Recommendations on a Tablet, Thin laptop, etc.?

This discussion might help.

http://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=506461&posts=19&page=1

I have a kindle fire HD which I adore.  The battery life is really good and I can download a full season worth of a TV show with space to spare although to be honest I have no idea how much storage it has.  You can put movies etc on the amazon cloud then download when you want them on teh device, put them back when you are not using them.  Works for me at least

So there are a ton of options when it comes to tablets and the others have given you lots of options to choose from.  I always tell people to go by brand quality and then aesthetics, because they're all pretty much the same after that. 

If you need to use it as a computer as well as watching movies then a tablet will not foot the bill.  A tablet is nothing more than a bigger phone as far as applications running on it, so you'll have a lot of trouble trying to do many work tasks.

If you do need the laptop functionality then I'd recommend looking at some convertible ones that do both tablet and laptop mode.  There are some cheezy ones out there, so be careful.  

We sell a ton of Lenovo Yoga 13's because they are very durable and relatively inexpensive.  I bought one for my son when he went off to college.  It's made it through one semester without a hitch, so that should be a ringing endorsement for durability.  

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/yoga/yoga-13/

I still love my Asus Transformer Infinity.  It's a tablet with a convenient keyboard for typing emails and such, it's very thin, and has great battery life (especially with the keyboard battery).

I just bought my husband a Galaxy Tab for Christmas, and while we LOVE it, I would not recommend it for long battery life while playing movies, which would be an issue for using it for entertainment while traveling.  

i knew he'd use it mostly at home and school so battery life was not a big concern for us.  the battery life is fine for web browsing, reading ebooks, some games, just video seems to drain it.

My iPad Mini currently has about that much video stored on it and has around half of its capacity left. (32GB version.)

Capacity wise, you could store LOTS more on an older iPod, but only some of us can stand to stare at the little screens on the Classics for extended periods.  I've watched movies on the Classic in the past, but the Mini I think is a good size and fair capacity.

I have an Ipad and love it just for what it is.  Sort of a fun thing.  For production?  I don't see it since it's difficult to transfer files from my PC's at work and Home.

SO, I have been looking (for fun) for something else.

I'm not sure what your carrier is, but Sprint is offering a Galaxy Tab 3 for FIFTY BUCKS!  It's the size of an Ipad mini and great for my work applications.  I can even CAD on it.  You also have to pay $15 bucks a month for 2gb of data transfer.  That is plenty if you utilize the WiFi most of the time.