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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: itlnstln on Thu, 25 February 2010, 12:41:50

Title: Matias' New Keyboard
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 25 February 2010, 12:41:50

Check it (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/matias-makes-room-for-your-smartphone-on-an-otherwise-vanilla-ke/).  I'm pretty sure this is rubber dome along with the rest of the failboat this is sinking in.  Oh well.  The article is kinda funny, though.

Title: Matias' New Keyboard
Post by: hyperlinked on Thu, 25 February 2010, 12:54:55

Hey, look at it this way... it's the poor man's Optimus Maximus (http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/).

I do have a Matias rubber dome keyboard and I like it a lot better than your typical rubber dome and I assume that this model is on par with the one I have, but $50 is a bit much to pay for a gimmicky rubber dome board.

Title: Matias' New Keyboard
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 25 February 2010, 13:15:26

PPKB - Perky Programming Keyboard? Nah, it wouldn't work. I woudn't be too excited about the ALPS switches they use, anyway. An HHKB clone is a good idea, though.  Filco could pull it off with some Cherry browns, though.  That would be nice.

Title: Matias' New Keyboard
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 25 February 2010, 13:32:18

Just as long as it's "clicky."

Title: Matias' New Keyboard
Post by: spolia optima on Thu, 25 February 2010, 14:08:29

That's what I hated about high school- too clicky.