A friend and I went looking at the lay of the land so to speak and in the 7 inch market the Nexus 7 and Samsung 7 inch were neck and neck. He was concerned about memory so the Samsung wins that round and was quite cheap here.
"Samsung - Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 - 8GB - White SM-T210RZWYXAR $139.99"
The comment I read at http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/samsung-galaxy-tab-3/4505-3126_7-35755712.html is good and typical.
For me I'd ignore the memory slot issue (which I did) and get the current Nexus 7 32GB which still beats your price point by about half.
Bob
I want to be able to Skype, Facebook, read email, download books, play games. TV and movies are not top priorities, but okay if it comes ready for that. Budget is right around $400-450, less would be better though. One thing, the lack of a USB port on the iPad bothers me, although I don't know if I would use that, but what if? Also, I probably won't be purchasing a data package, will only be used via WIFI.

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