Um, Michael? Why didn't you post this to the staff list first? I think the rest of the staff deserves to know these things as soon as you do...

why did my post get deleted!!
it was on topic!!
i was saying how it kind of looks like a cross between a game boy advanced and a pocket pc.

Sorry, but you mentioned first post.

Ha! So did you! Hypocrit.

Anyway, I recently aquired one of sony's latest palm pilots, a 200Mhz, 65365 colour 320*320 pixel screen device that fits in my (better) shirts' pocket. built in speaker, headphone port, and thumbpad. needs a calc emulator tho...

You could program a calc emulator. Wow, 66 MHz, that's faster than my computer!! j/k (It's 166 MHz)

lol...mine's 1.5 GHz...

that's a fast calculator, though...is there really a need for a calculator that fast?

For it to handle that many colors.... Gawk...

When you consider the fact the the current models (89/92 Plus) are slow at 3D graphing, yeah, 66MHz is good. 100 is better!

Also, what kind of batteries does it take? My TI-92 Plus took AA, and that was good. My Voyage 200 takes AAA, and it sucks.

Voyage 400 takes 32 volt batteries

If you are implying that the calculator consumes a lot of battery power, then voltage isn't the way to do it. Most car batteries are actually only about 9V...

They're actually 12 volts, but you have the general idea, they have a very high amperage.

Are you sure about that?

I've never seen a 32V battery. TI probably wouldn't use a battery that isn't easy to find, unless it's rechargable. And what on the calc would need 32V anyway? I don't know how many volts my Compaq iPAQ uses, but it's definitely less than 32, I'd guess 6 or so. Unless they've done something odd, there would be no need for 32 volts, and if they did, they could put in a DC-DC voltage converter....

// The battery gauge on a car hovers around 14V

If you haven't figured it out already, there is no such thing as the Voyage 400, so I made up the battery type. Sorry to spoil it for you.

Car batteries should be around 13.8 volts to allow for regulation. (7812 twelve volt regulators need at least 13.5v to regulate to 12v, 7805s, 5v, need 6.5 or more volts.)

it does seem odd that no one can take a joke...

I know... everybody getting worked up about the thong thing? Come on... it's just a thong! :)

everyone is depressed these days... barely anyone did any april fools day things... I was about the only person in my school to do anything. All this war stuff. I almost think of conspiracy theories.

yes, for example, maple and other similar programs for the PC put even the best calculator ever, the 89, to shame. There needs to be a hand held calc out there that has the power to do complex stuff(such a descriptive word). Though 256 colours is not necessary, the only purpose would be for games, pictures, video clips, or other non-math based stuff.

I love my TI-92 Plus and will probably buy one of these when they come out, but my Zaurus PDA kicks it's but in every aspect. If you start putting audio and video on a calc, just make it a PDA. I would really like to see a PDA with a programming language like TI Basic. That would be cool. The only reason I would by one of those would be to program on it and the only reason why I don't just do it on my Zaurus is because I'm lazy and don't want to take the effort to get all the editors and compilers and learn how. TI has it all right there for you!

Well, there is a python port for palmOS... if only it had some kind of TK like output... wish there was maple for palm...

I would DEFINITELY get one of these...there's only one thing stopping me from it: it...is...fake!

LOL... wonder how many people fell for it ;-)

D***........I fell for it. And just ten minutes after I made fun of someone for falling for the Thong thing... My point was still good though... Didn't think they would do two fake articles.

i fell for it too, as soon as i read about it... and the worst part is i told half of my school about it and i have to tell them that it was some sort of prank! :(

Does no one notice the red border around the fake news!? Is everyone color blind here or what? Lol, anywas we all wish we had a color calculator, but its probably to much to hope for.

You say that a color calc is too much to hope for, but HP has a color graphing calc. only problem is, there are only about 3 colors and it is not very good

They don't put the red border on April Fool's jokes no earlier than April 2nd.

Okay, I'll admit it...I fell for both.
I even posted a news article on my website about the 400.

Aww... :) Hey, don't feel bad, I feel for these tricks in two consecutive years. :) (Just not this one)

What kind of a jackass makes up a calculator, oh poo... I just got through decideing i was "so gonna get this"

Me: 166MHz Pentium (no roman numerals, etc), 64MB RAM. Woohoo!

I have a Original Pentium 120 MHz Motherboard running a 400 MHz cpu and a Geforce IV MX PCI in it, and 64 MB mem lol, It's all cracked up :P

Me: 1.3 GHz Celeron, 256 MB RAM
God! Celeron processors suck :)


Wow, this calculator looks pretty flashy, but is it practical? How much will it cost?

If it existed, it would probably cost a few hundred (600) dollars

It should cost not more than 200 usd.

The real point is how much RAM it have.
And an USB port will make a real difference !.

Apple Dual 1.25 GHz G4 (about Dual 2.5 GHz P4),
120 GB hard drive,
1 GB ram...

Nuff said...

I am against the Voyage 400. Keep it black, and put in a hard drive!!!

How can you be so opposed to something as wonderful as this! And if it existed, it would be even better! :D You know, if it DID exist, the sound additive would be the "icing on the cake" I'd go buy it :) (And I STILL haven't got my TI-89 back... PLEASE wish me luck or something)

Good luck :-)

I think it would be cool if it was possible to have a link port "sound card" with maybe just an analog to digital converter and an amp with headphone port and volume control...

May I point you to the first post on the linked article?

I REMEMBER THAT! :) LOL, I laughed SO hard when I saw that :) I think that was the only time a staff member claimed a first post (that I remember, at least)

Fine. Ignore me.

Yes, but he WAS on-topic. I think that was a bit hasty.

I agree... my last post on the APRIL FOOL thong business got deleted... i think it was because i said it was april fool's... perfectly ON topic...

oh, and... just to be on topic now: if it's true, i'd get a v400 ... no doubt... I have a ti-89, and I've used the v200.

so... fun's over?

But, that wasn't all he said...

Wow...just saying the words "First post" anywhere in a message gets your post deleted? I thought it would only be deleted if the message consisted of JUST a "First post" boast. I havent come by in a while, but I wasn't expecting the spanish inquisition! "NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!"
(Monty Python)

Just to ensure this wont be deleted since I said "First post"...
Boy the new calc looks cool. If only it had a sound port. Gee i wish it had more memory. I think i will buy one when they come out.

--R

I still think it's fake... I would have heard something about it a long time ago if it was true... AND Joey said that normally, staff members are informed of news, and they weren't, so it's fake. :)

I have over 20 e-mails in my box about prepping for the Merchandise store on ticalc.org. I am sure if this was a joke, that we would have to consult with each other to prep for it like we did with the merchandise. But then again I have no proof, that we didn't.

I do however believe that this wasn't the best day to place the article. Sorry MV. Probably should have added something in the article stating that this was not an april fools joke too!

Looks like you were wrong Morgan. =)

Actually, that was a little thing called PROPAGANDA. Of course I knew about it. In fact, that's a pic of my V200 that MV modified.

Yep, but probably convinced a few more people that it was real. One can only try.

i told my math teacher about it today! DAMN !!!

LOL!!!!!! That's hilarious!

Hey... to make it less embarassing for you... say it was an April Fools joke by YOU and that YOU tricked HER instead of ticalc.org tricking you! Hehehe! Make her feel stupid instead of you ;-)

Ungh...I told my friends yesterday.

Use the above advice... you can pass the feelings of idiocy onto them :)

i'll just wait till next year for a better april fools joke. should of made a pda the base pic.

The vertical calculators are more felt, for that fit in a single hand
as the new Casio ClassPad300

Jaime Meza

I agree. Half of the fun of calculators is their being calculators, and when you make them look like a Gameboy they aren't nearly as fun. The most powerful calculator I'd ever get is the 89 simply because it keeps the verticalness which all of them should have.

I bet it's another April Fools joke ;-) Let's see if I'm right...

I'm sending it to a few TI web sites, if this is a joke, this ought to be a good one with lots of attention

Added comment: How can this not be fake? THe release date is in August, everything TI releases is about one to two years from press time to product release time

I WAS right! Yay! :)

Me being at school when I read this (I was in a hurry) I didn't notice the color, I went around all day thinking how cool it would be when it came out.

Maybe TI should make it, it generated quite a buzz.

I was thinking that too... it would be really funny if they did use those ideas (except the teacher block thing... that sounds evil)

Don't worry about that teacher block. Look at the trouble they took creating TestGuard for the 83+. There's no way they'd make a calc with something as easily work-aroundable as an IR port (ducttape anyone?).

HA :) They really did that? Is that in their APPS section or something? Speaking of APPS, I "discovered" the start-up APP on the TI-83+se... That is so fun... I configured my friend's calc to say "BART EATS POOP" every time he turned it on. It was really funny :) You know, that could go really good with those password protection programs...

Naw, for startup password programs, use MV's new program. I locked myself out once, and couldn't get back in. Oh well, I've just bought an 89 off E-bay. YES!!!

I just got my new edition of popular science today and, low and behold, what do I see?

Ti's going to make a PDA



Not kidding either
NOT A JOKE!!!!

I remember when calc.org did a joke of ticalc.org's whole front page. Lets see...it said Happy pi*??? day, and a few other things. At the bottom, there were 100 different versions and editions of Pheonix released. And the 83+ gold edition... That page is gone now.:( Calc.org did'nt even do anything funny this year.
Did anyone save that page? That same year, ticalc claimed one of the staff had been arrested.