seems like we had the same idea, Jalyha! Although I must say I think you were doing fine even without the tablet
Actually I think other companies than the traditional ones just had enough time to copy the technology now. But from what I found during my search for a tablet all last week, I think that if you can afford to focus on quality 80 is still the least you'll have to pay...
And that's with great detail like "A COMPASS tells you which direction is north!"