24 Aug
2011
24 Aug
'11
8:20 p.m.
No mention whatsoever of HP? I graduated high school with a bunch of kids
who had 48's, and that was only a few years after they came out. It was fun
to watch teachers try to figure them out (except for a math teacher with the
masters in CS - he used a 16C of course.)
Also, Sharp and Casio make relatively popular graphing calculators. Casio
has had a color graphing model for several years now.
I think calculators are like remote controls. You can make them lighter and
somewhat smaller, maybe add some nifty features, but ultimately they need to
be a certain size, have a certain layout, and perform some basic functions
to be usable.
Besides, if you want to see real technological stagnation, just look at
desktop calculators. I think Sharp has been selling the same printing
calculator with the same green LED readout for nearly 20 years.