Optimus Reveals Pultius 15-Key OLED Keypad
July 22, 2008 | by Nick Mokey
The shrunken version of the Optimus Maximus should give those on a budget a chance to sample the freedom of customizable OLED keys.
If you’ve been yearning for Art Lebedev’s Optimus Maximus OLED keyboard, but $1877.43 sounds just a little expensive for a typing device, fear not, the company hears your plight. On Tuesday, the company revealed the 15-key Optimus Pultius as a cheaper alternative to the full 113-key Maximus.
Since most users probably set a majority of the keys on their Maximus keyboards to the standard QWERTY configuration, the sidebar of application keys ends up being the main attraction, and that’s what the studio has recreated with the Pultius. Designed to sit alongside a normal keyboard, it gives users a bank of fifteen keys, each with its own customizable display.
Although the company’s announcement makes no mention of price, we would guess that with 86 percent fewer displays, they should be a significant chunk cheaper than the original. Expect to see them launch at the end of 2008 or early 2009.
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Stantheman on Jul 22nd, 2008 at 7:24 AM:
Ridiculous price, and these keyboards are nothing more than a gimmick anyways. They are incredibly hard to type on, and the keys are way too big.