Reviews: December 2006 Archives

It’s the day after Christmas, somebody from UPS just called to ask for my street address. What did I order? I thought. The answer came 2 minutes later, it’s the Optimus mini three! The “keyboard with color screens” says the package.

The mini three is the world’s first device with OLED screens on each of its keys. Like always, new things have some glitches, but glitches aside, this gadget (invented and designed by Art Lebedev Studio) is a great idea.

The box is nice and clean, damaging the mini three during transport would be pretty hard, since the device is packed up tightly.

After having installed all the software, which has to be downloaded from Art Lebedev’s website, the mini three came to life. Everything worked fine, but it didn’t look like it does on the package. The screens have a green touch and after having used a few applications the software started to become unstable...