That's what I was afraid of. In the quantities we're looking at, maybe we'd be better off jailbreaking and selling the whole thing as a package.

Or maybe I'll just drag my feet a bit and hope there's a decent Android tablet with USB host and an SD slot coming soon...

You should take a look at Adam from Notion Ink. It's USB host. To me that's the killer feature, for this reason!

So far, it's vapourware. That's something I just can't get over when I consider ordering one.

If it's vapourware then what were they showing at CES 2011?

It's vapourware until you can buy one. A lot of things that are shown at CES do end up being cancelled before they're ever released.

The pre-orders are shipping. Mine will arrive in about two weeks.

And there was video footage of Duke Nukem Forever shown off in 1998.

Thanks, that's an interesting device.