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Originally Posted by knc1
Easy ones first:
Looking at the serial numbers will not help, it depends on what firmware is being run, which is not on the box.
Looking at the firmware version being run by the display models will not help either. Since they are powered on and may have self updated, possibly without even the store personal being aware of it.
Does who still sell ...
It depends on a lot of things.
Not uncommon that a retailer will make an initial order large enough to last longer than the retailer across the street.
Same thing, although less likely now, with the various on-line stores, including the various Amazon national sites.
The keyword in retailing is (and has been for years) "just in time" stock levels.
But since you choose not to display your location in the information box or in your post, it is impossible for anyone to advise you on your local retailers. 
The only way I can suggest is to either literally or effectively "stand outside the front door" and ask each new owner to tell you the firmware version being run by their purchase.
Note: There was an exception for the KT3 (Kindle Basic) - where any version of the firmware being run could be jail broken.
That exception was (we think) due to its Bluetooth support.
That may or may not still be the case (the jailbreakability, not the bt).
But that would drop one of your three requirements - those are not lighted screens. |
Hey, I see you EVERYWHERE (i'm trying to do some of my own gruntwork... poking around the forums looking for answers to questions that I have before having to resort to asking them (like I did here). But wherever I go, I see you replying and posting... thanks for all the help and posts you've given, you seem to know what the hell you're talking about.
Anyways, you seem to have misunderstood me. I don't need a LIGHTED screen, just a screen where the contrast between the black and white is high so the letters of the words can be seen clearly. That's all.
So If you think the kindle 3 basic is the best way to do this, so that's the way it shall be, although I'm going to wait a day or two and give you time to reply to this post in case you had any better ideas based on my location for example.
I can try giving it "my best shot" by calling a retailer (let's say bestBuy) and ask them which store within 50 miles is the LEAST BUSY and just buy a kindle from there and hope they had old stock....
And that kindle also happens to be a kindle 3 basic then if worse comes to worse i can try that bluetooth thingie you were talking about, which by the way sounds interesting, where are you guys discussing this? Which thread?
Also, I'm not shy about telling you where I'm from, I'm from Los Angeles.