On calculator sales, and praise for The Calculator Store

[DA74254]

(09-22-2024 07:53 PM)carey Wrote:  

(09-22-2024 03:49 PM)DA74254 Wrote:  (I don't even like landscape calculators)

It's of course a personal preference, but a few things I like about landscape models (e.g., HP Voyagers and TI-Voyage200 -- interesting that both company's "Voyage(r)"-named calculators are landscape models) are:
1) wide displays
2) more sensible key groupings seem possible
3) easier to locate keys at a glance than scanning the greater number of rows on vertical models. (Perhaps related to how our eyes read line-by-line).
4) more stable working on a desktop.

I normally have the calculator in my hands (like a phone) when in use. Since my right thumb is more or less useless (birth defect), I had problems holding the only landscape model I've had (a Sharp of which I don't remember type of, but scientific and 10+2 digits, algebraic, in the mid-80'ies). I'll se how this "sits" in my hands.

(09-22-2024 08:03 PM)AnnoyedOne Wrote:  One thing I really like about all the HP Voyager models. They fit (comfortably) in a shirt pocket. Few calculators do.

Well, I'm more than halfway through my 50's, but still never use shirts, except on Christmas and/or in funerals.. I'm a T-shirt wearer, both at home and at work (ships engineer). Thus, the "fits in a shirt pocket" does not apply to me. But of course, it's always nice with a smallish handy and advanced RPN calculator.