[xentronium]

> they will still continue to have a hard drive slot.

Not gonna happen. Even if they decide to save the current form-factor, they will fill the empty space with something actually useful, like battery.

[jodrellblank]

Like the way they filled the original iPad with batteries and didn't leave empty space?

http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp43/zuo_2008/07393211888...