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159 The Kindle Fire is supposed to be 40 per cent faster than its predecessor. It also offers unlimited cloud storage space for Amazon.com content. 329 iPad mini: bigger than a cell phone, smaller than just about everything else.

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The Kindle Fire is supposed to be 40 per cent faster than its predecessor. It also offers unlimited cloud storage space for Amazon.com content.

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iPad mini: bigger than a cell phone, smaller than just about everything else. This one features 275,000 apps and is said to be twice as fast as any previous iPad.

519

The house that Bill Gates built has released their own tablet, the Microsoft Surface. You can watch HD video, take pictures, and just like the bicycle from your childhood, it comes with a kickstand.

488

Weighing in at 345 grams, the svelte Samsung Galaxy Tab comes with Bluetooth and WiFi. This Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich system is available with a 10-or seven-inch screen.

89

EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES:

The Hitachi Touro Mobile offers 750 gigabytes of storage space for all your digital files. The drive is formatted for PCs, but designed to work with Macs as well.

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The WD My Passport Studio offers 500 gigabytes of storage space. It also comes with two FireWire 800 ports and a metal enclosure. Formatted for Mac.

300

It's got better graphics and a touchscreen controller. It's the Wii U. But for everyone planning to throw that old Wii out the virtual window, the new system is backward compatible, meaning none of your old games are archaic just yet.

$ 249

If you want to stalk Nazi werewolves with a squad of international bounty hunters, all without leaving your basement, the X Box 360 is your best bet. Besides online play, the 360 also plays movies and comes with X Box Music, which offers 30 million songs for purchase.

$ 249

Slimmed down and less power hungry than its predecessors, Sonic the Hedgehog and the Sony PS 3 continue to attract a wide swath of gamers. Whether you want to steal a bunch of cars or see what's next from the good folks at Final Fantasy the system remains popular.