Calculator Reviews

TI-Nspire Review

Please click here to buy your TI-Nspire on Amazon. Although I’ve “refreshed” this article about the original TI-Nspire Grayscale (black and white) to include information on the latest operating system upgrades and a little bit on the CX release, I suggest you check out my new TI-Nspire CX Review to learn more about the latest TI-Nspire model. The TI-Nspire CX is a huge upgrade that includes a color screen, backlighting, and a new slim design.

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TI-Nspire CX vs. Casio Prizm: It’s Apples and Oranges

Please click here to buy your TI-Nspire CX on Amazon . TI and Casio have taken very different approaches with their color calculators I’ve heard the question many times over the last few months: “What’s better, the TI-Nspire CX or Casio Prizm?” It’s a natural comparison. They’re the world’s first full color graphing calculators, both with the capability to graph on photographs, both released within a few months of each other in 2011.

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Updates to Old Posts and Facebook Comments

Apologies in advance if you are a “long time” TPM reader, but I’m going to be running a series of updates to old articles over the next couple of weeks. A lot of my articles that include information on the TI-Nspire have outdated information in them due to the release of TI-Nspire OS 3.0 and the CX versions, such as the TI-89 vs. TI-Nspire CAS article. These posts still get dozens of views each day, so I want them to have the most current information, and I’ll be updating the posts to reflect that as well as re-dating them when I republish.

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TI-36X Pro Review

The amazing TI-36X Pro is now available for sale on Amazon Click here to see Amazon’s best price on this great calculator . A couple of months ago, I was flipping through a math teacher supply catalogue, looking at the pictures of the new TI-Nspire CX and Casio Prizm, when something caught my eye. It was an add for a scientific calculator that I had never seen. “TI-36X Pro Scientifc Calculator with calculus, available soon,” read the headline.

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TI-36X Pro Arrives

UPDATE: I have completed my TI-36X Pro review. Still no word on the arrival that everyone is waiting for, the TI-Nspire CX. In the meantime, however, Texas Instruments has provided me with another 2011 Spring arrival to take a look at, the TI-36X Pro. As far as I know, you can’t find this in stores yet. Since it’s not a graphing calculator the 36X Pro is much less hyped. in fact, I got puzzled looks from some of the Texas Instruments reps I spoke to at NCTM when I asked about it.

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Texas Instruments Strikes Back: Announces Color TI-Nspire CX

Please buy your TI-Nspire CX on Amazon . UPDATE: I have posted my TI-Nspire CX Review When I contacted Texas Instruments a few weeks back to ask about an FCC filing TI had made involving WiFi for the TI-Nspire Navigator system, I had no idea that my inquiry would lead me to a web conference with the product line strategy manager for the TI-Nspire, Mark Fry. What was being presented in the blogosphere as just an improvement to the TI-Nspire’s Navigator system turns out to be much, much more.

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HP SmartCalc 300s Review

Looking for an HP Smartcalc 300s? Please buy the SmartCalc on Amazon. I recently decided to try to add a few reviews of some other non-graphing calculators. Since I’ve looked a lot at Hewlett Packard’s lineup of calculators a lot recently, I thought it made sense to start with an HP SmartCalc 300s review. Who Is the HP SmartCalc 300s Designed For? The HP SmartCalc is a scientific calculator. That means if you need a graphing calculator, you’ll need to look elsewhere.

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Casio Prizm Unboxing

UPDATE: My Casio Prizm review is now live. It’s finally here! I’ve been promising everyone the first in depth hands on Casio Prizm review, and the Prizm has finally arrived. Casio’s been trying to get me one to evaluate for a while, but they’ve hit a few delays, but tonight it arrived. My goal is to get an “unboxing” video up tomorrow and a review of the Prizm later in the week.

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TI-73 Explorer Review

Click here to buy the TI-73 Explorer on Amazon and get free shipping. If you are looking into Texas Instruments line of graphing calculators, you’ve probably noticed that almost everything but the TI-Nspire ends with an “80-something.” Recently, I’ve reviewed the TI-83 plus, the TI-84 plus, and the TI-89 Titanium. However, there is a noticeable exception to this rule, the TI-73 Explorer. It seemed like it was time to get a TI-73 review up.

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TI-82 Review

Please click here to see TI-82 prices on eBay. One of the longest running calculators of all time is the Texas Instruments TI-82. The TI-82 has been around since 1993 and has been so popular that Texas Instruments has continued to add features and upgrade it to the TI-83, TI-83 plus, and finally TI-84 plus. I felt like it was time to do a TI-82 review since there’s a lot of confusion out there about this calculator compared to the later calculators like the TI-83.

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