HP-35S Discontinued?

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(07-09-2022 02:18 PM)Sukiari Wrote:  Possibly. But I really hate it. It doesn’t feel like an HP at all. Enter key’s in the correct spot, buttons feel OK, but it just feels awkward. 32sII feels similarly icky to me. Give me a plain 32s or a 42s. Or a DM42.

I agree, regarding the 35s (I like the 32sII). I can't explain in an objective way, but it doesn't feel right. I think the biggest problem, IMHO, is the weird things I see on the LCD. Minus sign off vertical center, some weird choices and ugly drawing of config menu, and others. They chose a really strange LCD strategy: it's a dot matrix character display with a lot of characters. Why not take a small step further, and do a full, dot addressable LCD like the 42S? If they did it in the 80s, why do worse in the 2000s?

It could allow software to plot graphics, it has the CPU power for it, and it could have the beautiful menus the 42s, 28s and 48s/g have.

I don't care if it was made in China, everything today is made in China. The problem I see is that it feels like it wasn't designed by HP at all. This is my impression, at least.