itechnoguy: the specs you're quoting come from an unreliable second-hand source, which was itself quoting a site whose information was clearly wrong. The image posted above makes it clear that the screen has a much higher resolution than 131x80...

That said, if HP decided to do the same mistake as TI with the 84+CSE, it is entirely possible that this new calc could have the same processor and specs as the 50g . After all, even though the CSE has a larger and color screen, it still runs at 15 MHz and even has fewer user RAM. That said, if that happened, it wouldn't be as problematic for the HP Prime, because the 49g+/50g/48gII/39gII is clocked at 66 MHz (max 203 MHz), so it wouldn't be as slow.

As for technical specs being wrong I'm sure most places will list final specs wrong too when/if the calc comes out, because most places advertises the HP 39gII as having megabytes and megabytes of RAM and Flash memory, yet when I tried the calc I never managed to find any evidence of user Flash memory anywhere. All it had is 256 KB user RAM.

This looks pretty cool. DJ's gonna LOVE this.

But I won't buy it if it looks clear that nobody in the community nor anywhere else on the Internet is interested in developping stuff for it nor if it's too expensive. Of course if it's expensive but somewhat popular I'll buy it anyway, but I'm not gonna waste $149.99-$200 plus shipping on a device that almost nobody other than me on the Internet actually uses. (which seems to be the case of the 39gII right now, but at least shipping was free and the calc was less than $149.99)

T'is a beautiful calculator.

Finally... A nicer looking calculator than anything Casio or TI has to offer (including my good ol' TI-89 HW1).

Hoping for good specs.

My worry is that in recent years, most of what HP released is buggy, bloated or unreliable. Just see their computers for example: They're filled with useless junk like HP Hardware Diagnostics that you can't remove. Their HP 39gII OS was buggy beyond hilarity (although a patch is supposedly coming out in May) and their site isn't any better. I hope that this time the OS for their new calc is done right.

These things aren't in need of a hack like Ndless, are they?

We don't know.

I know that the video was just a render and that the OS shown in it wasn't final, but the exponents look really ugly  The font used on them is too large and they are wayyy above the base of the exponent. Sometimes, they don't even line up with the base of the exponent. Look at 1:01 to see what I mean. On the bottom row (to the right of the 6) "15x⁴+" looks like "15x+⁴".

I visited HPcalc and it seemed they had a much better organized structure. These things aren't in need of a hack like Ndless, are they?

Wow I want it

I think the 39gII needs such hack, because I haven't seen any ASM app for it. I doubt people would bother, though, considering how incredibly fast BASIC programs run on it.

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on April 20, 2013, 04:46:11 am

My worry is that in recent years, most of what HP released is buggy, bloated or unreliable. Just see their computers for example: They're filled with useless junk like HP Hardware Diagnostics that you can't remove. Their HP 39gII OS was buggy beyond hilarity (although a patch is supposedly coming out in May) and their site isn't any better. I hope that this time the OS for their new calc is done right.

At least, if their platforms are open, the community still has the possibility to make custom patches or apps that are better coded in case the OS has bugs or problems as you said

Yeah true, although it requires the community to adopt the calc for that. If nobody bothers buying one, I don't think anyone will bother making a patch. It already took a decade before we see patches for the 83+ and 84+.

On a side note, is it confirmed that the calc will be 400 MHz? How many RAM/Flash memory? Is the BASIC language identical to HP 39gII BASIC? Will RPN come back? How much will it cost?