tried the conversion pounds but it gives LT - would be could if you could choose the conversion output
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iOS 18: What's New With the Calculator App
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I am using i41CX (maybe because I am _that_ old) but a real math app in iOS (including equation systems solving, physics constants, engineering/chemistry) would be really great value and should be quite easy to do for a company as Apple.
Yes but hand-held calculators generally represent more digits than even PC's. People who are used to that level of precision from real hand-held calculators might have a rude awakening.
PCCalc is defeinetly one of teh best calculator apps available. I've used it for many years.
Having an RPN option would be grate. Having used HP calculators and PCCalc for so long I struggle with the = sign.
I started with a 45 and have a 41 as well. The plug in cartridges were really innovative; along with the card reader.
pfffft...The Math Notes couldn't even solve the first simple equation I wrote in it. And, coincidentally, the equation is what Apple uses to justify its memory pricing.
I would argue the built-in apps should provide basic, core functionality and that if users want more that's what third party apps are for. So Apple is playing it right with these updates.
Also, many of the calculator apps out there are subscription based or bombard you with ads when you're in the middle of typing in a calculation (PCalc is a notable exception) so that's one leg up for the built-in app.
It’s one app. Just set the mode. I like the iPad version. It’s pretty intuitive.I guess, Calculator and Math Notes are two different apps, but one never knows
It would be insane (or brain-dead) for Apple to leave out RPN from iOS... once again. It was incorporated into the MacOS Calculator years ago.
I am quite possibly the worst person to comment on math but I don’t quite get this either. PCalc gives me a different answer depending on whether I just divided by 9 or not. I don’t know enough math to know which answer is correct. Maybe it’s just rounding because for most purposes that is basically 1. But not quite!
Actually, 0.9 recurring (‘0.’ followed by infinite 9s) is precisely equal to 1. Look up 0.999 in Wikipedia.
I’ll take your word for it. This Wikipedia page describes my condition. I love numbers but my brain doesn’t. They’re like mental gluten for me.
Dyscalculia - Wikipedia
In theory, a calculator on a phone/tablet/computer should be able to keep a history of manipulations, simplifying where possible, so that it can internally maintain absolute precision.
A very good app but I am still trying to figure out a couple of things. Like: create a series of horizontal calculations and then sum al totals of these with a line on the bottom doesn’t work. That would be great for my use case
pfffft...The Math Notes couldn't even solve the first simple equation I wrote in it. And, coincidentally, the equation is what Apple uses to justify its memory pricing.
SHouldn't the ig/2Msgrt(2) be ig/3MSqrt(2)?
Isn't the old math question of "What is the value of an infinite sum?" Calculus defines a limit, or it can just be what we define it to be.
Jony Ive did bring flat design upon us (by copying Microsoft, which pioneered it), but it is Tim Cook's fault. Steve Jobs kept Ive's tastelss tendencies in check while letting his tasteful tendencies flourish. Cook allows Ive's tasteless tendenies to run wild. There's a reason why no iPhone released while Jobs was alive ever had a camera bump or notch.
No RPN option?
Thanks, I'll stay with third party alternatives.
Thanks, I'll stay with third party alternatives.
No, they just had huge bezels to hide the camera and the speaker grill on the front. I suspect if Apple replaced the notch with a bezel people on MR would scream, or if a punch hole left a dead spot. Most customers probably don’t care about the notch and like the dynamic island.