My wife got a "Nextbook" for Christmas, and it's probably in your price range. It runs Windows 8, and for what you're wanting to do it would work fine.

I find it a little clunky to navigate to the apps I want, but Windows users may not. I've always used a Mac, so I'm kind of stuck on their way of doing things, but I've been messing with it and I'm getting better at it. Clicking the "Help" button did help with that