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Update on the Optimus Keyboard
paulius_g writes "It seems that Art Lebedev has reposnded to the Slashdotting that occured to their page about the ' Optimus Keyboard'. They have included a FAQ at the middle-right of the page stating some of the questions that Slashdotters were wondering. A few interestign ones were '
It will be real', 'We hope it will be released in 2006',
'It will cost less than a good mobile phone',
'It will be OS-independent',
and finally 'It will most likely use OLED technology (e-paper is sooo slow)'. They've also included some common answers abotu Russia and it seems that they are as well searching OEMs (From the FAQ:
OEM will be possible (why not?),
Contact us for hi-res images, or interview inquires). It will be very interesting to see how this technological marvel will be created. Sign me up! I'll be ordering one in 2006."
Optimus Prime.
Will it keep the classic G1 flat-nose 18-wheeler look?
We have things like:
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Moscow is the capital of Russia
There's no snow in Moscow during Summer
I'm afraid to find the comments that spawned those replies. But it does sound like
One question they haven't answered ... Whats the point of a keyboard where every key is a screen ?
Are they trying to force touch typists to look at the keyboard like everyone else has to?
'It will cost less than a good mobile phone'
Free after rebate, but you have to pay $39.99 a month.
Maybe they'll sell it on a similar plan to mobile phones. Free, but tied into a $60/month 12 month contract. You get 5,000 characters 'free', with additional characters available for $0.01 each thereafter.
Charactersets and "keyboard themes" will be sold by Jamba/Jamster for $6 a time.
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lol! "RTFA". Haha, you must be new around here. ;-)
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Domuarigato, spelling abotu!
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Look at the size of the escape key! Yeah, baby.
Accountability on the heads of the powerful.
Power in the hands of the accountable.
Now I'll be shouting at folk not to leave their greasy fingerprints on my keyboard too!
No, a badass keyboard would be made from recycled battleship steel. And the keys would be unlabelled.
So... does the keystroke logger that's surreptitiously built into the unit automatically send all the captured text to Russian spy agencies, US spy agencies, or both simultaneously?
When you give your credit card number to purchase the keyboard from the online vendor, how many times do you have to call your bank to have your credit card number change to get rid off all those pesky bogus $9.95 charges that you didn't make?
And lastly, I presume it'll come with all the game key mappings and icons for Duke Nukem Forever, since it'll probably actually be released about the same time.
you must be new around here
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Why is it that when you believe something it's an opinion, but when I believe something it's a manifesto?
That Belkin keyboard is a scam. Look at the requirements.
PC Computer
I'm looking for a keyboard without crazy restrictions.
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This is a great idea and will most likely be the second mod released for this keyboard. The first mod will replace all the letters on the keyboard with boobs.
Yeah and under Windows, when you hold the alt key, the number pad would start cascading a bazillion different number possibilities for Unicode commands. Study up, Tank! :\
--Been away from a Mac at work for farrrr too long.
I hate Grammar Nazi's
We'll have the ability to provide people with an "Any" key!
I remember one of my CS professors once said that if he was a king he would replace the MS Windows Key with a Lambda(the class was taught in Scheme). He also said that if he was a king a lot of people would die. I'm glad now he doesn't have to be a king to get his way.
They should bundle Duke Nukem Forever with this keyboard, at least their release dates line up *cough* never going to see the OLED light of day *cough*
*cough* If a lower uid is all you need to be right.. }=)
- billn
Can anyone say whack-a-mole!?!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5... That's the combination on my luggage!
...only on slashdot...
-tom
You get 5,000 characters 'free', with additional characters available for $0.01 each thereafter.
If I backspace over my keystrokes, do I get my money back?
Sorry, Ferris. That won't work.
> *cough* If a lower uid is all you need to be right.. }=)
Quiet you young whippersnapper! And get off my lawn!
I don't know which is more depressing, that 2/3 didn't care enough to vote, or that 1/2 of those that did are crazy.
Sorry. The second mod will be to add the "any" key.
SharkJumper
I just feel like posting this here to see how many people read this thinking that it'll be from someone with a lower uid than you :)
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