This is really beginning to look like reality rather than fantasy.
Fact 1: GameStop already had a $999.99 pre-order placeholder price.
Fact 2: GameStop later switched their pre-orders to $299 with a $50 deposit.
Fact 3: iSuppli manufacturing cost breakdowns for comparable devices (iPad, iPod Touch) would put it in line with a $300 ballpark cost (with all costs per unit factored in to include marketing, shipping, etc. = sold at a loss), even factoring in for the two components currently not available in such devices (the ARM 9 CPU and GPU).
I'm going to say right now that the $299 entry price SKU is all but confirmed. The only big questions remaining are in regards to the 3G model and 3G network access fees/plans.
A $399 3G/32GB SKU would not surprise me at all.
