With the new Casio Prizm and TI Inspire CX boasting a color display, can we expect HP to come up soon with their color display machine?
Color Display?
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Post: #15
08-02-2012, 02:37 AM
There's probably now way around it if HP wants to stay in the game. That was one aspect mentioned in "The Next Big Thing" thread (http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/archv021.cgi?read=227324#227324). The reply (in that thread) from Walter B looks like a great starting point. ▼
Post: #16
08-02-2012, 04:41 PM
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It seems to depend on what game you're interested to play
Adding a color-able display to a design isn't much of a
A transmissive, back lit color display requires a substantially
And it doesn't make too much sense to incorporate
And if we've come this far, what have we engineered other than
Aside from all that it is unclear
I'd defer the assessment of such a product to the
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Post: #17
08-02-2012, 05:47 PM
I think most of the negatives you mention fly out the window when you look at the competition. And we've reached the point where the input from so-called "analyists" has nearly immobilized innovation in many cases. Look at where the HP-35 came from, a 9100 that fits in your pocket! Not much analysis there! And look at the results! They took a chance based mostly on gut instinct and changed the world. We need more of that, not less. A possibly reasonable alternative might be an advanced greyscale display with high resolution, pan and zoom capability (haptic?), 3D capability and some way to easily identify overlaping traces. Or something along thoses lines. I do think the display should be large enough to allow simultaneous plotting and equations/programs.
FWIW, I still use and adore my small collection (HP-35, 20S, 28C and 97S) despite the frequent recharging and maintenance. The power-density of battery packs for portable devices has increased dramatically in recent years so I don't really see power as the primary issue. Edited: 2 Aug 2012, 5:59 p.m. ▼
Post: #18
08-02-2012, 06:44 PM
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The question is whether their productization effort
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The result was a product which didn't exist in comparable
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Power density isn't a problem, though the bulk of the
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Post: #19
08-03-2012, 07:21 PM
You are right about the cell phones having apps that make them more powerful than any other calculator on the market. BUT! The Prizm is on sale right now at Wal-Mart for 99$ and the TI Nspire CAS CX is 150$ most places. What does a cellphone cost? 400$ to 1000$ if you get a good one (iPhone, Atrix, Aria). Sure you can get them at steal 'em prices, IF you commit yourself to a 2 year contract, and data rather you want it or not. I don't think cell phones are a valid argument against color HP's. Sure, if you already have a smart phone of that caliber. What about me with my cheap Nokia POS? ▼
Post: #20
08-04-2012, 10:22 AM
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Given the ubiquitous nature of cell phones,
If cell phones weren't pervasive, a stronger argument may exist
In this day and age special purpose (pocket) calculators
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Post: #21
08-04-2012, 11:21 AM
uhmgawa,
Post: #22
08-04-2012, 11:43 AM
Totally agree. In fact, I wish my phone weren't even color, so I could see it better in bright light. The best ATM at our bank was back in the days when it was a 4-line by 40-character monochrome display that could be easily read even when the sun was shining on that wall an hour or two before sunset. Now they want to make it color to somehow make it more friendly and so they can put up color pictures for advertising, and I don't like it one bit. My wife does, but she knows she's more feeling and less practical. It would really turn me off though to have a color calculator that needs recharging frequently because its display takes too much current to use AAA's or AA's, and then five years later to find out you can't get a replacement battery for it anymore. Occasionally I have a use for color on the oscilloscope to tell multiple jagged traces apart when they cross each other several times; but even that need isn't very frequent.
Post: #23
08-04-2012, 01:49 PM
Quote:I think the average user is a high school student. In the last ten years this average user was raised on things that need daily or at the least weekly charging. Another makes little difference.
Post: #24
08-02-2012, 09:27 AM
Quote: Hopefully.
Post: #25
08-02-2012, 04:55 PM
Who knows, but I don't really care, my phone has a color screen and I can put any calculator on it. My phone doesn't have a long battery life though. And neither does a calculator with a color screen. Plain grey LCD calculators are pretty useful. ▼
Post: #26
08-03-2012, 07:23 PM
I routinely use my Nspire 3-5 hours a day for over a week w/o having to recharge. I always considered the battery life of that machine to be excellent! |