It looks like that the companies making graphic calculators are inspired by the smartphone industry.Just ask them why they bought a smartphone if all the games they play run on calculators (Doodle Jump, CubeRunner, Fruit Ninja, etc). I don't know a lot of people really using their smartphones at its real potential (like playing resource demanding 3D games such as RavenSword or something) so really, if they use it like a calc, what is the difference between the calc and the smartphone ?
I'm the only one in my school owning an Nspire CX and a bunch of people asked me if it has internet and if i can call with it.
sadly they stop making it like a smartphone when they reach the processor and memory part.
Just ask them why they bought a smartphone if all the games they play run on calculators (Doodle Jump, CubeRunner, Fruit Ninja, etc). I don't know a lot of people really using their smartphones at its real potential (like playing resource demanding 3D games such as RavenSword or something) so really, if they use it like a calc, what is the difference between the calc and the smartphone ?Can your calc take pictures, make phone calls, send text messages, surf the internet (maybe?), have speakers for sound/music and a touch screen, etc.? :P Also, some smart phones might even be cheaper than an NSpire.
Just ask them why they bought a smartphone if all the games they play run on calculators (Doodle Jump, CubeRunner, Fruit Ninja, etc). I don't know a lot of people really using their smartphones at its real potential (like playing resource demanding 3D games such as RavenSword or something) so really, if they use it like a calc, what is the difference between the calc and the smartphone ?Can your calc take pictures, make phone calls, send text messages, surf the internet (maybe?), have speakers for sound/music and a touch screen, etc.? :P Also, some smart phones might even be cheaper than an NSpire.
I agree, the design does look nice, but i don't know how i feel about the control pad.
itechnoguy: the specs you're quoting come from an unreliable second-hand source, which was itself quoting a site whose information was clearly wrong. The image posted above makes it clear that the screen has a much higher resolution than 131x80...Yeah I thought they seemed unreliable. I do hope the calculator actually has a SD card port though.
Looks like a render to me :P Screen shine/reflections don't look like that irl.This is a render too
Yeah, well the reflection on the screen is weird :PLooks like a render to me :P Screen shine/reflections don't look like that irl.This is a render too
https://tiplanet.org/forum/gallery/image_page.php?album_id=8&image_id=370
It's because it's not the same light source at all :PYeah, well the reflection on the screen is weird :PLooks like a render to me :P Screen shine/reflections don't look like that irl.This is a render too
https://tiplanet.org/forum/gallery/image_page.php?album_id=8&image_id=370
It seems perfectly aligned with the border of the screen while on the true CX CAS behind, it is a mess.
On the rest of the calc it is fine though :)
itechnoguy: the specs you're quoting come from an unreliable second-hand source, which was itself quoting a site whose information was clearly wrong. The image posted above makes it clear that the screen has a much higher resolution than 131x80...That said, if HP decided to do the same mistake as TI with the 84+CSE, it is entirely possible that this new calc could have the same processor and specs as the 50g :P. After all, even though the CSE has a larger and color screen, it still runs at 15 MHz and even has fewer user RAM. That said, if that happened, it wouldn't be as problematic for the HP Prime, because the 49g+/50g/48gII/39gII is clocked at 66 MHz (max 203 MHz), so it wouldn't be as slow.
This looks pretty cool. DJ's gonna LOVE this.But I won't buy it if it looks clear that nobody in the community nor anywhere else on the Internet is interested in developping stuff for it nor if it's too expensive. Of course if it's expensive but somewhat popular I'll buy it anyway, but I'm not gonna waste $149.99-$200 plus shipping on a device that almost nobody other than me on the Internet actually uses. (which seems to be the case of the 39gII right now, but at least shipping was free and the calc was less than $149.99)
These things aren't in need of a hack like Ndless, are they?We don't know.
My worry is that in recent years, most of what HP released is buggy, bloated or unreliable. Just see their computers for example: They're filled with useless junk like HP Hardware Diagnostics that you can't remove. Their HP 39gII OS was buggy beyond hilarity (although a patch is supposedly coming out in May) and their site isn't any better. I hope that this time the OS for their new calc is done right.At least, if their platforms are open, the community still has the possibility to make custom patches or apps that are better coded in case the OS has bugs or problems as you said :)
I visited HPcalc and it seemed they had a much better organized structure. These things aren't in need of a hack like Ndless, are they?I think the 39gII needs such hack, because I haven't seen any ASM app for it. I doubt people would bother, though, considering how incredibly fast BASIC programs run on it.
Wow I want it
Yeah true, although it requires the community to adopt the calc for that. If nobody bothers buying one, I don't think anyone will bother making a patch. It already took a decade before we see patches for the 83+ and 84+.My worry is that in recent years, most of what HP released is buggy, bloated or unreliable. Just see their computers for example: They're filled with useless junk like HP Hardware Diagnostics that you can't remove. Their HP 39gII OS was buggy beyond hilarity (although a patch is supposedly coming out in May) and their site isn't any better. I hope that this time the OS for their new calc is done right.At least, if their platforms are open, the community still has the possibility to make custom patches or apps that are better coded in case the OS has bugs or problems as you said :)