 Optimus Keyboard, finally coming out |
| Optimus Keyboard, finally coming out |
 May 8 2007, 06:54 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48  |
and if I win the lotto I'll buy one for sure.
$1,536 
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May 8 2007, 07:33 PM
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Fool Group: Members Posts: 2,127 Joined: 23-February 06 From: LBB Member No.: 56 |
Did you misplace a decimal? Or does this keyboard have like...the entire computer in it, too?
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May 8 2007, 08:19 PM
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 Why so serious? Group: Global Moderators Posts: 5,286 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Fate, TX Member No.: 4 |
QUOTE (James @ May 8 2007, 08:33 PM)  Did you misplace a decimal? Or does this keyboard have like...the entire computer in it, too? yeah 'cause there is NO WAY I'd buy an f'n keyboard for $1500. 
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May 8 2007, 08:43 PM
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 Your Private Eye Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 60 |
Each key is an lcd that can change to give an icon for whatever program you are using.
Is cool but not $1,500 cool. I would be cheaper to get an lcd touch screen and lay it down and have a "keyboard" displayed on it. |
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May 8 2007, 08:51 PM
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Fool Group: Members Posts: 2,127 Joined: 23-February 06 From: LBB Member No.: 56 |
Oh. I see. That's kind of useless then. Looking at the keyboard slows down typing speed.
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May 8 2007, 09:55 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
well it's been presented as kinda the ultimate gamer / graphic / CAD /etc type keyboard, because you can program all the keys to a specific icon from the application you're using.
also kinda nifty things like, all the keys change when you press the shift key or some other key. really neat idea, but yeah... i'll get one as soon as I have my 5000 sq ft house and ten cars and blah blah this page will kinda show what they mean: http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus-concept/ |
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May 9 2007, 07:30 AM
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 Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
Didn't we have a thread about this a while back? Maybe before the boards went kaboom....
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May 9 2007, 07:38 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
yeah... long time ago. they've been tryin to produce the thing forever now it seems. it's cool that they're finally making it, not so cool that it's $1500
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May 9 2007, 10:03 AM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
my nerd detector just went off
oh and yeah, i remember the old thread about this too |
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May 9 2007, 10:11 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
my nerd detector detector just went "wtf her nerd dector just now went off?"
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May 9 2007, 10:14 AM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ May 9 2007, 11:11 AM) my nerd detector detector just went "wtf her nerd dector just now went off?" WHAT?!?!?!?! Your nerd detector talks???? I must have an outdated model 
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May 9 2007, 10:16 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
yeah and apparently it miss-spells what it speaks
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May 9 2007, 10:23 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 1,761 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Lubbock/Dubai Member No.: 57 |
seems pointless, but i would take one
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May 9 2007, 10:27 AM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ May 9 2007, 11:16 AM) yeah and apparently it miss-spells what it speaks i dont even know how to spell misspell
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May 10 2007, 08:20 AM
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 Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
QUOTE (John6.7 @ May 8 2007, 09:43 PM) Each key is an lcd that can change to give an icon for whatever program you are using. Is cool but not $1,500 cool. I would be cheaper to get an lcd touch screen and lay it down and have a "keyboard" displayed on it. correction: They're OLED displays, not LCD. Higher resolution, faster response times, complete field of vision, less power consumption, brighter colors, no need for backlighting (the OLED pretty much gives off it's own light). that said, no fucking way would i ever buy one. the mini-3 key one they sell on thinkgeek, maybe (although that should be wireless) but whatever. -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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May 15 2007, 01:48 AM
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Your Private Eye Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (zetec @ May 10 2007, 09:20 AM) correction: They're OLED displays, not LCD. Higher resolution, faster response times, complete field of vision, less power consumption, brighter colors, no need for backlighting (the OLED pretty much gives off it's own light). This is why everyone thinks you are an ass. QUOTE (zetec @ May 10 2007, 09:20 AM) that said, no fucking way would i ever buy one. the mini-3 key one they sell on thinkgeek, maybe (although that should be wireless) but whatever. I think if it was wireless it would kill the batteries too fast. |
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May 15 2007, 12:33 PM
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Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
QUOTE (John6.7 @ May 15 2007, 02:48 AM) I think if it was wireless it would kill the batteries too fast. thats the thing about OLEDs though, they use even less power than LEDS. They actually stay illuminated nearly without power -- more or less they just switch to an "on" or "off" state and then use the tiniest trickle of power after that. I think that 3 or even 4 AA/AAA's would be keep it going for at least a month or two. The radio transmitter would probably suck up the most power. That being said, I was talking about the mini-3-key one being wireless, not the keyboard. Either would be better though. Maybe they could use UWB. edit: and excuse me for being informative. You don't like it, don't read my posts. There's an ignore function, jackass. Feel free to use it. This post has been edited by zetec: May 15 2007, 12:34 PM -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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May 15 2007, 01:02 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (zetec @ May 15 2007, 01:33 PM) There's an ignore function, jackass. Feel free to use it. haha sweet! i never knew that thanks! edit: LAWLZ that f'n rules! |
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May 15 2007, 10:46 PM
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 Oh baby bring me down  Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
Technically they are LED's, just with Organic (has some carbon) compounds in it. Same concept as cones in our eyes, expect the transmission of photons is in the opposite direction. These things, like most organic compounds, degrade fairly easily. If it wasn't for their short lifespans, these things would be everywhere.
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May 16 2007, 12:31 AM
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Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
yeah, particularly the blues seem to degrade the quickest, with lifespans of 5-10 years at the absolute most. my girlfriend's phone actually has an OLED screen, and hers (which she's had for about a year and a half) doesn't show as much blue as her sisters (which she just had replaced because she broke her old one; essentially a new phone of the same model).
Wikipedia has a really interesting article on it, I did some research on them for a project in an engineering class last year. -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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