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A better calculator: Why aren’t you built in?

Categories: Ideas and rants
By: , IntoMobile
Saturday, December 30th, 2006 at 12:20 PM

Here is what the calculator looks like on my E61:

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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:

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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, 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.

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • Stefan Constantinescu

    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!