A helpful reader pointed me to the Radio Intelligencer where they have pics of the upcoming Eton / Porsche Design P`7131 Tabletop, the P`7132 Portable, and the E1XM satellite radio units taken at CES 2005.
Here's a great shot of the P'7131 and another shot of the P'7131. Also here's a beautiful photo of the E1XM AM/FM/SW/XM unit (with more here and here) and finally a shot of both the P'7131 and P'7132 together.
Very cool. Love the unique design.
There's still very little information available about the two Porsche Design XM Connect-and-Play equipped receivers; but from the look of those pics I pray that the XM Connect and Play antenna shown is for the "Home" kit (I believe it is), and that the portable/vehicle antennas will be slightly smaller.
We do know of a dedicated section of Eton/Grundig Radio's site for the P'7131 and P'7132 that has the usual marketing copy and a "COMING SOON" display. Once the units have hit stores, I'm sure we'll see that site in all it's glory.
As for a release date for any of these units, all we have to work with is from XM's Q404 Results:
"XM has developed alliances with a number of major consumer electronics manufacturers to launch XM Ready products with the "Connect-and-Play" technology in 2005 and 2006. The first "Connect-and-Play" product from Eton will be available in 60 days."
That was released on February 10th, which would put the 60 days at April 11th, and from what I can gather than that's just for the E1XM unit.
Ahh well, either way, I know I can't afford any of them. But it's nice to look.
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