The death of calculator market?

[harryp]

In general I think that a dedicated device is usually better at the task than a GPC (general purpose computer.) If I want to listen to music I could do it on a tablet, laptop or phone, but I'd rather have an MP3. It's optimized for music listening and it's almost weightless. And - no distractions. I'm not going to answer email on it.
I think for number crunching a calculator is better. It's optimized to work with numbers and allow for quick 'what-ifs' and you don't have much overhead to learn. With Excel you'd have to learn Excel and then learn the formulas and then take care not to make a mistake with those.
I see the value and utility of some of the PC heavy math and design programs and they are there for certain types of work that are beyond a calculator. But I've always rather used a calculator for number stuff than anything else.