http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/05/education/05tablets.html?_r=1&src=ISMR_HP_LO_MST_FB The New York Times of 11.01.05 reports that more USA schools with the financial means are using the Apple iPad instead of laptops or desktop computers for their students to use in class activities. The Apple iPad costs over $500 (US) per unit and lasts only 3-4 years because the rechargeable battery is not replacable. Schools with the means are paying $750/unit. Nevertheless, this expected but expensive trend has many implications for education in general and educational technology for the poor and poor schools in particular. One implication is the expectation that the students books will be stored on the tablet computer. Another is the reduction if not elimination in the market for the One Laptop Per Child (offered by the OLPC project since 200?). Since 200? the OLPC project goals has been to put a $100 (US) laptop in the hands of children in developing countries. However at this writing the OLPC costs $150 to $200 per unit. Would a tablet or pad computer be a better device? The early adopters in some USA schools seem to think so. In addition this trend also heralds the advent of many other "tablet" and "pad" computers which global manufacturers plan to present to the market in 2011.