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Casio Prizm already for sale???
« on: December 18, 2010, 04:50:28 am »
http://cgi.ebay.com/CASIO-FX-CG-10-L-IH-PRIZM-color-Graphing-Calc-FX-CG10-/130460465998?pt=Calculators&hash=item1e600cbb4e#ht_500wt_922

I thought it was being released in Jan 2011? O.O

And there are more:

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=casio+prizm
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=FX-CG10
http://shop.ebay.ca/?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=FX-CG10&_sacat=See-All-Categories
http://shop.ebay.ca/?_from=R40&_npmv=3&_trksid=m570&_nkw=casio+prizm

It seems to be from sellers with high reputation rating. I wonder if this is real, if they got leaked or if they're some sort of prototypes? One seller got over 800, so I kinda have doubts they are prototypes. Some sellers also says it should arrive between Dec 23 and 29 2010. This kinda surprised me. I wonder if everyone should wait?

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Re: Casio Prizm already for sale???
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2010, 06:35:45 am »
It looks like they're selling it earlier than Casio would allow them to do. This happens with games in my country. In some gaming stores, people sell games before the release date, but usually those employees are then fired :S

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Re: Casio Prizm already for sale???
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2010, 02:17:22 pm »
Yeah that's what I thought. With the Internet, companies hardly have any control on that. X.x

Or maybe they say a default shipping date, but in fact it's Jan 1st. I am really tempted to get one. After all, if it's an unupgradeable prototype, I would still be able to code in BASIC anyway.

Also note that some of these shippers got negative reviews saying they sold items that they didn't even have in stock or ships slowly, so be careful from who you buy something from.
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Re: Casio Prizm already for sale???
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2010, 11:05:11 pm »
As I mentionned on Cemetech and on both IRC channels, For some reasons, it seems like the Casio Prizm is out already. The release timeframe of January 2011 is gone from their website and the calculator appears to be available on their online store at http://www.shopcasio.com/product/4063

At first I thought many Ebay sellers started selling it before the release date, but now I know why that many started selling them. Snake_X caught my attention because he mentions that a local store where he lives already sells them.

I guess that maybe they wanted to release it early to get a few additional sales for Christmas, but I hope it's not rushed either, because like TI, they're not known for bug-free OSes.

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Re: Casio Prizm already for sale???
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2010, 12:02:57 am »
@#$%#$@#$@%$%~!@#@!$ it. I just spent all of my Prizm money paying off my school (#@$#@$ hidden charges) and finishing up Christmas shopping.

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EDIT: I actually want to buy mine in-store and those don't seem to be available yet.
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Re: Casio Prizm already for sale???
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2010, 03:11:49 am »
Ouch sorry to hear. :( I hope you can get some more money soon. And yeah it would be better to buy it in store. Much easier in case it's defective or something, although I wonder if all stores will carry them...

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Re: Casio Prizm already for sale???
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2010, 07:31:43 am »
I checked Best Buy this past Friday when I was up at the mall. They didn't have them on the shelves yet. :( I am keeping an eye out though. =)

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Re: Casio Prizm already for sale???
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2010, 10:14:31 pm »
I don't go out too much, so I'm not sure if they're here yet. Haven't seen them in the ads in the newspaper, though.
I'll keep checking :D
On a somewhat related note, I think I'm going to wait before the (non)existence of an SDK is announced before I decide whether or not to buy one.
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Re: Casio Prizm already for sale???
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2010, 03:13:30 am »
According to Kerm's post on Cemetech:

Quote from: Casio
Mr. Mitchell,

Thank you for contacting Casio America. We do not currently have an SDK
available for PRIZM. At this time, I do not know when or if an SDK will
be made available in the future. SDKs for some of our other calculator
models can be obtained through the Casio worldwide educational site at
http://edu.casio.com, so I recommend that you continue to check that
site periodically to see if an SDK for this calculator becomes
available.

We hope that we were able to assist you with your question, and again
thank you for contacting Casio America.


Sal Manfredonia

CASIO AMERICA, INC.
570 Mt. Pleasant Avenue Dover, NJ 07801
973-361-5400 ext: 4339 Fax: 973-537-8972
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Re: Casio Prizm already for sale???
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2010, 03:47:38 am »
Hmm I hope they just mean they do not have it now and that they are not aware one may be available eventually. It would kinda suck if it didn't have one. It would be ironic, though, considering the calc already have flash app support in the first place (Maybe only Casio will make them?).

That said, SDK or not, this calc will still be more programmable than TI-Nspire BASIC. It has a getkey function, text commands and some drawing commands. Just as long as it's not incredibly slow.

Also maybe it will be hackable.

On a side note, it seems that Casiocalc.org has turned into an anti-game forum in the past year or so. Back in the days, it used to be both development and help, and now it seems most people are against calc games or think it's stupid to play games on calc. That said, I think Ashbad's comment was trollish, though, and I reported it to moderators (along with the response).

http://www.casiocalc.org/?showtopic=4975

Oh well, if Casiocalc.org has turned into TI-Nspire Google Group/Univers TI-Nspire II, then we can easily start our own Casio Prizm dev community.
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Re: Casio Prizm already for sale???
« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2010, 06:34:30 am »
I guess someone will have to explore the Prizm and make some kind of SDK until the Casio one comes :S

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Re: Casio Prizm already for sale???
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2010, 06:58:59 am »
I guess someone will have to explore the Prizm and make some kind of SDK until the Casio one comes :S
Finding a way to run unsigned code might be tricky... Maybe as tricky as the Nspire.

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Re: Casio Prizm already for sale???
« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2010, 07:02:06 am »
I guess someone will have to explore the Prizm and make some kind of SDK until the Casio one comes :S
Finding a way to run unsigned code might be tricky... Maybe as tricky as the Nspire.

I doubt, I meant the BASIC commands xD To program assembly and C we'll need the SDK, obviously.

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Re: Casio Prizm already for sale???
« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2010, 07:43:59 am »
Oh, those... Aren't they documented in the manual?

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Re: Casio Prizm already for sale???
« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2010, 10:45:31 am »
I wonder if Casio will have emus, because it is unlikely for me to get one anytime soon...  :(

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