Well, Unication does seem to be developing a scanner, so they must feel there's some profit to be had. Although they were originally designed as pagers only, the G-series has evolved over the past few years to include features that are more scanner-friendly (hold, lockout, RR import). In reality, those features were probably requested by both fire departments and scanner users alike as they benefit both groups.Unication is going to develop and spend time to R&D things that are going to benefit them profit wise. It's doubtful the scanner hobbyist are lucrative.