TI-30XS Multiview Calculator by Texas Instruments

TI-30XS Multiview Calculator by Calculators

Features

Previous Entry - Lets you review previous entries and look for patterns.

Menus - Easy to read and navigate pull-down menus similar to those on a graphing calculator. All mode settings are located in one central place, the mode screen.

Fraction features - View and perform fraction computations and explorations in familiar textbook format.

Scientific Notation Output - View scientific notation with the proper superscripted exponents and see the output in scientific notation.

Table feature - Easily explore an x,y table of values for a given function, automatically or by entering specific x values

Product Description
All the familiar capabilities of current TI scientific calculators plus a host of powerful enhancements. Designed with unique features that allow you to enter more than one calculation, compare results and explore patterns, all on the same screen. Scroll through previous entries and investigate critical patterns as well as viewing and pasting previous entries or answers into a new calculation. Quickly view fractions and decimals in alternate forms. "Toggle" the answer with one button to see outcomes in different representations, including changing answers between the exact form of fractions, pi terms and square root expressions, where possible, into decimal approximation format. Dual Power (solar and battery) Enter and view calculations in common Math Notation via the MATHPRINT mode, including symbolic pi, stacked fractions, exponents and exact square roots. Up to 4 lines of Display - Ability to enter more than one calculation, compare results and explore patterns, all on the same screen

Reader Reviews
Texas Instruments came late to the game with this MultiView idea (or WriteView or whatever you want to call it). Apparantly, they decided Casio was eating into this corner of their market share so they rushed this little baby out. It has a few little issues. For example, number squared to the fifth power looks exactly the same as number to the 25th power! Not exactly a "bug" I guess, but definitely an issue already addressed and solved in the Casio/Sharp GoodView(TM) models. So they made up for it with hardware! This little baby has the nicest keyboard and display I've seen on any calculator. The keyboard reminds me an old IBM selectric, except with shorter strokes. It's as good as any older HP model in my opinion (but different), and you get a nice satisfying CLICK on every press. You always know your keystroke was completed and you'll never get a double entry. And the display is large, with great contrast control, easily viewable from any angle. I have a lot of calculators laying around here, but for simple math I find myself grabbing the TI-30XS more and more often. I suspect they're losing money on the hardware. Either that, or I just lucked out with my turn at the assembly line, or they've come up with some revolutionary new manufacturing techniques. For me, it was steal. Comment | | (Report this)

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Updated on 6-5-2008.