Traveling with one is a choice, but a rewarding one. You don’t bring the tablet to the coffee shop to look cool. You bring it because you want to watch a movie on the plane without holding the screen six inches from your nose.
You set it on the tray table. You tilt the kickstand. You grab your headphones. Suddenly, the cramped airplane seat feels like a private cinema. The person next to you will peek over your shoulder. Let them. You are living in the future.
And for reading? Forget the Kindle. I know the e-ink fans will argue, but reading a comic book or a magazine on a huge color screen is a feast for the eyes. You see the artwork. You see the details. You feel like you’re holding the actual paper.
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The Multiplayer Magic
Here is a little story from my house last Friday. My niece and nephew were visiting. They are seven and nine. They wanted to play a game. Instead of fighting over two phones, I pulled out the big tablet and launched a drawing game.
They sat side-by-side, each on one half of the screen, co-creating a monster that looked like a purple giraffe. No arguments. No grabbing. The big screen made them share. It was like a digital picnic blanket. Everyone had enough room.
That’s the thing about a huge touch screen. It makes activities social again. You can tilt it toward a friend to show them a photo without passing a device. You can play board games on it with actual room for your tokens.
