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Thanks, Eric and Iqbal for notification of this new device. My first comments are:
1. There is not an "=" key on the keyboard(!)
2. I think that "discover-based interface" is newspeak for "does not come with a usable manual."
3. The concept is intriguing, but I'd like to see it in operation.
Keep on trying, HP, perhaps this one (or the next one) will be the breakthrough you/we need.
Dan
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A bit early for an april fools joke...
Bert
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I'd have to say, this thing *isn't* a calculator. It's a handheld "learning device" for use in schools. If Nintendo would let HP get away with calling it "MathBoy", I bet they would. . .
Best,
--- Les [http://www.lesbell.com.au]
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FYI, The full PDF of this newsletter is at:
http://www.hpineducation.hp.com/ssi/content/0031/hpcv6n3.pdf
For those of you who don't know it, he HP^c newsletter is HP's journal designed for educators to learn about how to buy and use HP calculators. It's sort of the educational equivalent of the old HP Personal Calculator Digest that was targeted towards scientists and business people. It's a combination of articles and an annotated catalog of calculator products that's published 3 times a year (or so?)