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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 :-)

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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

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