HP Prime wireless kit
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09-12-2014, 07:43 PM
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RE: HP Prime wireless kit
Old Prime vs. New Prime
Much confusion in the marketplace, both here and in Europe. Amazon US product search for "G8X92AA" takes one to a listing for the HP Prime, so I ordered one "just to see what would be delivered." I researched the German site "forum.hp-prime.de" to see what I could find out. There was a lot of buzz about "defective product" and the new model, so I used Google Translate to learn more. (I worked in Germany and understand the language enough to get the gist) Here's my hypothesis: the original Prime had a Prime to Prime capability and that continued as a possibility with the wireless kit--and was used by some in Europe successfully, but not perfectly. HP then concluded that a two-way wireless link was not a great product feature for the Education market in the US, and disabled (or degraded depending on how one understands the blogs) the 2-way wireless link with the 6031 firmware update. This got the Europeans in an uproar with comments like "get a refund or a new Prime" as they felt that an important feature had been taken from them. Now (early 2014 announcement) there is a 'new' Prime for sale in Europe. It remains unclear whether 2-way wireless is available, but informed sources on this forum suggest that is. As a contributor and owner of the HP-PPC ROM, I think HP calculators are born to be taken apart and enhanced (e.g. my HP 67 now has a lithium battery), but this may not be the way things work these days. D |
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