You probably don’t think about it much, but there was an intensive selection process that went into the telephone push button keypad. Ironically, the one we use today featured a fairly high error rate.
Art Lebedev has been teasing us with details about their upcoming Optimus Aux keypad (previously known as the Pultius) for some time now, but two pieces of evidence have us thinking that a production version will be on its way shortly. Exhibit #1: A final pre-production photo of the keypad in its aluminium case (Verbarius is in the background). Exhibit #2: The Aux has been priced at around $US650. [livejournal]
From the haze of renders, name changes and unflatteringly exposed prototypes emerges the best evidence that a real-life Art Lebedev Optimus Aux keypad is nigh. The sexy, CNCed body doesn’t look to have deviated at all from the proposed design, and the guts shouldn’t pose any challenges that haven’t already been overcome in the larger Optimus products. In other words, the Aux might be showing up on rich peoples’ desks sooner rather than later. [Optimus Project]
Ever since the PlayStation 3 QWERTY keypad was announced, we’ve been wondering (incessantly night and day) whether or not you could actually reach the thing as it sits perched on top of the DualShock 3. But according to some pics snapped by MTV, it doesn’t look like you’ll need grotesque, alien fingers to reach the buttons—though we’re still a little worried that our palm fat is going to knock those analogue sticks around a bit. And are palms are quite svelte. Really. [MTVMultiplayer]
Following last week’s announcement, CrunchGear found the PlayStation 3 Wireless Keypad listed on Amazon which, if accurate, will be available on November 30 for US$50. The PS3′s saviour is near! OK, maybe not. [CrunchGear]
Sony has just announced a keypad peripheral that sits on top of a DualShock 3 and SIXAXIS to allow QWERTY typing (it also appears to have its own Bluetooth connection and power source). A lot like the keypad Microsoft released a while back for the 360, it also has a touchpad for mouse support as well (that could even be used in some games). The pad will come in 8 different configurations/languages for PAL regions this November and there’s no US release announcement yet. galleryPost("pspkeypad", 2, ""); [Kotaku]UPDATE: We just received the full press release. It’s coming to America, but still not dated.
This video makes the 15-odd years I put toward practicing and performing with a musical instrument to shame, and I’m pretty sure this guy probably set this all up in an afternoon. Sick, nevertheless. [ExciteChina via Random Good Stuff]
