Keymat Sample Pictures!

[Mr_Loon]

Looks great, a real step up in terms of visual aesthetics form the Pandora Keyboard

 

[iprice]

Very nice 

 

[Eight Bit]

I hope the travel is good inregards to the tactile feedback.

the keymat looks awesome!

 

[levi]

Especialy ABXY action buttons will be used alot with permanent slides over. That's why I still prefer separate action buttons like todays Gamepads have. At least, it seems these are higher than the 2 small  additional action buttons, which is good.

I'm not sure judging by the first photo that they are any more sicky-out (i.e. have any more travel) than the smaller action buttons (I and II).  That's fine with me, fwiw - I rather liked the DS-phat's flat clicky buttons.

 

[Kev2442]

Gorgeous. Just 100% plain gorgeous.
Looking forward to the video. And the impressions of course. It doesn't look like much travel-wise, but I trust ED.

 

[asimov-solensan]

Thanks for keeping us up to date ED. I really love the finish of the keymat, as others here the only thing I'm concerned in is the feedback of the action buttons.

 

[benoitb]

This looks so good. I really love it.

 

[Wrath Of Khan]

looks good.
 

 

[Hồng Thất Công]

I don't like it.  

Spoiler

I LOVE IT!

 

[Foxgod]

Thats an amazing improvement over the Pandora!

 

[erico]

The extra row and the key style is superb!

 

[ible]

i check back on this thread just to admire the keyboard.  the layout is a great compromise among so many design principles, and it's awesome there was so much community input -- no one person can say they designed it.  it even looks great.  thanks ED for one giant leap for keyboards!

 

[Wrath Of Khan]

The Pyra is coming, from the ether it rises and stands tall - Hark, Hark, hear the Clarion call.

 

[DaMummy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmeOIYr4yjM

 

[levi]

Ooh, has the official pronunciation of the product name changed?  Even ED calls it a Pie-rah now!

 

[lordbobjones]

Looks amazing!   So excited and looking forward to the Pyra with great expectation!

 

[j0e]

looking lush, I'm even more hype now

 

[HamishTPB]

<HamishTPB> the new keypad and the whole thing is looking pretty nifty now
<HamishTPB> I might have to sell my mother for a Pyra after all

... to quote myself :-D

 

[ssokolow]

Well I'm less concerned with the buttons than I am with the D-Pad, the Pandora did it a bit differently and it worked well.

It is not bad but for my taste, it "swims" a little bit to much due the direct glue onto the rubber mat. I prefer a more stiff feeling like the one from the old GBA Advance. It was precise, had a small travel distance and was a little bit "clicky" but not to much.

I think it's a matter of taste.

My PC has NES, SNES, PS2, PS3, 360, N64, and Gamecube controllers hanging off it (I decided to just wait for my BlissBox 4-play to connect the rest), my Nostalgia PC has a Gravis PC Gamepad and a Gravis PC Gamepad Pro, and I own a Gameboy Color, a Gameboy Advance, and a DS Phat... the Pandora's D-Pad is the one I find the most enjoyment using.

(Which reminds me, I still need to find an opportunity to test an XBone gamepad to see if its D-Pad feels superior enough to justify buying one.)

 

[Kev2442]

Don't worry. The XBone gamepad isn't worth it. <_<
Nah seriously, I had the opportunity to try one in store, only the gamepad, not the console though.
I still think the X360 is the best one. There has been some improvements, like the better triggers, but it feels... ah, sooo small...
I even think the X360 could have a little bigger gamepad. Yet they made its successor a little smaller. Argh.
I always use the sticks, so I'm not that interested into the D-Pad. It has never been a problem to me. But the XBone seems a bit better in that way.