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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.