Apple Thoughts: HP Calculators in the App Store

"It looks like a fourth generation of my family is going to be introduced to the ways of reverse Polish notation calculators. That's because my three-year-old son, an iPhone fan in his own preschool way, is about to be exposed to Hewlett-Packard's new iPhone application that fully emulates the company's 12c financial calculator."

This is a great calculator, that can do just about everything except wash your clothes. I've had one since the early 80's, in fact I still have the original one I purchased when I started college. Then the price was about $129.00 US, a hefty sum back then to be sure (only $80.00 US now however). Now you can get one in the iTunes store for $14.99 US, and get the 15C version for $29.95 US (more suitable for scientific calculations). I think the biggest plus about this whole deal is you don't have to try and find those small batteries that no one seems to carry!