Damn sexy Keyboard

[geeWcee]

The Saitek is hardly comparable is it.....

[{{909}}]

not at all, i dunno why rhinobanga has mentioned it!

if that optimus keyboard is under £200 id be very surprised

[BadTaste]

omfg, i want one of these babys get them priced up goldberg mate :thumbs

im Willing to pay anything upto £60-70

[geeWcee]

im Willing to pay anything upto £60-70

You gotta be kidding right? Even if they were available, they'd be a helluva lot more!

[Goldberg]

We'll see. I doubt they will reply I'm sure they get lots of emails.

[{{909}}]

where on earth are people coming from thinking these would cost £40-70, it has over 100 lcd/oled screens in it for gods sake! like theyre gonna cost 50p per screen to make?!
it must take a pretty hefty onboard controller to handle all that aswell. somethin ike this isnt going to be produced in large numbers, so the cost will be very high

[RhinoBanga]

where on earth are people coming from thinking these would cost £40-70, it has over 100 lcd/oled screens in it for gods sake! like theyre gonna cost 50p per screen to make?!
it must take a pretty hefty onboard controller to handle all that aswell. somethin ike this isnt going to be produced in large numbers, so the cost will be very high

The question was "Who would be interested and what are you willing to pay?".

[Shambles]

Translation of some of the text, by "free translation online":

In keyboard Optimus each key is the separate display, displaying what she operates at present.

Almost square key of translation of the carriage (Enter) is submitted in especially large size

The additional block of keys at the left is intended for switching between programs or modes

Optimus simultaneously approaches for any keyboard allocations ? cyrillic, ancient greek, Georgian, Arabian and further indefinitely: notes, figures, spetssimvoly, HTML-codes, matfunktsii.

[Goldberg]

Alternatively mate you could have clicked the 'English' link lol

At the top of the page under the menu system it says 'In English' and takes you here http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/

[geeWcee]

Taken from the news section of the website:

"15th July: The Russian page was visited 97 811 times, the English one—133 040 times (slashdot effect :-). Since yesterday we’ve been receiving two letters a minute from people wondering where they can buy the keyboard."

[Shambles]

Alternatively mate you could have clicked the 'English' link lol

Doh!

Over to specsavers for me then :|

[purpleanimal23]

Have you seen the mouse aswell not vey practical for windows but looks good. Bit more novelty factor

Put yours to work on this

[Goldberg]

@Shambles - Dont worry I did exactly the same last night lol

@purpleanimal23 - I think it's really aimed at Mac users and your right just a novelty. Would wear off after a while.

[Shambles]

They've updated their website with a sort of "faq"

Frequently Answered Answers about the Optimus keyboard
It's in initial stage of production
We hope it will be released in 2006
It will cost less than a good mobile phone
It will be real
It will be OS-independent (at least it can work in some default state with any OS)
It will support any language or layout
Moscow is the capital of Russia
Each key could be programmed to produce any sequence
It will be an open-source keyboard, SDK will be available
Some day it will be split ('ergonomic')
It will most likely use OLED technology (e-paper is sooo slow)
Our studio is located two blocks from the Kremlin
It will feature a key-saver
Keys will use animation when needed
It has numeric keypad because we love it
There's no snow in Moscow during Summer
It will be available worldwide (why not?)
OEM will be possible (why not?)
Contact us for hi-res images, or interview inquires

[geeWcee]

cool...

[crazyal]

The question was "Who would be interested and what are you willing to pay?".

I'm interested. Considering its usefullness in applications & gaming, I'd pay upto £200. Mad you may say, but considering the amount of time I spend at a keyboard in my life, why not have a bloody good one?

PsxG

[Shambles]

I'm interested. Considering its usefullness in applications & gaming, I'd pay upto £200. Mad you may say, but considering the amount of time I spend at a keyboard in my life, why not have a bloody good one?

PsxG

And so am I. So much so that I took up their offer and asked for several hi-res piccies, asking in English and Russian. No reply from them as yet.

[biggy7]

taken from ocuk forums:

Hi there

Spoke to the Russians this morning!!

Bad news I am afraid...

The keyboard is just a prototype and not even in working form yet. So its a few months away....

I've informed them we want them so when they are ready OcUK will be selling them, maybe in time for XMAS...

[Shambles]

Splendid news :thumbs

[salvadorescobar]

Moscow is the capital of Russia

Who the hell asked them where Moscow was? I'll take my guess. Idiots.