SlashGear Japan
I’m not entirely sure if this is meant to be some late (or early) April Fools joke, but Optimus – the company behind the Maximus OLED keyboard – are apparently set to release the Optimus Minimus, a very low-tech version of customizable keys. Basically a number of sheets of stickers, Minimus will be available in Latin, Cyrillic and Photoshop layouts.
Although pictured on top of a Maximus keyboard, the product seems to be intended for anyone who wants to customize their ‘board layout but can’t afford the somewhat extravagant $1,200 price. While cheaper, however, you lose quite a lot of flexibility: Maximus owners can create their own custom layouts and switch between them at the push of a button, while Minimus owners will need to use a fingernail to peal off the stickers and replace them.
Frankly this seems like a gimmick, and if there’s a big joke then I’m obviously missing it. Feel free to illuminate me in the comments!
One Response to “Optimus Minimus swaps OLED for glue-based custom keyboard”
Tyrone Shoelaces September 26, 2008
You know why the Optimus caugh the attention of many people?
because anyone one the planet who speaks another language besides english has to either put stickers or directly write with a marker on the keyboards. some people I know just have two keyboards taht they have to plug/unplug.
I have a serbian friend and a russian one who have keyboards with latin and cyrillic letters and its a mess.
All of them WANT the Optimus but a a decent price (seems like many would be willing to pay 200-300$ when prices come down). I doubt they would be satisfied at paying to do what they have been doing for years.
if youre an unilingual anglo, then you probably dont realize how necessary the Maximus is to people who speak more than just english.
Neutralbut the Minimus is at best a step sideways from what they do now and I have doubts any of the people I have talked about this would go for it.