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Might A Tablet Be The Ideal Platform/UI for a Highly Complex Calculator?. Jake Schwartz. 2009: HP Releases 12C & 15C Apps for the iPhone. Apps Were Enhanced Beyond The Simple Voyager Emulator. 3. Walter Bonin’s Projects. 2010: 30b Repurposing. 2008: “Imagine”.
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Might A Tablet Be The Ideal Platform/UI for a Highly Complex Calculator? Jake Schwartz
Walter Bonin’s Projects 2010: 30b Repurposing 2008: “Imagine”
Further Enhancements Could Take Advantage of Their Host Platforms • No hardware manufacturing issues • Plenty of processing power / speed • Plenty of memory • Easy off-line storage for sharing • user-generated data Example 1: Free42 by Thomas Okken with significantly more program memory Example 2: 42S RPN Calc with larger display for more stack levels or more program steps 5
What About Apps on Tablets? • Larger touch screens could allow for enhanced simulated • keyboards and screens • Simplified menu “labyrinths” possible • More data and/or graphics can be displayed at once 6
Proposed Back in 1989… HP28S Left-side Keyboard
An “Extended” 50g Tablet Application • The challenge would be to • port calculators to tablet platforms • and enhance them to take • advantage of the increased • “real estate” for bigger screens • and keyboards • Going farther than handheld • hardware can go: • More keys / fewer keystrokes • More soft-keys for user menus • Larger objects displayed • More complex graphics • Better input-forms • Consider creating new advanced calc • apps from scratch for the tablet • environment