HP Prime FW for 2023?

[pier4r]

(01-14-2023 08:02 AM)parisse Wrote:  If you have a look at https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Grap...cts/172523, you will see that the ti84 is about the same price than the ti nspire cx 2 (non CAS), but about 10* more popular, despite the fact that the nspire cx 2 hardware is much more powerful than the ti84. This shows that the educational market is very conservative: even the marketleader in the US (TI) can not displace an old generation calculator with a new generation one. A counterexample is Numworks in France, where a newcomer could reach 1/3 of the marketshare in about 5 years, but there are reasons very specific to the French market that can not be duplicated worldwide, and Numworks marketshare in the US seems still very small.

good point. I still find amusing that in our community some people think (me included at times) that the calculators outside schools could displace computers, smartphones, tables and co for professionals.
The amount of effort needed for a new device or firmware is likely equivalent to the effort for an app and then one is better server to distribute and market the app for professionals.

Although I still think that a physical calc has a superior input (since one can feel the keys), at the end the mobile market wins. A 8'' tablet, that can be substituted every 2 years with a new model, can support much better apps than an ad hoc designed device.

PS: I was able to get a prime 2nd hand in Europe for 60 €. "Same" level Casio are at 30€ and Ti at 40. That tells already a lot (market share). ("same" because the prime is a monster but for most users it doesn't matter)