What good is 8GB of storage good for on a media consumption device? Even the Kindle Fire HD starts at 16GB for $199 (with ads).
On a related note, the use of storage as the differentiating price point is also infuriating--it's so cheap (about $1 a GB). Don't get me started on the inflated cost of cellular chipsets, $130 extra for the privilege of paying for mobile data to a specific carrier is a joke.