especially if you want to do it cheaply.
And that's why (as far as I'm concerned at any rate) it may need to be an Android on a special deal at Maplin's, or a lucky bid on eBay (or some such thing).

But despite not really being a pocket-sized hand-held, is the tablet form-factor the one to go for? Perhaps it is. Am I right in assuming no hard-drive? That's the main difference
vis-à-vis a laptop, is it not (and therefore, hopefully, more rugged, robust, whatever)?
But, for some reason, I still like the look of the
Pandora. I wonder if there's a DOS emulator available for that one yet?

Meanwhile, there's obviously a lot of
stuff out there!
And
here's yet another possibility I have just been alerted to.