Why does my iPad ask to be connected to my computer? Answer as simply as possible please.

Sometimes I get a message on screen asking me to connect my iPad to a computer. Why does this happen?

I was just reading a discussion from May about this, and I learned that the ipad and ipad2 are meant to be used with a computer.
I just bought one this week for my mother to replace her pc, because the ONLY thing she does is email and internet. She's 85, retired, and does not even write a document, doesn't need any Microsoft Office products. I didn't want to get her a cheap laptop (read: Windows-based) because of spyware, viruses, etc. It made no sense for her to get an ibook for over $1100 just for email and web surfing... The ipad2 made the most sense, but I also didn't realize the need for a computer to set it up.
Whether it's Apple or another company, a device needs to be developed for older people, who, by the way, make up the largest percentage of the US population, that offers email and internet access and can be set up without a computer.
Perhaps developers will read this and create a future generation of ipad or other tablets that can be set up without a computer.

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