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Old 09-10-2012, 05:05 AM   #60
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Did people do this with the first batch of, say, HP financial and scientific calculators?
Something tells me that HP didn't quite have the problems that Kobo is having with quality control. Then again the old HP was known for incredibly high quality products, well worth the premium they charged.

And, unlike an eReader, everything inside of a calculator is deterministic.

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Must an ereader be so complex?
Yes. An interesting thing is that your little Touch has more computing power than Apollo 11's Lunar Lander did...
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