What's Out There for Handheld Math?

PowerVegetable asks: "What's the story with handheld computation? Not address books and schedule reminders; I'm talking about the type of stuff computers were invented for. Anyone who's used Mathematica or Maple knows what desktop computers are capable of these days math-wise, but handheld computation seems to have fallen behind on the innovation front. Cell phones and handheld game systems have certainly enjoyed rapid advancement, so where are the handheld mathematical portable oracles? What's available that doesn't have obscure menu systems, bad displays, underpowered processors and unwieldy programming languages? Pickings are slim in the hard-coded calculator industry, but what about Pocket PC's or other programmable portables? Is there any portable solution out there that's more capable than my old HP49g?"

Comments

A market of one does not constitute a true market

[ObviousGuy]

You're pissing in the wind here. As was already said, the TI calculators out now are pretty powerful and can do just about anything you'd want to do in a small package.

If you really want a port of Mathematica to a Pocket PC, then you're going to have to pony up the costs to Wolfram. They aren't going to do it when there isn't any market for it.