Yes, but firstly, the Nspire line is nowhere near as popular, and secondly, everyone who would ever need such a calculator is already carrying around a phone that's more powerful, and can run better software (Android has ports of Maxima (the open source descendant of MACSYMA) and REDUCE, as well as simpler CASes), as well as full support for all the calculator software (Android runs Wabbit)
K12 teachers don't want students distracted by phones in class. It's much easier to police which physical device a student is handling than which capability they're exercising.
Even in BYOD netbook world, you can bet all social networking and messaging is blocked at the web filter. (Sometimes time-based restrictions open it for lunch and after school, sometimes not).
>K12 teachers don't want students distracted by phones in class. It's much easier to police which physical device a student is handling than which capability they're exercising.
...Which is why they get away with it. But the calculators are still absurdly overpriced.
Besides, any student can load all sorts of software onto those calculators fairly trivially.
