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Voyage 400 Leaked
Posted by Michael on 1 April 2003, 05:57 GMT

Update: Please note that this was a joke. Please do not contact Texas Instruments or any of their resellers asking about this product - it does not exist.


TI is developing a new calculator, the Voyage 400. Leaked specifications and photos from TI have been floating around since Saturday. It appears to follow the tacky case colors of the existing calculators, but what really matters is that it has a 256-color LCD! It also features a 66 MHz ARM processor (presumably with 68k emulation?), 16 MB of flash, and an IR port with a "teacher select" to disable for testing. The scheduled release date is in August. Unfortunately I don't think there is sound, but this definitely is a nerd's dream.

Update (Henrik): New information received from an anonymous source indicates that there is no sound output, but there is a link port that could possibly emulate sound output, like we have seen on other calcs. Further, there is an emulation layer so that Flash applications compiled for the Voyage 200 will be able to run unmodified. We will disclose further information as we get it.

Update (Michael): ph33r my 31337 9R@pHIC5 5kilL5!

Update: Again, please don't contact Texas Instruments regarding this non-existing calculator.

 


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Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
Morgan Davies  Account Info
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Darn, I just placed a bid on ebay for a Voyage 200.

     1 April 2003, 06:15 GMT


Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
ac  Account Info

Happy APRIL f00l's day!

     1 April 2003, 14:40 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
angelboy Account Info
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yeah, that's what I thought.

     1 April 2003, 17:44 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
William Heaton  Account Info

yes, i agree it is an april fools joke, but why two, is there some contest between the staff, who has tbe best april fools joke. I think that 1 is good, 2 is overkill, and i sure hope that i dont need to comment about 3.

Though i do think the fact that someone would believe it is funny.

     1 April 2003, 19:17 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
shakey_snake  Account Info
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with 2 jokes this one becomes more belivable.

     2 April 2003, 03:54 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Yeah... that's probably also why they said the one was fake so quickly.

     2 April 2003, 22:56 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
slimey_limey  Account Info
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I was had for about 25 minutes. Figured it out in math class when trying to decide whether to get one (attempting to estimate cost).

     1 April 2003, 22:13 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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I thought it was fake immediately because I was expected a fake news item to come up for 4/1, and that was the first article I saw (I didn't see the thong one until a few minutes ago, lol). They said it was fake a little too fast... the slower people might have fallen for it :) (Like me last year, and the year before that)

     2 April 2003, 01:31 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
slimey_limey  Account Info
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Well, now it's 00:32 GMT and it's still blue... I'm going to go blue in the face if it's true. (And, what a pity, my parents probably won't let me post a picture of my blue face to my site ;) )

     2 April 2003, 02:34 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
jrock7286  Account Info

The post wasn't until 4:57 GMT...bout a half hour left...

     2 April 2003, 06:23 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
jrock7286  Account Info

oops...typo..._3_:57 GMT...and it's past that now but still blue...

     2 April 2003, 06:24 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Uh-huh... I was on here when 00:00 GMT hit and I thought it was really odd when it didn't turn red... but I guess they have to activate that themselves.

     2 April 2003, 22:58 GMT

Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
RCTParRoThEaD_ Account Info
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that image looks really fake. this is an april fools joke for sure. i'd bet a Magnus thong on it.

     1 April 2003, 06:19 GMT

Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
DWedit  Account Info
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no red border on the news article!

     1 April 2003, 06:25 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
lord_nightrose Account Info
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Well duh. They don't put the red border on it right away, only around noon GMT or something.

     1 April 2003, 07:55 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
CarlPNy  Account Info

haha, yeah, they did have me convinved for a second though.

     1 April 2003, 09:19 GMT

Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
scott_shortonideas Account Info
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lol, I like it. It might be but it's not outlined in red like fake news is. It still might be, what do I know?

     1 April 2003, 06:25 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
RCTParRoThEaD_ Account Info
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wait 24 hours.

     1 April 2003, 06:32 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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That's usually what it is... but that other one went really quickly... I never saw it in its "blue stage"

     2 April 2003, 01:35 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
angelboy Account Info
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Yup, it's in the red stage

     2 April 2003, 18:59 GMT

Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
DWedit  Account Info
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wait... It's april 1st on GMT right now, isn't it? I'm an idiot!

     1 April 2003, 06:25 GMT

Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
scott_shortonideas Account Info
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Actually, I bet the merchandise one is fake also, I mean come on, a ticalc.org thong with magnus on it. I bet this was already mentioned somewhere but I just thought of it. Although, a color calculator would be nice, fake or not.

     1 April 2003, 06:27 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
RCTParRoThEaD_ Account Info
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but MV would look SSSSSSSUPER in one of those thongs!

     1 April 2003, 06:34 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
Chickendude  Account Info
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haha, are you gonna provide any pictures, MV? ^_^

     1 April 2003, 20:59 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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I can see you now playing the bagpipes with a t-shirt of MV with his jester hat...

     2 April 2003, 01:38 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
Umm... Yup Account Info
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yeah, you could use the calculator to display pictures of people in thongs...or whatever...

     1 April 2003, 22:29 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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OMG, wouldn't that be funny if TI really did make this?

     2 April 2003, 01:40 GMT

Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
Taylor Reece  Account Info

I just searched ti's web site. No voyage 400 found in 500 results. By what means did this leak out???

     1 April 2003, 06:38 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
Michael Vincent  Account Info
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E-mail. It hasn't been "officially announced" yet.

     1 April 2003, 06:40 GMT

nice
David  Account Info
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I made a point to visit the site on time this year, yay. TI is planning to release the Voyage 400, representing the first in a series of major technology upgrades for their graphing calculators. So, what else does this email say? ;)

     1 April 2003, 07:25 GMT


Re: nice
Burak Gul  Account Info
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I mailed TI and tehy told me about Voyage 200 Silver Edition.
Becuase of the QWERTY keyboard, Voyage 200 is not approved in schools and the sales are not satisfying. For this reason, besides Voyage 400, TI decided to release Voyage 200 Silver Edition, which has the same case with the 83 Plus Silver Edition and it may be used in schools more widespread.

Check the webpage link above my name for its image.

     1 April 2003, 08:52 GMT

Re: Re: nice
lalu

You don't really expect us to believe that, do you? :)

     1 April 2003, 17:08 GMT


Re: Re: Re: nice
Burak Gul  Account Info
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When I first made this joke on ti-programmers.com some months ago, some people believed it.

     1 April 2003, 19:32 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: nice
Chickendude  Account Info
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Yea, but not the second time around, lol

     1 April 2003, 21:00 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: nice
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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LOL

When I saw that, I was like "Oh, come on!"

It looks exactly like a TI-83+SE

     2 April 2003, 01:42 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: nice
angelboy Account Info
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But if it did exist, we would have a powerful calc usable on the SAT and other tests.

     2 April 2003, 05:45 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: nice
JcN  Account Info

He could make it look more convincing if he made the frame dimentions less similar to a TI-83+ SE and if he modified the button images. Even I (the most gullible sap on this site, who fell for both the thong idea and the V400) could see through that fake picture.

     3 April 2003, 23:28 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: nice
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Well, you just weren't ready for the pranks :) Next year 'round, you'll probably be expecting them. I'm paranoid around April Fool's Day... I don't trust anyone because I keep thinking that they're going to try to trick me into looking stupid or something :D

     4 April 2003, 03:35 GMT


Re: Re: nice
bsoft
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Yeah, it's called the TI-89

;)

     2 April 2003, 01:14 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
slimey_limey  Account Info
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Could you please post the email sometime soon? (If it's real, that is, the timestamp is a bit suspicious.)

     2 April 2003, 03:32 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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I already know it's fake... but that excuse was kind of dumb... why would TI e-mail us and not post any information on their OWN site?

     2 April 2003, 23:04 GMT

Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
Taylor Reece  Account Info

Magnify the image. The first bar is raised to the mark labeled 2, but the number above it is a 5. None of the numbers above the bars correspond to what the marks say.

     1 April 2003, 07:00 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
Gergely Patai  Account Info
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Those "numbers" seem to be dollar signs instead.

     1 April 2003, 07:25 GMT

Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
spike11  Account Info
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I didnt fall for it. I knew this would happen today.

     1 April 2003, 14:10 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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So did I... I was waiting for this for a long time. I was determined not to fall for it ;)

     2 April 2003, 01:47 GMT

Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
RB46

The picture does look fake. Plus, a calculator with a color scren would waste the battery fast. So it must be a april fools joke.

     1 April 2003, 22:32 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
Michael O'Brien  Account Info

It takes one 5600 mAh Lithium Ion batter. Changer comes with the calculator.

     1 April 2003, 22:41 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
TekkieGuru  Account Info

hey!! a 5600 MAh battery at a reasonable voltage for this machine would not only be very LARGE but very HEAVY! One AA is about 2850 in alkaline, and LI-Ion is around maybe 2000 MAH per AA, and four of those are 2000 MAh at 6 volts, and then that would already weigh quite a bit! But 5600 MAH battery at 6 volts would weigh almost as much as 11-12 Alkaline AA's! That's too much for my pocket!

     2 April 2003, 02:50 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
RCTParRoThEaD_ Account Info
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you, must have a big friggin pocket, cuz the V200 is like a 1/2 sized laptop.

     2 April 2003, 03:49 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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BIG cargo pants ;)

     2 April 2003, 23:05 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
Michael O'Brien  Account Info
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Lithium Ion batteries are considerably lighter than lead acid batteries which you are probably thinking about. A lot of point-n-shoot digital cameras use Li Ion batteries and they have always had a very high capacity.

     2 April 2003, 17:27 GMT


Re: Re: Voyage 400 Leaked
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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It's not that bad, though. I've seen worse...

Remember last year, just about every site had an april fool's joke? I'm gonna go check around. Maybe google has one like that pidgeon poop one again. That was funny, but it was OBVIOSLY fake. Pidgeon's poop do not convert to pixels.

     2 April 2003, 01:34 GMT

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