I think the choice of devices included in the upgrade path reflect the company's choice to concentrate on Enterprise-level devices.
As the 3000 series is multimedia-centric, it just doesn't fit into the plan. And Jason, with regard to your statement about it being a $450 device, I say this: so what? The price point of the 3000 is about what most people pay for competing devices that do the same thing, music, videos, etc.
There is [probably] a tacit understanding that the demographic who purchase those devices aren't really interested in improved versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint anyway. If they were truly interested in those apps and used them everyday, they'd have purchased another device.
I'm sure there will probably be an angry response to this somewhere, as some people really take things like this personally, like Mac vs. PC.
At the end of the day, though, I agree with HP's decision, and it's no skin off my nose, anyway.
