I personally use a Ipad 2, but I live a Apple life...MacBook,Iphone,Nano. I carry my tablet with me to most places because it easier to carry than my laptop.
If you don't want to spend a lot of money and you just want to browse the web,mail,social media,watch Netflix and Hulu and read books consider the Kindle Fire HD
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