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« on: February 12, 2012, 05:30:04 pm »
Last year it was Prizm for Casio.  Any rumors about a color screen for Classpad this year?

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Re: Casio
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2012, 05:48:13 pm »
Not sure, I haven't heard anything about it. Did the Classpad sell well, though? If it sold even less than the FX series, I'm worried they might not bother, especially in countries where touchscreen calcs are disallowed in most tests.

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Re: Casio
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2012, 08:54:01 pm »
I'm worried they might not bother, especially in countries where touchscreen calcs are disallowed in most tests.

Good point.  I'd settle for a non-touch screen if it was color and used the class pad cas.  I would prefer the touch screen given the choice however.  I never cared for touch screens because the stylus gets lost all the time but with the iPad - no stylus required but one can be used and now sorry to say, I'm spoiled.

BTW, Apple sold 15 million iPads in the first quarter of last alone and probably over 200 million all told, so clearly touch screens are here to stay and the testing authorities are going to have to update their thinking or be replaced. The schools that are buying class sets of iPads and putting digital text books and calculator apps on them are going to demand it.  This change from books to digital books on iPads is coming with the momentum of a freight train and can't be stopped.

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Re: Casio
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2012, 10:46:01 am »
I'm worried they might not bother, especially in countries where touchscreen calcs are disallowed in most tests.

Good point.  I'd settle for a non-touch screen if it was color and used the class pad cas.  I would prefer the touch screen given the choice however.  I never cared for touch screens because the stylus gets lost all the time but with the iPad - no stylus required but one can be used and now sorry to say, I'm spoiled.

BTW, Apple sold 15 million iPads in the first quarter of last alone and probably over 200 million all told, so clearly touch screens are here to stay and the testing authorities are going to have to update their thinking or be replaced. The schools that are buying class sets of iPads and putting digital text books and calculator apps on them are going to demand it.  This change from books to digital books on iPads is coming with the momentum of a freight train and can't be stopped.
Ok. But we are talking about calculators ;). Colors just arrived (not really, but just arrived with success) on the calc market, even though color devices were here for ages.
Maybe a calc with colors and a touch screen will come but not that soon I guess, since none of those features is indispensable for a calc.
« Last Edit: February 16, 2012, 10:46:50 am by Hayleia »
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