$100-$150 Android tablets due later this year

Looks like the market is working in overdrive to meet my requirements for a cheap e-reader for about $100 that can double as a wi-fi browser in a pinch.

VIA-powered $100-$150 Android tablets due 2H 2010 - SlashGear

Brown claims the first of the tablets will arrive in the US in the second half of 2010, with street prices of $100. It’s unclear which version of Android the devices will run; Gingerbread is due out in Q4 2010, but it’s more likely that the touchscreen slates will get Android 2.2 Froyo at best.

Engadget had a cynical take on the news of inexpensive tablets coming onto the market later this year

Shanzai shocker! VIA processors in $100 Android tablets later this year -- Engadget

Brace for a storm of craptablets: this week, Taiwanese semiconductor firm VIA said its processors will appear in a new slate of cheap Android tablets destined for the US in the second half of this year.