I recommend an iPod touch. The ipad is more expensive than the ipod touch. But it isn't really about money its about the size, the quality ,the weight (if for example your taking it on an airplane). So it dosent matter how much it is and anyway these days electronics get cheaper and cheaper overate threre's a new creation of electronics And the Ipod touch, you can put it in your pocket and its light not heavy.
ipad 2
Ipad
Well, the only difference between an ipad and a big ipod touch is that an ipad is slim and is bigger
Currently, the iPod Touch is better than the iPad, since the iPod Touch does pretty much everything the iPad does, except in a smaller size that fits in your pocket.
ipod shuffle
yes
The ipod touch and the ipad are the same except the ipad is bigger than the ipod.
No. an iPad is a 9.5" screen. An iPod Touch is a 3.5" screen.
Nothing, there is nothing your iPod Touch can do to help you get an iPad.
Yes, the iPad supports iPod touch games.
I would recommend getting the ipod touch because it is small but awesome
Personally I would go with the iPad Mini if I had to choose.