Case Study: Texas Instruments achieves mobile expansion and an award-winning TI-Nspire app with [x]cube LABS

From handheld devices to a mobile App

Texas Instruments, a global leader in education technology and calculator manufacturing, wanted to move its proven handheld and desktop calculator capabilities onto mobile tablets to reach more students, remove physical supply constraints, and add modern features like Dropbox and iCloud integration. TI engaged xcubeLABS to port the existing calculator functionality—encoded in legacy C libraries—onto iOS and Android tablets while preserving complex scientific and graphing capabilities.

xcubeLABS analyzed and integrated TI’s C libraries, optimized computations for touch-driven tablet use, and added features such as image import, real-time interactive graphing, and cloud sync to deliver the TI Nspire app. The result was an award-winning, widely adopted iPad app that expanded TI’s reach into the mobile market, earned strong app-store reception, and delivered rapid ROI.

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