I don't want to repeat the long discussion about media encoding but what I've seeing are folk expecting these tablets to play whatever you can on a PC. Nothing is farther from reality.
The iPad is a little better at this as you funnel most content through iTunes and it can re-encode content (sometimes) and if you get content from the store, it's encoded properly which makes some folk think it's a better player.
And a runner up is the Kindle Fire. It's not that expensive compared to the others and with Amazon Prime you get a lot of content.
About the media card. With streaming and more, that idea is losing ground.
Bob
Been thinking of getting a tablet for a few weeks now and am having trouble deciding between the iPad and the galaxy tab. I've played around with the Note and I quite like the tablet (not sure how different the note is to the galaxy tab other then the specs and a flashy stylus), but it's a little out of my price range, however I have some reservations about the galaxy tab. I currently own an android phone, the HTC One X and have some disappointing issues with it and because of that I am uncertain if it want to invest in an Android tablet, although I am beginning to think it's an issue with HTC, not Android.
I intend to use the tablet for reading e-books, music, browsing and maybe the occasional video. The one of the problems I have with my HTC is getting media on to the phone. I know you can mount them like a disc drive but I used HTC's own manager which is utterly horrible, which is one of the reasons why the iPad seems to be a better as iTunes is a lot easier to use as it's left a bad stain on my experience with android.
With the Samsung, I like being able to add more storage through the use of SD card as I don't really like being locked into just one amount of storage.
In the end, I am stuck in the middle with this decision and cannot decide, so looking for a little advice.

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