In the tradition of the Stone Age’s fire-stick and the Victorian era’s bicycle-telephone, tablet computers combine the modern age's cutting edge contraptions. Wonder at technology’s latest amalgamation with today's Groupon: for $248, you get a 16GB Tab-e tablet computer from Voxcom, including shipping charges and a one-year warranty (a $497 value).

The latest portable essential, tablet computers are the result of decades of digital husbandry, featuring a singular composite of a laptop, an MP3 player, a camera, and go-anywhere WiFi Internet. In the Tab-e, these select ingredients are wrapped around a delicious 4 GB hard drive and infused with 16 GB of raw memory. The ultra-thin, high-definition LCD screen unerringly plays back 16:9 and 3:4 format videos, and the whole kaboodle can be hooked up to a big-screen HDTV to simulate Paul Bunyan's tablet computer. Immortalize a moment with the built-in 1.3 MP camera, and seamlessly segue to crafting an evening's digital soundtrack with this all-in-one invention.