[heresy]

Not available outside of the US (except for the crippled non-touch version).

Poor, poor strategy.

That's essentially gifting the market to iOS/Android.

I sure as hell won't wait until Amazon deigns to offer one outside.

[rodh257]

I don't think this is completely Amazons fault. The device is heavily centered around Amazon Prime and the various streaming content services they have. Most of these services are U.S. only thanks to requirements of the publishers. I'm sure Amazon would love to ship it worldwide, but it wouldn't be nearly as useful without the cloud services behind it.