We can't really claim to be big spenders here at Crave. Sure, we may splash out when it comes to lunchtime, but we're otherwise keeping our change as chunky as possible. That's why we had to pick our chins up off the floor when we saw the price of the Optimus Maximus OLED keyboard from Russia's Art Lebedev Studio. It's available for €1,193, or about £940. For a keyboard that expensive, it should be thinking our thoughts and typing them for us.
If the Optimus Maximus keyboard is a little over the top for you, too, the upcoming Optimus Pultius may be more suitable. Instead of a full keyboard, this one has only 15 keys, each sporting an individual OLED display that can be customised to show whatever graphic you want.
According to OhGizmo!, you can attach the Pultius to your keyboard -- Maximus or otherwise -- and you'll be able to launch certain applications quickly or use some Photoshop shortcuts without memorising the key combinations. You'll definitely gain more desk cred with this keyboard, besting your colleagues and their plants, pictures of loved ones or superfluous monitors.
Given the Maximus' whopper of a sticker shock, one-upmanship won't come cheap. Look out for it at the end of this year or early next year. -John Chan
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