thetonestarr said:
For budget, go with an Amazon Kindle Fire. It has all sorts of power behind it; and if you want more functions, you can easily flash it with different firmware to unlock all sorts of abilities. XDA-developers.com is the place to go to learn about that.
For things that REALLY rival the iPad in function, though, I recommend going with an ASUS Eee Pad Transformer. These suckers are easily the best tablets out there function-wise; the iPad has them beat for support, though (but I haven't seen a single moment where that's been an issue).
There are three models out - the original Eee Pad Transformer, with 16 or 32GB onboard storage plus expandable MicroUSB on the system itself and the keyboard add-on has an original SD card slot on it (so you can expand up to 64GB extra space over what the system has by default). Has 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor and 1GB RAM. 5MP back camera, 1.3MP front camera. Display is 1280x800 (just a bit above 720p).
Then there's the Eee Pad Transformer Prime. All the same features of the original Transformer, but it's either 32 or 64GB, has a 1.3GB Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor, and the front camera is 8MP. Display is the same.
Finally, there's the Transformer Pad Infinity. 1.6GHz quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 (WiFi model), or 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm MSM 8260A/8960 Snapdragon S4 (3G / 4G model). Display is 1920 x 1200 (just a bit above 1080p). Has the same storage specs as the Prime, front camera is now 2MP (back one is still 8MP), and it's thinner and lighter than the new iPad.
Here's a good page for comparing the best tablets against the new iPad: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/07/new-ipad-competition-specs/
I own the original Transformer, with the keyboard add-on, and I LOVE it. I've handled iPads, but I absolutely 100% think this is vastly superior.
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