Re: Smartcalc 300s, anyone?

It’s nice to see HP is listening to their customer base with the
release of this new model. The HP300s comes with Rectangular / Polar
conversions assigned back to keys. I’m not a fan of only algebraic
and no RPN, and the HP300s is also non-programmable so I’m not going
to find much use for it personally.

The HP300s is built on the industrial design platform again, just like
the HP20B and is slightly longer than the HP20B. The new HP
EasyCalc100 also shares a similar design. The only flaw I see with
these new designs is the shiny plastic material is too shiny and
tarnishes very easy by fingerprints. HP would have been better to use
the same material as see on the HP35S instead.

However all things said the HP300s appears to be a step in the right
direction for HP and there is hope that when the HP35S is upgraded (if
it is ever upgraded) we may see a return of the Rectangular / Polar
conversions in the next model.

Noel…
www.geocalc.com.au
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