Sunday, May 26, 2002
Graphing calculator software anyone?
Posted by Jason Dunn in "SOFTWARE" @ 07:04 AM
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1131&highlight=
I saw this posting in the forum and thought it was interesting enough for front-page news. The author is working on a complex calculator with extensive graphing functions - something to let the erstwhile math student leave his TI-89 at home (back in MY day, they were the TI-85!). Interested in beta testing or voting on a price range? Check it out.
"Hello.. I am working on an advanced mathematics suite for the Pocket PC. I am surprised that with the speed of Pocket PCs there hasn't been a large number of these. (It has advantages over the HP49G emulator, especially speed and graphing ability). It is on the level of a TI-86, with some features of the TI-89, and graphing capabilities that far surpass any graphing calculator. It will have, for example, 2d explicit/ polar/ implicit/ parametric, 3d explicit/parametric, fractal generating, etc. The 3d functions can be rotated by dragging the stylus around on the graph window, which is rather easy (and entertaining ). On the iPaq, the precalculating time for a typical high quality (albeit wireframe) 3d graph is well under one second and the graphs rotate extremely smoothly."
I saw this posting in the forum and thought it was interesting enough for front-page news. The author is working on a complex calculator with extensive graphing functions - something to let the erstwhile math student leave his TI-89 at home (back in MY day, they were the TI-85!). Interested in beta testing or voting on a price range? Check it out.
"Hello.. I am working on an advanced mathematics suite for the Pocket PC. I am surprised that with the speed of Pocket PCs there hasn't been a large number of these. (It has advantages over the HP49G emulator, especially speed and graphing ability). It is on the level of a TI-86, with some features of the TI-89, and graphing capabilities that far surpass any graphing calculator. It will have, for example, 2d explicit/ polar/ implicit/ parametric, 3d explicit/parametric, fractal generating, etc. The 3d functions can be rotated by dragging the stylus around on the graph window, which is rather easy (and entertaining ). On the iPaq, the precalculating time for a typical high quality (albeit wireframe) 3d graph is well under one second and the graphs rotate extremely smoothly."
