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HP Launches New Calculators

Posted by michael on from the just-buy-the-cheap-one dept.

lar1 writes "It looks like HP is back in the calculator buisness! In a press release dated 2003 October 20, HP states: 'Within the next several weeks, HP will be launching three additional new calculators: two graphing and one scientific. The two yet-to-be-launched graphing calculators, together with the hp 49g+ and the entry-level hp 9g, will provide a complete range of graphing calculators expected to fulfill the needs and budgets of a broad spectrum of calculator users.' The 49g+ boasts features such as: USB and IrDA connectivity, a 75MHz ARM CPU, 2MB of flash, and an SD card slot. That's a lot of calculator!" We mentioned this calculator-on-growth-hormones earlier.

2 of 384 comments (clear)

  1. Can they compete against PDAs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Would it not be better to simply write software for a PDA? There should be a much larger market for PDAs that fullfil the tasks of a high-end calculator than for the calculator itself....

  2. Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of these things by thelizman · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...oh wait, someone did that. Sorry, just got sentimental for the olden days of yesteryear.