Re: HP-35s: Better in ALG mode? Message #15 Posted by DaveJ on 11 Jan 2010, 10:57 p.m., in response to message #14 by bill platt
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I am surprised that Casio and Sharp aren't considered in your guesses of graphing calc market share. I think the Europeans like those brands more than US and yet I even see some Casios at the Wallyworld. (I don't have a clue about calculator preference down under....)
I think that 80% figure I've heard might actually only be the non-university educational market (which is the biggest educational segment by far), and that would be US only too (HP's main market?). Casio are of course huge outside the US. Sharp I don't rate as much of a major player, certainly forth on the list.
Regardless of the figures the point is the same, a 42S remake would not really be a hit in any educational sector, and it won't be finance of course, so that leaves it up the creek without a proverbial paddle as far as HP marketing are concerned. Which is why you haven't and won't see a new 42S from HP. But if it makes the fanboys feel any better, I've heard a rumor the release is imminent!
Down under sales hardly rank on any pie chart I suspect, but in any case I'd guess Casio and TI would battle it out.
Dave.
Edited: 11 Jan 2010, 11:12 p.m.
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