The title of the article is indeed "Why a $35 Tablet Would Never Succeed in the U.S." is it not.
Very poor delivery on the article. You're nuts if you think a tablet at a cost of $35-50 with whatever lame spec won't sell for that price in the US. You can sell used clothing (underwear) on eBay in the US for that much. Many eat out at lunch at $10-15 per shot per day. Many rack up extra $50-60 on their cell phone per month because they went over their allotted plan time. And you think this product won't sell in the US? You've attempted to use stats to argue your idea that this tablet wouldn't succeed in the US. In fact, the stats you use have nothing to do with whether it can sell at all in the US. What do I care about per capita between the two countries! Where the heck does $25,000 dollars come into play? What does that have to do with selling the product in the US? Are you saying that we in the US are too good for this product, that we shouldn't purchase such a petty thing?
The product is probably limited to poor web browsing, but you can count me in for a few. You think every parent can afford the typical $400-$500 tablet product that is sold here in the US, let alone parents that have a few kids. The economy still sucks, and many families are still defaulting on their mortgages. This is the perfect tablet that many parents have dreamed about for their young children. How many parents out there concede that their children, regardless of age, are rough with the things you've purchased for them. How many of you parents that can afford the $400-$500 tablet are cautious when you're little ones are around when using it?
Like others have mentioned, poor school systems could make use of it. Not only that, there are industries out there that run customized linux applications/products for stock keeping, inventory tracking, JIT delivery to assembly systems, etc. I could see companies outfitting their workers in a store like Home Depot to check inventory on a product for a customer. You don't need a Tegra 2 to accomplish this. And typically, this product could act as a terminal to the main control/server. You think a company wants to spend $400-$500 over $35-$50 to accomplish the same goals? You think companies care whether Angry Birds is going to perform poorly on the tablet?
What makes a good article is one that doesn't lead the audience to YOUR decision (especially when the facts don't even support the intent of the article), but rather provide the facts so that the reader can make their own. Stick to reviewing the product only.