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Optimus OLED Keyboard Pre-Orders Start Dec. 12
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."
$400 is 'less than a good mobile phone'? Now granted, I'm not a professional consumer like some people are, but what moron pays $400 (or more??) for a phone? Last time I needed a phone, it was either free, or it was like $50. It definitely wasn't more than $100. Are people really dumb enough to pay $400 for a fucking phone?
Yeah. I mean, e-paper would be so much more energy efficient than, uh, a regular keyboard. Oh wait.
Keyboards should have NOTHING on the key tops! It is neither efficient nor ergonomic to be looking at the keys while you are typing. Head up, look at the screen, use touch typing, and spend a tiny fraction of the time you spend at a keyboard to make less mistakes and you will be a maverick typist in no time.
Talk about the right technology for the wrong problem.
Like I just shimmed your momma? :-p