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Logitech diNovo Edge Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard
The Keyboard
It's really not too far a stretch of imagination to say that the aluminum wrist rest is a blade. It's a good edge, angled a little away from the keyboard, with a very smooth finish. It is a little chilly on the wrists. The whole thing is ridiculously thin (11mm at the thickest), but weighs over two pounds. It's well-built and sturdy. There's texturing on the bright orange panel, and combined with the weight, makes it very lap-secure. The gloss finish is superb, but it will show every nick, scratch, fleck of dust, fingerprint, Chee-to flava, and sign of affection you get near it (your smooches! again, back in the gutter). That's why it comes with its own lint-free cloth, so you can keep it shiny. The charging dock is as glossy as the keyboard's bezel, but not semi-transparent. It doesn't weigh nearly as much as the keyboard does, and it will come up with the keyboard if you don't pull it out of the slot right. Putting it back in takes a little practice, too. To help with aligning, the logo on the dock is positioned where the logo on the wrist rest is. Aside from the cloth wipe, there's no possibility of cleaning between the keys without a can of air or some doubled-over packing tape (the tape thing works like a charm). The keyboard has very good battery life, although the battery life meter thinks it gets better mileage than it does. After about three days of use, the meter read from 56 days of juice to (as I write this) 44 days. This is after a full charge, which took less than two hours. From a flat battery, five minutes' charging amounts to two or three hours of use. The wireless range is more than acceptable for most work, and operates close to the 30' specified by Bluetooth. The Keys The spring tension of the keys is a little high, but once the initial force is applied to the keys they pop right down. This actually seems to abate key-mashing (my little finger can get really messed up if I play too long a session of any shooter), and after an initial period of getting used to it, it's obvious that the key tension and travel is superior to other keyboards. The layout of the keys is not IBM/Microsoft standard. The home, end, page up, page down, and delete keys are shifted, quite logically. Delete, one of those keys that gets used more than its share of the standard layout implies, is very easy to hit, it's just a little past enter, and bigger--it's the size of two keys. Scroll lock and pause/break are gone, and are now function-insert and function-print screen, respectively. The function key replaces the menu key. This is a serious deviation. Menu? Gone. The Windows/super is still there, but why the spacebar wasn't shortened to include a very useful key is a mystery. (Ed: You use that key!?) The bottom row of keys is convex; the spacebar, ALT, control, function and Windows/super keys are bubbled upwards. This too, takes some getting used to, but makes it easier to pull off control-shift-some other key combinations. (Ed: Aren't most keyboards like that, with respect to the concave keys?) The top row of keys, escape, F, insert, and print screen are ever-so-slightly convex, but mostly they're just short, both in distance from the top of the key to the bottom, and in distance from the bezel of the keyboard. It's a little too easy to hit tilde when reaching for escape.
Page 1: Introduction & First Looks
Page 2: The Keyboard and Keys Page 3: The Touchpad, Media Keys and Software Page 4: Conclusion 
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2 User Comments 1 - Posted by
Doug the Neard
on June 4, 2007 - 11:29 pm If I'm not mistaken, that beeping is from the "Accessibility Options" of Windows (where you have mouse keys and all those), it's called Toggle Keys. And you had to turn it on in the first place... I for one like it. I keep my keyboard (which isn't the Edge, but an older Logitech model) stashed under the desk on the tray (yes, I don't have to see the keys to type like some lazy people), so the beep lets me know what's on and off, since I can't see the lights. I guess you could use tray icons, but that place is so full as it is... Ok, enough ranting. 2 - Posted by
Max Slowik
on June 5, 2007 - 12:23 am No, I'm talking about the beep that comes from the keyboard itself. It has a little piesoelectric speaker built into it. It'll beep when you hit capslock even if the drivers aren't installed. And it does come from the keyboard, I've walked it outside the house and made it beep. One funny thing is that if you have two keyboards hooked up, and hit capslock on the other, the Edge beeps, too. Add Comment To add a comment without being a member, you may omit the password field, but you must enter your name (or nickname) along with your comment. * Denotes required fields. |
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