> You've been able to get a Cortex-A9 tablet for under $100
> for a few months now. Granted this is probably only in the
> far east but once one of them does it the rest will follow.

I couldn't find that one or any other for below 100 USD anywhere for actual purchase. In the video from April you linked it's said the product is not on the market yet and will only get there in the coming months. It's not even listed on their website yet, only ARM9, ARM11 and Cortex-A8 tablets:

http://www.51cube.com/en/products.htm

But I had a look around anyway and it's true that there's quite a number of Cortex-A9 based tablets in the price range paradasa mentioned, i.e. 180 GBP (293 USD) or below. The cheapest one I was able to find for actual purchase was this one at 800 MHz for 170 USD:

http://www.merimobiles.com/Apad_MG7_Cortex_A9_MALI_GPU_Android_2_2_Flash_p/meri0624.htm


Edit: And now dual-core 1 GHz for 160 USD:

http://www.merimobiles.com/Teclast_P72_Android_2_2_Cortex_A9_1GHz_Dual_core_p/meri0689.htm

[ Edited by Andreas_Wolf 17.08.2011 - 00:48 ]