Re: Handheld mathematica
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- Subject: [mg110313] Re: Handheld mathematica
- From: "Sjoerd C. de Vries" <sjoerd.c.devries at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 04:09:30 -0400 (EDT)
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The app is just =801.59. Has been for quite some time. Cheers -- Sjoerd On Feb 23, 2:03 am, Uayeb <uayebswinbu... at gmail.com> wrote: > On Feb 21, 8:23 pm, "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). > > > I for one would love to have something a la HP (left- and right- > > shift buttons type keyboard, for example) with Mathematica > > capacities. We can download packages and run them as we > > would in a normal Mathematica session. > > > >From Wolfram point of view, they will have a rather decent niche > > > on the calculator market that is hard for anyone to compete. On > > the other hand with a pocket calculator, Wolfram doesn't have to > > worry about software piracy. > > > If many of us talk about this may be Wolfram will warm up to > > the idea? They can get started in time for my Christmas list > > :-) > > > Comment? > > > Michuco > > To a certain extent, doesn't this already exist? Wolfram|Alpha for > iPhone seems to have much of the functionality of Mathematica, and a > slightly different approach which is probably better suited to the > mobile interface. > > Now if I could just get over the $50 price tag for what is essentially > a web app, maybe I'd give it a try. Has anyone else played with it? > > Andy