Potential new Pyra competitor ;)
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iprice
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I suspect it's just a render and doubt anything will come of it. It was a link from a site talking about the new Vega+ (proper mobile handheld Speccy).
ekianjo
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No physical keyboard so not really a competitor...
iprice
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This is a tongue in cheek thread ekianjo (hence the 
smiley in the thread title) - it's a ZX Spectrum (sort of!). Not going to compete with anything other than perhaps a calculator at best, even if real.
smiley in the thread title) - it's a ZX Spectrum (sort of!). Not going to compete with anything other than perhaps a calculator at best, even if real.
iprice
Certified Guru
Look at all the screenies - looks like they're independent of the LCD to me. Dunno.
Wrath Of Khan
Soul soother...
Someone needs to clone Sir Clive and bring him back... just because.
Exophase
Nothing good will ever come of Exophase.
Not sure if you're suggesting he's passed away but in case you are, the old guy is still with us.
comradekingu
Glowing ember
Someone needs to remove your post, got scared.
fusion_power
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erico
Advanced Member
The ´expansion´ top part on the original image is strange, better get the lcd to cover the top part.
Looks neat.
Looks neat.
Wrath Of Khan
Soul soother...
My god your right he is! I distinctly remember reading about his death though, how odd.
Perhaps there was a fake story of his death- the internet likes to tell porkies sometimes. Or shudder... I imagined the whole thing.
I'm glad he's still alive though and may he live for many years to come, one day all our heroes will be dead.
levi
Still fresh, damnit!
Sadly, I suspect the rights to use that 'Sinclair' logo and the Spectrum rainbow is probably still owned by Alan 'AMStrad' Sugar, of all people
erico
Advanced Member
On a second look,I still can´t cope with that empty top part.
After playing a lurking with the keyboard threads, it feels the Pyra keyboard is now a work of art and tears and any other handheld with a keyboard does feel to me like a pathetic solution in comparison.
Heck, that keyboard looks like those that comes in wannabe laptops for kids...
A computer keyboard without numbers...that must be the smartest solution ever.
After playing a lurking with the keyboard threads, it feels the Pyra keyboard is now a work of art and tears and any other handheld with a keyboard does feel to me like a pathetic solution in comparison.
Heck, that keyboard looks like those that comes in wannabe laptops for kids...
A computer keyboard without numbers...that must be the smartest solution ever.
iprice
Certified Guru
The keyboard is ON the LCD screen; numbers and symbols will be accessed via a different on-screen keyboard (much like Android etc). Look at all the screenshots for more info.
levi
Still fresh, damnit!
That design at the top of this page is a render on Rick Dickinson's flickr account. I don't know, but I suspect that's the same Rick Dickinson who designed the case of the ZX Spectrum and the Vega plus, amongst other devices. It's also a year old, so I guess it predates the Vega plus design.
If that keyboard is intended to be displayed on the LCD, that's a very peculiar shaped LCD that would probably need to be especially commissioned. Instead they've gone for a simpler design with a rectangular LCD and conventional push buttons. That posted flickr image is a pipedream, something to kick-start people thinking about a new device, and the outcome of that was the Vega plus.
If that keyboard is intended to be displayed on the LCD, that's a very peculiar shaped LCD that would probably need to be especially commissioned. Instead they've gone for a simpler design with a rectangular LCD and conventional push buttons. That posted flickr image is a pipedream, something to kick-start people thinking about a new device, and the outcome of that was the Vega plus.
well this sounds like the shitty osd keyboards we know from android / ios devices. Full Keyboards ftw
iprice
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I suspect that the LCD itslef is under a glass/plastic layer. Well, if it were real and made exactly like that. You can see in the render that the actual LCD is rectangular rather than the odd shape it appears in that first shot.
It's an interesting design - not saying it's anything I would buy or anything, but aeshthetically it's certainly different - much like his other designs including the Spectrum etc.
