Is the iPad made to be left on?

Hi, I just got an iPad and was wondering if it was made to be left on like the iPhone is. It turns on when charging or plugged into a dock, so it seems like it's supposed to be left on, but I wanted to make sure.

The iPad uses such little power in standby and the battery is so big that you'll never even notice any standby battery usage between recharges. Seeing that a boot up from a shutdown takes so long, there's absolutely no reason to shut the thing down ever unless you need to actually reboot it for some reason. In the Settings app under General in Auto-Lock you can set the iPad to go into standby (lock) automatically after a certain time. A good idea. I think it defaults at two minutes. I find ten minutes works best for me, otherwise it keeps locking while I'm reading.

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