Originally Posted by
NC_Girl
ummm..... I think my post may have been too long for anyone to actually read (especially the part where I stated no apple) so, unless I can sync my music to an iPad without a computer, and without using iTunes, iPads are out. Any other suggestions?
Or they're just Apple fanbois.
Some interesting recommendations. For what you actually describe you might want to have a look at the 8.9 inch Kindle Fire HD. There's the wifi version for ~$270 and the LTE connected version for ~$400 (plus carrier data charges). I don't own one, but I've used one a wee bit over the last few months and it's nice. Nothing spectacular except that it just works.
HTC, MSI, and Sony all do nice tablets that would probably fit the bill, although the HTC crews through battery. Much as I hate to say it, the MS Surface Pro would also fit the bill for what you describe.