Ohhhhh, a nostalgic thread
If we're totally honest, the iPad in any shape or form (I'm a Pro owner) is indeed a gigantic iPod Touch.
Sure there are things like the Apple Pencil and such that are differentiators now, but on the whole it's much of a muchness , just bigger.
As for the computer debate, well, it is a computer, so is the iPhone and the Apple Watch amongst other things. They have all of the necessary components to qualify as such. Processor, memory, graphics "card", screen, input options it's just not a computer (PC) in the way most people think of one, such as a desktop computer which is just a different kind of computer. As the definition says;
Computer, Noun: a programmable electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Mainframes, desktop and laptop computers, tablets, and smartphones are some of the different types of computers.
Yeah, sorry, it's long and sort of waffling. My medication has kicked in and it makes me ramble on, so we're lucky this isn't 5 pages worth
