[citation][nom]frozonic[/nom]quad core for what? what do you do in your table that you need to have a quad core SoC, i agree with progress, but we should make progress in battery life right now.[/citation]
You don't drive innovation with yesterday's technology. Technology advances always go first, then software makers find innovative ways to make use of that technology. This is how it has always been whether we are talking about tablets, cell phones, or computers. Nobody buys a high end graphic card to play what is on the market right now, you buy it for the games that will come later on. The advanced hardware eventually opens up new technologies and innovations that weren't available previously.
With that said, I highly doubt they are going to put a quad core chip in the new $200 tablet. Maybe the higher end 9" version will have one, (at a higher end price as well), but a quad core $200 tablet is still some time away. Personally I'd rather see a lower priced full size tablet with a decent dual core chip, or at least a tablet that can do most of what a laptop can. That would easily be worth $500, but so far one doesn't exist.