Just an update on this for anyone that is interested.
I am an apple fanboi, i'll admit it.
However, my dad has an ipad2, my mum has just got a samsung galaxy tablet v10.1 for christmas, the Galaxy is so much better!
Everything is just easier on it, anyone who says its not hasn't used 1 for any length of time. Widgets for everything, quick, camera takes better photos and the screen appears to be alot clearer to me side by side than an ipad screen. Its not buggy as hell like others have said at all and doesn't crash or act all slow. It is a bit slower (as in a second or two) at loading websites, but in every other way that matters to me it is much better and I can wait that extra second as i'm sure you all could. App store for android is ram packed full of apps for everything you could ever want there was nothing I wanted an app for that I couldn't get.
Once again, I am an apple fanboi having had all the iPhones and regularly use my dads iPad however i'd take the samsung tablet over an ipad every time now and i'd suggest you do the same.
I quite fancy an android phone tbh if they are anywhere near as impressive as the tablet, its only after sitting on that tablet the past few days that i've realised just how annoyingly restrictive iOS is in so many ways.