&gt; For them, a larger iPad with a keyboard is all they need for their personal work (email, Googling, etc), and the huge screen &amp; 4 speakers are icing on the cake for watching Netflix or HBO Go with their spouse in bed.<p>I was wondering what the purpose of a device like this could possibly be, that makes a lot of sense. My dad has one of the free Verizon tablets that they gave out for a promotion a little while back, and uses it for exactly this. I guess it&#x27;s a generational thing, because it never really made sense to me.