On Feb 15, 1:21 pm, "Steve" wrote:
On Feb 14, 6:44 pm, "junius" wrote:





It looks like the Eton E1 (minus XM satellite radio capability, it
would seem) is to be rebadged as the Grundig G1.

http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...able/2001.html

Not available until late 2007.

The selling price on this set could potentially prove more attractive
than that of the $500 E1XM: The G1's list price is $500 on
Universal's website, as opposed to the $700 list price of the E1
(which Universal and other outlets regularly sell at 499.95).

RadioIntel has some pictures of the G1, taken at CES 2007.

http://www.radiointel.com/ces2007.htm

junius

Anyone know why they're slapping the Grundig name on it? Is this just
a sales ploy?

Sales ploy??? All marketing decisions are ploys to make sales.

It's great that they're stripping off the XM.- Hide quoted text -

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One possibility is that Eton will announce that the E1 is "upgraded"
and sold with XM installed for the north america market and the G1
will be sold as the shortwave radio. The other possibility is Eton
removes some features beyoind the XM plug from the E1 to make a
stripped down G1.

Given their tendency to announce but not deliver it's best to think of
the G1 as vaportronics until a working radio is available for sale.