Before tablets, commuters seeking entertainment risked getting paper cuts while reading magazines and getting attacked while catapulting actual angry birds. Avoid irate pecks with this Groupon.

$129 for an Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) 4GB Touchscreen Tablet ($285 Value)

Capacitive touchscreen Android tablets help connect users to the Internet via WiFi, allowing them to browse websites, send email, and download apps from thousands of choices in the Android marketplace. A 7-inch screen beams games, movies, and photos in vibrant colour, and users can work wirelessly for up to five hours—surfing the web or working with compatible PDFs and Microsoft Office documents—before needing to recharge the tablet. Built-in speakers, a microphone, and a camera enable video chats with friends, family, and tech-savvy parrots.

Hallmark Electronics

Canada-based Hallmark Electronics trots the globe in search of quality digital products and accessories produced by respected manufacturers. Hallmark then returns these electronics to its own testing facility, where they must meet rigorous standards, before the company makes them available to its customers. Hallmark's carefully chosen stable of electronic items ranges from digital cameras that shoot razor-sharp images to SD memory cards that work at high speeds to Android Tablets that quickly dry white-out.