Submission + - AskSlashdot: Calculators with 1-2-3 numpads? 2
dotancohen writes: "Although the telephone has the 1-2-3 key on the top row, most calculators and keyboards have 7-8-9 on the top row. Switching between the two destroys muscle- and spatial- memory. Do any slashdotters use a scientific calculator with 1-2-3 on the top row? I've already scraped and resoldered my Casio fx-82 calculator to have 1-2-3 on the top, and remapped the numpad in Kubuntu, but if there exist any calculators like this already on the market I'd buy two."
Get a phone with a reversed keyboard (Score:2)
It will be a lot easier to get a phone with a reverse keyboard. There are plenty of dialer apps for Android, for instance. You could also have your computer dial your calls for you. Ideally, you shouldn't even be using a dial-pad. Either your numbers are originating from the computer or from paper, which probably is going to be recorded, stored, and saved on the computer.
Anyway, if you really need a calculator that works this way, it is called a computer. Just remap your keys...
You need to learn guitar. (Score:2)
"Switching between the two destroys muscle- and spatial- memory."
Learn about playing different modes and scales on a guitar and getting the muscle memory on those. You'll pick up keypad changes the same way much easier and it won't destroy anything.