What is the best smallish tablet for taking on vacation?

Samsung Galaxy Tab

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Look into the Galaxy tablet, 7 inch. Good size for travel, pretty good battery life, too. At .76 pounds and 10 millimeters thick it's a perfect travel companion. Has Honeycomb (android 3.2), plays flash, and a front and rear facing camera.
If you get the chance, you should try to hold one and play with it so you can get a feel for it before you purchase.

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Barnes & Noble NOOK Color

HD videos stream smoothly. Web browsing is lightning-fast. Get books instantly- usually in under 10 seconds. Built for speed- switch between books, movies and games effortlessly. All it takes is a touch. (And a dual core processor & 1 GB of RAM). ... read more...

I have the Nook Tablet and love it. I read tons of books, they have some decent apps for playing games or puzzles, the screen resolution is excellent for watching movies or TV shows, and the speaker quality isn't bad for listening to music. It has a lot of memory (more than Kindle Fire) for storing items and also has amazing battery power. I goes days without needing to recharge. Highly recommend it.

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Kindle Fire

Movies, apps, games, music, reading and more, plus Amazon's revolutionary cloud-accelerated web browser - 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines and books - Amazon Appstore - thousands of popular apps and games - Ultra-fast web browsing - A... read more...

This tablet is small, fast and powerful, you can see for yourself.

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Apple iPod touch 8 GB (4th Generation) NEWEST MODEL

See friends while you talk to them with FaceTime. Shoot, edit, and share stunning HD video. Play games against friends, or unknown foes, with the new Game Center. And do it all on the Retina display--the highest-resolution screen on any mobile dev... read more...

Heck, you can get an iPod! They are really cheap and ultra portable