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| Brand | Texas Instruments |
| Color | White/Blue |
| Type | Electronics |
| List Price | $179.99 |
| Special Price |
| Lowest New Price | $110.00 |
| Lowest Used Price | $73.00 |
Categories |
| Electronics: International Shipping Available PC Basic |
Features |
- Perfect for Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1 & 2, Geometry, Trigonometry, Precalculus, Calculus, Statistics
- Necessary or permitted for use on SAT,* ACT and AP* exams
- Intuitive, computer-style interface and cursor controls offer simple navigation between screens and functions
- Multiple representations propose different views of the same problem, at the same time, on one large screen
- Dynamic linking instantly reflects changes to one representation in real time to other representations of the same problem
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Description |
| The TI-Nspire handheld comes together with a snap-in TI-84 In addition Keypad this offers the same keystrokes as TI-83 In addition, TI-84 In addition and TI-84 In addition Silver Edition graphing calculators. Whether handhelds are provided by your school or your students get in personally-owned units, this side-by-side compatibility between TI-Nspire handhelds and current TI graphing calculators brings a comfortable transition to TI-Nspire technology. Inclueds USB cable for software and document downloads. |
Customer Reviews |
 broke within a year 2010-09-09 |
| By DUNCAN |
| I bought this for my son and it just stopped working about 12 1/2 weeks after purchase. Now he needs a new one for AP CALC. iT IS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY |
 Difficult, cumbersome, frustrating 2010-09-04 |
| By Derek Owens (Atlanta, GA United States) |
I give this calculator two stars because it has a lot of functionality. It is mostly a time sink and a source of frustration.
Pros:
1. This is a capable machine. It can do a lot. Much more than I ever want a calculator to do, actually.
2. Hi-res screen. The high resolution is nice.
Cons:
1. The keyboard is terrible. The keyboard on TI's earlier calculators were bad, and this one is actually worse. TI needs to take a lesson from HP on how to make keys that don't wobble around and that provide some decent tactile feedback. The keys, all of them, are squishy and wobbly. The extra crowding by the letter keys makes it incredibly difficult to type anything, numbers or letters, without hitting the wrong key. It is a constant source of frustration as well as a waste of time.
2. The learning curve it too high. If I use this in class, I will need to take considerable time (a few days) just teaching the students how to use it. This is time that then cannot be spent teaching math and physics. Which should I teach my students, Newton's Laws of Motion, or how to click "Menu...Action...Pointer..."
3. Doing simple tasks is now difficult. Turn it on, wait for the operating system to load, then click Home, then 1:calculator, then Enter, and then you can finally type 2+2 and get an answer.
4. The screen, while it is hi-res, is not all that easy to read. It gets a good bit of glare.
5. My students don't like it. With the TI-83, I would at least get a lot of "Oh, that's cool" comments when a nice graph would appear. When one of my poor students finally accomplishes a task on the nSpire, there is instead a sense of relief that they finally got it do what they were trying to do. This calculator is not enjoyable to use.
6. The calculator is bulky. Even the TI-83 was pretty large for carrying around, and this one is even larger.
I'm sticking with the TI-83 for now, and considering switching to HP.
If you want to do any real work in physics or engineering, go with HP. They are still the gold standard of calculators.
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 Broken promise of delivery 2010-08-27 |
| By R. Johnson (Los Altos Hills CA USA) |
I paid for one day shipping, and now they tell me it will take two days after placing the order for delivery. If I had specified two day delivery, I would have had to pay less.
I am quite dissatisfied.
Robert Johnson |
 Ti inspire CAS version (older one) 2010-06-15 |
| By Tuluram (Cheyenne, WY) |
| The alphanumeric keyboard is too hard to use. The feature functionality is difficult to learn. |
| Works perfect 2010-05-20 |
| By Cynthia A. Brice (USA) |
| The packaging was little dirty, and you can tell it was discounted due to the item being returned but nonetheless, the package was unopened and everything was there and work perfectly to this day. Very, very good buy! |