2. Amazon Kindle Fire HD
No doubt about it: Amazon’s newest 7-inch tablet is an enticing deal. The Kindle Fire HD has a 1280-by-800 pixel resolution display. Although this tablet’s bread and butter are ebooks, its dual stereo speakers deliver quality audio for a small device. Amazon’s aggressive pricing is the biggest plus. The Fire HD starts at $199 for 16GB of storage—complete with “special offers” ads. The same model without ads is $214. Its selection doesn’t come close to matching the iPad’s, but it does include the most popular apps, such as Angry Birds, Facebook, Pinterest, and Skype.
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