HP Prime FW for 2023?

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(01-12-2023 06:45 AM)SammysHP Wrote:  

(01-11-2023 07:30 PM)compsystems Wrote:  Si liberan el código fuente del firmware, la comunidad lo mejoraría mucho, mientras que si seguimos esperando a que HP nos envíe actualizaciones, lo harán a paso de Tortuga.

We're not waiting for HP anymore. As far as I understood, the development of the remaining computer models is now completely up to Moravia. Publishing the existing source code is likely to be difficult. I can imagine that the toolchain and libraries used are at least partly subject to some NDAs. It would also soften the examination mode, so that admission to examinations would no longer apply. Not to mention the agreements with HP.

Apart from that Moravia could evolve into a competitor for SwissMicros and design and manufacture calculator hardware for community software.

I wish companies other than Casio and TI would stop worrying about what schools allow. Those two companies have the education market sewn up: Casio in Europe, Asia and Japan and TI in the USA. Don't design a calculator with schools in mind. Design one good enough to replace PCs and laptops for engineers, surveyors, and scientists. Don't let the marketing department hamper the engineering department by deliberately limiting some features to protect some other product line. Design and build the most powerful, best product you can. Maybe include optional plug-in sensor modules and/or software for things such as temperature, distance measurement, spatial orientation for leveling, sound/waveform generation and analysis. The needed technology is available. Let's use it! Let your imagination run free. Don't just consider traditional calculator roles. Of course, it would have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity and maybe AirPrint capability.

It would have all the capabilities of a smartphone (plus some) but with a real keyboard. Haptic feedback with on-screen images of buttons simply isn't enough.