UnitedKeys keyboard with 9 OLED keys offers layer commands

UnitedKey’s OLED keyboard is simple to look at, nine large monochromatic moddable keys at the left, each with a 64x64 resolution. This OLED keyboard is similar to the much popular Optimus Maximus, with the difference that the Maximus provides a full range of colors as compared to the monochromatic yellow on the UnitedKey, but this one scores an advantage in having “layer commands” for the computer.

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The Layer commands work well with applications, as you use a particular application with a key, a sub-grid can be built for tasks related to that particular applications. As an example, once in Gmail, you can create a sub-grid of nine keys with Gmail-related tasks. The only problem is that creating these layers can be painfully time consuming. Apparently, the $260 keyboard doesn’t work well with Windows Vista, either.

Via: Wired