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CardJoe · 22nd Nov 2007, 12:19

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/11...seen_working/1

Gizmodo has a video on the almost legendary Optimus OLED keyboard actually working! It's seriously cool, but seriously expensive, so take a look and decide if you want it on your wishlist.

neonplanet40 · 22nd Nov 2007, 12:36

To expensive and far to impracticle. As if your going to want to pay $1500 on a keyboard only to bash it when you get feckered in UT3. Good idea but at that price it will die of death.

Neon

Naberius · 22nd Nov 2007, 12:48

A good idea, but it is far too expensive, its not even useful enough to justify a price a 10th of that.

yakyb · 22nd Nov 2007, 13:00

i disagree i think our company would love a couple of these in its foyer and many other companies will to
at £700 roughly i could honestly see this thing selling

Clocked · 22nd Nov 2007, 13:03

Looks like a step toward input panels as seen in star trek and every other sci-fi show
.
me want

neonplanet40 · 22nd Nov 2007, 14:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by yakyb

i disagree i think our company would love a couple of these in its foyer and many other companies will to
at £700 roughly i could honestly see this thing selling

Why would anyone want to spend £700 on a keyboard? Surely 3 20" monitors all inter connected would look far better and cost the same if not less?

titanium angel · 22nd Nov 2007, 14:53

Although hideously expensive there will always be a market for products like these, If i had the money i would get one, right now though i can think of better uses of £700 tbh

Anakha · 22nd Nov 2007, 15:08

Remember, this is just the first wave of these kinds of products. In time, the price will come down (Not of this model, admittedly, but of the devices this one inspires down the line).

neonplanet40 · 22nd Nov 2007, 15:18

I can get that but this idea was developed about 3 years ago and is only coming out now. I dont see it being the norm anytime soon.

<A88> · 22nd Nov 2007, 15:37

It looks really nice and perhaps a viable consumer device when it drops in price (I'm quite interested to see what the $500 version will have), but personally I'd wait for an ergonomic version to come out before I'd consider it properly- after all, I wouldn't spend that much on a device that slows down my typing. Still, pretty damn cool and not the Duke Nukem Forever we expected.

<A88>

BlackMage23 · 22nd Nov 2007, 15:55

Shiny

but I will never get one at that price

Firehed · 22nd Nov 2007, 16:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by neonplanet40

Why would anyone want to spend £700 on a keyboard? Surely 3 20" monitors all inter connected would look far better and cost the same if not less?

I don't think you've quite grapsed the concept of business budgets versus home budgets.

In this case, it would be for nothing but the show factor. Any company can stick up a bunch of displays, and plenty do. But the keyboard with a hundred screens built in will be the talking piece.

Omnituens · 22nd Nov 2007, 16:16

i would SO like one, but at that price, its for when i have more money than sense.

so thats when ive gone senile then.

Tyinsar · 22nd Nov 2007, 17:31

Just so I don't have to repeat myself read this:

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showpost....6&postcount=13

dognosh · 22nd Nov 2007, 18:11

Is the $1500 to £700 official or just a guess ? In my experience long time ago $1500 was £1500(companies loved the 1:1 ratio

) , and more recently,with better exchange rate, it would be £1000-£1200

back on topic, yes I want one, but I wouldn't pay more than £200, so out of my league

I will wait till Logitech and Microsoft somehow manage to get round the patents and bring their own version out.

Dreaming · 22nd Nov 2007, 18:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by neonplanet40

To expensive and far to impracticle. As if your going to want to pay $1500 on a keyboard only to bash it when you get feckered in UT3. Good idea but at that price it will die of death.

Neon

It's more of a design principle / idea though. They're not producing them in great quantities, and will probably take the lessons they learn and re-engineer them for mass production so they're cheaper.

mikeuk2004 · 22nd Nov 2007, 18:46

Guys, Its a prototype and not a production model.

They are at prototype stage, so yeah the amount of money it cost to build one will be high and that expensive. Once it gets from prototype to production then it will be a more reasonable price as all the machinery will be there in place to make this specific item and can churn them out in the hundreds and thousands.

Smilodon · 22nd Nov 2007, 19:57

looks nice!

The space bar should have a larger display, though...

johnnyboy700 · 22nd Nov 2007, 20:00

Yep, the key word here (no pun inteneded) is "prototype", I'd reckon it would be a good idea to wait until we see a production model before anyone starts frothing at the underpants over something that might not make it past the prototype stage.

Pegasus · 22nd Nov 2007, 20:07

I WANT ONE!!!

Have always wanted one. Started to want one in the late eighties!!!

Have been patiently waiting for this long

.....and for obvious reasons, will have to be patiently waiting for some time to come.

What I want here and now

is lighting in my laptop keyboard - like the new Mac's!!!

22nd Nov 2007, 12:19	#1
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22nd Nov 2007, 12:36	#2
neonplanet40 Supermodder Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 341	To expensive and far to impracticle. As if your going to want to pay $1500 on a keyboard only to bash it when you get feckered in UT3. Good idea but at that price it will die of death. Neon __________________ Home Entertainment =Sony Bravia 40V3000, Onkyo 605, Playstation 3 and Acoustic Energy EVO NEO 5.1 Speakers My System=Asus P5K Premium, Pentium Core 2 Quad @ 3200Mhz (everyday use), 4GB OCZ Goldlines, 74GB Rapter and 320GB WD, XFX 8800GTS Overclocked, Enermex Liberty 620W, Auzentech Prelude 7.1, Akasa Eclipse-32,Samsung 22" Widescreen LCD

22nd Nov 2007, 13:00	#4
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22nd Nov 2007, 13:03	#5
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22nd Nov 2007, 15:08	#8
Anakha Supermodder Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Regina, SK, Canada Eh! Posts: 395	Remember, this is just the first wave of these kinds of products. In time, the price will come down (Not of this model, admittedly, but of the devices this one inspires down the line). __________________ Robert "Anakha" Johnston Going to Canada on Nov 28th! I'm going home!

22nd Nov 2007, 12:48	#3
Naberius Multimodder Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Posts: 193	A good idea, but it is far too expensive, its not even useful enough to justify a price a 10th of that.

22nd Nov 2007, 15:18	#9
neonplanet40 Supermodder Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 341	I can get that but this idea was developed about 3 years ago and is only coming out now. I dont see it being the norm anytime soon. __________________ Home Entertainment =Sony Bravia 40V3000, Onkyo 605, Playstation 3 and Acoustic Energy EVO NEO 5.1 Speakers My System=Asus P5K Premium, Pentium Core 2 Quad @ 3200Mhz (everyday use), 4GB OCZ Goldlines, 74GB Rapter and 320GB WD, XFX 8800GTS Overclocked, Enermex Liberty 620W, Auzentech Prelude 7.1, Akasa Eclipse-32,Samsung 22" Widescreen LCD

22nd Nov 2007, 15:37	#10
<A88> Trust the Computer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 4,797	It looks really nice and perhaps a viable consumer device when it drops in price (I'm quite interested to see what the $500 version will have), but personally I'd wait for an ergonomic version to come out before I'd consider it properly- after all, I wouldn't spend that much on a device that slows down my typing. Still, pretty damn cool and not the Duke Nukem Forever we expected. <A88>

22nd Nov 2007, 15:55	#11
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22nd Nov 2007, 16:16	#13
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22nd Nov 2007, 17:31	#14
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22nd Nov 2007, 18:11	#15
dognosh Multimodder Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 138	Is the $1500 to £700 official or just a guess ? In my experience long time ago $1500 was £1500(companies loved the 1:1 ratio) , and more recently,with better exchange rate, it would be £1000-£1200 back on topic, yes I want one, but I wouldn't pay more than £200, so out of my league I will wait till Logitech and Microsoft somehow manage to get round the patents and bring their own version out. __________________ CM Stacker 830 Nvidia Edition, Q6600 , XFX 8800 Ultra SLI, ASUS P5N32-E SLI, OCZ(4Gig) 2 Raptor X 120Gig ,G15 Kboard , TripleHead2Go, 3 * Viewsonic VX-922 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sony VAIO VGN-AR11S

22nd Nov 2007, 18:46	#17
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22nd Nov 2007, 19:57	#18
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22nd Nov 2007, 20:00	#19
johnnyboy700 Hypermodder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 788	Yep, the key word here (no pun inteneded) is "prototype", I'd reckon it would be a good idea to wait until we see a production model before anyone starts frothing at the underpants over something that might not make it past the prototype stage.

22nd Nov 2007, 20:07	#20
Pegasus Multimodder Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Denmark Posts: 110	I WANT ONE!!! Have always wanted one. Started to want one in the late eighties!!! Have been patiently waiting for this long .....and for obvious reasons, will have to be patiently waiting for some time to come. What I want here and now is lighting in my laptop keyboard - like the new Mac's!!!