HP is a leading provider of products, technologies, solutions and services to
consumers and business. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, personal
computing and access devices, global services, and imaging and printing. In 2002
HP merged with Compaq Computer Corporation making it one of the world's largest
computer manufacturers. The company manufactures the widely used Jornada and
iPaq Pocket PC based handheld computers, which are supported by our calculator
software.
HP was founded in 1939 by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard - two Stanford
University engineering graduates who decided the company's name with a coin
toss. The company famously started in a domestic garage building test equipment.
In 1968 HP introduced the world's first desktop scientific calculator, the
HP 9100A. As a programmable calculator
using magnetic cards it is widely regarded as the world's first personal
computer, although it was marketed as a calculator. It was also the first
calculator to introduce Reverse
Polish Notation (RPN). For more information and background about HP
calculators, see the
Hewlett-Packard manufacturer page in our calculators database on our
pocket calculator site.
As a member of HP's Solution Partner Program, our focus is on handheld and
tablet devices. But we are very pleased to be associated with the pioneering
manufacturer of pocket calculators. Many would argue that HP still make the best
calculators in the world.
