I thought about buying one last month.  I finally ended up with the r75 with
the UT-102 voice synthesizer option.  Maybe you can still find a 2010 if you
call around.

Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Freeman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: Sony 2010


> Wish I'd known this was going to happen so I could have bought one new.
>
> Ah well.
>
> Mike < K 7 U I J >
>
> On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Russ Kiehne wrote:
>
> > Updates to Passport to World Band Radio - Edition 2003:
> > Sony apparently has decided to discontinue production of the venerable
> > ICF-2010 portable
> > some months earlier than they had indicated to us last autumn. According
to
> > Fred
> > Osterman at Universal Radio, the last shipment of '2010s was received in
> > late November,
> > 2002, and on January 13th Sony indicated that they would be unable to
> > fulfill dealers'
> > considerable quantity of backorders, as production had already been
> > terminated.
> > There is the faint outside chance that someone at Sony has made an
error.
> > But a check
> > of American dealer sites in mid-January has most showing the $350-370
> > ICF-2010 on
> > backorder status. Should an online vendor state it is in stock, be
careful,
> > as some
> > have been known to claim that an item is in stock when it isn't, just to
lay
> > hands
> > on your money.
> > The '2010, which initially was sold outside North America as the
ICF-2001D,
> > was in
> > production for over 17 years, possibly a record for a consumer
electronics
> > model.
> > In recent years it was available only within North America, but as Sony
has
> > been
> > moving away from consumer electronics manufacturing and into more
lucrative
> > endeavors,
> > it was decided to terminate the brisk-selling '2010. Sony, as usual, is
> > tight-lipped,
> > but possibly the reason is because the receiver's many discrete controls
and
> > components
> > make it more difficult and costly to produce than newer models.
> > Fortunately, the '2010 is relatively rugged, so quality used units
should
> > continue
> > to be available for some years to come.
> > Universal Radio also reports that Sony of America has changed the
optional
> > 120V AC
> > adaptor for the ICF-SW7600 compact portable. Formerly the AC-E60HG, now
> > discontinued,
> > it is now the AC-E60A. The new adaptor is more compact, but there is one
> > problem:
> > On its side, it reads, "NOT FOR USE WITH RADIOS." According to
Universal,
> > there is
> > good reason for this caution, as the new adaptor causes buzzing that
> > disrupts radio
> > reception.
> >
>