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New HP calc on HP site? Is it RPN?
Message #1 Posted by Nick L on 12 Sept 2007, 9:06 a.m.

Was searching the HP home site and came a across a photo of possibly a new HP calculator. It's light grey and has a small solar panel. The photo is on an angle so it's difficult to see the key layout. Hopefully this a cheap RPN pocket calc. If the HP-12c appear first, just click on the number 2, and the photo should show up.

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/can.do?storeName=storefronts&landing=handhelds&category=calculators&orderflow=1&a1=Price+after+rebate&v1=Under+%2450&catLevel=2#bcAnchor

      
Re: New HP calc on HP site? Is it RPN?
Message #2 Posted by Namir on 12 Sept 2007, 9:11 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Nick L

Looks like a cheap Kinpo algebraic calculator.

            
Re: New HP calc on HP site? Is it RPN?
Message #3 Posted by Nick L on 12 Sept 2007, 9:14 a.m.,
in response to message #2 by Namir

It does look cheap. I had my hopes up, for RPN, for about a millisecond though...

      
Re: New HP calc on HP site? Is it RPN?
Message #4 Posted by Ron G. on 12 Sept 2007, 9:14 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Nick L

I had to click the "1" instead. It looks like another high low-end machine to me. But yeah, one I haven't seen before.

      
Re: New HP calc on HP site? Is it RPN?
Message #5 Posted by Bruce Bergman on 12 Sept 2007, 10:08 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Nick L

That's the new HP-10s Solar. It's one of the prizes being given away (by HP) at HHC2007 this month. We've talked about it in the forums, but very little. I believe this is a repackaged Casio (similar to what they did with the HP-8s). Still, it's refreshing to see new faces.

And, to my knowledge, the 10s is NOT an RPN calc.

thanks, bruce

            
Re: New HP calc on HP site? Is it RPN?
Message #6 Posted by Antonio Maschio (Italy) on 12 Sept 2007, 10:19 a.m.,
in response to message #5 by Bruce Bergman

I got one: it's NOT RPN!

And yes: it looks like a Casio, with the MODE key to select among COMP, SD and LR (I go by heart). Cheap and plastic, not programmable and no formula storing. Cute in aspect, but keys are not in the HP-style (i.e. ugly).

-- Antonio

                  
Re: New HP calc on HP site? Is it RPN?
Message #7 Posted by Ed Look on 15 Sept 2007, 6:02 p.m.,
in response to message #6 by Antonio Maschio (Italy)

It is interesting that it does not appear as an item in the U.S. hp.com site, but is offered for sale here by Newegg.

      
Re: New HP calc on HP site? Is it RPN?
Message #8 Posted by Eric Smith on 12 Sept 2007, 2:40 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Nick L

And if it's not RPN, will it blend?

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