Nokia's Handwriting Calculator makes math cool again

by Darren Murph posted Dec 23rd 2008 at 4:51AM

Be honest with yourself -- you loathe math. We mean, you're totally kosher with counting ohms and watts when dealing in DIY projects, but you'll gladly pay a certified accountant to handle your taxes. Chances are, though, that Nokia's new Handwriting Calculator will have you doing calculations you never thought you'd do once you nailed that Calculus IV book shut with a completely respectable B-. It's designed to operate on Nokia's "latest touchscreen devices (read: S60 5th Edition), such as the N800 and the 5800 XpressMusic," and it's being delivered free of charge from the always inventive Beta Labs operation. The greatest part about this is its ability to understand unorthodox symbols such as square roots and the like; too bad most professors outlaw cellphones during testing periods, huh? Video demonstration is after the break.

[Via MobileSyrup]

Filed under: Software, Nokia, Symbian

Tags: 5800 xpressmusic, 5800Xpressmusic, beta, beta labs, BetaLabs, calculator, Handwriting Calculator, HandwritingCalculator, internet tablet, InternetTablet, N800, Nokia, video

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Les @ Dec 23rd 2008 10:31AM

Which Nokia phone is that?

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Anthony @ Dec 23rd 2008 10:51AM

Not a phone. N810, but they say it'll work w/ the 5800 (& the upcoming N97).

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Tejas Padekar @ Dec 23rd 2008 11:16AM

That's the N810. It's not a phone but an Internet Tablet.

And, it runs Maemo, not S60 5th Edition as mentioned in the article. On the "read" link, you'll notice the requirements mention that it runs on Maemo as well as S60.

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squiggleslash @ Dec 23rd 2008 11:57AM

Works great on my N800 running Maemo Diablo. Probably the first "calculator app" that's struck me as worthwhile using over a pocket calculator (save for when you don't have a pocket calculator at your desk.)

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cocoviper @ Dec 23rd 2008 2:11PM

I'm more so curious what exactly a "calculus IV book" is given that Calc 1 is derivitives, Calc 2 is integrals, and Calc 3 is both in multiple dimensions. I suppose it could be complex analysis...but I've still never heard the term Calc 4 before.

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crow610 @ Dec 23rd 2008 3:50PM

at my school after calc 3 (multi dimensional calc) we had the option of taking differential equations.

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Dahk @ Dec 23rd 2008 4:16PM

lol for our engineering classes, our calc 1 was both derivatives and integrals. calc 2 was multidimensional stuff, calc 3 was differential equations and calc 4 was signals and systems... some damned intense stuff.

That'd be pretty sick if it handled like expressions too haha, but somehow I doubt it goes too much further than what he displayed.