2013 Holiday Gift Guide: The 5 Best Tablets

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition)

Price: $550
The first-gen Galaxy Note tablet was a hit-and-miss offering that packaged intuitive productivity features with a high-tech stylus. Samsung’s gone on to improve its successor by enhancing the design with a faux-leather rear casing, while integrating the GS4’s popular multitasking ecosystem and better app support via S-Pen. Air Command dominates the user experience as pulling out the stylus brings up a command wheel that offers shortcut features to numerous actions. A beautiful 10.1-inch display with 2560 x 1600-pixel resolution and strong handwriting recognition makes it the ideal option for creative types.