I know which airline just based on some of the things you mentioned..but meeting at a flight plan area was new to me. My previous 121 carriers we met at the plane and things went very smooth. Nothing wrong with either way though as long as it is actually accomplished.

Ipad is 10 times better than paper. Jepp you can circle things in green to highlight important stuff on plates and charts. Only issue I have is when a new revision shows up my highlighted stuff is lost. Easily switch between charts. Easily look things up in company manuals. Easily find things in the MEL. Lots of great features all in one device.

Never used FaceTime and never had an iPad with data plan until now.

Approval of moving map on taxiways would've useful in conjunction with a 10-9 for much better SA.

Digital devices can be a distraction but having good discipline is all that is required. guys can be distracted doing sudoku just as much as with an iPad.