UPMan did indeed state that it was a cost/profit consideration. I forget which of the many SDS100 threads it was in, but it was a response to a post of mine critical of Uniden's decision not to include GPS.
I still think it is indicative of a lack of understanding on Uniden's part how important and how popular integrated GPS is in a handheld. At least there is some sort of "one cord solution" to an external GPS, though some of the components seem to be repeatedly out of stock.
Also the GPS settings in RR are not always correct so people with less technical skill would be complaining their devices do not work.
While this is a valid concern, and likely came up during development meetings, there will always be those who don't understand the technology. No matter how well a product manual describes a feature or lays out a function, there is always a group who, for many reasons, "don't get it."
Despite the above, I'm very happy that some "crank
met on an online forum to get an internal GPS" stepped in to fill the void. ;-)
