Is HP getting serious about calculators?
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From: JB on 9 Oct 2006 14:09 brad.barton(a)ccrtcblue.com wrote: given the changes > at HP, and the quick response to the HP49G+ problems almost as soon as > C. Fiona was shown the door. I'm hoping for good things. Good points and so am I.
From: Volker Neurath on 9 Oct 2006 13:39 JB wrote: > Actually every new engineering student buys a high-end calculator, so > what is the evidence that the demand for high-end calculators is > nothing like it was 25 years ago? I think that today it is possible to replace a high-end CAS-grahics-calc by a PDA with software. So, what arguments are there for using a high-end-calc instead of a PDA? Volker --
From: Peter A. Gebhardt on 9 Oct 2006 15:13 Volker, maybe: - Quicker Input - Longer Battery Life - More features (of calculator software) - Programmability (if one likes USER RPL ...) Best regards Peter A. Gebhardt Volker Neurath wrote: > JB wrote: > > > Actually every new engineering student buys a high-end calculator, so > > what is the evidence that the demand for high-end calculators is > > nothing like it was 25 years ago? > > I think that today it is possible to replace a high-end CAS-grahics-calc > by a PDA with software. > So, what arguments are there for using a high-end-calc instead of a PDA? > > Volker > --
From: JB on 10 Oct 2006 00:45 Volker Neurath posted: > I think that today it is possible to replace a high-end CAS-grahics-calc > by a PDA with software. > So, what arguments are there for using a high-end-calc instead of a PDA? > > Volker > -- When was the last time that you solved a differential equation with your PDA?
From: Steen Schmidt on 10 Oct 2006 01:15
Volker Neurath wrote: > I think that today it is possible to replace a high-end > CAS-grahics-calc by a PDA with software. > So, what arguments are there for using a high-end-calc instead of a > PDA? Price and flexibility mainly. It's very easy to do calculations with one hand on a calc for instance, not so easy on a PDA. Regards Steen |