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TI-Nspire + iPad -> Progress
Posted by Ryan on 7 February 2013, 16:00 GMT
The big news for today is with regards to Texas Instruments making a big step in the direction of
engaging the mobile market by announcing its TI-Nspire app for the iPad. Sources tell us that
there will be both standard and CAS versions of the app and will be able to run Nspire BASIC and Lua,
for those of you out there who are programming-oriented. What does this mean for the future of TI's more traditional platforms? Considering the relative price of an iPad to, say, a TI-84+, it is unlikely that
this software is in any way intending to replace our beloved handheld calcs any time in the near future.
Rather, it seems that this is a move to break into a different market
within educational settings where other technology and platforms have already been adopted and,
presumably, to make their powerful mathematics/statistics platforms more accessible outside of
the educational setting as well. Why, yes, there also appears to be a book geared towards "Dummies"
in the mix.
This shifting focus and branching into new markets, in conjunction with the announcement of
"updating" its more standard educational
platform, suggest a larger strategy for the company and may help to counteract some of the negative associations that have loomed over its head
for some time. Needless to say, this is a lot of very intriguing and exciting news coming in over a
relatively short period of time. What other surprises does Texas Instruments have up its sleeve?
An extra special thanks to Adriweb for breaking this news yesterday. Ever since
reading the news, I have been experiencing unanticipated drooling and childish delight. Perhaps a trip
to the doctor is in order.
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Re: TI-Nspire + iPad -> Progress
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Stefan Bauwens 
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Very nice news indeed. I wonder if it'll be easy(if even possible) to run .tns files?
I'm totally not threatened that they might stop the production of their calculators for several reasons. If so why would they then release just (a few) new calculators?
Also there's no way iPad's are going to be allowed in exams. :P
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7 February 2013, 18:47 GMT
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Re: TI-Nspire + iPad -> Progress
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johnet123
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Unfortunately, the app has been pulled from the iTunes store. Additionally, all links that refer to the app has been on TI's site have been deleted. Does anyone have any information as to why?
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18 February 2013, 02:45 GMT
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