Optimus Popularis gets smaller keys but more touch

Art Lebedev Studio's namesake today said that the upcoming Optimus Popularis keyboard could actually be easier to use than its larger Maximus ancestor. While each key is fractions of an inch smaller in every direction, the actual touch surface will run nearly to the edge of the key. The change will guarantee that the keys, which each hide their own LCD displays, should be easier to hit as it will be virtually impossible to miss the sweet spot.

The Popularis is currently expected to ship sometime in 2011 and should be both physically smaller and also cheaper than its roughly $460 predecessor. It should still be a standard USB keyboard but will have both Mac and Windows software to let users reprogram the labels on the keys to reflect different tasks such as AV editing or an office app.

By Electronista Staff