Optimus has landed

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13-07-2006, 09:34 AM
Steve

Optimus has landed

No, not Optimus Prime the arse kicking transformer, but the mini-three variant of the OLED keyboard is reportedly shipping. As much as I'd love three keys with OLED screens on them, I'll hold out for a fully fledged keyboard.

Quote:

According to the Art.Lebedev web site, the miniature programmable keypad is now shipping, and customers should receive them by mid-August in the U.S.

The price is 3,395 rubles, about $126 or 121 euros, until August 1. At that time, the studio will begin charging $160 per keypad.

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13-07-2006, 09:36 AM
DavidM

More than meets the eye?

(Why am I not surprised of the album chosen on the iTunes button demo :))
13-07-2006, 10:36 AM
DR

Its a shame that there are no real photos :)
13-07-2006, 11:38 AM
mattc

Dish them out for £25 and I'd buy one for displaying email notifications, caller ids (e.g. http://www.mattcollinge.co.uk/2006/0...ac-rss-feeds/), and stuff like that. Anything that would normally appear on my desktop but can't when I'm playing a game.

I hear the drivers and everything are going to open-sourced so that's a plus point. Roll on the keyboard, but that ain't gonna come cheap! :undecided
13-07-2006, 12:52 PM
Xaneden

Quote:

Each OLED key on the mini three will operate for 5,000 hours and will include a screen-saving mode to save power and extend the life of the keys.

Effectively, if one were to keep it on 24/7, that would mean they'd last just under 210 days. Considering some of us have our PCs on 15 hours a day plus, then are we to believe this, and the Optimus Keyboard, will last only around 1 year. :undecided
13-07-2006, 12:54 PM
DavidM

The screensaving mode would help there, I guess...
13-07-2006, 01:25 PM
Skinleech

Nice idea on paper, but I'm not convinced of the lifespan just yet. Would love to have one of the full keyboards, but doubt I could really justify it, epsecially if the mini variant is about £80.
13-07-2006, 01:39 PM
Xaneden

True David, but still, I doubt any such feature would improve it that greatly, and I would imagine that the 5000 hours approximation includes the effects of that power saving.
13-07-2006, 01:57 PM
xrob

I really dont see the point in these at all, its just an expensive gadget that you would only use once.
13-07-2006, 04:01 PM
Rack

OLED technology is still developing. Maybe they'll be able to get some better polymers in a year or so that last 20-50k hours. I hope so, they are going to start selling OLED TV's soon.
13-07-2006, 10:00 PM
BUFF

& here I was looking for a new EPoX mobo ...