I was the first one to put a boot into Sony for not keeping up with the times (or the competition rather).
I'll happily eat a humble pie and take everything bad I said about Sony if the new models do come up close to Perl screen contrast and no glare. I wouldn't be too fussed with touch screen if that buys me better screen quality.
In fact, I'm putting my purchase of a couple of Kindles on hold on the back of this rumour. If they do deliver the goods by the end of the year, I'm back on the Sony bandwagon