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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. Why? by BassMan449 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I don't understand the need for such fancy calculators for students. I'm sure there are some professionals that might like to have it, but I used a TI-83 through all high school and college and never found something you couldn't make it do that you needed.

    What is the purpose of making these calculators with color screens rather than just making simpler but still advanced graphing calculators cheaper?

    1. Re:Why? by AshtangiMan · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I've had an HP 15C since 1987 and have changed the batteries once (about 3 years ago). RPN for the win!