So I went against pretty much everyones advice and purchased an iPad 2. And I love it, the main gripe I had with them was the missing flash but this hasnt seemed to be a problem at all. I did look at other tablets in the shop, the main one being the asus transformer but none could match the build quality or speed of the iPad.
Mainly using it for browsing but there's some excellent games on the app store.

I always hated apple products due to being stuck in iTunes but maybe this is me becoming more casual in my computing like my gaming has (sold pc, just rent console games now). I've even stopped my usenet account now and use the money to pay for lovefilm to rent blu-ray and console games! Although I may jailbreak it.

Anyway... Quality piece of kit which isn't any more expensive than the android tablets. £399 for 16gb wifi as apposed to £380 for the transformer and £450 for the xoom.

Just need lvlup to work please :)