When I got ready to purchase my 1197 I called
http://www.jandhproducts.com/ and talked to John in Customer Service..
I told him I was adamant about buying a 2010 model for the preloaded ContourXD basemap..
John took my number and said he would call me back as soon as he had a 2010 model he could sell me...
1 hour later John called me.....he said he had called HB personally and found out that HB was shipping 2010 models to retailers that had already depleted their 2009 stock.....
HB also told him that the 2010 models had been in production since Sept '09...
John said he had found me a 2010 model at one of his California distributers....
John and I made the sale right then on the phone.....and it was $450 cheaper than Bass Pro...
I can't say enough about John at J and H products......He went completely out of his way to find me a 2010 model....I received the unit 1-6-10......