Monday, February 8, 2010

Review: RealCalc calculator for Android

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RealCalc is a scientific calculator for your Android powered phone. It offers a well designed interface that looks pretty much like what you would expect from a scientific calculator. The keys are large enough to not feel cramped.

I spent my college years with an HP-48 calculator, which means I learned to love RPN notation. RealCalc has an RPN mode that you can turn on from the settings screen:

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It's a substantial improvement on the native Calculator application. My only complaint is that, once installed, I have two applications named "Calculator" and no easy way to differentiate them.

RealCalc is available for free from the Market.

http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=150x150&chl=market://search?q=pname:uk.co.nickfines.RealCalc

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