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Here's my 2c on this issue: at the risk of alienating the hordes of iPad fans, I never saw the point of buying a 10" device for the main purpose of reading PDF publications or magazines.
Instead, I would recommend a "real" convertible Tablet PC with at least a 12" screen. Yes of course they are more expensive (> $1000) and also somewhat heavier than all the 10" tablet "toys", but unlike the latter they have a full-fledged OS and are powerful enough to truly work with.
Fujitsu's Lifebook series has served me well, but there are many others (HP's Elitebooks, Lenovo's ThinkPad X Series, Dell's upcoming XPS 12...) It's a pity that these powerful devices are almost exclusively labeled as "business" or "premium" products (and not very visibly marketed).
I will never buy a "regular" laptop again.
Back on the topic at hand: I doubt many people read academic papers for fun. Rather, they will need to be annotated, managed in a database (EndNote, BibTex, Mendeley...) and maybe eventually cited in your own publications as you write them. Using android or iOS apps to do these things are at best a stop-gap measure! Or can anybody here honestly claim to have written an academic or technical publication (including figures, references etc.) entirely on an iPad or Android tablet? (and no, quick touch-ups or minor edits do not count!)
/rant mode on
Incidentally, it would sure be nice if scientific papers were released in open-source ePub instead of only PDF format. But hell will freeze over before that ever happens...
/rant mode off
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