I think this is a fantastic idea.

I just paid 140 Euro for School Books for my 7 year old daughter and as she gets older, they will very quickly get far more expensive. The older kids going to school also have so many books that you have to rent lockers in school as the amount of books would break your back.

The iPad is more of a fan boys toy that's rather useless as a Computer. You can't install what you want on it, and even developers can't write whatever they want. You got to go through apple for everything. Write with tools they specify and do as they say. It's like a dictatorship.

The Archos 9 blows it away hands down and that's a REAL computer.

Regards
James