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Google's Nexus 7 ($199 for 8GB, $249 for 16GB) is a game-changer. The first tablet with Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean," it's the most bang for the buck you can get in the market right now. It's versatile, well-built, fast, and a lot of fun to use. It basically renders every 7-inch tablet priced at more than $300 pretty much irrelevant. If you're looking for a small tablet to surf the Internet and play games, this is the one to buy. It easily unseats the Amazon Kindle Fire ($199, 4 stars) as our Editors' Choice for small tablets. Simply put, the Nexus 7 delivers the best balance of price and performance you'll find in the tablet market right now, so it's an easy Editors' Choice for best small-screen tablet. That said, there are still reasons you might want to buy some of our other top-rated tablets. The Amazon Kindle Fire $199.00 at Amazon is even easier to use if you want to read books and watch Amazon Prime videos, but the Nexus 7 outpaces it with much higher performance and a better Web browser. Yes, Amazon is probably coming out with a new Kindle Fire soon, but we know nothing about that tablet, and can't make any predictions based on it. The Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet ($249, 4 stars) still makes a better ebook reader. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) ($249.99, 4 stars) is a better choice for those with large media libraries, as it accepts large memory cards and has an MHL output for HDTVs. With these options around, it's hard to justify spending more than $300 for a 7-inch tablet. Sorry Toshiba, as lovely as your Excite 7.7 design is, it just costs too much money for what it can accomplish. Meanwhile, our large-screen Editor's Choice, the New Apple iPad, is a totally different beast. It's much bigger, heavier, and more powerful with a cellular option, and a much wider array of apps. And it costs more than twice as much as the Google Tablet PC. Think of the iPad as a better replacement for another home PC, while the Nexus 7 is for toting around wherever you go. Google has delivered a powerful, good-looking tablet for an almost shockingly low price here. I wouldn't get too worked up about the Google Play store, as the Kindle app, Comixology, and various video apps make up for the lack of content. And while Android still falls far short of the iPad in terms of high-quality tablet-designed apps, it's ahead of the Kindle Fire considering that it runs every app the Fire does, and more. The Nexus 7 doesn't magically solve Android's problem with a lack of tablet apps. But it may turn the vicious cycle into a virtuous one, and the spread of these affordable, high-quality Android tablets will cause app developers to start writing for these devices. That makes it our enthusiastic Editors' Choice over the slower, less capable Kindle Fire. The new Google Tablet PC is an amazing device and it's definitely worth its price. Google Android Tablet PC android google nexus 7 nexus 7 android tablet, android tablet pc google nexus google tablet pc google tablet