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OCZ Announces Sabre OLED Gaming Keyboard

Posted 06/23/09 at 09:00:20 AM  by Paul Lilly

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First shown at CES earlier this year and more recently at CeBIT, OCZ this week officially announced the Sabre OLED gaming keyboard, a plank the company promises will be "affordable."

"The OCZ Sabre Keyboard offers the best of both worlds when it comes to OLED technology and a truly functional yet affordable gaming keyboard," commented Eugene Change, VP of Product Management at OCZ.

Nine OLED keys sit on the left side of the Sabre, each one user-programmable and capable of converting digital images or text into icons. Furthermore, the Sabre's proprietary software makes it possible for the OLED keys to change their icons and command tiers on the fly based on whatever application is running. Fire up your favorite FPS, for example, and the icons and macros change to whatever was programmed.

Other features include "glowing amber LEDs", blue side lighting, 128MB of onboard flash memory, "super tactile, low-noise key feedback," and a 5-10 degree tilt design.

No word yet on price or availability.

Image Credit: OCZ

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TAGS: keyboard, ocz, oled, Peripherals, hardware, sabre
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avatarI've never been one to

Submitted by lunchbox73 on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 10:46am

I've never been one to splurge on a keyboard no matter how cool it is. I mean, come on. It's a keyboard. All I need it to do is have comfortable keys that work when I press them. I'd rather spend my dough on video cards, ram or processors.

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avatarI'll bet you that it--just

Submitted by grayscare0 on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 9:27am

I'll bet you that it--just like all other OCZ products--will have a $35 MIR that will never be honored.

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avatarI'm gonna say it's going to

Submitted by gatorXXX on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 8:58am

I'm gonna say it's going to be around the 150 to 200 buck range. And i bet it's specs are going to call for the use of 3 usb ports or a butt load of batteries to operate.

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avatarAffordable? Yet no price

Submitted by aviaggio on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 7:36am

Affordable? Yet no price announced. Why do I suspect their idea of "affordable" isn't going to come anywhere close to my idea of "affordable"?

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avatarSure it has on board memory

Submitted by nebulaz on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 7:20am

Sure it has on board memory but does it hoover?

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avatarkeyboard too thick?

Submitted by bingojubes on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 7:18am

after using logitech's illuminate, i wonder if OCZ will make a slimer version down the road?

 

at least it will be more affordable than the Optimus Maximus Keyboard @ ThinkGeek

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/keyboards-mice/9836/

 

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avatarI want it just for the

Submitted by gatorXXX on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 5:04am

I want it just for the coolness factor of it. Looks pretty sweet even.

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