I'm thinking of writing an app...

[barneyntd]

I'm considering writing an infinite precision calculator for the iphone/touch.

You would use it like a calculator, with a popup panel of buttons, and it would display as many digits as fit on the screen. If you want more, you simply flick across to see as many more digits as you want (until you run out of memory!). All calculations are done to infinite precision, so you are guaranteed exactly correct answers.

I know how to do this; my question is, does this strike people as a cool idea? Is it a "meh, who needs more than 10 digits" or a "wow that is so cool I can calculate 500 digits of the square root of pi" idea? Would you pay $5 for the geek factor?

Also, what other features would be worth having?

Barney.

 

[GirthP]

Do you know how to code ObjC?

 

[barneyntd]

Yes, I have already published a couple of cocoa apps.

 

[iTeen]

what i want is a graphing calculator for my future ipod touch

 

[barneyntd]

I could do graphs, but I expect there will be hundreds of graphing calculators.

I could do graphs with unlimited zoom. That might be nice...

 

[youradhere4222]

I'd love a graphic calculator for my iPod Touch...

 

[cupofjoe]

I'm interested to see what you come up with, honestly. Any type of (better) calculator function would be pretty awesome.

 

[GirthP]

I've wanted a calculator with a simulated paper roll (like a financial calc for adding multiple amounts). That way one can see what one has already added, and see the history that one has computed through.