http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/ Engadget Comments for United Keys taking orders for 205PRO customizable LCD keyboard http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/
sheep....]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/
I wish United Keys could put OLEDs in the keytops, but it's just not possible for a consumer electronic keyboard right now. Believe me, they have tried and will keep on trying until they make it happen.

I think the Optimus keyboard is really cool. I want one, actually. But I also want a Landspeeder and a Star Trek replicator too.

For now, the actual real deal (I took the photo of the actual real prototype on your site) will really ship about February. It actually works, and it is really cool when you see what it does live.

And by the way, United Keys in fact owns the IP free and clear, since there's nothing out there quite like it (photoshop vaporware notwithstanding).
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LCD keycaps aren't exactly new. I have thought many times over the last 10 years or more about how to prototype in-key displays and it always gets back to the cost. It's an easy problem if you want to throw a lot of money at it, but even mass production is not going to get costs low enough to where people will be able to afford it even if you could drive the price as low as $1000 (which you absolutely cannot currently do)]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/
The thing is would you still want a keyboard when hand gestures are all the rage?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/
Sure, the contextual meaning might change, on an app to app basis, but the keys are always the same.

I just see myself staring at the top row a whole lot more with something like this...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/
I know... It is easy to remember where keys are but it is just the fact that it looks cool you know? Plus, when your pulling a two-nighter it is hard to remember where some keys are.

I wont be getting this keyboard though.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/united-keys-taking-orders-for-205pro-customizable-lcd-keyboard/
If we want to really think outside the box, we should crank on more efficient I/O devices (remember, the QWERTY layout was NOT developed for efficiency) such as direct neural interfaces. Of course, then we’ll all develop chronic psychological issues instead of carpal tunnel. : )

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