So HP calculators have been … well not frequent. And from the perspective of a casual calculator user HP might as well not exist. If you wanna buy a new useful scientific calculator it’s TI or Casio and maybe sharp. However with the recent announcement that there would be a collectors edition re-release of the HP 15c it looks like the new owners of the HP calculator brand do care! Well at least a bit. So what do you think they will do next? Do you believe HP still has a great calculator in them? What would be your dream HP calculator?
I personally loved the look of the HP 35s. Also the 35s had the ability to store algebraic formulas which neither the Casio fx-991CW nor the TI 30/36X Pro can. If HP could make an actually really good 35s successor that would be great. With fewer bugs and a handful of more features and maybe even with an optional multi line textbook style display? If it had a big dot matrix display you could have a large stack for RPN in addition to a textbook style mode with persistent history. The 35s is rather power hungry so it that continues to be a problem for HP calcs then why not have a USB-C rechargeable battery in it? And if it already has a USB port then it would be cool if one could export and import programs and formulas! I can always dream…