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your shopping is over and you can buy an iPad. If you’re more interested
in Android, you’ll need to narrow down your choices from a growing
field of tablets.
If you’re looking for a budget-friendly tablet and plan to do a lot of
e-book reading, you may want to consider Amazon’s Kindle Fire. Although
the first generation Kindle was marketed primarily as an e-book reader,
the second generation Fire supports web browsing, email and gaming.
The Kindle Fire’s seven-inch screen makes it easier to tote than a full-size
tablet. It doesn’t have a camera or Bluetooth support (useful if you want to
stream video to an HDTV), but at $199, it’s half the price of the iPad. The
Kindle provides access to more than 100,000 movies and TV shows to rent
or buy on Amazon.com, as well as free streaming for more than 10,000
titles. The Apple Store also offers tens of thousands of movies and shows
for sale but has no free streaming program.
If you’re looking for an Android tablet that more closely resembles an
iPad, some of the top models currently available are the Samsung Galaxy
Tab, the Asus Transformer Pad, the Toshiba Thrive and the Sony Tablet
S. These tablets come in a variety of sizes and range in price from $345
to $545. They include many of the features available on the iPad as well
as some additional features like detachable keyboards on some models.
There are also windows based tablets and many are anxiously awaiting the
launch of Microsoft’s Surface TM tablet expected later this month. You can
find complete reviews and price comparisons for these tablets and more
on leading tech websites like PCMag.com and CNET.com (which were
used as sources for this article). ■
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