As tired as we're getting of this on-again off-again story, we might as well give you an update on that ambitious Optimus Maximus keyboard, the $1564 piece of vaporware that aims to have an OLED display underneath every key.
Now its Russian makers at Art Lebedev Studio have posted a countdown clock, showing how much time is left until you can pre-order one of the pricey input devices. So when will this bauble really ship?
The company set a ship date for the first 200 keyboards at November 31st of this year, with 200 more rolling out in December, and 400 more in January, 2008. The designers are attempting to be completely transparent about their development schedule, but that countdown is also to the time when we can finally see a description and detailed specifications of this expensive keyboard.
Check out the development schedule:
At these low volumes, perhaps Lebedev should sign and number each one, because they're more like performance art objects than keyboards. – Charlie White
Optimus Maximus Keyboard [Art.Lebedev]
Optimus Maximus Development Schedule [Art.Lebedev Blog]
译文:
等待Lebedev: Optimus Maximus键盘预订倒计时开始
我们已经等了很久了，现在可以给你的最新消息是这个Optimus Maximus键盘售价1564美元，在其每个按键下都有OLED显示。
现在它的俄罗斯制造者Art Lebedev Studio已经开始倒数计时，告诉你还有多久你就可以预订昂贵的输入设备。那它到底什么时候能够真正上市呢？
该公司预计将于今年11月31日首批出售200台键盘，12月再出售200台，到2008年1月会出售400多台。设计者将时刻表完全透明化，但是我们还是要等待一段时间才能最终看到对该款昂贵键盘的详尽描述。
确认发售时刻表：
介于它的发货量小，Lebedey有可能会对每个作出标记，因为比起键盘，他们更像推出一款艺术品。