Reasonably priced, with convenient downloads from a great bookshop
It’s not a tablet, but if your main interest in buying a tablet is to read, you’d be foolish to ignore the Amazon Kindle. This new one is 21 percent smaller than its predecessor and at 241g the most portable device here. The six-inch screen is a good size for book-reading and the e-ink display is the most comfortable to read over prolonged periods, as well as gifting unbeatable battery life.
(This story appears in the 11 March, 2011 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)