I bought this purse because I was taking a trip and I wanted to take my iPad along too.  It did work great for that.  I could put the iPad in the purse as well as my money, passport, tickets, pens, paper, etc.  The only think I did not care for was the shoulder straps are slippery and they keep sliding off of your shoulders.  Maybe the underside needs a different material adhered to it.  It only works well when you use the long strap and make it into a cross-body bag.