IHave any of you bought used Tablets from EBay or Craig's List?
Only way to do it- the depreciation is a huge hit, and there's always a supply of people that either upgraded to a newer, flashier version or couldn't actually afford the thing they bought.
I find that there's really only one thing I use a tablet for that honestly can't be done with a smartphone or laptop, and that's sheet music. I play a lot of jazz, and I'll be damned if I'm going to haul around 100lbs of fakebooks and a stand light when I can load all of them on a single, inexpensive tablet that will let me actually find the music for a given tune in the approximately 7 seconds between when it gets called out and we start playing.
Ok, it's probably more like 30 seconds, but still, definitely not enough time to find a multi-book index, find the right book, find the right page, and be ready to play. :)