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Smartphone killed the calculator star. Some thoughts... and data too
02-21-2016, 08:14 PM
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RE: Smartphone killed the calculator star. Some thoughts... and data too
(02-10-2016 09:27 PM)Luigi Vampa Wrote:  Just curious... does anybody know at which point in time Mr. Hewlett no longer followed up the calculators business unit?
Maybe it was when HP designs started to depart from its roots.

I think that would be a hard question to answer. Bill Hewlett officially retired from HP around 1987 and I am not sure how closely he was personally involved with the various HP divisions (let alone the calculator division) in the 80's. I suspect the bigger factor in the reduction of calculator engineering spending at HP had to do with calculators becoming a smaller part of their overall business and the declining importance of calculators in general in the workforce.
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