Today Artemy himself said on his LiveJournal that they are moving forward with the idea behind the Optimus keyboard. But for seemingly sheer cost related issues they are passing on the 100+ OLED screens.
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Art.Lebedev not ending the Optimus line with its current production keyboard
By James Allan Brady on Tuesday, Mar 18th 2008 1 CommentOptimus Mini goes Bluetooth wireless
By Chris Davies on Monday, Mar 10th 2008 No Comments
After silencing critics who never believed their OLED keyboard would reach prototype stage, never mind be on sale, Art Lebedev have announced their plans for the next generation of Optimus Mini. The original consisted of three keys, each with OLED displays; this version three will have one sensor divided into three zones, and will connect to a computer wirelessly via Bluetooth.
“We’re starting to work on a completely new design of Optimus mini. Main direction: to have something like ‘mini Tactus’. One small sensor display divided into three (maybe more) zones. On the top of our wish list is wireless capabilities (a lot of people use Optimus mini three to control Power Point presentations)” Art Lebedev blog
Optimus Maximus from Art.Lebedev has finally arrived
By James Allan Brady on Friday, Feb 22nd 2008 2 CommentsThe team over at Engadget HQ have managed to get their hands on an Optimus Maximus keyboard presumably for review purposes. They’ve made an attempt to enlighten us to some facts we may or may not like to here so we may be able to make better purchase decisions.
Teleport 2.0 by Art Lebedev – in Russia the phone call records you
By James Allan Brady on Wednesday, Feb 13th 2008 No CommentsOn a more serious note, this thing does connect your landline/phone to your PC allowing your computer to record who called and when and even record the actual phone call. So you can get your Patriot Act on and do some wiretapping of your own.
First Optimus Maximus hits eBay
By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jan 29th 2008 1 CommentAs expected, the first Optimus Maximus hit eBay, and with an official sticker price of around $1,500 if you’re looking to buy one from Art Lebedev, one can only imagine how much the seller here is expecting. The keyboard is presumably from the first batch which quickly sold out, and is being offered with free shipping “so that you can impress your friends before you start to suffer from buyers remorse”
Art Lebedev Optimus Tactus keyboard concept
By James Allan Brady on Friday, Dec 28th 2007 3 CommentsArt Lebedev, known mostly for their oft delayed OLED keyboard, has another keyboard concept, and this one is even more genius, and might even be cheaper to produce. Sure, the OLED keys on their Optimus keyboard are cool, but imagine a keyboard you could hang on the wall because its displaying art when not in use.
Optimus Touch is an iPod Touch wannabe
By James Allan Brady on Tuesday, Dec 11th 2007 1 CommentSo the Optimus Touch is nothing like the iPod Touch except for when it comes to appearances. On the outside, it looks very similar but adds several buttons, a stylus and hole for it, and a camera.
Optimus Maximus on show at Wired Store NYC
By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 21st 2007 1 CommentThings are racing along with the Optimus Maximus keyboard project, as the OLED-blessed ‘board that Wired once included in their vaporware top-ten now features – in fully operational form, of course – at the Wired Store in NYC. Meanwhile, the Optimus blog has been full of the final preparations for launch, documenting everything from box design and the shape of the polystyrene tray, to details of the iconography evolution.
Sub-$500 Optimus Maximus keyboards coming soon
By Chris on Tuesday, Nov 6th 2007 No CommentsThose hoping to get their hands on the uber-expensive (and equally cool-looking) Optimus Maximus keyboard are going to be a bit disappointed. They’ve completely sold out of their first run. The good news is that those that already preordered will be getting their units as early as next month, and new (lower) prices are on the way.
Optimus Maximus plays with crowd in Moscow
By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 30th 2007 No CommentsWhenever we or anybody else reports on developments in Art Lebedev’s Optimus Maximus camp, someone invariably pops up shouting “render!” Well, either the Optimus guys are getting a whole lot better with their Photoshop skills, or they really did show off a working prototype of the OLED-keyed ‘board yesterday in their Moscow store.
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