The problem with the 50G was the change in the position of the enter key. HP blew it with the change and underestimated customer resistance to it. Microsoft committed the same faux pas when it rearranged the Excel user interface. For the same reason, the qwerty keyboard remains popular despite its shortcomings. This lesson has been repeated so often that you would think HP would have figured it out. But it didn't, and the 50G has declined in popularity because of it.
Joe
Joe
-----Original message-----
From: Brian Denley <b.denley@...>Jennifer:
To: 50g@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 2011 Apr, Sun, 24 03:49:19 GMT+00:00
Subject: Re: [50g] what happed?
As are we all. The only calculators that even command high prices on Ebay
are the older HPs: the 41C line especially, or the 15, 16 C 'sideways'
calculators. The HP-25 was still my favorite!
Brian
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jennifer Usher"
To: <50g@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [50g] what happed?
There may be some truth to that. I currently have emulators for the HP 48gx
(two actually), the HP 41CX, and an HP 16C on my iPhone. That is in
addition to several scientific calculator programs. Even HP itself has
started marketing an emulator for the HP 15C for the iPhone. I also have HP
48gx emulators on both my PC and my Mac. I bought my HP 50g because there
are times when I still want a standalone calculator, and well, because I am
a major geek.
Jennifer
On Apr 21, 2011, at 4:56 PM, Brian Denley wrote:
> ..or it might be that there IS no real calc market anymore.
> Brian Denley
> http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Golightly"
> To: <50g@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 7:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [50g] what happed?
>
> Not sure. The HP50G user base must be really small. I guess TI has the
> calc
> market sewn up.
>
> ________________________________
> From: Ray
> To: 50g@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 5:08 PM
> Subject: [50g] what happed?
>
> what happed to this site, no post in 3 mo.?
>
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