The American Mathematics Competitions, or AMC, has quietly amended its rules for calculator usage. (Incidentally, the AMC is undergoing a major overhaul of its website, check it out!)

Starting in 2008, no calculators will be allowed on the AMC 8 / 10 / 12.

I am not sure whether this would prompt similar rules changes for NYSML and ARML, but I expect the number of AIME qualifiers to drop noticeably next year. After all, I myself depended on the TI-89 quite a bit when I took the AMC exams!