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[edit] Company name

The company spells its name with the first letter only capitalized on their web site at

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They also spell it in full caps, but since initial cap is conventional, I changed it to that style. I don't know why Japanese companies use full caps, but I speculate that it's because, the Japanese language not having capital letters, Japanese people don't know how to capitalize.

Japanese usually use all caps in the Roman alphabet. Rarely do I see them using lowercase letters at all (but there are exceptions). For example, if you were playing a Japanese video game and it asks for your name, often you'll have a choice between hiragana, katakana, or uppercase Roman letters -- but no lowercase. I don't think it's a matter of them not knowing how to capitalize; it's more that they don't care because they don't use Roman letters much. Also, for logos, there's the matter of style: an all-caps logo might stand out more. - furrykef (Talk at me) 05:52, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I agree I doubt they care. Wolfmankurd 16:45, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No info on synthesizers?

Funny that no mention is made of Casio keyboards. They certainly have a place in pop culture. The early keyboards produced primitive electronic tones and automated beats. They are still sampled in electronica today as a retro or kitsch element. They are also usaully a term of derision for overly electronic sounding music. "I could make better music on my Casio keyboard!" --68.103.154.140 18:39, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chronograph section is lacking!

NUGGETS!!! (haha, that's great stuff.)

seriously, though, the Watch(Chronograph) section is lacking and only mentions 3 product lines. where's the illuminator series or the marine gear series?

someone better get on this, PRONTO.

66.81.147.207 06:06, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DP-20

I think the DP-20 should be included somewhere, it was developed in 1986, it played like a guitar and had synth-like tones. It was a failure, sure, but I still think it needs a place here. 74.37.143.14 (talk) 07:21, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Casio fx-501P, 502P, 601P, 602P and successors

First, I must congratulate on a Casio page much more verbatim than in Swedish Wikipedia. I went here for inspiration. What I personally miss here is Casio fx-602P and its relatives. The fx-602P, manufactured 1983-1989, which is many years for a single calculator model, is in my opinion the masterpiece of programmable calculators from Casio. In todays measure not much memory, but even today I would prefer this model as an everyday calculator with its alphanumeric display, easy-to-understand programming language (i.e., same steps as normal calculations), and compact design to fit any shirt pocket.

I don't know if my registration in Swedish Wikipedia is valid here, but I guess not. I'm called GuggeP in sv.wikipedia.org 80.251.192.2 (talk) 01:03, 2 January 2008 (UTC)