Hmmmm... I'm a researcher...(in a different field, of course...), and here is how we feel about recent research fraud (in pharmaceuticals).... There is a good reason for having a clear record of who contributed to authorship. One reason is to give credit and another is to assign responsibility. If there is fraudulent data contaminating the manuscripts, everyone concerned needs to be aware of the contributing author list. And the entire manuscripts are now appropriately suspect. Indeed, all data connected with this investigator are tainted by the mere suggestion of fraud. (and of course some of us often question the ethics of some pharmaceutical companies.... can we not, as scientists, question the ethics of these climate researchers?) I see a lot of 'mere suggestion' of fraud in these emails.

The Irex Iliad has the same screen technology, bigger screen, views txt, pdf and mobipocket (relatively user-friendly DRM), can view PDF without DRM, and has more input - WIFI, direct connection to a PC, USB memory stick, CF, and SD. I've had one for over a year now... MP3 player built in....I use it almost daily. Oh... and it's powered by Linux.

http://www.irextechnologies.com/products/iliad

Check out fictionwise, mobipocket, or even the Gutenberg project for books... Baen has an extensive free library of books and multiple best seller science fiction books without DRM.

Wouldn't buy the Sony, not gonna buy the Kindle... Not interested in 'locked in' DRM from either, and the potential for 'interesting' spyware from either.

Amazon's about a year behind the power curve....
Look at Bookeen, or the Chinese...
An A-4 format (8 1/2 by 11) ebook PDF reader is on the horizon... That will be full magazine sized...