Okay, so the other day we went over all of the features that had been changed since the original concept of the Optimus keyboard had been revealed. The latest feature that they removed was the color keys and they were being replaced with black & white ones since, according to them, that is suitable for 95% of all tasks.
The Optimus blog just commented on how disappointing it was to read all of the negative opinions on that posting but they then go on to reveal the price of the keyboard…read for yourself:
I’m incredibly happy with all the sarcasm and critique my previous post is getting. Nothing inspires me more than tons of negative opinions.
I like people to know how something is being developed and how things are changing on the fly.
By the way, on December 12 we are going to accept only 103 pre-orders at a price of US$1200 with a shipping date about May 2007. Later on we’ll start accepting more pre-orders at sub-1000 price with a shipping date around September 2007.
I am having a hard time determining whether that is some sort of joke or if that is for real! All along they have been referring to the keyboard as costing about the same price as a good mobile phone but the last time I checked my phone wasn’t gold-plated. Come on…$1200 does not seem worth it for a keyboard!
So I guess it is down to one thing now…will you buy a keyboard or a computer, but I don’t think you can afford both!
Wow that makes the $250 for the [blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com] sound like a steal!
I hadn’t heard about that keyboard but it looks pretty sweet. I was just [microsoft.com] here and I like the fact that it has a backlight. Much more reasonably priced as well.
Wow and I actually wanted to buy the Optimus-103 Keyboard not long ago. Not anymore. These guys are crazy if they’re being serious about the price. What’s their target audience? Certainly not people who buy reasonably priced keyboards… If the price goes into the $200 range 10 years from now, then I’ll consider acquiring it.
Read the comments. Apparently, that’s poorly implemented sarcasm.
Only 103 pre-orders? is this company really that small?
That may be why they cost so much.
If they made 100,000 of these things i’m sure it would be cheaper.
I have only seen a few people say that it has to be a joke…but most comments are along the lines of:
But I assume the person’s comment you are talking about is this one:
I think that might be someone trying to justify that the post is just sarcasm. Did I miss a comment?
NEVER EVER BUYING IT. EVER. Not the 103, anyway. I wont even buy the 113 unless it has color OLEDs and has a price tag of at most $300. I just don’t care about Optimus anymore. The abysmal launch performance makes me lose all faith that this company is ever going to get this right.
This is a worse launch than the PS3.
These guys should sell the patent off to Logitech. They know how to do keyboards right, and they would never dare to sell a keyboard for $1200 (their most expensive one is $200).
I think that $300 would even be pushing for a color OLED one but I think that they could hit a big enough market to make it a success. I think that anytime a peripheral surpasses the cost of a person’s computer it will make them think twice about getting it.
I look at $1200 and think about the 24″ monitor and dual-core computer that I got over a year ago for that price. Before I bought a $1200 keyboard I would go out and get another 24″ monitor to make a dual-monitor setup. That would enhance my productivity where the Optimus would mostly be for bragging rights.
Now if Microsoft had their way…