[harrytuttle]

You took the words out of my mouth. Oh and my HP48 has done many hours as a primary computation device.

[pqs]

I also learned to program with my HP48GX and my HP49G. When we couldn't imagine we would have smartphones, we already had programmable computers in our pockets :-)

[harrytuttle]

Yes and bar the internet connectivity and the phone part, the HP48 series are far more powerful than any smartphone as a computer!

http://my.opera.com/vladrodr/blog/2008/11/11/convertir-progr... <-- says it all