I just got my Ipad Tuesday. I had decided on the Ipad because of facetime. Where we live our internet is not so great (in the country) and with facetime I can visit with our grandkids in Texas! For that reason alone I went with the full size Ipad otherwise I would of considered nexus7 or samsung. I really wanted the bigger screen to see them better. My second purpose is to take it to my sewing studio to use. I have used the Iphone for years, so to me there was no learning curve at all. I do like reading books on it, can't say I have used it all that much yet as I use my phone mostly. I still use my laptop as my main pc. I have this love/hate relationship with technology!