I think the reason why tablets get a bad rap here despite these things shifting by the bucket load out there in the real world (the Archos 101 ran out of stock on day one here in Hong Kong, the iPad wasn't in stock for the first 3 months, and iPad knock-offs are everywhere), is that the readers here at Tomshardware are an elitist group. We want our flash ability, keyboard, the ability to run a decent set of software, processor power, USB & HDMI ports and full functioning OS compatability, but out there are millions upon millions of people who only consume content. E-books, news, websites, facebook, skype, youtube. They listen to music, they watch videos, they play games whilst they while away the time on the bus or in the doctors waiting room. They don't write programs, they don't take their business with them on the road and they don't write essays or dissertations. And believe it or not that is why underpowered tablets are going to shift, more and more and more until eventually some of these people start saying to themselves; well hang on a minute – why do I even need a full powered desktop at home?
Microsoft should be afraid!