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more about #keypads more comments → strider_mt2k: Yep. I have to agree with the others as to it's aesthetics. Still a cool concept though, so don't be too rough on 'em. more » frigg: Because we're used to the one we're used to, it seems significantly better than any of the others. But if a time traveller accidentally killed a butte... more » Tsiroch: Maybe I'm missing something. How are IV-A and VI-A different? more » duckylam: Someone tell me why the telephone keypad is different than a computer keyboard numberpad. Most annoying thing ever. more » Geisrud: Fortunately, it's only about 3x what the keyboard *should* have cost. more » SegamanXero: I would like something like this for Volume control, muteing and launching a few applications like web browser calculator email client and maybe a few... more » frigg: Seems like a prop from an old sci-fi flick made obsolete by a more futuristic present. I wonder if there's any way for Lebedev to release this in 1990... more » weatherman: This product is DOA. That 7" touchscreen add-on monitor from yesterday is so much cheaper and so much more useful. This really has no purpose that I c... more » bosskev: Seems to me that some enterprising developer could write an iPhone app that would do everything this keypad could do and, frankly, do it not only chea... more » jdbaile3: we are having companies and banks being bailed out by the government and some company can afford to make $650 keypads? more » -
#cellphones
Samsung U750's Dynamic Keypad Takes It Two Ways
The U750 is your standard free-on-contract feature phone—except for one thing: when the dual-flip-action display is rotated and folded into landscape mode, the keypad buttons switch assignments (and looks!) to create a QWERTY layout. Witchcraft! -
#retromodo
Old American Telephone and Telegraph Report Shows What Keypads Could Have Been
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. -
#optimusaux
Art Lebedev's Optimus Aux Keypad Finalized, Priced at Around $650
Art Lebedev has been teasing us with details about their upcoming Optimus Aux keypad (previously known as the Pultius) for some time now, but it 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 aluminum case (Verbarius is in the background). Exhibit #2: The Aux has been priced at around $650 US. [livejournal]
