It comes quite in handy, because I don't have to take around my laptop all the time. I still have a laptop, of course, for writing and stuff, but I can still write on this and email it to myself. I also have one of those smart covers, which is the same thing as a lip. You put it down, and it turns off. You lift it up and it turns on. And, you can also fold it up so it sort of leaning on it so it's not flat down. Hopefully you got that, those who don't have a clue what that smart cover is.
I have an old iPod, like a first or second generation, and now it won't update and it can't really do anything. So, instead of getting a new iPod, I went for an iPad.