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Tydlig – Calculator Reimagined for iPad and iPhone

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Re: Tydlig – Calculator Reimagined for iPad and iPhone

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Post by fophillips »

tolmasky wrote: post #26
jckt wrote: post #4

Graphing functionality on a phone reminds me of an old TI calculator. I really don't know why recent OSes (be it on PC, smartphone, tablet) always came with such feeble calculators. It's not like TI calculators are difficult to use. Sure if all you want is add/min/mul/div functionality the TI is essentially a traditional calculator, and then behind that you've got all these nifty graphing utilities. It's not like a g…

Just a musing: perhaps its considered not as valuable an investment to program since a (the?) primary market is students, and students are probably not allowed to use phones on tests for obvious reasons (internet connectivity, texting questions to each other, overall distraction). However, TI's are state approved or whatever.

Never been allowed to use a TI for exams in the UK. I've only ever been allowed to use a Casio.

Re: Tydlig – Calculator Reimagined for iPad and iPhone

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Post by edoloughlin »

Tydlig supports external Bluetooth keyboards or numpads for really quick entry

It's been a while since i did any ios development and this was never a requirement for me. Can someone explain why an external keyboard is something that had to be explicitly supported at an individual app level? Surely this should be an OS-level thing?

Re: Tydlig – Calculator Reimagined for iPad and iPhone

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Post by ronaldx »

csmuk wrote: post #15

No RPN. Neckbeard status confirmed. Calculators are still an unsolved problem for me on glass devices to the point I still religiously carry around an HP50G even though its 6x the size of my phone. Also from some bad experiences, it appears that some "app" calculators are also seriously badly implemented. Even basic trig ops can return stupid values at extremes which makes them untrustworthy. Plus none are reasonably…

Right: calculator apps still don't compare to Casio hardware.

It's surprising: when smartphones came out I said calculators would be first against the wall.

Re: Tydlig – Calculator Reimagined for iPad and iPhone

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Post by cormullion »

I love this app, and it's interesting to see the innovation in this familiar space. Oovium for iPad is a great example of fresh thinking. And coming soon, apparently, is the Wolfram Calculator for iPad, featuring user-programmable functions:

http://mvid.wolfram.com/mobile/dannewman_teachconceptsnotkey...

Re: Tydlig – Calculator Reimagined for iPad and iPhone

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Post by cmelbye »

fophillips wrote: post #31
tolmasky wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just a musing: perhaps its considered not as valuable an investment to program since a (the?) primary market is students, and students are probably not allowed to use phones on tests for obvious reasons (internet connectivity, texting questions to each other, overall distraction). However, TI's are state approved or whatever.

Never been allowed to use a TI for exams in the UK. I've only ever been allowed to use a Casio.

It's incredibly common for TI calculators to be allowed on exams in the United States. Several standardized tests specifically allow only TI calculators, along with a few others. I think GP's comment makes a lot of sense. Most students just aren't going to put the effort into learning how to use another graphing calculator program if they can't even use it in class.

Re: Tydlig – Calculator Reimagined for iPad and iPhone

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Post by jckt »

Void_ wrote: post #12
jckt wrote: post #4

Graphing functionality on a phone reminds me of an old TI calculator. I really don't know why recent OSes (be it on PC, smartphone, tablet) always came with such feeble calculators. It's not like TI calculators are difficult to use. Sure if all you want is add/min/mul/div functionality the TI is essentially a traditional calculator, and then behind that you've got all these nifty graphing utilities. It's not like a g…

Bitching and complaining is good for products, makes them better. Don't know much about OSS spirit, but doesn't their work need any improvement??

By OSS spirit I meant that it's better to get coding than start complaining. But I see your point -- indeed we should do both, and plenty of it.

Re: Tydlig – Calculator Reimagined for iPad and iPhone

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Post by cmelbye »

frik wrote: post #22
shurcooL wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On that note, iPad doesn't even have the iPhone Calculator app, and it's _impossible_ to get it (without hacking) because it's a built-in app; one you cannot remove nor acquire from the App Store. It's also missing Compass, Voice Memo and Passbook apps. Edit: Weather app too.

yes weird, plus the weather app is missing too. What's the reasoning behind the decision? Was it Steve Jobs who decided that?

I've always had a feeling that it's to differentiate iPad from iPhone. If they had the exact same apps, right down to a scaled up Calculator with gigantic buttons on the 10" display, it might make it less likely for consumers to think of iPad as a separate concept from iPhone. Calculator and Weather wouldn't really translate that well to a huge screen, anyways.

And, of course, there are several great third-party apps to fill the void if you need them.

Re: Tydlig – Calculator Reimagined for iPad and iPhone

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Post by fredsted »

jckt wrote: post #4

Graphing functionality on a phone reminds me of an old TI calculator. I really don't know why recent OSes (be it on PC, smartphone, tablet) always came with such feeble calculators. It's not like TI calculators are difficult to use. Sure if all you want is add/min/mul/div functionality the TI is essentially a traditional calculator, and then behind that you've got all these nifty graphing utilities. It's not like a g…

Yep, Grapher is a nice app with an interesting history:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapher

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