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    WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator

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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    10/19/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    OMFG...
    I like WolframAlpha, which puts me in a minority among most people who have never heard of it... but there's no way I'd pay $50 for a mobile version of a website I can access with Safari anyway, that I can think of a use for once every couple of months, but could also be served as well by Google! #wolframalpha
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    10/19/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    I've never had the website give me any data that was at all useful, why would I pay for that? #wolframalpha
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    10/19/09

    @Adam: You've never bothered to ask it anything that was useful to you then. #wolframalpha
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    10/19/09

    @Xeno: Well, I can't remember everything I've asked it, but usually it's easy calculations I just don't feel like figuring out. For example, "what is the mass of 250 u.s. dime coins" is a very simple question to piece apart. But all I get is "Wolfram|Alpha isn't sure how to compute an answer from your input." I could ask it "mass of a u.s. dime coin" and multiply it by 250, but isn't the entire point of Wolfram Alpha that I don't need to do that? I've never had it do anything Google couldn't do better. Also, it's much slower. #wolframalpha
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    10/19/09

    @Adam: Ahh, interesting that that didn't work. I asked it 1 can tuna + 2 slices bread + 1 tsp mayo and gave all the nutritional information of a tuna fish sandwich though. Trending say several stocks works well. Or comparing sports statistics. It's certainly not perfect but can do some great things. #wolframalpha
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    Image of puhsitch puhsitch
    10/18/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    ...I don't think that Wolfram is actually looking to make money through the App Store. You know what's really going on here?

    Blog reader/Twitterererer: "What kind of crazy company would charge $50 for this?? They must really think they're something special. I don't know who Wolfram is, but I'm gonna go the web site and use their fancy service for FREE just to stick it to 'em!"

    No one would be talking if the app were $1.99 (and no one would be buying it since it's not free). We all know that those guys aren't dumb -- and they know that it's the outliers that get the most attention. #wolframalpha
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/19/09

    @puhsitch:

    yep - this is their 'balloon boy' so to speak #wolframalpha
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    Image of fleebailey33 fleebailey33
    10/18/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    they have given out access to there API, i give it a week before someone makes one thats not official for free/cheap #wolframalpha
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    Image of Jamez Jamez
    10/18/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    Considering it can be easily accessed via the iPhone's Safari browser, this app is just dumb. Sorry Wolfram Alpha team, either remove the mobile version of your site or make the app free (or at least better than the browser search engine and cheaper). Otherwise, you just make yourselves look stupid...which is the opposite of what your search engine promotes. #wolframalpha
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    Image of jakebathman jakebathman
    10/18/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    C'mon, there's got to be SOMETHING that this does above the general website...store calculations? Fancy reports? Back massage? #wolframalpha
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    Image of phunnyballs phunnyballs
    10/18/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    It would only be worth it if you didnt have to connect to the internet. Ipod touch would be left out in the cold #wolframalpha
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    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    10/18/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    Also, if you were a 'die-hard' Wolfram|Alpha fan, you'd probably have shelled out for the $2500 copy of Mathematica 7 Professional (the core of Wolfram|Alpha), so you probably would pay that extra $50 as chump change.

    [Although, I might mention, Mathematica Student is only ~$150 with valid school ID and Academic is about $1100.] #wolframalpha
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    Image of TheRiseOfRoy TheRiseOfRoy
    10/18/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    this need to be in the 4-8 dollar range for Wolframalpha looking at that price as the "donation" that users can give to keep the foundation running. its absurd that they want that much. the people want it are the people who use and know about it.

    i think readers need to comment about this to try to make an impression on them so they get the idea. anyone else with me? #wolframalpha
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    Image of 32ndnote 32ndnote
    10/18/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    Wolfram Alpha did about a million inverse Laplace transforms for me yesterday, but how often do I need that and not have the internet? Never. Except exams. But... you can't use iPhones on exams anyway, so I stand by you señor blogger. #wolframalpha
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    Image of DBrim DBrim
    10/18/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    I love wolfram alpha and use it all the time, but I must be missing something here. It loads nearly perfectly on my Pre's browser (which would mean that it would work fine on the iPhone, too).

    Oh well, they'll figure it out after a few weeks with zero sales. #wolframalpha
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    Image of dallasmay dallasmay
    10/18/09

    @DBrim: That, or they will start charging for the site. My bet is on the latter. #wolframalpha
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    Image of AlexSea AlexSea
    10/18/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    if it has the ability to do crazy math using natural language input i can see some people picking it up. i would use it a lot for work, but not 50$ worth. #wolframalpha
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment Edited by AlexSea at 10/18/09 6:21 PM AlexSea was starred AlexSea was unstarred
    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    10/18/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    Am I somehow mistaken that the "alpha" in Wolfram Alpha is for the fact that it isn't yet out of alpha-testing yet? Because $50 for an app of a program that isn't even beta is a load of bantha pudu. #wolframalpha
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    Image of jakebathman jakebathman
    10/18/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: That's not the gist I get, I think alpha is part of the name for good

    Kinda like beta was part of Gmail's name for a while.... #wolframalpha
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    Image of frigg frigg
    10/18/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Unless I'm mistaken, I believe you and Jake may both be a bit off - it's clearly a reference to the Book of Revelation: "For I Am the alpha and the omega, the first and the last." Surely $50 for a search app is no less a harbinger of the apocalypse. #wolframalpha
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    Image of KinOfCain KinOfCain
    10/18/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    "What better way to show maturity than peg your inaugural App Store app with one of the higher price tags in the whole system."

    What better way to show everyone that your little science experiment is hemorrhaging cash than to ask exorbitant prices for your iphone app?

    Oh, right, you could ask exorbitant prices for your API access:

    [arstechnica.com] #wolframalpha
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    Image of jriga jriga
    09/25/09

    In reply to Steve Ballmer Up Close, Sipping Coffee, Talkin' Bout Phones and Stuff
    His voice, his appearance... just everything about him creeps to the deepest level. HE IS A PC.
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    09/25/09

    @jriga: I hope so. A hipster haircut and snarky t-shirt wouldn't look good on him,
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    Image of jriga jriga
    09/25/09

    @Xeno: So true...

    Did we just find Giz's next Photoshop contest!? Dress Ballmer as a "mac"!!
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