14 DAY TRIAL // Just about everyone's been surprised by the huge level of success enjoyed by the Advent Vega Internet tablet powered by NVIDIA's Tegra 2 chipset and running the Android 2.2 operating system, but it looks like its popularity is not without a reason.
So, it seems that the guys over at Slashgear were lucky enough to take this thing for a spin, and actually found it to be fairly worthy, at least at a first sight, especially taking into account its very low price point, compared to some of the other products available out there.
Given the very low price point, it should come as no surprise that the Advent Vega's sales package only includes a handful of accessories, namely an AC adapter, USB cable and quick-start guide, accompanied by an SD card adapter, but there are quite enough in order to ensure a normal functioning level.
Moving on to the tablet itself, it seems that the Advent Vega is not exactly the slimmest tablet around, its 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen that delivers 1024 x 600 pixels resolution requiring a pretty hefty bezel.
In fact, according to Slashgear's preliminary conclusions, it seems that the display is actually plagued by some pretty serious issues as far as the viewing angles are concerned, with all sorts of strange colors and hues when looking at the device from various angles.
On the other hand, it would seem that the Advent Vega's Tegra 2 chipset helps the tablet run quite smoothly, in just about any application.
Unfortunately, another side-effect of the low price point is represented by the lack of direct access to the Android Market.
Of course, this issue can be easily solved by running certain custom ROMs available online, but the lack of native support for Google's applications is, nevertheless, a bit troublesome.
All in all, we'll have to say that the first impressions regarding the Advent Vega are a bit mixed, but we'll just have to wait and see what happens next.