I can, but just like I can make calls from my laptop, it's not the preferred form factor or operating system to do so. The iPad is a great bridge between the p

I can, but just like I can make calls from my laptop, it's not the preferred form factor or operating system to do so. The iPad is a great bridge between the phone and laptop. It's not for everyone, but it's not a huge extra effort or weight to travel with (slides into the laptop bag I'm taking anyway) and it fits my use case. If I was travelling and I forgot it, it also wouldn't be a huge deal and I would use my laptop. It's also handy as a second monitor when coding (keep a terminal up on it) or to watch a show while sending emails or doing something else on the laptop. Again, not a big deal if I don't have it, but useful if I do.