Canon just announced the new 300D. The camera itself is ugly, and it is an annoying all flash site, but it looks like this could bust things open. Current prices for DSLRs (the 10D) is around $1350. Dropping this below $1000 could really expand the market.
I'm just waiting to read some reviews and see how this is positioned relative to the 10D. Reiner and Alice (Reiner is a personality in the NT world) just got a 10D and I was playing with it the other day. It just feels more solid than my D60. I hope that the 10D feels the same way, even though it is covered with chrome crap (like the Elan IIe film camera I started with).