Additional Calculator functions 16

by Adam Marks Wed, 17 Nov 2010 2:34 pm EST

For those who remember the stock calculator app in PalmOS, the one included in webOS appears to be severely lacking. At first look, you only have the basic arithmetic commands of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (along with a standard memory function of M+, MR, and MC). While still not nearly as full featured as the old PalmOS calculator, there are some additional functions available simply by pressing the spacebar. The 4 buttons on the right will turn into M-, %, square root, and +/-.

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If you still need more functionality in your calculator, you may need to look in the App catalog for a suitable replacement. Got any suggestions?

Thanks to thomas92 for suggesting this tip

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Posted by facepalmed on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 2:40 pm EST

Cool!! Didn't know that.

Posted by fantomaas on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 2:43 pm EST

thanks! Did not know that either! Great tip! Everyday learning something new! That's why I love webos! It's so dynamic!

Posted by BradleyCulbertson on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 3:02 pm EST

hey that's one I didn't know lol.

Posted by suburban_war on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 3:04 pm EST

Here's my tip: "Scientific RPN Calculator". Nice and powerful, plus it's an RPN calculator :). Available in the app catalog

Posted by orawas on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 3:16 pm EST

I had forgotten about this...

Posted by fritzk3 on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 3:21 pm EST

I've found SciCalc to meet my needs, especially since it was available for free!

Posted by Blazinfly on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 3:32 pm EST

Wholly Cow - I now have access to the % button after 18 months of figuring out decimals.....

Posted by iccee on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 3:33 pm EST

haha, I just said the same thing :)

Posted by dslunceford on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 4:32 pm EST

Just yesterday I was trying out other calcs to get %...

Posted by daveandcori on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 3:35 pm EST

I use Advanced Calculator. I teach Physics and this works great for me. I picked it up for free I believe, but now it's $2.49. It works well.

Posted by yellowsnow on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 5:30 pm EST

I did not know that. I welcome this functionality that I missed but... why is this so unintuitive? Well over a year ago I had even looked for a manual for the calculator just in case there were more features like this. But alas there was no manual available. And this feature seems to have been completely unpublicized.

Wouldn't Palm want to let us know what functions our phones have? What's next?... finding out that the calendar has some hidden functions that make it almost as powerful as the old PalmOS calendar on my Treo 300? That would be wonderful!

Posted by bankerdanny on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 5:40 pm EST

how did you get blue numbers on your readout screen?

When I updated to 1.4.5 my readout changed to black digits on a charcoal background. Very difficult to read.