Optimus OLED Keyboard

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dsigma6 · #1 Post by **dsigma6** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:10 am

Does anyone know the availability of the Optimus OLED keyboard?

http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/

Most of the information on the internet is from forums, with little information about the product, except that people like it and think it's cool. I've found stuff talking about a release in April and June of this year, but not 1 for sale anywhere. I guess it's still a prototype.

I think this is one of the coolest and practical computer improvements in a long time.

Thinkpaddict · #2 Post by **Thinkpaddict** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:34 am

Yeah, that concept is pretty cool. I wonder about the keyboard action though, and about the durability. I don't know about the price either.

I imagine it would be quite useful to people that use different applications heavy on shortcuts.

dsigma6 · #3 Post by **dsigma6** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:40 am

I think the price is about $150, but I imagine limited quantity will drive the prices up on ebay.

christopher_wolf · #4 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:29 pm

I am sticking with my Model M.

That looks like a nicely designed keyboard, but I shudder to think of what maintenance for it would be like and it *certainly* couldn't take as much of a beating as a Model M could. It also looks as if it would require some software to be installed on it to handle the key image swaps and such.

dsigma6 · #5 Post by **dsigma6** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 2:09 pm

christopher_wolf wrote:It also looks as if it would require some software to be installed on it to handle the key image swaps and such.

SO!?

Something like that would be fun to set up!

Optimus OLED Keyboard

Optimus OLED Keyboard

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