It will be a fanastic revolution in education if teachers and schools are open to it. I believe the children are our are future, teach them well and let them lead the way.

That's pathetic.

I almost exclusively bought used and resold very easily for most of my money spent. You were just a lazy thief.

Now i cant wait to get an ipad 3!

@sethnintendo, i've reported you to the authorities.

Another problem will be that schools wont want to buy ipads until there is a wide variety of textbooks available, and publishers wont want to make books for ipad until there is a large number of schools which have them, so it is a stalemate situation, or at least it may be initially.

Not really. Initially, most of the available textbooks will be straight text conversions of their paper counterparts. This will get some people to use iPads to read them and a few more will buy iPads just for that purpose. Over time, both textbooks and iPads grow in numbers. Over time, this allows publishers to dedicate more funds to creating interactive textbooks as revenue increases. It's no different than any other software-based system, really. Consoles work in much the same fashion. Early games are ports or are rough around the edges, not using anything close to the full power of the system. As the userbase grows, developers dedicate more money and time to create bigger and better games for the hardware.

Seems good on paper, but what if your tablet is stolen/damaged/lost?

What if your $150 paper textbook is stolen/damaged/lost? Or your backpack with three books in it?

Yeah, it would have to be the students who bought them, because if the schools bought them then the students would just take them home and sell them.

someone's more likely to steal a tablet than a couple of textbooks. Books are more easily replaceable.

I have had my backpack stolen, with all my text books. both situations carry the same weight, and tablets may be cheaper to replace if its more than one book. Also most DD services let you redownload all material you've bought through your account. Not sure about itunes but i would hope its the same. Its not that they want your books, but a backpack is easy to steal.