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As much as i'd like to have a universal device sometimes a well-crafted, well-designed, dedicated device is hard to give up once you are used to it. Would you
by regomodo 15y ago
As much as i'd like to have a universal device sometimes a well-crafted, well-designed, dedicated device is hard to give up once you are used to it.
Would you rather use a TI-calc emulator on android or the actual device?
- w1ntermute 15y agoThe emulator, hands down. And that's being a long-time TI calculator user.
- starwed 15y agoI am probably two orders of magnitude faster[1] on a real TI than on an emulator. The muscle memory there is deep, and doesn't translate to my phone at all. [1]no, really
- w1ntermute 15y agoWell, if I am doing anything serious, I use Mathematica or MATLAB, so I haven't had to do anything besides basic arithmetic on my phone.
- mostly_harmless 15y agoThey wont let you into an exam with a phone.
- w1ntermute 15y agoThat's an artificial restriction, which isn't a primary concern to me.
- felipemnoa 15y agoThe user experience is many times better on a real TI then in an Android emulator or even in a computer. For some quick math calculations a computer or Android calculator is find. If I'm doing a lot of math problems I rather use a TI. The usability is just way better.
- nialo 15y ago95-99% of the time, I'd actually prefer the built in android calculator, because the buttons are bigger and I'm only doing simple arithmetic. I'm perfectly willing to sacrifice the remaining times in exchange for not having to carry another thing.
- Lost_BiomedE 15y agoUse Addi for more complex stuff: https://code.google.com/p/addi/ https://code.google.com/p/addi/ It is a matlab/octave emulator. It works great, even on my 2.1 android phone.
- niels_olson 15y agoI'd rather have an HP-48G. Oh, I have two. And an HP48G emulator on my phone. RPN muscle memory runs deep.