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A comment on Ask HN: Strange: Why haven't TI graphing calculators dropped in price?.

Re:Ask HN: Strange: Why haven't TI graphing calculators drop... by templaedhel on Sunday October 03, 2010 @06:33PM (#1753827)
Just an ineresting tidbit, wolfram|alpha originally tried to sell their iPhone app for $50 dollars with the rational that they offered a product that in many ways exceded the capibilities of a graphing calculator. Nobody bought it, because it was overpriced for an iPhone app. I know that I feel just as familiar using wolfram as I do using a TI.
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Re:Ask HN: Strange: Why haven't TI graphing calculators drop... by m-photonic on Monday October 04, 2010 @05:52PM (#1757627)
Also, a large segment of the market for TI calculators is composed of high school students who wouldn't be able to use an iPhone app on a test (teachers often ban phones from tests since they could be used to get answers from a friend).
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