The programmable calculator the HP-30b should have been

[Joseph_21sv]

(09-08-2014 09:40 AM)Thomas Radtke Wrote:  

(09-08-2014 01:10 AM)Joseph_21sv Wrote:  [...] I am leaning towards portrait because it is less awkward to carry it around in a pocket [...]

If you're not a citizen of Schilda, you could always rotate it by 90° ;-p.

Rotate it by 90°? I have just said having to do that to shift the calculator between operation and the pocket is the biggest part of what makes landscape oriented pocket calculators awkward to carry in a pocket: Ever thought why the 10C series is mostly discontinued in spite of its popularity? They are pocket calculators, and most pockets are designed to carry electronic devices which are portrait oriented, making them, being landscape oriented, awkward to actually carry in a pocket—even though they can obviously fit there.