Thanks for the advice, I am still leaning towards the Google Nexus as its much cheaper than Galaxy Tab or Note and especially iPad.I saw an HP one that was like a laptop and the screen came off to become a tablet, very nice but it runs windows 8 so a bit too much for him I think.I have a Google Nexus 4 phone which was half the price of a Galaxy 3 and much less than an iPhone 5 and I find it very good..