Test the keymat!


It arrived today.

Keyboard has a lot lighter to press than I had anticipated. It's simlar in feel to what you'd expect if you shrunk a modern laptop keyboard. I did have some problems with accuracy, but with some practice I'm sure it'll be fine. The spacing really helps, otherwise it would be very easy to hit keys you didn't intend to due to the low resistance. They really are nothing like the pandora keys.

Some other notes:
I find L2/R2 a lot easier to find than L1/R1, so for the best typing experince, I'd suggest mapping shift/fn to L2/R2.

It is a bit thicker than be pandora, and while brick-shaped to say the least, it did fit somewhat comfortably in my jeans front pocket, even with relatively small pockets as compared to what I'm used to.

The SIM/µSD card slot was very stiff and hard to open, but I got it open, and eventually closed after struggling for a bit.

The game buttons do indeed stick a lot, especially B and Y, but I guess that's what what's already been reported as an issue, and that they aren't final. I also have problems with 0/backspace/P/enter sticking, but I'm not sure if that's because I didn't re-assemble it properly.

I haven't had time to play with the earlier keymats yet.
 
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The stylus was not in, and the case had some dirt in it.

That's what happens when you take it out for a field trip to the bogs!
 
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The game buttons do indeed stick a lot, especially B and Y, but I guess that's what what's already been reported as an issue, and that they aren't final.

I think those buttons have some electric tape on them, as apparently they didn't quite fit snugly in the case they're in. They will fit/work better in the final version.
 
An address will be needed to send it on. There are probably worse places to be stuck than Scandinavia.
 
ED did send me the next address. Looks like it's going to the US next.

Before I ship it off, would anyone in the stockholm area want to see it too? Despite being in the middle of a move, I might be able to find the time for a short meetup sometime during the first half of next week, somewhere around the Kista area or something.
 
Don't put the pyra over animals please. There is some alergic people and I don't think it is a good idea to send the Pyra plus some damn hair. And also it is unsanitary (yes yes, it is your cat, it is very clean, you love it... I know that tale very well :D) so please, be clean and don't put it on your cat or your feces.
 
I wonder if I should mention how filthy humans are, especially their hands.
[doublepost=1498397645,1498397550][/doublepost]Btw, I am extremely allergic to cats. I also live with 3 of them.
 
I'm terribly sorry for the hold-up, I still haven't had time to ship it off, hopefully I'll get to it tomorrow. From that I ship it, it should (from past experiences) take about a week to the US.

...Although it is quite tempting to hold on to it and show it off at Edison this weekend, I probably shouldn't...
 
I am so stoked. Anyone in Minnesota want to try it out?

EDIT: @slaeshjag I'm okay with waiting a few more days if you have something to do with it this weekend.
 
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whereabouts? i'm near the border in a bordering state...

I'm in the Twin Cities. I'm hoping to go on a bike tour soon to Chicago, so maybe the timing will sync up there if you're on the way.
 
@edgex004 ok, not too far away, though i'm not sure i have a good excuse to go... unfortunately chicago is in the opposite direction from me :).
 
That means we're within a few weeks of the keymat samples & case being in Omaha Nebraska. If anyone is interested in meeting up with it here, send me a PM and I'll set up a place to meet up.
 
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