PDA Essentials UK Reviews the Vega

PDA Essentials a UK magazine has reviewed the Raon Digital Vega, and they gave the little unit 7 out of 10, beating the OQO, which only scored 5 out of 10.

Things they liked about the Vega:
1. Size.
2. Battery life.
3. The d-pad.
4. Navigation buttons.
5. USB client mode.

Things they disliked about the Vega:
1. Lack of in-built Bluetooth and WiFi.
2. No in-built VGA out (although this is achieved via the supplied dongle).

All-in-all they liked the unit and said "it's more than suitable for office and email use, especially given the impressive battery life."

I have to say I agree with their findings, and the only other thing I would like to see on the Vega is a qwerty keypad.

I have scanned the review page which is available here.

The review unit was supplied by PocketPC Solutions, and is priced at £579.99, which the reviewer said was "not unappealing".

Updated Vega User Guide

To go with the new Vega Utility Program, Raon have released an updated user manual, which lists the new features.

The manual is available here.

New Vega Utility Program V1.22.01

This news is a little late, but Raon Digital have released an update to the Vega Utility Program.

The improvements are:

- new virtual scale down resolution 1024x576 and 1024x612 to lcd resolution.

- enabled actual monitor change from/to internal lcd screen to/from external monitor by hot key (press left bottom side 2 BOX keys and LCD/9 key simulaneously).

- enabled external screen keyboard program.

- enabled external pivot program.

The utility can be downloaded from Raon's website or here.

New Vega in the pipe-line

Many of you may have seen speculation on the web that there is a new Vega in development, with integrated Bluetooth and WiFi. The good news is, and I have this on good authority, that this is correct, and there is more good news, as the new unit will also include the new AMD LX900 processor. I understand there is no release date yet, but my sources have indicated that we may see the new unit by the summer. When the new unit is announced look out for some surprise features, although do not expect to see Vista on this unit :(

AMD gives a boost to the Geode LX

Over at Origami Portal there is news of a new AMD processor that that should find its way into the next Vega. Check out origamiportal for more information.

jkOnTheRun review: Raon Digital Vega

Check out jk's Vega review here http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2007/01/jkontherun_revi_2.html#more

Sorry about the lack of posts

Hi everyone

Sorry about the lack of posts on MyVega, but I have been busy working on a project. 2007 looks to be a great year for the UMPC market, and hopefully we will see some great things from Raon Digital and their Vega.