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[Martin Hepperle]

(06-12-2014 09:37 PM)Claudio L. Wrote:  Here are some additional suggestions, see if you can include them too:

* Cortex A15 processor
* 8 GBytes of RAM
* SSD drive for storage
* GPS Navigation
* Blu-Ray player
* 7.1 Surround sound
* 19" alloy wheels

Would be nice-to-have (only if you have enough space in the case):
* Blind-spot monitoring system.

PS: Don't mean to offend anybody, I just found amusing the overwhelming number of requests/ideas (I'm sure some of them are perfectly reasonable).

Claudio, you did not offend anybody, just me. You might not have noticed that most of my ideas are already available, even in the HP 20/30 hardware (like I2C,TWI, A/D, D/A, digital I/O etc.), but unfortunately not easily accessible due to a missing connector and the missing software support. With minimum effort and almost zero space one could add a lot of features which would make such a device more interesting for a larger group of people without increasing the dimensions or weight of the device. I think the basic mechanical design of the HP20/30 shows an excellent example with the sliding back, which could be exploited in a similar way by a new device.

Another thing, I forgot to mention: an SD-card slot would of course be very useful (see the success of the HP-48 and HP-41 family) - I do not need an additional SSD when I have 8-16GB FLASH memory.

Except for the 19" alloy wheels I agree also with your suggestions - I'd prefer 17" wheels because of the better acceleration when running recursive functions.

As I had written, I would prefer most extra devices as external add-on options so that I do not have to buy the GPS as I already have one (on the other hand it's indeed just another 10$, so its more a question of volume and power consumption). Same goes for your video and sound equipment - I would prefer a silent device possibly with basic sound generation (BEEP) and you can get the sliding boombox back with the associated BLASTURNAIBOR command - as you like.