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Casio sells its one billionth calculator Message #1 Posted by Egan Ford on 9 Jan 2007, 8:40 p.m. http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/casio-sells-its-one-billionth-calculator/ Has HP reached this landmark?

Re: Casio sells its one billionth calculator Message #2 Posted by Ron Ross on 9 Jan 2007, 9:31 p.m., in response to message #1 by Egan Ford I can't imagine, probably not even close. Casio has sold lots of $5-20 calculators over the past 25 years. Hp has only recently started selling a low priced calculator and has zero market presence in the market as well (ie try to find the low end Hp retail).

Re: Casio sells its one billionth calculator Message #3 Posted by Chuck on 11 Jan 2007, 12:50 a.m., in response to message #1 by Egan Ford Yeah, well, too bad they're not user friendly. A student of mine brought in a Casio graphing calculator this week, and for the life of me (or about two minutes) I could not figure out how to get it into radian mode. I've never been stumped by a calculator before. Kudos Casio: Obscurus Modalus!

Re: Casio sells its one billionth calculator Message #4 Posted by Karl Schneider on 11 Jan 2007, 2:26 a.m., in response to message #3 by Chuck Quote: Yeah, well, too bad they're not user friendly. A student of mine brought in a Casio graphing calculator this week, and ... I could not figure out how to get it into radian mode... Kudos Casio: Obscurus Modalus! Ummm... let me guess: [MODE][MODE][MODE][MODE][2] That's how it works on my non-graphing, under-$20 2004 fx-115MS, which shows a "D", "R", or "G" annunciator inside a very small square to indicate the angular mode. Compare that with a 1981 fx-3600P: [MODE][5] which is clearly printed on the face. The annunciator "RAD" (in place of "DEG" or "GRA") in large block capitals is displayed. A quarter-century of progress! Will wonders never cease? -- KS Edited: 12 Jan 2007, 12:34 a.m.

Re: Casio sells its one billionth calculator Message #5 Posted by Dia C. Tran on 12 Jan 2007, 4:09 p.m., in response to message #4 by Karl Schneider Casio has been in the calculator business before HP.

Re: Casio sells its one billionth calculator Message #6 Posted by bill platt on 12 Jan 2007, 4:23 p.m., in response to message #5 by Dia C. Tran Yet eveidently they are sliding down the slope of mediocrity as fast as the rest of them.

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