HP Prime: The Logic of Purchasing

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(03-31-2015 04:25 PM)dbbotkin Wrote:  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.

HP is a global company. While they may not have a strong presence in the classrooms in the US, they have a strong presence outside of the US (that's my understanding, anyway).

Quote: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.

While Apple devices may be competing with HP hardware, there is no reason for them to not invest in giving their software a larger user base. People are going to buy (hardware) however they want. A small app isn't going to make any dent in their purchasing decisions. The current reason they don't exist is likely due to the lack of funding from bean counters.