Ask what in the era of smart phones can be graphing calculators? Anachronism. But Texas Instruments engineers do not think so.

The developers decided to update its line of Mathematical Machines. And presented an improved model TI-84 Plus CE. Gadget got a color screen (16-bit) and looked like a modern device.

Device pleasantly different from the original Plus: it is 30% thinner and lighter without problems fits in any pocket, backpack or bag. Besides looks spectacular.

A choice of 7 colors of the case: turquoise, purple, blue, red, black, pink and gray. Each chosen style to your liking.

In this way, Texas Instruments is trying to attract the attention of young people. The company says that the TI-84 Plus CE created with the wishes of students.

If we talk about the specifications, they are as follows. “On board” has a 2.8-inch LCD-display with a resolution of 320 by 240 pixels, the processor ez80 unknown clock speed, 154 KB RAM and 3.5 MB of non-volatile memory. Plus port microUSB.

Especially great to have built-in battery ensures up to 1 month of battery life. Although the exact capacity of the battery is hidden.

Programmable device using Assembly and TI-Basic. In the role of the operating system supports a proprietary platform TI-OS 5.0.

Sales will begin in the spring. The price is not reported.

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Since there are smartphones and desktop computers have come calculator out of fashion. Only in school you learn more with practical tools for algebra and geometry deal. In order to display the results even better and to get a better picture of the inputs is also, HP has developed a premium calculator that not only has a color display, can also be equipped with even apps.

The HP Graphing Calculator Prime has a 3.5 inch touchscreen and is charged via USB. For this purpose it includes a 400MHz processor and a lithium ion battery. The display can also be operated with fingers mehrern and wireless communicating with each other. Anonymous, the teachers, the students therefore query whether the curriculum was understood.

However, this convenience has a retail price of 159 euros and will be available on September. The weight of 228 grams makes it much heavier than a smart phone and will thus be more likely to have used mainly in the professional segment, as in the school.

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