Advent Vega Tablet Finally Selling Again

After not one but two episodes of getting sold out within hours of becoming available, the Advent Vega tablet has once again become available for home delivery, though it is quite possible that another near-instant sell-out episode will occur.

Back in November, the ARM-based Advent Vega slate became available, only to end up out of stock before many even had a chance to learn it was selling.

Then, just a couple of days ago, the exact same thing happened, only it is possible that the inventory was exhausted even quicker.

Now, it seems that the slate has been caught while still available for order and, thus, home delivery, through PC World's website.

Those consumers that need an update or reminder will want to know that the device is built around the NVIDIA Tegra 2 SoC (system-on-chip).

Said chip has support for multimedia, including Flash playback, and has an LCD (liquid crystal display) to put said feature set to use.

Also, the screen has a native resolution of 1,024 x 600 pixels and a diagonal of 10.1 inches, which puts the exact measurements of the slate at 275 x 178 x 13.6 mm.

Of course, for storage purposes, Advent put in some Flash chips, with a total capacity of 512MB, though one may add many more gigabytes via the microSD card slot.

Needless to say, the full range of connectivity and I/O options are present, the list being made up of, among other things, HDMI, 802.11 b/g WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1.

What's more, in order to take advantage of the high-quality multimedia support, an HDMI port will let the slate stream video to auxiliary displays.

Finally, all the hardware is kept operational by a 2-cell battery. And the product has a price tag of £249, which can be seen as a sort of equivalent to $389.

This price is the main reason why it has been so successful, since it is quite accessible as far as tablet prices go (the cheapest iPad, for instance, is £429).