Next week, Dixons Currys will start selling a £249 Android Tablet, the Advent Vega, according to Engadget.
The 10″ screen has a 1024 x 600 resolution which is very similar to the iPad’s 9.7″ 1024 x 768 screen. However unlike the iPad, the Vega comes with a 1.3 megapixel camera and a microSD slot. It also has 802.11g wifi, a 3G SIM card slot and 512MB RAM and ROM.
This is an unsubsidised price, so you might even be able to get it free in the future with a 3G contract.
It looks interesting.
However…
Let’s just hope that it performs better than the Next tablet.
1.3MP camera? Is this 1996?
I’m afraid that I agree with John. Better no camera at all than one that is of little use. I’d say the same about the ‘face time’ camera on iPhone 4 which I also believe to be 1.3mp but at least the main camera is decent.
The other bits sound ok though. All of them missing from my iPad.
David
Could be interesting, especially as I’m developing an Android app to produce live charts during meetings etc