Hi all.

I have just received my brand new 35s from Samson (all went well after some initial concerns and with some patience on my side :-)

I was just watching the bonus video that comes with the calculator (nothing more than the video we already could download
from HP site some weeks ago, recorded on a DVD) when I noticed a couple of things I'd like to share with you and have your thoughts about:


1 - one of the testimonials is Mark Olsen (Director, Program Management, frog design).

I thought they could have contributed to the design choices of the new calc, so I went to their website (http://www.frogdesign.com/)

but I could not definitely find any reference either to HP as a customer of theirs or to their participation to the celebrating video....
Kinda strange or am I that "conspiracy-biased" ;-) ?


2 - in a brief section of the video, a guy using a 3-D drawing software is showed; he's rotating what seems to be sort of "clamshell" device -
please see these pictures:

Frame #1
Frame #2
Frame #3
Frame #4

Do you think it's one of those "fake performances" usually made when an institutional video is being shot or is it a clue to anything ?



Thank you in advance for your enduring patience with my "Sherlock Holmes' rants" ;-) and for any feedbacks.

Best regards.

Giancarlo

Buona sera, Giancarlo,

my answers to your questions are:

1 - I know companies which do not want to be mentioned as a reference on a website. Maybe applies here, too. The bonus video is shipped to customers only (well, not really, because it was published here, but perhaps the marketing guys thought it for a somewhat limited audience?).

2 - Probability is almost 100% that's a dummy model.

HTH

#1 Frog lists HP on their clients page. That page isn't complete though. I can think of two companies they've worked for that aren't listed there.

#2 I made a similar comment before they filmed it and based on their reactions, I couldn't tell whether they were thinking "Uh oh!" or "Hah! They're all going to be fooled!" ;-)

Hi Dave.

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#1 Frog lists HP on their clients page

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