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Nirav Sanghani (Blog) - May 17, 2007 12:30 PM

11 comment(s) - last by ultimatebob.. on May 19 at 3:17 PM

OLED keyboards pre-pre-order ... for real this time!

Good news for all who have been waiting patiently for this new toy. May 20th is the day to mark your calendars for the pre-order availability of the Optimus Maximus OLED keyboard.

Beginning May 20th at 7 a.m. Eastern time, the Art. Lebedev Studio will publish the keyboard's detailed specifications and will start accepting limited pre-orders on a first come-first served basis.

The production schedule for the $1,536 OLED keyboard is laid out for an expected two months. The production of the first 200 keyboards is expected around the beginning of December, with another 200 keyboards expected around the end of December. There will also be expected production of 400 keyboards in January of 2008.

The 114 key, 32x32 pixel full color OLED Optimus Maximus keyboard with replaceable and customizable keys is expected to be available winter of 2007.

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Optimus..

By hellokeith on 5/17/2007 8:40:16 PM , Rating: 3

When will Optimus Prime be on pre-sale? :D

RE: Optimus..

By danz32 on 5/17/07, Rating: -1

RE: Optimus..

By danz32 on 5/17/2007 9:32:42 PM , Rating: 2

LOL, nvm, I get it now :)

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RE: Optimus..

By RamarC on 5/17/2007 10:30:40 PM , Rating: 3

Optimus Prime will debut on the big screen July 4th. I can't wait!

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RE: Optimus..

By ksherman on 5/18/2007 3:39:57 PM , Rating: 2

thought it was the 7th...

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RE: Optimus..

By RamarC on 5/18/2007 6:32:55 PM , Rating: 2

quote:
thought it was the 7th...

Nope. Transformers opens 7.4.7

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Support

By DanTheManRIP on 5/18/2007 4:44:24 AM , Rating: 2

How many developers will support this for their games?
I can't imagine them taking the time to design images for each of the keys.

RE: Support

By Kerdal on 5/18/2007 8:13:51 AM , Rating: 2

I wouldn't expect much support from the developpers... Look at the numbers : 200 units at $1536? That's definatly not enough to justify any form of support.

Better odds from getting images, etc. from other players.

Look at the G15, very few developpers bothered to make a widget for the LCD screen, but the players took care of that.

There will probably a "default" gaming skin that will replace wasd with arrows or something like that.

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RE: Support

By Garreye on 5/18/2007 10:18:43 AM , Rating: 2

Hopefully some other keyboard makers will do something like this at a lower price point. Also, high sales could push the numbers made up and the price down. Either might help to get support for this type of keyboard.

Of course patents may be in the way of this...

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48x48

By ricera10 on 5/18/2007 10:10:34 AM , Rating: 2

It's just a little nitpick but the displays were upgraded to 48x48 when they switched OLED suppliers. So, you're getting a little more display than that.

Even still, as much as I want it, I don't think I'll ever have $1,536 in a reasonable timeframe :(.

No Offense, but...

By ultimatebob on 5/19/2007 3:17:09 PM , Rating: 2

Judging from past delays, you probably won't see the keyboard until 2008 if you pre-order it now. This thing has already been postponed about 18 months already!

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