We have been checking PC World and Dixons pretty much every hour of every day since the Advent Vega Android tablet was announced last month, waiting for the hot-sounding Nvidia Tegra 2 Android tablet to go on sale.
And as of this morning it’s possible to buy the Vega, with both PC World and Dixons letting online shoppers have the thing for home delivery. It is a momentous day. Remember what computer you were sitting at.
PC World and Dixons are part of the same group, so there’s no point shopping around – they’re the only retailers that’ll be stocking the Advent Vega. If you want one, better be quick – pent up demand for these is HUGE. Full tech specs of the Vega are here, if you need a quick refresh. Thanks to Mr Chaz for the tip.
UPDATE:
Sorry about this, but…
All gone in the first two hours. Starting to think we’re being TOYED WITH :(
The Panasonic Eluga marks the company’s return to the European mobile phone scene years after several years of absence, and it’s come back to us with a moderately high-spec Android model that features a rather stylish, slim case.
The HTC One V is HTC’s third entry in its high-profile new HTC One range, offering a smaller 3.7″ display running on a single-core 1GHz processor. It is is very much the “affordable” option in HTC’s newest Android series, but…
The HTC One S is the piggy in the middle of HTC’s 2012 line-up, offering a 4.3″ AMOLED display inside a very slim and stylish aluminium chassis. The end result is a phone that’s very, very slim and stylish.
HTC’s new quad-core monster, the 4.7″ flagship for 2012 that introduces the Tegra 3 processor to mobile phones, updates HTC’s range to Android 4.0 and brings us the supposedly streamlined version 4.0 of HTC’s Sense user interface.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
Bristolboy
/ November 19, 2010Could always use voucher codes/cashback sites to get a further dicount. Reckon it would be possible to knock at least £20 off doing this.
Bristolboy
/ November 19, 2010Both sites now show it as being unavailable – surely it hasn’t sold out that quickly?
Gary C
/ November 19, 2010I suspect it did. I also suspect Dixons/PC World weren’t ready for a few thousand Android geeks all trying to buy it in the first 45 minutes of being on sale.
“You got another van load of them Vegas, Dave?”
Sponge Finge
/ November 19, 2010I’d rather eat mouldy cork than buy anything from Dixons group.
Alf
/ November 19, 2010careful you don’t choke
sgruffalo
/ November 19, 2010The PC World website now lists this product as unavailable! Does this mean that they have sold out already or that it was listed as available for home delivery by mistake?!
Gary C
/ November 19, 2010I’ve had a couple of messages from people that paid for it and got order numbers, so it looks like it did actually launch.
angie gardner
/ November 19, 2010hi i orderd the advent vega earlier and got an order no. but later went to check my order status and it said that high demand and outa stock thingy so i called them up they looked up their comps and said they were short of 9 mvega’s for people that ordered earlier but they’d be getting more in phone back nxt wk :-(
Fanaticus
/ November 19, 2010The product was available… for brief minutes…
But, how can I buy this from outside UK?
Both sites require UK credit cards and UK addresses… so bad, bad lama…
MrChaz
/ November 19, 2010“Due to unprecedented demand we have sold out and will be back in stock next week”
Well that serves me right for dithering doesn’t it.
matt
/ November 19, 2010i bought one this morning from Curries (same group)
use the code 10POUND and it will reduce the price by….you guessed £10!
i got my order number acknowledgement.
back in stock next week so have another go
mark
/ November 19, 2010Can anyone who was lucky enough to get one confirm hdmi, usb or market, those are what would make this a sure buy
Miker
/ November 23, 2010I managed to get the Folio 100 the night before it went on sale at PC World… Was the first (so i was told) to contact Toshiba support re: flash not supported etc… it went back after 2 weeks as the kind manager at PC World let me play with it for a while. I did in fact want the Vega but settled for the Folio as I wanted it for a project.
I am not so sure if it did go on sale…I called PC world 5/6 days ago… I was told its on the website ready to ship… the very next day I was told by another that it had been withdrawn before it went on sale… I had been right on top of this and I would like to see more pictures… perhaps the date screen shot of the day they got it.