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As much as i'd like to have a universal device sometimes a well-crafted, well-designed, dedicated device is hard to give up once you are used to it.

Would you rather use a TI-calc emulator on android or the actual device?

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95-99% of the time, I'd actually prefer the built in android calculator, because the buttons are bigger and I'm only doing simple arithmetic. I'm perfectly willing to sacrifice the remaining times in exchange for not having to carry another thing.

Use Addi for more complex stuff: https://code.google.com/p/addi/

It is a matlab/octave emulator. It works great, even on my 2.1 android phone.

I'd rather have an HP-48G. Oh, I have two. And an HP48G emulator on my phone. RPN muscle memory runs deep.

The emulator, hands down. And that's being a long-time TI calculator user.

I am probably two orders of magnitude faster[1] on a real TI than on an emulator. The muscle memory there is deep, and doesn't translate to my phone at all.

[1]no, really

Well, if I am doing anything serious, I use Mathematica or MATLAB, so I haven't had to do anything besides basic arithmetic on my phone.

They wont let you into an exam with a phone.

That's an artificial restriction, which isn't a primary concern to me.

The user experience is many times better on a real TI then in an Android emulator or even in a computer. For some quick math calculations a computer or Android calculator is find. If I'm doing a lot of math problems I rather use a TI. The usability is just way better.

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