If...

Whether you'll like the Advent Vega will depend purely on what you intend to use it for. If you want it to be a multi-faceted device, letting you work on the move or download apps whenever you're bored, you'd be better off with the Apple iPad. However,...

Price, snappy web browsing

Rough around the edges, screen ratio better suited for video than reading

Startlingly good value, but with Android minus Google support, you really need to know what you're letting yourself in for

This was a present so im not actually using it myself ,but im told its brilliant once you get it working

It took a lot of working out to get it to download the Android but once it was sorted it was ok