RoninJoliet:
Probably RS, but who knows what's likely to come out of China, like those $50 2M/450 HT's?
The other reason, unstated, is what happened to Osborne Computers many years ago, when a "coming new product" announcement all but killed their sales of the current model, and ate their cash flow.
Not to mention the cost of the Cray that'll be needed to program the next one
....
Definitely no "new product of the month club" here, although some additional firmware updates might be nice. I'd like to see a way to make the backlight
timer adjustable when set for "on when squelch breaks", for example, and I'm sure some of the more experienced guys have even better ideas.
(I also hate the belt clip, but that's a whole 'nother story.)
Can't avoid progress or new models, but every once in a while you find out why something really was on sale
....
(Radio Shack, btw, is really great at that. Sometimes they're all but giving something away. Then you find out that there's a new model that's worth the "older" price, or they've dropped the thing entirely to get in a new line of cellphones
.)
Regards,