Regarding the original poster's point about targeting customers who can't afford an iPad...until the recent troubles, the 10" eDGe cost as much as an iPad, and the Pocket eDGe not much less. IMHO, holding this price point even after the technology was outdated with the arrival of Froyo and Pearl EInk, was a major cause of enTourage's undoing. If they had dropped the 10" price gradually during last autumn and winter to $375 or so, they would be selling like hotcakes.

NiaTrue's point about the status symbol is well-taken, but it's hard to see how an inherently large and heavy device is ever going to become a status symbol with today's emphasis on electronic annorexia. These people aren't thinking logically -- just look at all the ink and web pixels spent lauding Apple for trimming the iPad's thickness from 0.5" to 0.34"!