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The might be PERFECT to be way uber cool controls!
RayB:
Official website info page is here:
http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus-mini/answers/
What I don't like is this:
"OLED
Organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) in our screens last for 5000 hours of continuous use. The screen saving mode is designed to extend the keyboard
jjd:
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Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
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"Price and availability
The price of the keyboard is $100 until April 2, 2006. The keyboard will be available for pre-order this week.
After April 2, 2006 the price will be higher.
Keyboards ready for shipment will arrive on May 15."
Ho Ho Ho
Lilwolf:
33 bucks a button is a bit much :) but it would be pretty cool for a frontend. I've wanted to have a cabinet that is always running a game... and you kill it and launch the next. This would be perfect for it.
But I believe they will be out. I just don't think they will be able to keep their original 200 for the keyboard pricing from last year... if 3 buttons are going for a 100.
they aren't vaporware yet... I'm guessing they will get the first run at least... and maybe a few after that... the question is if they can pay off all the people who gave them money... But if they can get the production up and running of these, they should have a full keyboard by the end of the year like they say.
Buddabing:
This was kind of a bummer:
--- Quote ---As of now, only one Optimus mini three keyboard can be connected to a computer.
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Fozzy The Bear:
Look guys... I don't want to rain on anybody's parade here.... But these guys at Lebedev are con artists! ......
They want people to pay for a product that doesn't even exist yet. What planet are they on! They don't have the money to back thier own production. They never had the money to back it.
A few years ago they were touting a revolutionary new train (railway/railroad) that they claimed was significantly more efficient than anything ever built. That only ever existed as 3D Renders as well. They took money in to back that too. It never happened.
Do you seriously think that a small Russian design studio has the industrial prowess to pull off this sort of production.... All they've ever done is design things that never get made! (FACT) They don't and never have manufactured anything, not a single electronic product of any description.
What's the real thing that these people do?? they design web sites... and play with 3D rendered graphics.
Smell the Bacon frying boys!! Pay them your money and expect it to dissapear into a black hole. At the end of the day, make your own minds up about this.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)