I'll consider one for < $300. I won't stand in line outside a door for 2 days waiting, freezing my arse, getting rained on, using port-o-potty ... to do so that's for damn sure. All that said, they're talking 2011 Holiday time release, and my guess is it will only hit one major area. Any guess which one that would be? So, I'd have to say there's only a slim chance that it will make the US in 2011, gut say's Spring 2012 at the earliest. If that happens, I'll be waiting until 2012 Holiday before I even look at buying one. By then if they're not down to a $299 w/ WiFi only option, I'll probably have picked up a 3DS and my general rule is to purchase no more than one handheld game system every 3yrs (bought my PSP 1.5yrs ago.) So I'll most likely pick up an Android/Honecomb based Tablet for next Xmas, hold off for another year on the next handheld game system and decide during 2012 Holiday season which one to go with.