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The_Pope · 1st Feb 2006, 14:52

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/02...hree_keyboard/

-EVRE- · 1st Feb 2006, 15:05

I would buy it if it had 6 keys. I could put it on the left hand side of my KB and use it for macro keys in WoW.

AlexB · 1st Feb 2006, 15:05

That's a lot of cash for 3 keys, however cool.

I'm going to wait for the full keyboard.

eek · 1st Feb 2006, 15:14

$100!

I'll tell them what they can do with their 3 keys....

Flibster · 1st Feb 2006, 15:21

Waiting for the ergonomic version fo the full size keyboard here.

It just looks fantastically usefull.

Does it pick up what software is running/currently active and displays the appropriate keys I wonder though?

IE - just windows explorer open and it shows CTRL, ALT and DEL?

Simon/~Flibster

d3fiant · 1st Feb 2006, 15:21

the sad thing is I probably would, the depressing this is I definately cannot

whisperwolf · 1st Feb 2006, 15:44

As a proof of concept device its quite good, shows the nay-sayers that the idea works (if it does). however a 3 by 3 grid would have been a little bit more useful, could have nearly had a swirly number pad for instance.

David_Fitzy · 1st Feb 2006, 16:03

I would like to see more buttons on it. I'm going to hold off till the full kb arrives.

I can see it mounted on the front of peoples modded pcs that has a definate coolness to it animated on/off button anyone

FredsFriend · 1st Feb 2006, 16:07

Can't wait to see the first comp with this modded flush into the front of it, imagine a home theatre device with these buttons on the front *drooles*

NoahFuLing · 1st Feb 2006, 16:19

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Originally Posted by FredsFriend

Can't wait to see the first comp with this modded flush into the front of it, imagine a home theatre device with these buttons on the front *drooles*

Dude! My idea! SH!

Seriously, though, I found out about Art Lebedev about 2 months before he released his Optimus design. He designed some product we almost bought, I looked, etc. I want the full-size! Damn the cost!

Cavedweller · 1st Feb 2006, 16:22

The image quality on the keys is way better than i imagined.
Off cause this little baby is way too expensive but when the real deal lands I gotta have one.

It'll be neat to see the mapping changing when you press and hold ctrl+shift for some random shortcut.

sadffffff · 1st Feb 2006, 16:28

sooo 100 for 3 keys = 33.33 per key and a full size keyboard is going to have 123 keys by my count from their picture.. sooo 33.33 * 123 = $4099.59!!

lets hope the pricing drops a bit! although the statement on their website, "After April 2, 2006 the price will be higher." doesnt inspire much confidence in that!

Hybr1d · 1st Feb 2006, 16:38

I'd love the full version but it'll be waaaay too impractically priced, as is this mini-ripoff version.

Meanmotion · 1st Feb 2006, 17:14

As everyone's been saying, 3 keys just isn't enough. 6 or a 3x3 grid would provide enough for most apps but not 3. The full keyboard seems overkill to me. After all, who doesn't know which keys do what in there games? What would be cool is a 'numpad' version so you could have a nice sleek normal keyboard (sans numpad) with a multipurpose pad for all those little extras. All fitting in the same foot print as a normal keyboard.

Monkey200SX · 1st Feb 2006, 17:19

i saw a eastern euproean company that made a full qwerty keyboard out of that last year

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

Same company (i think) but its a full keyboard

DXR_13KE · 1st Feb 2006, 17:28

the price will drop as soon as the technology gets more comon and mass production comes into the picture. any way if the final product was about 200$ and was realty ergonomic and had a god key texture/feel i would realy save some cash to buy one.

lepre · 1st Feb 2006, 17:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by sadffffff

sooo 100 for 3 keys = 33.33 per key and a full size keyboard is going to have 123 keys by my count from their picture.. sooo 33.33 * 123 = $4099.59!!

it doesn't work that way.....
this 3 keys are larger and the screens have higher resolution than the screens/keys you find on the keyboard. look better at the pictures...it was said that they could buy the screens for the keyboard 1$ each in large scale obviously.

ozstrike · 1st Feb 2006, 17:53

Good to show that they can actually do it, I was a bit sceptical about whether they wuld be able to pull off the full keyboard before this, but now I think they will be able to.
However, the price means that it is something that I can probably never have, which is quite annoying. If I did, I would be too worried about breaking it.

Nexxo · 1st Feb 2006, 17:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by FredsFriend

Can't wait to see the first comp with this modded flush into the front of it, imagine a home theatre device with these buttons on the front *drooles*

Exactly my idea! I thought that the resource monitoring keys looked rather interesting... Imagine having it flush in the bezel of your PC and toggling between resources (or using it to control Winamp) just by punching the buttons!

One word: NEEEEED!!!

sadffffff · 1st Feb 2006, 18:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by lepre

it doesn't work that way.....
this 3 keys are larger and the screens have higher resolution than the screens/keys you find on the keyboard. look better at the pictures...it was said that they could buy the screens for the keyboard 1$ each in large scale obviously.

i cant see it being THAT much cheaper. even if the keys on the 3 key "keyboard" are 10x better (higher resolution/size), they would cost like $10 then. i cant see these keys being 33 times better, and costing 1/30th the price. either that or theyre trying to rip some people off bigtime with this and make some quick cash. and honestly i'd be very pissed if i bought a thing with 3 keys for $100 and then a thing with 123 keys came out costing only $200-$300.

1st Feb 2006, 14:52	#1
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FredsFriend Supermodder Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Peadobrough Posts: 485	Can't wait to see the first comp with this modded flush into the front of it, imagine a home theatre device with these buttons on the front drooles __________________ BOO

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Cavedweller Minimodder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Denmark Posts: 24	The image quality on the keys is way better than i imagined. Off cause this little baby is way too expensive but when the real deal lands I gotta have one. It'll be neat to see the mapping changing when you press and hold ctrl+shift for some random shortcut.

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sadffffff Hypermodder Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: sadffffff Posts: 676	sooo 100 for 3 keys = 33.33 per key and a full size keyboard is going to have 123 keys by my count from their picture.. sooo 33.33 * 123 = $4099.59!! lets hope the pricing drops a bit! although the statement on their website, "After April 2, 2006 the price will be higher." doesnt inspire much confidence in that!

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Hybr1d Bаnned Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 883	I'd love the full version but it'll be waaaay too impractically priced, as is this mini-ripoff version.

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Meanmotion Supermodder Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bracknell nr. Ascot Posts: 370	As everyone's been saying, 3 keys just isn't enough. 6 or a 3x3 grid would provide enough for most apps but not 3. The full keyboard seems overkill to me. After all, who doesn't know which keys do what in there games? What would be cool is a 'numpad' version so you could have a nice sleek normal keyboard (sans numpad) with a multipurpose pad for all those little extras. All fitting in the same foot print as a normal keyboard. __________________ Athlon64 X2 4400+ \|\| A8N SLI Premium \|\| 2Gb Corsair XMS Pro \|\| 2*40Gb Raptor (striped) \|\| 250GB External \|\| Radeon X1950Pro \|\| WinXP www.OutForBlood.co.uk \|\| www.4Qradio.com \|\| www.EdwardChester.co.uk

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Monkey200SX Hypermodder Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: England Posts: 604	i saw a eastern euproean company that made a full qwerty keyboard out of that last year http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/ Same company (i think) but its a full keyboard Last edited by Monkey200SX; 1st Feb 2006 at 17:26.

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