Optimus OLED Keyboard Pre-Orders Start Dec. 12

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday November 19, 2006 @07:46AM from the every-key-a-function-key dept.

Jupix writes, "After almost a year and a half of public development, the Optimus OLED keyboard is nearing completion. According to the project blog, pre-orders for the Optimus-103 will start on December 12. The price is unspecified at this time, but Art Lebedev has said the keyboard will cost 'less than a good mobile phone' (probably about $400). Don't expect to see those 10 programmable function keys on the left on this first version, though, as they will not make their debut until the Optimus-113, released later."

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Re:Buckling springs have ergonomic advantages. by Achromatic1978 · 2006-11-19 11:09 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I get ~130WPM gross

I'm not calling BS, but consider me skeptical. The fastest /sustained/ speeds recorded are 150WPM for /natural language/ on a Dvorak keyboard (usually estimated to be at least 10-15% faster for proficient use).
If you're going to claim that you're able to /code/ programmatic syntax at 130WPM (and what is a 'word' in such a circumstance, anyway), on a QWERTY keyboard, I'd be rather surprised, to put it mildly.