Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Calculator Plus Free App displays the word "error" when you divide by zero

Calculator Plus Free (Kindle Fire Edition) Version 2.7

Dividing anything by zero on the Calculator Plus Free app for the Kindle Fire results in the word "Error" being displayed.

If you divide other numbers by zero on other calculator, such as the calculator built into the Mac OS, you'll see something slightly more informative.

On a Mac you'll see, "not a number", for example.

What happens when you divide something by zero?  Semantics, playa.  Semantics.

Repro Steps:

1.  On a Kindle Fire, download the Calculator Plus Free app.
2.  Divide a number by zero (7 divided by 0, for example)
3.  Note that the Calculator Plus Free app displays the head scratching word "error" when you divide something by zero
4.  Begin contemplating math

Result:  Dividing a number by zero on the Calculator Plus Free Kindle Fire App results in the word "error" being displayed on screen

Expected:  That dividing something by zero using the Calculator Plus Free Kindle Fire App will result in a more informative word than "error" - perhaps "not a number"

Note: See Also.

Download Calculator Plus Free for the Kindle Fire.

Divide a number by zero.


Tuesday, August 7, 2012

There's an app for sale called CIC MB Type5App080212180223

Snazzy name for an app!

There's an app that's currently available for download on the Kindle Fire that features one heck of an interesting name.

In an example of no oversight, someone managed to get an app released with a placeholder name.

That, or someone really thinks that a name like CIC MB Type5App080212180223 will really sell itself.


But wait, there's more!