A better calculator: Why aren’t you built in?
By Stefan Constantinescu on Saturday, December 30th, 2006 at 12:20 PM PST In Ideas and rants
Here is what the calculator looks like on my E61:
Now I’m not saying it does it’s job poorly, a calculator is a calculator, but the UI is brutal. Can we get something a little bit more efficient? Better yet, why not include an advanced mode?
Check this application out:
The UI on that one is even more frightening, but it has advanced options.
Message I’m trying to convey is there isn’t anything you can do feature wise to improve a calculator. All the work that lies in making "Calculator Application A" better than "Calculator Application B" is in the user interface department.
So please Nokia (NYSE: NOK), make it easier to use, and bring the advanced features as an option. All you have to look at is the Windows calculator to see that by default it does it’s job very well, but then you can go into the settings and reveal a scientific computing powerhouse.
A good calculator program is Calcium. Simple, great UI, and FREE. Doesn’t have advanced functions, but definitely better than the default Nokia calculator.
http://mtvoid.com/calcium/index.html
I just installed it and it doesn’t work properly on my Nokia E61
I push the number keys and nothing happens, then when I move my joystick the screen turns to white pixels. I’ve emailed the developer, thanks for trying Mark!
EDIT: Got it working! Whoa it rocks!
With xcalc, we can change the history.
We think we have the best calculator for E-series and N-series:
http://www.fivedeer.com/CView.do?OPR=Def&Theme=Utilities&ACTM=6