Which tablet for portable typing and note taking?

Q. I'm in the market for a tablet but am having difficulty making a choice since there is no clear winner.
I need something that is portable and that I can type on (preferably with a keyboard case) but also has touch screen capability.
I tried The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, and seems GREAT, and I love the stylus which would allow me to handwrite over my typed notes as well as add hand drawn diagrams. However I can't seem to find a keyboard case for it.
The iPad was my next option, but while there are many keyboard cases and it has a better build, I would likely miss having a stylus option.

I would like to have something that can type papers on the train, but would also allow touch. ( so far it looks like the Note but I'd be willing to consider other alternatives)

A. If I were you, I'd definitely go for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.. The iPad Mini is not good at all, it's not cost-effective and doesn't even have Retina Display! Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 is worth every single buck you'd pay for it. I would actually take the iPad 3 and the Galaxy Tab 2 as competitors, it's like comparing a dual-core and a quad-core processor! But in your case, I think you should go for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2!!

Q. I want to get a tablet, and that is for sure. I don't want to pay the money for an iPad 2, so I'm trying to pick out another one thats at least $400 or below. I've been looking around and I've found products like the Motorola Xoom, Dell Streak 7, and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, but I don't know what to choose. I'm going to use pretty much for everything it gives me: apps, internet, photos, video, music etc. I'm 13 years old so I'm going to use this in the case of being bored and wanting to pull up a game, or wanting to check the scores of today's game, or maybe just pulling it out to take pictures or a video of some celebrity that I might have run into. Its just that I want to be able to do many things with it. Although I sound like I'm expecting a lot, I'm not much of a negative Nancy when it comes to screen resolution, size, and things like that. I do not want any 3G or 4G or any of those, just simple WiFi. I also want to make sure it has support for ebooks or whatever it's called, like the Kindle and those downloading and reading books things. If you could give me a few suggestions it'd be very much appreciated. I plan on just carrying this around in my backpack or whatever. I also tend to download very many apps, so I don't want something that supports crappy apps. Please don't tell me just to get the iPad 2, because I already realize that it's probably the best of the best, but I just don't feel like getting something like that for $500, when my Dad is getting me a surprisingly nice laptop for only $450. Think of that, a laptop for $450, and a tablet for $500. It just doesn't work that way. I'd also enjoy if it had support for programs like Microsoft Word, but I'm going to guess there is no such thing as support for that on a tablet. But I'm just throwing it out there.