Man I want this keyboard......

MumboJumbo · 8 Jan 2008 at 12:52

the first keyboard is totaly floored because it means you alwsays need two hands on the keyboard to do anything.

Aod · 8 Jan 2008 at 12:58

The Optimus Keyboard is great, but the future is in the Tactus, also by Art Lebedev:
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus-tactus/

stevenazari1 · 8 Jan 2008 at 13:11

agreed but product isnt ready yet. infact the technology for it isnt ready yet. iphone is the nearest thing to it so it can be done but going to take a while

Simian · 8 Jan 2008 at 13:25

stevenazari1 said:
now for the greatest keyboard to date

flash demo

lcd keys lads and lasses. for the win.

Is that available for sale yet???... I've been looking at this for about 2 years now.. since it was in its early development stages!! :cool:

stevenazari1 · 8 Jan 2008 at 13:27

yeah if you got over 1k to spend (student loan?

)

video of the maximus in action.... niiiice

Tomsk · 8 Jan 2008 at 13:33

Simian said:
Is that available for sale yet???... I've been looking at this for about 2 years now.. since it was in its early development stages!!

€371.40

(links are in this thread)

stevenazari1 · 8 Jan 2008 at 13:38

I think depending on how much the tactus will be I will go to some lengths to get it. the maximus is just like a normal board with lcd screens which isnt really impressive tbh. tactus knows where its at

VortexA1 · 8 Jan 2008 at 13:49

If there's no feedback from pressing the keys on the tactus then imo that'll limit it. I like feedback when I press my keys.

stevenazari1 · 8 Jan 2008 at 13:52

I think the whole point of both products is to give feedback to the user. why have an lcd (output device) on an input device if it wasnt going to output anything useful?

melbourne720 · 8 Jan 2008 at 14:21

I like it, a good stepping stone between my current blue saitek eclipse 2 and the optimus

ctrl-alt-elite · 8 Jan 2008 at 14:28

does anyone else think it looks like its been pulled out the movie tron?

Aod · 9 Jan 2008 at 01:23

stevenazari1 said:
yeah if you got over 1k to spend (student loan? )

video of the maximus in action.... niiiice

you're right. if we're talking Rubles, in which case you'll need 13,000 of them.
if we're talking in real money, then just $462 will do.

mrk · 9 Jan 2008 at 01:55

What can the Saitek do that my S510 cannot?

Certainly not look sleek that's for sure

MumboJumbo · 9 Jan 2008 at 16:04

is that your keyboard? looks nice what is it lol.

V F · 9 Jan 2008 at 16:56

mrk said:
What can the Saitek do that my S510 cannot?

Certainly not look sleek that's for sure

Elegance comes to mind with that Logitech.

I'd say people want elegance, sleek looking, minimal, and thin/flat nowadays. As well as functional.

For me personally I don't think any keyboard can beat the new Apple Wireless.

Really though, how can you beat elegance.

khemist · 9 Jan 2008 at 16:57

delete

khemist · 9 Jan 2008 at 16:58

8igdave said:
is that your keyboard? looks nice what is it lol.

Logitech S510

MumboJumbo · 9 Jan 2008 at 17:25

the apple one looks ugly.

eLbot · 9 Jan 2008 at 17:54

Aod said:
you're right. if we're talking Rubles, in which case you'll need 13,000 of them.
if we're talking in real money, then just $462 will do.

Sure, if you only want the spacebar to be active. The entire keyboard with active keys, which is what made the keyboard such an appeal in the design stage (for me at least), is a far less realistic £1260

mrk · 9 Jan 2008 at 18:21

Logitech S510

V F said:
Elegance comes to mind with that Logitech.

I'd say people want elegance, sleek looking, minimal, and thin/flat nowadays. As well as functional.

For me personally I don't think any keyboard can beat the new Apple Wireless.

Really though, how can you beat elegance.

Ah yes elegance is the key word here, everyone comments on the keyboard and I love it, for £35 it's a bargain and looks/performs great

The Apple one is excellent...if only the full functuality could be use on PC though!