Pictured above is the HP 12C Financial Programmable Calculator, available from the Hewlett-Packard website for $69.99. What makes this calculator totally unique among all consumer electronic products ...

Designed for dealmakers, the 12c is engineered to handle complex formulas for calculating loan payments, determining bond yields, and constructing depreciation schedules. It’s a cult classic among ...

Hewlett-Packard is marking the 30th anniversary of its HP 12c Financial Calculator today by launching a limited-edition version aimed at nostalgic fans. While the company hasn't won praise for its ...

In 1981, Hewlett-Packard introduced the HP-12C financial calculator, and it became the standard financial calculator used by financial anlaysts, mortgage bankers, stock analysts, bond traders, ...

If you know that 5 Enter 4 + 2 Enter 1+ ÷ equals 3, odds are there’s an HP 12c on your desk. In the 23 years since the 12c debuted, Hewlett-Packard Co. has sold millions of the financial calculator, ...

Nerds of the world jump of happiness, for HP has brought the legendary HP 15C Scientific Calculator and the HP 12C Financial Calculator for the iPhone and iPod touch, complete with custom skins and ...

They long ago outlived every phone, calculator and computer of their generation. These days, you’ll still see them prominently displayed on the desks of many certified financial planners. But if you ...

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Hewlett-Packard (HP) today announced iPhone-app versions of three classic HP calculators: the HP 12c, HP 12c Platinum, and HP 15C. When run in landscape mode, each app uses the original ROM code and ...

Before there were Palms, Pocket PCs, Psions or even Sharp Wizards, there were calculators. Not big mechanical adding machines, but portable models made by Hewlett-Packard that everyone from grade ...

My colleague Rob Griffiths has a special place in his heart for financial calculators—or at least one financial calculator in particular. (Witness him waxing rhapsodic about his trusty HP 12C ...

What you see above is not a calculator. Or rather, it’s not the calculator you think it is. Rather, it is the latest software-only implementation of the classic Hewlett Packard scientific calculator, ...