Finger pointing contest? My understanding is that we weren't going to post anything until TI announced it.

News to me.

That's always been the standard operating procedure. Other sites report rumors, we report FACT. TI-OFFICIAL FACT. WHOOHOO.

I'm still waiting for that V400 to be released you jerks :(

There's mounting evidence that it's not just rumor, Nikky ;)
Besides "Nspire CX" occurrences on the sites of several legitimate online resellers, see link below poster name. Quick translation of TI-Bank's article:
* an official announcement by TI Germany on Feb 23rd in Stuttgart at the DIDACTA gathering;
* what looks like an image of the Nspire CX can be found on a page below education.ti.com, linked from the article at TI-Bank: http://education.ti.com/educationportal/ sites/US/nonProductSingle/ summer_workshops.html

Come on, don't ruin our fun. :-(

Astrid, you may want to check to check out http://education.ti.com/tinspire

Neat! What sort of programming capabilities do you plan to release with it?

I could have sworn that I asked that as well; my comment (or its parent) seems to have vanished. O.o

Just to clarify on the WiFi, current sources indicate that it's going to be a removable, external module, which is definitely what TI would have to do to have any hope of this device being used on tests in classrooms, let alone standardized tests. Renders floating around show the notch on the side of the new unit to retain the WiFi module, as well as the USB port passed through the WiFi unit.

Ah, I wasn't clear on that. Initially I thought that the CX was a wifi module (this is the source of the phrase "making their aircraft-carrier sized calculator even bigger"), but then I kept reading and became more confused. So I left that bit out.

It sure seems that way, hopefully one could take the wifi controller and place it inside the case (with a little modification). An idea would be to move the battery pack to be on the outside of the case and use that space for the wifi, hmm time will tell..

The wireless module is attached to the TI-Nspire to allow it to work in TI's wireless classroom network. More about the wireless classroom network can be found at http://education.ti.com/tinspire
then click on the link to the TI-Nspire CX Navigator System.

that makes it sound like it won't be able to access the internet, only the data teachers/profs upload to the classroom network.
Too bad if that't true... no monopoly or falldown multiplayer matches.

You think us calc geeks are not going to install google chrome on it?

It sounds cool... but I think this can't be called a calculator anymore.
It's more a pda with a calculator app in it. :)

Why color? Thats gonna spoil all the games.

Its cooler than a PDA, because it is NOT made to run programs. A pda can just do that easily, so there is no fun in it.

I bet TI is responding to the Casio PRIZM color calc now.

Now to see if it will block Ndless...

Yes, you are quite right about that. I know that people are quite excited about the possibility of a CX announcement but considering the way TI spins everything, it could be a big disappointment. Will TI's color screen kill battery life? What good is the wi-fi to the average cx owner? Will the 3d graphing be the same rather worthless version as that provided with the 89 /voyage200? How expensive is this thing going to be? I wouldn't get to excited until we know more aobut it. If it defeats Ndless that alone would be a big disappointment.

Also, will the color screen be as blurry as the TI-Nspire one? Playing Ndless games on it is a nightmare sometimes, depending of the game.

It seems like it will be around the same price as the other TI-Nspire, but some people fear it will remove TI-84 Plus emulation...

I hope they don't remove ti 84 emulation. I think the pictures that we have seen are all of the CAS version, so there may also be a non CAS that also has a ti 84 emulator. Although that would be one of those features that TI would eliminate...