I decided to do this 2 weeks ago. I bought what was rated a very good one, but when I got home and set it up, it was too limited. I went back first thing next morning and exchanged up to an iPad. I like that it can download from any internet book store, Kindle, iBooks etc...
Plus I can get most of my iphone apps on it without paying for them again. And it takes pics and lets me play on the internet with wifi. For $20/mo I got my iphone to work as a hotspot, so I didnt need to pay the extra hundreds for the net enabled version or contract that is needed.
Those storm pics I posted from my vacation were taken from the iPad,
through a window.
When needed, I download pics to my laptop and start over. Its a lot more room than I expected. Now I'm looking for the geniuses to come up with way to all an external drive or memory card reader
through the antenna hole. Someone has to have something that will work.