Be honest with yourself -- you loathe math. We mean, you're totally kosher with counting ohms and watts when dealing in DIY projects, but you'll gladly pay a certified accountant to handle your taxes. Chances are, though, that Nokia's new Handwriting Calculator will have you doing calculations you never thought you'd do once you nailed that Calculus IV book shut with a completely respectable B-. It's designed to operate on Nokia's "latest touchscreen devices (read: S60 5th Edition), such as the N800 and the 5800 XpressMusic," and it's being delivered free of charge from the always inventive Beta Labs operation. The greatest part about this is its ability to understand unorthodox symbols such as square roots and the like; too bad most professors outlaw cellphones during testing periods, huh? Video demonstration is after the break.
That's the N810. It's not a phone but an Internet Tablet.
And, it runs Maemo, not S60 5th Edition as mentioned in the article. On the "read" link, you'll notice the requirements mention that it runs on Maemo as well as S60.
Works great on my N800 running Maemo Diablo. Probably the first "calculator app" that's struck me as worthwhile using over a pocket calculator (save for when you don't have a pocket calculator at your desk.)
I'm more so curious what exactly a "calculus IV book" is given that Calc 1 is derivitives, Calc 2 is integrals, and Calc 3 is both in multiple dimensions. I suppose it could be complex analysis...but I've still never heard the term Calc 4 before.
lol for our engineering classes, our calc 1 was both derivatives and integrals. calc 2 was multidimensional stuff, calc 3 was differential equations and calc 4 was signals and systems... some damned intense stuff.
That'd be pretty sick if it handled like expressions too haha, but somehow I doubt it goes too much further than what he displayed.
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posted Dec 23rd 2008 4:51AM
Which Nokia phone is that?
Not a phone. N810, but they say it'll work w/ the 5800 (& the upcoming N97).
That's the N810. It's not a phone but an Internet Tablet.
And, it runs Maemo, not S60 5th Edition as mentioned in the article. On the "read" link, you'll notice the requirements mention that it runs on Maemo as well as S60.
Works great on my N800 running Maemo Diablo. Probably the first "calculator app" that's struck me as worthwhile using over a pocket calculator (save for when you don't have a pocket calculator at your desk.)
I'm more so curious what exactly a "calculus IV book" is given that Calc 1 is derivitives, Calc 2 is integrals, and Calc 3 is both in multiple dimensions. I suppose it could be complex analysis...but I've still never heard the term Calc 4 before.
at my school after calc 3 (multi dimensional calc) we had the option of taking differential equations.
lol for our engineering classes, our calc 1 was both derivatives and integrals. calc 2 was multidimensional stuff, calc 3 was differential equations and calc 4 was signals and systems... some damned intense stuff.
That'd be pretty sick if it handled like expressions too haha, but somehow I doubt it goes too much further than what he displayed.