While this keyboard would be pretty hard for any hunt-and-peck typist to use, it really is a great way of showing the power of some brands. The speed at which your mind can connect the lips logo with the Rolling Stones and R, or the swoosh with Nike and N is pretty striking. Lacoste took me a second, along with a couple others, but by and large these logos are pretty much adequate replacements for the letters of the alphabet. They’re just symbols, after all.
It’s not real (yet) unfortunately, because I think it’d be a fun gift for a designer, assuming they can touch type. Go leave a comment saying you want one!
[via The Daily What]
It would be cool if the company built one you could customize yourself. I like the idea, but I’ll be damned if I’ll use anything with the Twitter brand on it. How about the Target logo or something? Throw some more options up there to customize and it would be pretty cool.
What’s that “U” for?
I think it’s Unilever.
I think if you want a cuztomizable keyboard, you can go for Optimus Maximus—http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/.
It can be easily modified, and I reckon, there will be no problem placing brand logos as your key icons just the way you want it.
I prefer £10 keyboards and a bit of sandpaper, myself. Much more tactile than your schilling for an £225 overpriced keyboard.
Well, the price is not really a point.
If you’re want a decent keyboard at the price of £10, your choice is great.
If you want something more technological, you can buy Optimus.
It’s like the difference between cheap chinese car and Audi. It’s worth it, and if you need such functionality, why not?
You tube of course
I would definitely buy this.
Surely if it’s advertisement, the keyboard would be available along the lines of free.
They could modify it so that the keys are all hot keys with letters able to bring up the sponsors website.
I can’t believe that they went with Adidas and not Apple.
Heh, believe it or not, there are a LOT more people in the world using Adidas products, and the company has been around for quite a lot longer.
It’s a PC keyboard. Note the Windows keys.
I WOULD SO BUY THIS tell the guy to make I’d easily pay 80 bucks for this I can touch type.
Sounds like the keyboard of the future. Where just a press of a button saves you time from actually having to type out a word.