Possible death of calculators in education?

[EugeneNine]

(05-19-2017 06:52 AM)pier4r Wrote:  Well yes I loved the Nokia e series, used until 2015 (I had 4 of them, until whatsapp dropped the support) . The small physical keyboard was ultra precise, no need for auto correct.

Then I changed to Android but I had no luck in finding something with a keyboard, and if I have to spend 600+ euro to have one, I personally prefer to spend 150 to a normal smartphone (that is still super powerful) and then a real prime. I mean, if I need a compact mathematical environment.

I would say that smartphones with a keyboard like the Nokias or Blackberrys can compete really well with a real calculator if the allow button remapping. Or, as I wrote, just letting the user arrange buttons as if they were icons, on a tablet it should work.

The original (moto) droid had a keybaord, the BB Priv was $250, the new blackberry has a keyboard, and I found one cheapie Virgin mobile that I paid $20 for that has a keyboard. There are a few others as well. So they are pretty easy to find.