The Mini-Three arrived in a small, unassuming white box, replete with a single page instructional booklet. You’ll need to go the website to download the configuration software, because no discs are provided.

The unit itself is of a high quality plastic and is available in either gray or black. Rubber feet on the base keep the Mini from sliding. The unit can be placed in any direction and the direction in which the buttons point can be easily adjusted using the configurator. It’s about the thickness of a pack of playing cards, the length of a mouse, and the width of a typical cell phone.

Most importantly: the buttons. The surfaces are hard plastic and fairly scratch resistant, from what we gather. Their look is deceiving, however. Instead of producing a satisfying click, similar to hitting the spacebar rather forcefully, the buttons kinda squish, not unlike the feeling one gets when typing on those Flexboard rubber keyboards. We found this to be a major disappointment and hope the full sized Optimus uses keys that “feel” more like a regular keyboard.