The need for and advantages of a non-profit initiative

The Need for a non-profit initiative:

Commercial manufacturers of handheld devices have so far neglected the education market. Despite the growing use of handhelds in classrooms, these handhelds are usually PDAs or smartphones, designed with other users in mind. The handheld devices most popular with children, gaming toys such as gameboys, have no games or other content with clear educational value. There are handhelds devices that are specifically designed for education. The Dana by AlphaSmart... and devices by Franklin. These have clear educational benefits for all learners, and can benefit dyslexic users as well. The major disadvantage of these handhelds, as opposed to PCs and laptops, is that they do not  accommodate content designed specifically for that device. While commercially produced gaming devices may one day be expanded by their manufacturers, to provide educational content, parents and teachers have no sure reason to trust that they will ever do so, as profit will remain the primary interest of commercial manufacturers.)