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Re: Handheld mathematica

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  • Subject: [mg107746] Re: Handheld mathematica
  • From: "Hans Michel" <hmichel at cox.net>
  • Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:53:44 -0500 (EST)
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If what you are asking for is a Handheld like TI-nspire CAS
http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/productDetail/us_nspire_cas.html?bid=5

Or http://www.classpad.org/family.php like items.

WRI would have to or need to get in the hardware business.
It may be easier for WRI to implement standalone PDA app then embed kernel 
on a chip and provide OS and interface...

DOS version the mathematica exe was not too big.

Nevertheless, it is a good idea.

Hans

<ibmichuco at hotmail.com> wrote in message news:hm323l$mab$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> On Feb 22, 6:03 pm, Fred Klingener <gigabitbuc... at BrockEng.com> wrote:
>> On Feb 21, 4:23 am, "ibmich... at hotmail.com" <ibmich... at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi all,
>>
>> > It is just a matter of time before handheld devices like
>> > PDA or Ipod Touch are powerful enough to have Mathematica
>> > ported. I was wondering why not go all the way and produce a
>> > pocket calculator that functions like a mathematica kernel, that
>> > is, without graphic output (for now).
>> > ...
>>
>> On this group, it's hard to find anyone willing to say anything nice
>> about Wolfram Alpha, and it's even harder to find anyone anywhere
>> willing to say anything nice about the $50 iPhone/iTouch W|A App
>> (especially the $50 part), but the combination is now a powerful
>> technical weapon. A puzzlement.
>>
>> Just as mysterious is the invisibility (and the continued clumsiness)
>> of WebMathematica with its facilities for generating server apps
>> accessible to browsers on handhelds.
>>
>> I'd have either in a minute if the economy hadn't collapsed and if I
>> weren't eating cat food.
>>
>> Meow,
>> Fred Klingener
>
> Sigh,
>
> I don't want a copy of Mathematica on a PDA, as I mentioned
> at the beginning of the post, much less an app for cloud computing.
>
> I want neither a calculator with augmented reality nor one that
> toasts bread. Just a a hand held calculator that gives a quick
> check to, say
>
> Cos[t] D[Sin[t]/r D[F[r, t], t], r]
>
> with
>
>                                      (0,1)                   (1,1)
>                            Sin[t] F     [r, t]    Sin[t] F     [r, t]
> Out[1]= Cos[t] (-(-------------------) + -------------------)
>                                     2                        r
>                                   r
>
> regardless if I am online or not.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michuco
> 



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