Well if you are looking for a budget Android Tablet I wouldn't get a Nook Color or Kindle Fire for the simple fact that they are not Android Tablets, they are pretty much just touchscreen color ereaders that happen to run Android. they lack GPS, Bluetooth, Compass, HDMI, USB Cameras, and all the other goodies included with an Android Tab. Plus you have to hack those devices to get an real amount of functionality. Now I know what your thinking who needs those, well you don't but at time you find that you use them when you think you wouldn't. I would recommend for 150-200 dollars the Haipad M9, x10 Airpad 200 dollars, Archos 80 g9 for 280, Arnova 7 G2 for 170 dollars, or for 300 dollars HTC Flyer, No matter which one of these you choose they will be infinitely better Android experience then either the Kindle Fire or Nook Color.