That's excellent! I see a lot of great options there that would be wonderful.
I'll have to read those news stories, but I like much of the design aspects as-is right now. Lots of keys, lots of thumb / palm(?) modifiers, etc. Practically the only downside is the size, but the larger size allows for more keys, which is a benefit to some (I, for one, use a 122-key keyboard as my daily)