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

[Steve Simpkin]

(06-02-2023 10:37 PM)Insoft Wrote:  If HP did decide to get back into calculator market with a new HP Prime it would have to be a Retina display, Type-C support third party native app development using C/C++ retain PPL and allow PPL to interact with C/C++ written functions

The keyboard needs to feel like CASIO keyboard and Bluetooth for external mouse and keyboard input

I am fairly sure none of that will happen.

* A Retina display is not needed for this application and would just add additional cost and battery consumption to a product category (educational graphing calculator) that is very sensitive to both.

* Supporting third party native app development using C/C++ would be a large, expensive effort that would not make this calculator more sellable in the educational marketplace. It could also introduce security risks which could make this model unsuitable for the educational marketplace.

* Adding Bluetooth is not needed for this application and would just add additional cost, battery consumption and security risks to a product catagory that can not tolerate any of those things.

* Making the keys feel more like Casio keys would eliminate one of the key elements that makes HP calculators more attractive to buyers. HP put a lot of effort into making the keys work and feel like they do. If you want the Casio keyboard feel, just buy a Casio or a TI or a Sharp.