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| Brand: Hewlett-Packard
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
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Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 7.5 x 2.3
MPN: F2226A
Model: F2226A
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 Yardstick for Calculators November 17, 2004
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
I must admit that I am loyal to HP calculators! I bought the HP35 in the early 70's when I was a graduate student at Washington University. I currently collect HP calculators.
When I bought the HP 48gII about a month ago I encounted the much talked about keyboard problem. I did what comes naturally. I called customer service. A very friendly representative took my name, address, and the model and serial number of the problem calculator. In about 30 seconds I was informed that a problem free calculator would be on the the way in 3 to 5 business days! I was also given a case number so that I could keep tabs on the progress of the shipment of the replacement. Note that I did not ask for a replacement! The company apparently is on top of the problem and know exactly which calculators need replacement. I asked about instructions for returning the problem calculator and was told to wait for further instruction from HP. If I do not hear from HP in 30 days, I may dispose of the problem calculator as I see fit. What else could one hope for?
In four business days I received my new HP48gII with three 3AAA cells and two memory cells. The calculator only reguires one memory cell. I immediately checked out the calculator. My problem calculator would ocassionally not respond to the pressing of the up/down and left/right keys. At times others would not respond. With the new calculator I have not experienced any problems.
Go on. Stop listening to the foolishness. Get the best calculator out there. Get the HP48gII!
H(P)ope Springs Eternal October 1, 2004
6 out of 14 found this review helpful
Hughey-Pack is baaack! (Okay, tone it down a bit.) No, I really like the new 48gII, although I can't figure why they chose to ID it in the 48 series, since it clearly is a derated 49g+, itself a nice update of the original 49g. I guess 49g- didn't sound too upbeat. And why the serial port when the 49g+ has USB? My laptop doesn't have serial, so I'll have to front thirty for a USB serial converter anyhow. So, in retro, I should have sprung the extra forty dollars for a 49g+, and I've answered my own question. But this clearly brings HP back in line with the TI89. I bought an 89 last spring at Wallyworld for sixty dollars unopened (I guess they were clearing them out for the Titaniums: even so, my fellow engineers called me "traitor", but, hey, sixty!) I was impressed by the Derive CAS and the overall physical quality. Compared with my 49g, it symbolically integrated ordinary expressions quite fast. The 48gII puts HP back in this league, with the (I'm guessing) Erable CAS and 48 MHz CPU. TI quality has improved markedly in the last few years (it had a long way to go) and HP's has slipped some, but the HP48gII seems solid, although it just doesn't have the heft and feel of my fourteen year old 48SX (which still works perfectly with Sparcom Calculus card and all.) No keyboard problems so far, but then no display problems with my TI89 so far either , just waiting for the shoe to drop.
Products like this are what keep HP a quasi-religion for most engineers: my original HP35 , thirty two years old, still works sans battery pack, although watching it canoodle for a full second to extract the sine of PI/6 is amusing, we've come a long way. I always thought HP should have marketed a version of the HP95 palmtop with MathCad or TK Solver in ROM for scientific/engineering folks. And Carly should take a look at the Qonos on hpcalc.org, and maybe goose the ACO: tech types would line up like Matrix first-nighters, four hundred in hand, for something like this with the HP sticker.
Hope they've fixed the keyboard (updated Oct 04) August 4, 2004
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I bought this calculator a few months ago. Used to use a 42s, as well as 32 versions. I haven't had any trouble adapting to the new enter-key location, and after spending some time studying this more complicated computing device, I sort of like many of the features. However, the keyboard on mine is unacceptable. As others have commented (both here and on the page for the 49g+), the keys will sometimes miss the keystroke. I find this totally unacceptable, and I, like others lament the decline of quality in HP (at least in the calculator arena). But, I'm hooked on RPN and TI doesn't have it. I plan to try to return my 48gii to HP and see if they have actually fixed the problem (some reviews of the 49+ look hopeful in this regard). If you have a newer model and the keyboard works perfectly (which it should), please post here so we can once again get people buying HP calculators! It will do us all good ;-) *** OK - I called HP support. They were very nice and sent me a new calculator. The calculator had an earlier serial than the one I already had - so I wasn't hopeful, despite what they told me. Sure enough, it acted about the same. HOWEVER: 1) This was a couple of months ago, so it is possible manufacturing has improved in the mean time. 2) I have found a good workaround: Turn on the keystroke beep sound. It's not too loud, does not bother me, and most important, it is very obvious now when it misses a keystroke. I don't have to look at the display - which slows down work. Instead, my senses detect the missing beep without even thinking and I then just hit the key again. I strongly recommend this for anyone with an existing calculator with the problem - and am hopeful based on some recent reviews that HP may finally have fixed the issue on the latest ones being produced...
preliminary review March 24, 2004
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
I just unpacked it and started messing with it.My first reaction is "I miss my 48G". :( I've heard bad things about the new key pad, and it definitly feels cheap. It might just take some getting use to, but I don't like it! (the keys aren't 'solid', and occasionally you can press a key so it 'clicks' but nothing happens) It seems fast compared to the older 48G, but then I haven't tried anything particularily challenging with it yet. They moved the key! (just something else I need to get use to)They include the RS232 data cable and software! (previously an expensive 'extra') However, I seem to be having some trouble to get it working (so far unsuccessful). It's not like we have a huge selection of RPN calculators (which is why I chose this one), so given the options it is really not that bad.
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