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To me 'available internationally' doesn't mean a lot. What would mean a lot is if I can walk into a retailer or two's shops in a broad selection of nations, pick it up off the shelf, pay cash, buy a gift card (prepaid) that works anywhere in the world and use it anonymously.
So far, in Canada at least, it appears to be tied to individual markets of various nation-states. I just asked today if I could buy an Amazon gift card. The salesman at a Staples office supplies store in BC advised me that such was the plan but those cards were cancelled at the last minute. I asked him if I could buy a Kindle in Canada, and have a friend in USA ship me a gift card here for use here and elsewhere. He said that would work. It appears that billing and markets are not a matter of citizenship, residency, domicility or even use but only where the device is registered (rather like ships with flags from Liberia eh?) or is it from whence the payment method (gift card, credit card etc) is based. i am confused. I am just trying to work around restrictions so I can buy anywhere and use anywhere. Both confidentially.
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