HP Prime: The Logic of Purchasing

[dbbotkin]

Why assume that the target-market is the student? HP is not going to make money selling these calculators: they want to sell printers and computers and tablets to the institutional market and they are using the HP Prime to establish and capture that market.

Waiting for an iOS version of the emulator? (don't count on it) The connectivity kit on the Mac? (very doubtful) Why? Because those devices compete with HP's product: a Windows/Android device.

All this discussion about "students and engineers" misses the point. The reason someone buys a product is not necessarily the reason the company that sells the product created it.

The HP prime is a great product as a calculator. Is the present HP a great company? (outlook not so good)

Donal