Can’t afford an Optimus Maximus? Don’t feel bad, I can’t either. And anyone who can afford it didn’t get rich buying $1600 keyboards. Art Lebedev has announced a numpad-like keypad called the Optimus Pultius.

The keyboard comes packed with 15 OLED keys, an SD card slot and a USB hub. It’ll look great alongside the Maximus you don’t own or with any other keyboard. Come to think of it, if you try putting this keyboard next to any keyboard that isn’t a top dollar Maximus, it’ll just make that keyboard look even shittier. No price announcements as of yet, but look for it at the end of 2008 or early 2009.

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We all know that it’s beginning to fall into the world of vaporware. It’s the list of products that never appear, the Gizmondo is such an item. The Optimus Keyboard. The supposed full OLED, full color keyboard that has recently been announced to cost around $1,200. If that is the true price, not only will the creators not make any money, but they will join the list with the Gizmondo.

The Optimus Mini 3 is the only real product out right now, and at about $160, not too many people are buying it. Optimus has announced a little feature improvement, the Mini 3 will be able to connect to another Mini 3 to make a sort of 3×2. So a total of 6 humongous keys that don’t do much of anything. Optimus needs to get their real product out on the market. — Nik Gomez

Optimus Mini 3 [via SlashGear]