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You're having the opposite problem as Kindle fans have in the rest of the world. Amazon treats the rest of the world as second-class citizens: no Paperwhite release date outside the U.S.
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As has been reported earlier they are having supply problems getting screens for the PW and this is likely why the release is US only for the time being, it's their largest market (B&M stores in the US appear to not be getting them right away either due to this). It's possible Kobo is having some of the same supply issues and that's why BestBuy etc. don't have a release date yet, Kobo would want to supply their bigger markets first if supplies are limited (you can't buy it from the Kobo website from the US either which you could with other Kobo's).
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the Fire wasn't released in any country outside the U.S.; the Fire HD is only coming to the U.S. and a couple of European countries (seemingly on the countries where Amazon's LOVEFiLM service operates), and only the 7" version, not the larger-screened model.
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The Fire is a vehicle to sell the Amazon ecosystem of Books, Movies/TV, Music and Apps and is built around that concept so of course that's where it's being released.
I don't see how either the KoGlo or the PW can be called superior yet. Personally I hope they both turn out to be good devices.