Oh, my iPad gets AWESOME battery life. The Nook Color not very much ;). Of course, an iPad is larger to carry. Not like you can put it in a pocket. You can with a 7inch tho :).

I can start playing music on my ipad, fall asleep, and it'll still be playing when I wake up...

I think I heard that a new 7" Samsung is coming out for 250 bucks. Might be worth waiting for and looking into. I like Samsung.

Laurie