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WHY THERE'S NO MENTION OF THE HP-35S ON THE HP SITE?
Message #1 Posted by Antonio Maschio (Italy) on 29 May 2007, 11:21 a.m.

-- Antonio

      
Re: WHY THERE'S NO MENTION OF THE HP-35S ON THE HP SITE?
Message #2 Posted by Jim Creybohm on 29 May 2007, 11:26 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Antonio Maschio (Italy)

Antonio, I found this one the HP site that Luis mentioned a couple of messages earlier.

http://www.calculatrices-hp.com/35s.html

If it looks like this, I will buy at least two. It almost looks to have the same kind of keys as the old 35.

*feh* I'll believe it when I see it.

      
Re: WHY THERE'S NO MENTION OF THE HP-35S ON THE HP SITE?
Message #3 Posted by Tim Wessman on 29 May 2007, 11:40 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Antonio Maschio (Italy)

Same reason there was no mention of the 50G on hp's site until 3 months after people ALREADY had them. Distributors often leak info early, and often have the info up way before large companies due to size.

TW

            
Re: WHY THERE'S NO MENTION OF THE HP-35S ON THE HP SITE?
Message #4 Posted by Antonio Maschio (Italy) on 29 May 2007, 11:55 a.m.,
in response to message #3 by Tim Wessman

I hope so, and I also hope the site reported above is not fake. I'm afraid it's a *BIG* joke, because HP recently has showed a completely different feeling towards calculators (see Kynpo's models).

So today, while enthusiastic, I must hit the brakes and wonder if it's too early to enjoy such news. I don't want to regret later.

Anyway, thanks... and let's hope the news is right and that we'll have our models before Christmas....

-- Antonio

Edited: 29 May 2007, 11:56 a.m.

                  
Re: WHY THERE'S NO MENTION OF THE HP-35S ON THE HP SITE?
Message #5 Posted by Jim Creybohm on 29 May 2007, 12:12 p.m.,
in response to message #4 by Antonio Maschio (Italy)

I am trying to convince myself that I am being unrealistically optimistic - building up to expectations that can't be met.

However after reading the website, and grokking the pictures as best I could, I do have only one complaint that has not yet been addressed by the other discussions; the decimal point looks very small, much like the 33's decimal point.

I wouldn't buy the 33 because of the enter key, the goofy keyboard, and the dinky decimal system which kind of capped off the lame factor for me. Hopefully, HP will graft the 9s display (or something similar) to the calc and give old eyes a break.

However, the chrome trim, (I am soooo 70's) the tall keys and the BIG ENTER KEY are all reasons enough for me to get antsy.

Please HP, I promise not to complain about the dinky decimal point too much.

                        
Re: WHY THERE'S NO MENTION OF THE HP-35S ON THE HP SITE?
Message #6 Posted by Walter B on 29 May 2007, 12:26 p.m.,
in response to message #5 by Jim Creybohm

Jim,

how about using a comma instead? Old Europe knows what old eyes need ;-)

                              
Re: WHY THERE'S NO MENTION OF THE HP-35S ON THE HP SITE?
Message #7 Posted by Jim Creybohm on 29 May 2007, 4:32 p.m.,
in response to message #6 by Walter B

Of course Walter, I was being geocentric.

However, given the size of the comma in the 33, I am not sure that there is a lot of difference - maybe not enough for my eyes.

                                    
Re: WHY THERE'S NO MENTION OF THE HP-35S ON THE HP SITE?
Message #8 Posted by Walter B on 29 May 2007, 5:45 p.m.,
in response to message #7 by Jim Creybohm

Hi, Jim,

don't get me wrong: you are just delivering more examples for US-centric views and language, pushing the rest of the world in the orbit d:-). End of kidding, back on earth: IIRC, "geocentric" means to put the whole (planet) earth in the center of the universe, which was the dominant ideology before Kepler (based on his observations) postulated the heliocentric picture, i.e. the planets revolving around the sun. IMHO, that's a totally different story than point and comma as decimal separators in separate parts of the world on earth. Hope I didn't confuse you d;-)

Back to calculators: commas on HP's calc LCDs are usually at least twice the size of points, so this may support their visual detection in an aging society.

                                          
Re: WHY THERE'S NO MENTION OF THE HP-35S ON THE HP SITE?
Message #9 Posted by Jim Creybohm on 29 May 2007, 11:31 p.m.,
in response to message #8 by Walter B

Darn, you're right. I should have said ethnocentric I guess. Seeing as I am in Canada, the US comparison is valid, but not technically correct.

You are right with the comma comment as well. I haven't actually seen the 9s or the 33 with the radix changed. I am still trying to adapt to the idea of grouping zeros without commas (or in the case you presented, decimals).

      
It's Real, Antonio
Message #10 Posted by Howard Owen on 29 May 2007, 12:06 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Antonio Maschio (Italy)

Message #13 in the original HP-35s thread contained this deep link into an HP site. The document is a regulatory filing for the 35s, confirming that a calculator by that name is about to be produced by HP.

Regards,
Howard

            
Re: It's Real, Howard
Message #11 Posted by Antonio Maschio (Italy) on 29 May 2007, 3:34 p.m.,
in response to message #10 by Howard Owen

Right.

Thanks.

-- Antonio

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