HP-Xpander
The HP-Xpander was to be HP's newest graphing calculator, but the project was canceled months before it was scheduled to go into production. It had both a keyboard and a pen-based interface, measured 162.6 mm by 88.9 mm by 22.9 mm, with a large grayscale screen, and ran on two rechargeable AA batteries. It had a semi-translucent green cover on a gray case and an expansion slot.
The underlying operating system was Windows CE 3.0. It had 8MB RAM, 16MB ROM, a geometry application, 240x320 display, Hitachi SH3 processor, and e-lessons. One of the obvious omissions in the Xpander was the lack of a computer algebra system.
In 2001 HP's design group in Australia was disbanded. HP decided to release the HP-Xpander software, named the Math Xpander, as a free application that runs on Windows CE based Pocket PC devices. The Math-Xpander software is hosted by Saltire Software Inc..
External links
- Math Xpander – The HP Xpander software which runs on Windows CE 3.0
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- XPander on HPMuseum – A good description of the Xpander on HPMuseum.com
- HP-Xpander
- HP-Xpander
- News of Xpander Canceled – Article on CNET describing the cancellation of the Xpander
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