Re: mathematica on a palmtop?
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- Subject: [mg39142] Re: mathematica on a palmtop?
- From: atelesforos at hotmail.com (Orestis Vantzos)
- Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 04:36:53 -0500 (EST)
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I think that simply porting the kernel would not be such a bad idea. Since the palmtops have fairly complete versions of Java and J/Link can link to that, I think that there are various interesting possibilities. With the kernel running as a service and using Java to create specialised GUIs, a palmtop with a mathematica kernel could be used as the ultimate scientific calculator! It is obvious that you can not program Mathematica with a palmtop, but you can prepare the Java GUI/Mathematica package at a desktop PC and then upload it to the palmtop to get specific jobs done. I am confident that Wolfram could easily create 'mini front-ends' for many things. Things like the Integrator could easily fit into a palmtop. Input via the Basic Input Palette could be easily implemented. Orestis Tim May <tcmay at got.net> wrote in message news:<b184gv$kqn$1 at smc.vnet.net>... > In article <b15q34$f0q$1 at smc.vnet.net>, Daniel Reeves > <dreeves at umich.edu> wrote: > > > If I could have mathematica on a palmtop I would be a truly fulfilled > > human being. <drifts into fantasy...> > > [setting: a cocktail party] > > Girl: ...so in the limit you'd find that... > > Me: well let's plot that [whips out palmtop with mathematica] > > Girl: [swoons] > > > > It's clearly possible in principle since modern palmtops are more > > powerful than desktop machines that ran mathematica just fine several > > years ago. > > > Yes, the CPU power is almost there, but the screen size and resolution > simply is not. Mathematica running on my Mac 7100av in the mid-90s still had > the full effect of a 1024 x 768 color display on a 17-inch monitor. > Trying to do useful work on my Visor Prism or even an iPaq would be > horrible...useful only for the type of situation you fantasize about. > > Meaning, not worth the effort. > > I currently have Mathematica 4.1.5 on my 5-lb TiBook. Not small enough to "whip > out at a party to impress a chick" (yuk yuk), but perfectly fine for > any mobile use (such as at the library, or at remote sites, or in hotel > rooms) I can plausibly imagine. > > Wasting time and money on a PDA port would be foolish for Wolfram. > > --Tim May
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