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Originally Posted by DreamWriter
Hmm...that's interesting. The Kindle Paperwhite Wi-Fi with Special Offers is currently out of stock in the U.S. The product page states: "In stock on August 31, 2013." The wi-fi Paperwhite without special offers is currently available here. |
Heh... that's even more interesting, because all Kindles (with or without SO) carry the exact same firmware. The "should I show ads?" status is only set once the Kindle is registered by phoning home to Amazon. In essence, it's a simple flag stored in Amazon's database.
It's purely a software setting, and one that doesn't even need initialization. Why one version would be available while the other one isn't - well, that's beyond my logic.
PS: Yes, I'm aware that Amazon also ships "pre-registered" Kindles. I don't know how exactly that works, but I assume that it's simply something like "boot the device once, request owner/SO information, shut down". It boils down to the same as above, with one intermediate step before shipping.