Well, even if getkey is added, I doubt it will do much for Nspire BASIC programs.  There are still no drawing routines, which would make game programming kinda hard, and there are already the geometry features for drawing circles/squares and such, so there is not a need at all to add them, except for programming.

allright. I got somethin juicy this time!  

Thank you for your reply.

With the release of the TI-Nspire family handheld, the main goal was to develop new technology so the programming development of the handheld was limited. With the release of OS 1.7 and 2.0, some programming features were added but again, the main focus was updating the existing applications (Calculator, Graphs, Lists and Spreadsheet, etc).

In my opinion, it seems as if the programming development of the handheld has taken a "backseat". With that said, I will forward this e-mail to the TI-Nspire family developers as a suggestion for future operating system updates and to let them know that there are customers out there looking for more programming functionality.

Warmest Regards,

Doug Fincher

and that means teacher's.. right?

In the e-mail I got from TI today (regarding the 84+ keypad w/ the Nspire CAS), TI said that the "educational market" is a great force in determining what they add to their products.  I am sure they will consult teachers before they think of adding more programming capabilities.

haha yeah. I also asked why native assembly isn't supported.. again i wanted to see this for myself... and if they would also suggest a ti-89 keypad

What I really want to know from TI Cares is the docs for the USB ports.  I fired off a suggestion and still haven't gotten a response.

I don't know about the Nspire, but I asked about the 84+ (SE).  This is what I sent:
Hello,
I am an assembly developer for the TI-84+ (SE), and had a few questions about some ports. I've noticed there is a lack of documentation for ports 4C and above, namely, the USB ports. If you have time, would you please send me this documentation?
Thank you in advance,
Drew DeVault

This is the reply:
Drew,

Thank you for contacting Texas Instruments.

I will be more than happy to provide you with information for programming on the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator.

The only available documentation that we have is available from the Software Development Kit (SDK). This documentation may be downloaded from the link below under the Guidebook section of the web page.

http://education.ti.com/educationportal/downloadcenter/SoftwareDetail.do?website=US&appId=177

Another resource you can use to find answers to your questions, example calculations and other information is our Knowledge Base. The Knowledge Base is accessible to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

http://support.education.ti.com

I hope that you find this information helpful. If you have further questions or comments, please feel free to send me an email.

Warmest Regards,

César López

This is what I just sent back:
Hi César,
I appreciate the offer, and I have checked out the documentation.  However, I still haven’t been able to find documentation on these particular ports.  There isn't any documentation available outside of the SDK?

Regards,
Drew "Sir Cmpwn" DeVault