[jyl]

Here's what I am thinking. Dozens of Android tablets will be launched in the next few months. Most of them are pretty similar from a hardware standpoint, variables being which processor (Tegra2 seems the best), how good a screen, memory, maybe ports. Most of these will fail resoundingly. In let's say 6 months there should be a glut of tablets being liquidated. If you know how to hack off whatever stupid software the manufacturer installed, you will probably be able to have a generic Android 3.0 tablet for $200. See Overstock.com for a preview, there are already some 2.2 tablets there for $200-ish.