Re: Handheld mathematica
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- Subject: [mg107692] Re: Handheld mathematica
- From: Mark Westwood <markc.westwood at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:03:06 -0500 (EST)
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Cat food, luxury, you lucky Yanks. Over here in 3rd world Scotland we're eating the cats. On Feb 23, 12:03 am, 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