The 10.000 $ tablet – why isn’t one out yet ?

All big tablet producers are now fighting over what to do with their old models ?

They can’t afford to upgrade them – since the teams must focus on the new developments to keep up with the competition.
They can’t afford to sell them cheap – since they want profit out of them.
Since they still have to come up with new models, the newer models will be even higher priced that the old ones.

So when will the 1.000$ barrier will be broken ? When will be the 10.000$ ones ?

Still I did not hear of tablets that have SDCARD / USB Host / GSM etc… I understand its more profitable to force people to buy at a higher price from the producer, than to give them freedom to choose whatever they want.
But this will stop eventually since people will realize that they not necessarily want A TABLET, but the latest model, with the newest updates. So what will happen with the old tablets ?

Now the question, why will you buy something that won’t receive full updates for it’s assumed lifetime (2-3 years let’s say), that doesn’t gives you the versatility you want ? And one that in 3 months is already out of date ?

Maybe somebody has to assume the responsibility of making something perfect, upgrade-able, maintained for many years – with all the standard connection ports (no vendor lock-in), something that doesn’t ask your personal details – and sell it at the correct price ?

Hopefully somebody will realize also that it’s easier to fit a touch screen onto a mini notebook with a beefed up battery. Frankly I like to have control over the OS and have keyboard, than to enjoy the mini OSes on tablets now that are support only for the browser and some apps.