Just recently had up an article that the HP TouchPad was released without a calculator. Now PreCentral is reporting that TouchPad owners have nothing to worry about. The release of webOS 3.0.2 is on the way. By the end of July, the TouchPad will have apps for Amazon MP3, the Kindle, and, yep, a new native calculator app is on the way.
Buy the LeapPad Tablet at Leapfrog.com. LeapFrog LeapPad Tablet Apparently, it’s tablet day here at TPM. While the HP TouchPad may be a toy for older kids, the LeapFrog LeapPad Tablet is one for the younger kiddos. I’ve been impressed by the reputation LeapFrog products have built in the past. They consistently put out electronic learning devices that have the video game or gadget feel, so they appeal to kids. On the other hand, the learning that goes on continues to earn LeapFrog top marks from educators.
HP Touchpad Buy the HP TouchPad on Amazon. HP has finally released their new tablet, the HP TouchPad. With Android and iOS dominating, WebOS (the OS of the HP TouchPad) has become for the forgotten mobile OS, and that’s unfortunate. I had a Palm Pre for about a week at the end of 2009 and enjoyed WebOS immensely. Unfortunately, the phone itself seemed flimsy and I returned it. HP bought out Palm in large part to get its hands on WebOS.
Wolfram announced the release of their Course Assistant Apps a couple of months back, designed to help students with their math and science courses. I was curious to see what was in these apps and how they might help a student, so I decided to pick a couple of the apps up on iTunes to take them for a test drive. As I am a high school teacher, I purchased the Algebra and Pre-Calculus Course Assistants since they seemed to be the courses I’d have the greatest familiarity with.
Back in April, I attended the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics annual meeting in Indianapolis. In addition to taking in a number of professional development sessions, I was able to spend significant time on the exhibition floor, checking out the best of what math education products are just out and soon to be released. One of the most exciting technologies I saw was the new Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, math textbooks for the iPad.
Not too long ago, I reviewed Mathematica 8 from a novice’s perspective. About that time it started becoming clear that,Wolfram, maker of Mathematica, was starting to get interested in app development. Their first major app was an iOS version of Wolfram Alpha, available on both the iPhone and iPad as well as Android. If you’ve never heard of Wolfram Alpha, I suggest you start by check out the Wolfram Alpha site, which has been around for years.
With Google’s beta release of Android App Inventor over the summer came the promise that “normal people” would suddenly be able to crank out high quality Android apps without writing a single line of code. App Inventor is a visually based development environment, so rather than write code, developers use a series of icons to create apps. As with most Google products, App Inventor is “in the cloud,” meaning you use it through your browser, not a program you install onto your computer.
What Are the Best Apps for the TI-84 Plus? PLYSMT2 PuzzPack Studycard Guess My Coefficients Conics Solve It! If you’ve just picked up a new TI-84 plus, one of your first questions is probably, “What are the best apps this thing?” There are many. In fact, the TI-84 Plus (especially Silver Edition) comes loaded with a lot of junk you’ll probably never use because many of the preloaded apps are for languages you don’t speak.
Click here to watch my video review of the top 6 calculator apps for the iPhone. My recent article on the top 6 calculator apps for Android was a big hit, and since then I’ve been getting search inquiries about iOS. You asked for it, so here it is. I’ve searched out Apple’s app store for my favorite 6 calculator apps for the iPhone and iPod touch. Since there was a wide disparity in cost of apps, I set the ground rule that we were searching for apps that cost less than $5.
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