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New Keyboard Technology

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the oh-please-gimme-some-of-that dept.

An anonymous reader sent in linkage to a story running on a few places about a new customizable keyboard. It's a bit beyond anything you've probably seen before. Also tom's has more.

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  1. Available in retail outlets? by CyricZ · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I always hear about these great keyboards, and I'd love to try one out, but they're never available in retail outlets like Circuit City or Masters Electronics. I always see your typical rectangular keyboard there, or those ergo keyboards. But never any of the really innovative ones like this! If they could get these sold in larger retail stores, then perhaps people would actually start transitioning to them. As long as I have to order them online, I won't buy them.

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    1. Re:Available in retail outlets? by Donniedarkness · · Score: 5, Insightful

      As long as these keyboards continue to be $140+, we probably won't see them in retail outlets (at least, none of the big chains). These things just don't sell like a regular keyboard would (to your average consumer).

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    2. Re:Available in retail outlets? by CyricZ · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Market economics dictates that in order for the cost to go down, more people must purchase the good. But then more people won't purchase the good unless it's at a lower price. Indeed, this may very well be a case of market recursivity.

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    3. Re:Available in retail outlets? by bonehead · · Score: 3, Insightful

      If you want this keyboard, and you can afford it, then buy it

      What about someone who's on the fence about wanting one, and would like to walk into a store and actually lay their hands on the physical unit as part of making up their mind.

      A few photos and some text on a web page is no substitute for walking into a brick and mortar and actually holding the physical product in your hands.

  2. Cool.. but pricey by Thomas+DM · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Looks like a pretty cool keyboard for hardcore gamers. But I just can't justify spending $149 on a keyboard.

  3. Now I can improve on traditional designs.... by ShyGuy91284 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, maybe not.... I doubt your average high end gamer can do much better then the already available input modes for games that have had billions of dollars and over a dozen years of research put into them. And isn't this what hotkeys are for? Maybe for $50, I'd get one, but for $150, nah, I think this $12 IBM keyboard (or another alternative that isn't too much over $50) will do just fine....

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  4. Re:It's not about the price, stupid. by Garion+Maki · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think the point he's trying to make is that he wants to see it in real life and maibe even try it before he buys it, somthing that isn't possible when buying online.

    Probably to make shure he isn't buying the famous cat in a bag.

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