NumWorks N0110 Calculator Review • magazin Mehatronika

We love calculators. There’s something charming about these tiny computers which were ﬁrst contacts with programming for many aspiring developers. These devices were the desktops of the 1960s and the smartphones of the 1980s - with the market flourishing in this era with various and wonderful models, culminating in some of the most recognisable designs. With the advent of smartphones and other portable computers, calculators have fallen from their former glory. They still, however, retain an important place in education and speciﬁc scientiﬁc and engineering ﬁelds. This market is nowadays dominated by a few brands - with Texas Instruments, Casio, and to a lesser degree Sharp and HP having a ﬁrm grasp on the ﬁeld. This makes it quite interesting and exciting that in Q3 2017 a completely new company - called NumWorks - appeared with their premier model - the NumWorks model N0100 calculator - simply branded the “NumWorks Calculator” (which we’ll also call just the “NumWorks” in the rest of the article). A quiet revision upped much of the specs and gave the calc a much-needed memory boost. This newer N0110 model paved the way for many new features in later software revisions. Before digging into the review itself, we’d like to mention that this NumWorks N0110 has been provided by the company to us free of charge for review purposes. As always, all opinions below are our own and are in no way influenced by the company. First things ﬁrst - the N0110 is sleek. That is the most immediately noticeable thing about this device. It’s modern, it’s slim and it’s pretty. Even the box design is simple and unassuming in an elegant Apple-esque manner (makes sense given that CEO of the company is an ex-apple software engineer). Under the lid is a playful and beautiful calculator with a novel yellow-black marking design with grey accents. It’s such a striking pretty design that every other calculator we’ve tried (except the HP Prime) absolutely fades in comparison. The buttons also feel great and responsive. The font used on these is also great and extremely sleek. The screen is not laminated, sadly, but it does not present much of an issue, as it’s plenty bright and has surprisingly great viewing angles. The integrated 1450 mAh Li-Po battery is also as excellent as the screen and keyboard - providing the user with somewhere between 20 and 24 hours of constant use. It also charges quickly. And for charging, there’s a yellow USB cable provided in the box. Yellow! Absolutely bananas.