What tablet is best? ipad, kindle fire, ect.?

Hi, Breah, of course iPad is a much better device that has a larger screen, two cameras, and over 500,000 apps/games in iTunes store. However, it is also much more expensive, heavier and less portable to take with you on the go. Kindle Fire is not a replacement as it is one underpowered device to be called a media tablet. Just released next generation Nook Tablet from Barnes & Noble on the other hand is worth considering. It is $224 if sign up for Barnes & Noble membership or $250 without signup. Not just 11.5 hours battery life but 9 hours of video playback time - that's vs. 8 hours for reading and 7.5 hours of video playback on Kindle Fire (even that 7.5 hours will not hold true in tests, video playback drains battery much more than reading.) 1.0 GB RAM Vs. 512 MB RAM of Kindle Fire, 16 GB content capacity plus 32 GB via microSD card vs. 8 GB capacity of Kindle Fire with no expansion slot. Fully laminated HD screen for reduced glare vs. no lamination of Kindle Fire. Bulit-in and optimized Netflix and Hulu plus with millions of movies/shows vs. 100K movies/shows of Amazon store. Many popular apps in Nook app Store (like Angy Birds, Pandora, QuickOffice, etc.) Nook Tablet has built-in mic for Skype voice conferencing and dictations to speech recognition software and it weights only 14.1 oz. Nook already has Cloud as all eBooks in your online library are stored there as well as downloaded to your device.

Also, If you walk in with the Nook to Barnes & Noble store, you’re allowed to read ANY available eBook for free while in the store via free provided in the store Wi-Fi and you get free technical support in case of issues in any of the store.

In addition, Nooks (since Nook Color) are the darlings of the root'ing community especially because they have microSD slot (not on Kindle Fire or iPad) thus Nooks can be rooted by burning OS image on the microSD card and booting off it without rooting the actual device and voiding the warranty. On Kindle, once you rooted there's no coming back. Rooting could help you overcome that "parent company syndrome"...

You can buy Nook’s at Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Millon, Walmart, BestBuy, Staples, OfficeMax, Fred Mayer, P.C. Richard, Radio Shack, Target, Fry's, etc. stores and web sites.

The iPad. You can access everything you could on any of the other tablets and more. There are reading apps such as iBooks, Google Books, etc, so you can use those (which mostly are free) if you like to read. You can now take pictures with the iPad 2, which also has space for music and recording space (with a built in microphone). It's basically a combo of every tablet or iPod/iPhone out there, making it by far the best tablet.

I have only two complaints; 1. Whenever you are outside or in sunlight, you get a terrible glare and can barely see the screen at all. 2. The price is not cheap since it's such a fantastic device, so it is a little expensive. If your are looking for something more than half the price, I would go to the Kindle Fire. It is also a good device, so that would come to a close second.

Good Luck and Enjoy!

900 bucks could get you any tablet on the market (that i can think of), what you need to do is figure out what is best for you. do you want a full sized USB port (for flash drives/charging phones and such), you mentioned battery, do you want 3g? or gps? do you need a lot of power (cpu), is screen size important? weight? and games are different from games (do you want angry birds? or battlefield 3) these all come into account on your definition of best, make a list of what you want and find something that has all of those.

personally, i am good with where tablets are right now, but they don't have the power i am looking for. i am going to wait another year, when more powerful/better battery tablets come out, and the price drops on the ones out right now.

Definitely the iPad. It has the most features it has a touch screen, camera, microphone, internet, music, games, movies, e.t.c. It also is below your $900 budget. The cheapest one is a 16 gb for $500. The more space, the pricier it gets.

Ipad, absolutely. Because it provides hundred thousand of various applications by app store. You even could get up to 10 hours of battery life when you play really 3D games. Those are other tablets cannot give.

To be honest if you will pay $900 just get the best one possible. You are giving yourself a huge price range. I would recommend the iPad to you, but only because of the price range you gave. I fee like the iPad has a huge amount of features, but is way to pricey.

I like the Amazon Kindle Fire.

I'd go with the iPad. Given the sheer number of apps, there's a lot it can do.

under 900, you should get the overpriced ipad. its got everything you are looking for