Apple would be in talks with e-ink keyboard maker

Rumors this year are fanning the possibility of the next MacBook Pro coming with an OLED row above the keyboard, which could possibly fit various apps and user needs. After that, a lot of people got excited and made even mockups from the same row on a Magic Keyboard.

Now the idea of ​​a keyboard molding itself to what the user wants has just gotten a little stronger. This is because some rumors suggest that Apple would be interested in a partnership with startup Australian Sonder created the first keyboard on the market made of e-ink.

All the buzz first appeared on Reddit, when a user published this video claiming to be Apple's next supposed keyboard:

If you find it ugly, slow and weird, you are not alone. Despite the bad comments on Reddit, the user claimed it was a real prototype that appeared at a Foxconn event itself which took place at a respected university in China. After clarification, the The guardian It got information that the prototype was actually the Sonder keyboard, which Foxconn partnered with, but that Tim Cook would have met with the company's CEO to talk about a possible negotiation.

Sonder E-ink keyboard

The idea that key transitions are made automatically, without delay none, unlike what it shows on the video. On the official product page, Sonder highlights some advantages of the keyboard such as the need to decorate shortcuts as they can all be at a touch, as well as that the keys can all be customized. The keyboard is already in the testing phase and is expected to reach $ 199 by the end of the year.

Negotiations between Sonder and Apple would already be going on, but if that really comes to us, it's totally uncertain. Even if there is no partnership in place, it is very interesting to think of a keyboard like this one even though it is not official from Ma. social and other shortcuts literally at our fingertips).

(via iDownloadBlog)