begin quoting David Brown as of Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 10:57:24PM -0800: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 10:29:24PM -0800, Stewart Stremler wrote: > >Well, according to > > > >http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/optimus-video/optimus-keyboard-video-30-seconds-of-lust-plus-gallery-325615.php > > > >it looks like the OLED keyboard is here. At least, the working prototype > >is. > > > >Not cheap, though. $1500... any bets on how long it will take to > >get cost-reduced to $150 (or for a clone to come by for $150)? > > With 113 48x48 64k color screens, a long time. If it does "well", there > might be some knock offs with crappy screens in them, but it'd be real hard > to make for $150.
The same could be said for a PC. The low-end ones aren't much above that these days. Hard drives used to cost, what, $10,000? > I can't imagine that $1500 is all that much above cost. Now, yes. If economies of scale can't bring this sort of keyboard down to reasonable cost, what hope do I have of getting my mirrorshades? -- How did I turn into an optimist? Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
