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Casio Unveils New Color Screen Graphing Calculator

Posted by samzenpus on from the new-hue dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As reported by hobbyist calculator programmers, Casio has recently unveiled new graphing calculator models, the Casio fx-CG10/20 series, less than a year after Texas Instruments released the TI-Nspire Touchpad. The calculators features a 65536 colors screen (16-bit) with a resolution of 384x216 pixels, 16 MB of Flash memory (10 available for the user) and 140 hours of battery life. The calculators will retail starting at $129.99. Although Casio's new calculator official page have limited information about the calculator programming capabilities and processor speed, could this eventually mark the end of TI's reign in North American schools?"

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  1. Obligatory xkcd reference by gspr · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://xkcd.com/768/

    1. Re:Obligatory xkcd reference by interkin3tic · · Score: 5, Funny

      I thought of that too. Maybe XKCD has shamed calculator makers into actually trying. I'm imagining it now.

      "Lets see, time to check the webcomics... ...

      I... I didn't become an engineer for this! Where did the dream of making the worlds best calculator die?!? I thought I was going to change the world of handheld calculators, but then I tried skipping coffee and spending more time with the family... before I knew it we were asking ourselves 'Why fix what's not really that broken and that students have to buy anyway' rather than 'What new features can we cram into it?' I knew I had hit some type of bottom when I actually told schools they should just recycle their old calculators rather than buying new.

      That changes today. By God, I'm putting color on this motherfucker... FOR AMERICA!!!"