2012 Holiday Gift Guide: The 5 Best Tablets (and e-Readers)

Microsoft Surface Tablet

Price: $500 (32GB), $600 (32GB w/Black Touch Cover), and $700 (64GB w/Black Touch Cover)
Microsoft’s hybrid has not only become a mainstream smash, but has impressed numerous tech experts despite its premature DOA sentence. Showed them, huh? Fans of the Windows 8 platform now have their own tablet—one featuring a gorgeous 10.6-inch display, long battery life, and lag-free performance courtesy of NVIDIA’s T30 chip and 2GB of RAM. The PC giant didn’t compromise the device’s build neither, as the Surface bears a beautiful and sturdy design with a dope kickstand. Let’s not forget to mention its impressively responsive touchcover keyboard. The bridge has been gapped between tablets and laptops. Kudos, Microsoft.