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dapriuk · 04-16-2011, 04:24 PM

I use the Advent Vega (aka WSL XVision) with Droid Comic viewer, Aldiko and Adobe Reader to read cbr comics, epub and PDF documents. Zooming works just like with any other app using the Android nerve pinch.

It has a 10" colour LCD display, supports micro-SD cards and runs a restricted version of Android 2.2 though I have updgraded it to use the MoDaCo firmware to full Andoid and so access the Market apps.

The viewing angles are a bit narrow, it has WLAN but not 3G cellular, and the charge lasts aroound 10 hours but it is good enough for what I need it for which is to read documents. It costs £250 in the UK but I don't know what its availability or cost is elsewhere.

I did ponder getting an iPad as I feel the 4:3 format display is more suited than the now prevalent widescreen format to documents, but the SD card support, the straightforward way of managing document files and the open nature of the environment and apps convinced me to go with the Android tablet

Good luck finding something.

04-16-2011, 04:24 PM	#6
dapriuk Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 160 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: UK Device: Sony PRS-505, Lenovo X61 tablet PC, Advent Vega Android tablet	I use the Advent Vega (aka WSL XVision) with Droid Comic viewer, Aldiko and Adobe Reader to read cbr comics, epub and PDF documents. Zooming works just like with any other app using the Android nerve pinch. It has a 10" colour LCD display, supports micro-SD cards and runs a restricted version of Android 2.2 though I have updgraded it to use the MoDaCo firmware to full Andoid and so access the Market apps. The viewing angles are a bit narrow, it has WLAN but not 3G cellular, and the charge lasts aroound 10 hours but it is good enough for what I need it for which is to read documents. It costs £250 in the UK but I don't know what its availability or cost is elsewhere. I did ponder getting an iPad as I feel the 4:3 format display is more suited than the now prevalent widescreen format to documents, but the SD card support, the straightforward way of managing document files and the open nature of the environment and apps convinced me to go with the Android tablet Good luck finding something.