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Texas Instruments TI-Nspire CX (Prototype)

Date of introduction:	February 25, 2011 Available: May 2011	Display technology:	LCD dot matrix 16-bit color, backlit
New price:	$154.99 (SRP 2011)	Display size:	240 * 320 pixels
Size:	7.5" x 3.4" x 0.65" 190 x 87 x 16 mm³
Weight:	8.5 ounces, 242 grams	Serial No:	NSC TA3 292
Batteries:	3.7L1230SP Li-Ion	Date of manufacture:	mth 01 year 2011
AC-Adapter:	AC9211U	Origin of manufacture:	China
Precision:	14	Integrated circuits:	CPU: ET-NS2010B-0 (T6UJ1XBG-0002)
Memories:
Program steps:	64M Bytes, 100M Bytes Flash ROM	Courtesy of:	Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments introduced at the 2011 T³ International Conference held on February 25-27 in San Antonio, TX with the TI-Nspire CX and TI-Nspire CX CAS their first graphing calculators with full color, backlit displays.

The featured calculator is an early prototype of the TI-Nspire CX calculator and Texas Instruments asked us not to open the unit. Please follow the links to the TI-Nspire COLOR and TI-Nspire CX EZ-Spot to peek inside these calculators.

ROM-Versions:

• TI-Nspire CX (Prototype)

3.0.0.1580 (January 2011)
Boot1 Code Version: 3.0.99
Boot2 Code Version: 3.0.127

3.0.1.1753 (April 2011)
Boot1 Code Version: 3.0.99
Boot2 Code Version: 3.0.127

3.0.2.1791 (May 2011)

You can check the ROM version of your TI-Nspire CX using the following key sequence and reading the number on your screen:

[HOME] [5] [4] (3.0)

Information provided by Xavier Andréani.

Exam acceptance:

Since the TI-Nspire CX lacks a QWERTY keyboard it is permitted (as of March 10, 2011) for use on SAT, ACT, PSAT and AP exams.

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