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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Photekq on Fri, 01 July 2016, 10:49:30
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https://uniqey.net/en/
4 preconfigured keyboards (https://uniqey.net/en/preconfigured-keyboards/) on offer for between 265-299EUR. Custom configurations (https://uniqey.net/en/keyboard-designer/) starting at 265EUR.
(https://uniqey.net/media/image/16/f3/87/UNIQEY_Q100_white_blue_desk.jpg)
(https://uniqey.net/media/image/71/05/be/UNIQEY_Q100_graphite_white_wooddesk_top-cropped.jpg)
"Rugged metal housing made of premium anodized aluminum
Extremely durable key legends (double-shot keycaps)
MX switches guarantee a comfortable and persistent typing experience
Optional QMX-Clip reduces key noise by 10db(A)"
"Over 3 million possible configurations
Create your single-piece - just the way you like it
Choose your favorite materials, colors and features
Every configured keyboard is individually built in our German factory"
"Adjustable tilt angle (3 different levels), including the option of a negative angle
Heavy design guarantees good desk contact in order to prevent slipping
Long travel keys with precise switching point
Concave key curvature for improved guidance of the fingertips"
"Torsional rigid aluminum housing
Double-shot keycaps to prevent washed-out key legends
Long-life MX switches with a minium of 50 million actuations
Continious functional enhancements and add-ons with future software updates
Personal support by our experts
Made in Germany with passion and precision"
"Function keys for easy control of music and media apps
USB mouse port for connecting a wired/wireless mouse directly to the keyboard
Additional operation of up to three Bluetooth® devices like smartphones, tablets, notebooks or PCs
Quick toggling between all connected devices using mouse or function keys
Programmable expert features for further customization"
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Just got the email. Looks neat.
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I'm bored
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CAD$550+ (Shipping and taxes included) euh... No thanks.
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thats one ugly keyboard
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thats one ugly keyboard
Ha ha, that's not the HHKB in the pics, silly!
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Really strange. It's like someone tried to quickly describe keyboard enthusiast tastes over the phone to the guy in charge of making this project.
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thats one ugly keyboard
Ha ha, that's not the HHKB in the pics, silly!
keep talking smack rom, im going to smack that top hat off crash real quick
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thats one ugly keyboard
Ha ha, that's not the HHKB in the pics, silly!
keep talking smack rom, im going to smack that top hat off crash real quick
I WANT YOU
to stop being so mean.
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thats one ugly keyboard
Ha ha, that's not the HHKB in the pics, silly!
keep talking smack rom, im going to smack that top hat off crash real quick
I WANT YOU
to stop being so mean.
you know ilu bby <3
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thats one ugly keyboard
Ha ha, that's not the HHKB in the pics, silly!
keep talking smack rom, im going to smack that top hat off crash real quick
I WANT YOU
to stop being so mean.
you know ilu bby <3
OuO
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dont tell wifey tho. she will kill us o.o
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For a keyboard targeted at "Elite" keeboard geeks they missed the lingo ""Rugged metal housing made of premium anodized aluminum, Extremely durable key legends (double-shot keycaps)
MX switches guarantee a comfortable and persistent typing experience, Optional QMX-Clip reduces key noise by 10db(A)"
Aluminum?: http://mdmetric.com/tech/alumcomp.htm (http://mdmetric.com/tech/alumcomp.htm) - Not that it matters, it's a keyboard case after all, not a critical component of a mechanical system.
Durable key?: What material? thick?
Plate mount, pcb?
USB cable?: Connector type, material? At that price then better use a reversible connector like the ones included with the Matias.
Etc...
But it comes with a microfibre cloth...
If I was to spit that amount of money, I'd like to know more about it.
Can someone invite a Uniqey rep in the Vendor section?
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For a keyboard targeted at "Elite" keeboard geeks they missed the lingo ""Rugged metal housing made of premium anodized aluminum, Extremely durable key legends (double-shot keycaps)
MX switches guarantee a comfortable and persistent typing experience, Optional QMX-Clip reduces key noise by 10db(A)"
Aluminum?: http://mdmetric.com/tech/alumcomp.htm (http://mdmetric.com/tech/alumcomp.htm) - Not that it matters, it's a keyboard case after all, not a critical component of a mechanical system.
Durable key?: What material? thick?
Plate mount, pcb?
USB cable?: Connector type, material? At that price then better use a reversible connector like the ones included with the Matias.
Etc...
But it comes with a microfibre cloth...
If I was to spit that amount of money, I'd like to know more about it.
Can someone invite a Uniqey rep in the Vendor section?
I think the keycaps are GMK double shot, so yeah Cherry profile thick ABS.
And my guess is that it's compatible with QMX-Clip so which has to be PCB mount. And most likely Cherry stabilizer.
But yeah they didn't mention anything regarding USB cable.
I guess we'll find out more info later. Though it's A LOT of money for 1 keyboard.
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Yikes, €295? That's nearly $320 U.S., for a keyboard with Cherry MX switches? ("Long travel keys with precise switching point"? Er, yeah...) Okay, DS buttons, aluminum case, you can choose your color, great... But it's vastly overpriced.
This seems like a good example of prestige pricing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premium_pricing), where a manufacturer inflates their prices hoping people will assume there's something extra-special about their products.
So-called artisan keycaps are another example. What makes them so valuable isn't the fact that they're little pieces of carved plastic. It's that they cost so much.
I also can't help thinking of people like England's royal family. They don't actually do anything; they're just famous for being famous (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famous_for_being_famous). The Commonwealth countries pay them $50 million each year to live in utter splendour, turn up here and there, grin and wave, say nice things, accept gifts, and let people adore them. Oh—and they come only in white. :?)