What would you like to see in a future HP Prime II? (HP Prime², HP Prime 2X)

[Jake Schwartz]

(04-07-2020 09:10 AM)CyberAngel Wrote:  3)
While prolonged phones are everywhere
a longish calculator might seem odd (to some).
Therefore I suggest a clam shell design
with a double sized display on the left side
and the original sized keyboard on the right.
This would eliminate the need for a screen cover,
while providing the most pocketable device size.
The display needs to be very thin, yet sturdy.

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I guess history tends to repeat itself (or at least "rhyme" with itself), as something like this was proposed during the June 1989 HP Handheld Conference at Triton College in Melrose Park, Illinois. The "right side" of the clamshell was an outgrowth of the HP-28S and the left side was a full-sized touchscreen for additional display, stack, buttons, graphing, etc:


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In fact one could say that the Prime itself is a “rhyme” with a PPC Journal posting from January of 1984, fully five years prior to the 1989 conference:



Fun stuff....
Jake