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Optimus Mini Three OLED keyboard reviewed
Robbedoeske writes "The first Optimums Mini Three keyboards have been shipped to Holland and Tweakers.net managed to lay hands on one of them to review this precious gem." Apparently the drivers crash a lot, consume way to much CPU, the device is capable of only 3 frames per second, and the packaging makes the images look far more crisp than the actual device. And with a price tag of over $100, I'm scared to imagine what the price of a full keyboard will actually be should it ever actually ship. But it still would be neat.
FTA: "claims a good fifty percent of CPU-capacity of the 933MHz laptop"
Yeah, 50%, yada yada, but 450 mhz of whatever crap ass cpu they have in their review pc could likely be under 10% on a modern desktop chip.
Then he says: "Still not perfect, but even better than the hardware, is the software. On this matter, the Russian developers certainly deserve some credit because of the frequent updates and the quick response to reported problems."
Huh??? They deserve credit for creating problems and responding to (read: not necessarily fixing) problems they created? (Spare the immature microsoft references.) The only thing worse than this reviewer's apparent buying decisions is his spelling and grammar.
Get a good patent lawyer. I was in the process of patenting this same thing several years ago. My patent attorney was horrible though. Charge way to much, and did way to little. He didn't file for over a year. After this designer filed we decided to drop the issue instead of trying to go through litigation. Ironically, the PIC they use is the same that I use at work. If this product does several of the features intended with my design, it will be a very benificial product indeed.