Posted by ketyung
on Dec/24/2008
at 7:58 am
UnitedKeys have produced a type of OLED keyboard, which works like a normal computer QWERTY keyboard excepts it comes with nine additional OLED keys at the left.
The OLED keys are meant for people to create shortcuts to access certain functionalities of applications or quick launch of applications. Such as you need to use Photoshop very often on your computer, so you can then make use of these OLED keys to setup the quick-launch keys for the most commonly used functions that you need on Photoshop.
And some more the nine keys are powered by OLEDs, making them totally stand out, which easily catch your eyes. In short, they are meant to speed up your work. Due to the nine OLED keys added to this UnitedKeys keyboard, it’s larger than any standard keyboard.
The little short with the UnitedKeys OLED keyboard is the nine OLED keys are monochrome, which light up in yellow only instead of different colors for different keys. Each key is 64×64 and there is no color depth, it’s noticeable for only on and off. There is a blue strip at the side of the keyboard, making it useful for those who wanna work in dark.
This keyboard comes with driver that has been tested working fine on Windows XP, but it was reportedly to have failed on Vista Ultimate 64-bit, which the maker is now looking for a solution for it. It also comes with a setup software which allows you to customize your icons on the OLED keys and also setup each key for the function or action you want it to be associated with.
Customizing your own icons using those free icons on the web seems to be pretty unfriendly with this keyboard, which is due to the OLEDs are only in 1-bit depth. Some more, the software is not intuitive enough, making it to take some times for a user to grasp. For example, the software must be minimized in order for the the OLED keys to work. Some more it doesn’t provide any icon examples.
But the software allows some cool setup for those keys. You can even setup several layers of keys. Such as you have one layer for FireFox, one layer for Internet Explorer, and another layer for PhotoShop. Each key can be set up associated with an action, which can be to emulate a key or to launch an application or to work as the layer-changing key. Perhaps a little miss is the option to change process instead of launching a new one.
The software has an option for a ‘color’ key but it’s disabled. Apparently, this is reserved for the future versions of the keyboard. As mentioned, this OLED keyboard is meant to help you speed up your work, be more productive and a time saver. Imagine, if you have a couple of applications that you use regularly on your computer, these OLED keys help for quick access to those common functions or launches.
You can get it from UnitedKeys website for the OLED keyboard for $260, which is a price that is much higher than any standard keyboard, as it lets you gain better productivity. Or if you prefer your existing keyboard, you can just get the OLED keypad for only $200. Take a look at the video of this keyboard in action below.
Buy online, $260, OLED Keyboard
source [oled-info], Thanks Ron.
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