Infinium threatening to release something. For reals.

[NiX]

I saw that awhile back. How much are they going to sell it for?

[Nazrat]

Is it wireless?  How much?

I like the look of that one.

[schild]

They say less than a good cell phone. I don't know if it's wireless. I hope it is.

Godayum I want one.

[Sky]

It'll eat batteries if it's wireless. I'll probably stick with my cordless logitech keyboard, even though the optimus is aptly named.

[Strazos]

They say less than a good cell phone.

So by the way dumbfuck kids buy cellphones now....like $200?

sigh

[schild]

They say less than a good cell phone.

So by the way dumbfuck kids buy cellphones now....like $200?

sigh

Mine was $400. I mean comeon, it's a keyboard with a bunch of LCD screens on it. Do you expect them to just give it away? Don't start acting like you've lived a hard knock life again. The page I got that from does say GOOD cell phone, not a shitty but blinged out $200 one. You get what you pay for.

[Strazos]

Remember, I'm the guy who refuses to upgrade cellphones, because I don't get the point.

"Hey, your account has a phone upgrade option on it."

"Oh...is it free?"

"No."

"Oh....nevermind then."

My phone still works, still saves contacts, and can call all the same numbers your phone can. I will not spend more on a damn phone than I do for car or PC components. Unfortunately, I think I will have to say the same about this extremely cool keyboard.

Oh well, back to pwning bitches with a basic Logitech combo.

PS: It's wired too, Sky. I bet that would drive you to go play in traffic or something. 

[schild]

I don't want that keyboard for pwning bitches. I'll still use my Model M for games. I want that keyboard because it's an amazing piece of industrial art.

[MrHat]

I don't want that keyboard for pwning bitches. I'll still use my Model M for games. I want that keyboard because it's an amazing piece of industrial art.

/nod

[Strazos]

I want that keyboard because it's an amazing piece of industrial art.

Art? Ok then, go and buy it, but DON'T use it. I dare you.

It's essentially still Just a keyboard, with a few extra keys I would never use, and pretty buttons that would change their face if I needed them to.

Pretty? Yes. Would I like to have one? Yes. Am I going to spend a few hundred dollars on one when I need that money for other shit? No.

[Sky]

PS: It's wired too, Sky. I bet that would drive you to go play in traffic or something. 

I don't dislike wired products, I actually prefer them because they don't eat batteries. I require wireless products because of my setup.

My phone is wired, I don't have a cell phone. I'm not a gadget guy. As I said in the remote control thread, I've got a lot of things on my list for products in the couple hundred dollar price range, from a hard disk recorded for my music to a travel guitar to woodworking tools. And a mortgage downpayment account that trumps all that shit.

I pretty much buy nothing these days. As you said, the stuff I have works. That's all I care about.

[schild]

I want that keyboard because it's an amazing piece of industrial art.

Art? Ok then, go and buy it, but DON'T use it. I dare you.

It's essentially still Just a keyboard, with a few extra keys I would never use, and pretty buttons that would change their face if I needed them to.

Pretty? Yes. Would I like to have one? Yes. Am I going to spend a few hundred dollars on one when I need that money for other shit? No.

You knock it because you can't afford it and even if you could, you're too cheap to spend the money on it. But instead of saying that, you knock the entire idea of such a thing.

So by the way dumbfuck kids buy cellphones now....like $200?

sigh

Get a clue. We can tell you're broke. Calling kids dumbfucks for buying $200 phones is just deluded.

[MrHat]

It's less about being broke, and more about being frugal.

For instance, if he had more money, one of these might be cooler and more must have, but since there's other things he'd rather buy (food, mortgage, car, woman), he can't spend the money on this thing.

I'm with schild on this, accept the keyboard for being cool, say you'd like one if you had more money, instead of claiming all of us idiots for having disposable incomes.

[Furiously]

Call me strange, but I would have an issue buying anything from this company.

[Strazos]

Pretty? Yes. Would I like to have one? Yes. Am I going to spend a few hundred dollars on one when I need that money for other shit? No.

Trying reading.

Also, it's not a Robotic Messiah - get over it.

And it's not even about being frugal or (lol) cheap. I won't spend that kind of money on a keyboard, but I will spend that much (and more) on my car, or PC, or skiing, or hockey tickets....My not wanting to buy this has nothing to do with the amount of money I have to burn. If it was "must have," I would have it. Simple as that.

[Hanzii]

Yea, I was gonna post about that. Release date February first. Totally the best birthday gift I can give to myself.

No, there's news about it on february 1st.
That news could be: Sorry, but our cool idea is too expensive to put into production, no established companies will make what is essentially a very expensive niche product and we, a poor unknown Russian design firm, can't do it ourselves. We apologize to all our fanboys.

... and I'd buy one (who am I kidding - I'd get one for free). I just don't expect to see it in production in the forseeable future.

[Der Helm]

Calling kids dumbfucks for buying $200 phones is just deluded.

Dumbfuck is not the word I would have used, but kids who buy a 200$ cell phone or own one at all make my stabby.

But I once worked as customer support for a company who sold ringtones et cetera and the general idiocy of the average consumer was astonishing.

Since then (about 3 years ago), I never owned a cellphone myself. I am still recovering from the aneurysms that job gave me.

Also, Kids = dumbfucks  in most of the cases.

[Sky]

The RIAA is so hard over ringtones. So hard.

[Trippy]

Infinium still threatening: Phantom Lapboard delayed

[Strazos]

I Double Dog Dare them to release something.

[Azazel]

what? and spoil their track record?

[Roac]

It's taken these guys like five years to develop a keyboard attached to a swivel mount and a clip board.  What in the world makes anyone think they are going to develop a console, or anything else for that matter?

[Sky]

The hopes of baby jesus.

If only that bitch Pandora had let hope out of the box, too.

[Signe]

They have to release something, don't they?  They can't just sit around forever, can they?  People will begin to notice.

[Sky]

Well, they've got name recognition, now. Otherwise they'd have already started a new company to bilk investors.

I wish I could drop my ethics and get into investor bilking. Or self-help. Or religion.

[Sky]

A twist on the aforementioned name recognition...

[Righ]

because the new name better reflects the long-term growth strategy of the Company

Phantom Entertainment. Plus c'est la meme chose then.

[Strazos]

Phantom Entertainment indeed.

[UD_Delt]

And the Phantom console appears to finally be dead:

http://gear.ign.com/articles/726/726140p1.html