No memory expansion slot, no dock (check internal photos for the PCB). USB at bottom of unit, meaning no RF attachment to be used as universal remote.

As you know, no matter what “chance” Google gives them at pre-installing the Google Marketplace, it will for sure be possible to install the Google Marketplace by simply double clicking on the appropriate .apk file from the file manager. That simply takes 1 minute and any user who really wants the Google Marketplace on it can figure out how to do that.

Nah you know this is nothing like jailbreaking. It’s just the installation of an app. A bit like Windows not coming with Office pre-installed but you can install Office later.

For users like you and me it makes nearly no difference, it’s a 1 minute install. The only issue is in terms of marketing and in the demo models in stores, those can’t have Google Marketplace pre-installed, but of course that can change any minute when Google changes their policy away from only supporting $500 hardware.

It’s not as much Google ignoring that it takes place, it’s more an issue of Tablets simply not being popular enough yet for Google to announce their whole new upcoming branch of Android for Tablet form factors. Google never pre-announces unreleased products. You can be sure there is a Nexus One like tablet coming and that once all the major manufacturers really start releasing tablets, then Google will provide the full Google Marketplace optimized for all of those.

That doesn’t remove from the fact that installing Google Marketplace on current and upcoming Archos tablets works for 99% of apps just perfectly fine. That once Google filters out the 1% of apps that don’t work because of certain hardware requirements, it will be even better, but most users know not to install a camcorder app if there is no camcorder for example.