Re: Optimus keyboard in the news

From: Marnen Laibow-Koser (marnen@marnen.org)
Date: Thu May 03 2007 - 10:40:30 CST

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    On May 3, 2007, at 6:51 AM, Debbie Garside wrote:

    > Hi Don
    >
    > IMHO the Optimus keyboard is way too over priced and because it uses
    > individual LCDs for each key it will remain over priced.

    LEDs, not LCDs.

    It is certainly overpriced right now, but the history of similar
    devices suggests that the price will come down in time. Right now
    it's really little more than proof of concept, but hopefully it will
    not always be so.

    >
    > I agree with you that the potential for this is enormous. The need
    > is there
    > but there are better/cheaper ways of doing this.

    Such as....?

    >
    > Best regards
    >
    > Debbie Garside
    > www.geolang.com

    Best,
    --
    Marnen Laibow-Koser
    marnen@marnen.org



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