Is there anything at all that stands out above the rest? Assuming that anything more embedded than a phone is not part of the question, we have two choices: a

Is there anything at all that stands out above the rest? Assuming that anything more embedded than a phone is not part of the question, we have two choices: a smart phone, or a PC. Kindles and iThings are just feature restricted implementations of PCs or phones. All the smart phones do the same thing, all the PCs do the same thing. The biggest real differences are in marketing and branding. All you can really do is maximize some aspect that all phones and PCs have. So, similar to csomar's "build it myself" solution, mine would be the fastest, most rugged and capacious laptop I could afford. And three years from now I'd wish I didn't have to live with this pig for the rest of my life.