Optimus Mini 3 EBAY

[badcop]

I remember watching this guy's big brother be developed back around 2005? and was very disappointed when i saw its price and poor performance.  anyway, i was browsing through ebay and came accross this neat little thing.  its mostly useless but it would maybe be cool for someone's collection one day.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Art-Lebedev-Optimus-Mini-Three-Animated-Keyboard-RARE-/130968220484?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item1e7e507344

[SpAmRaY]

Here is the website for anyone who isn't familiar

http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/mini-three/

[E TwentyNine]

That is pretty cool, but from the listing:

"I have never used the product personally. I do not know if it works or not.  I havent even removed the screen protectors!

I do not warrant that it does work."

Seems a bit odd to me.   How hard is it to plug it into a USB port, take a picture of whatever comes up on the buttons by default, and put that in the listing?

[Techno Trousers]

That would involve the risk of finding out it doesn't work, and therefore having to disclose that fact.

[dorkvader]

while the full size keyboard uses cherry ml it looks like this version is a dome over PCB (see below).

[SpAmRaY]

The insides....courtesy of here http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/multimedia/display/optimus-mini.html

also more here

http://www.mindtribe.com/2006/11/teardown-optimus-mini-three-keyboard-from-art-lebedev-studio/