I've just been looking at ebook readers rated by
ebook-reader-guide.com .
Although they show the Astak Mentor as "Not out yet", they have given a very high rating to the Kindle DX {which is also not out yet but they don't say that}.

Are they subsidized by Amazon or what? How can consumers trust such ratings when they are obviously based on no data other than the manufacture's advertisements?

No one yet has experience with the Kindle DX production model.
Does this bother anyone else but me?