My wife has a Kindle HD Fire which she absolutely loves. It is way more than a reader. She uses it to surf the net, watch movies on Netflix, check and compose email, play games and listen to radio (via Tunein). Cost is about $200 for the small version. Sharp screen and decent sound.
Although I am a Mac guy, my darling daughter gave me her Samsung Galaxy 7.0 Tab, which she got as a gift and never used because she already has an iPad and is happy with it. I am hoping to find the time to learn how to use the little sucker because it is a nifty little machine — smooth graphics and all that.
The problem is that Android is just close enough to Mac iOS to seem familiar, but different enough to where I haven’t gotten anything to work right yet. I really want to be able to download eBooks. Tokyo is the ass end of nowhere when it comes to current English bestsellers — and I hope to be able to download old TV shows and stuff to watch while I am working out.
Oh well. I’m sure I’ll figure it out eventually.