My wifes kindle is one of the first K3's from august/september and she is reading 5-6 books or more a week, so a real hardcore reader.
With the kinde came the original Amazon cover (with light).
Since today the K3 is working. Screen still looks very good compared to my own K3. Even better then my old KDX. But it is falling apart. You cannot read 60-70% of the keys anymore cause the print was rubbed off over the time.
Some keys you'll have to press twice and battery time is dropping step by step.
But for the time the kinde was used and how it was handeld (it follows on businesstrips around the world, pools and beaches and nearly every transport vehicle the planet knows
) this is very impressive. The cover already build up a nice patina and feels very good in your hand.
So i am still impressed how well build the kindle 3 is and we will switch it against a new K3 as soon as it falls apart (which will be soon i guess
)