New Logitech DiNovo Keyboad/mouse/mediapad

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just bought one of these yesterday and thought I'd give my thoughts...

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http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/GB/EN,CRID=3D486,CONTENT=
ID=3D7321

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DiNovo ultra flat keyboard, rechargeable mouse and mediapad - all
BlueTooth=
.

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All I can say is STUNNING!

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Very sleek, sexy design, solid and full of features. BT range is very good
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- the mouse charger doubles as a BT hub so other devices can connect
(mobil=
e phone, headset etc). It even comes with software to send/receive SMS
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ages from your PC to a BT enabled phone (HA uses there?).

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The mouse is comfy, looks good - has scroll wheel, fwd/back browsing
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s, fast scroll buttons (like scrolling the wheel but you just hold down
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her than continuously scrolling) and an application switching button. And
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ost importantly for me - is rechargeable.

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Mediapad is a real gadget - basically it's the number pad but removed from
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the keyboard and doubles as a calculator (the result of a calc is
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ally sent to the PC's clipboard for use in progs like Excel etc) and a
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gation pad (for moving around progs). It also features an LCD screen which
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links up with MSN Messenger etc to show messages as they come in. Also
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t to show emails but I couldn't get that to work. By default the LCD
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shows the date/time in big text.

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The keyboard is really flat and uses laptop keyboard style keys for an
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a sleek look. Nicely finished in black/grey.

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Both keyboard and mediapad have sleek media controls for launching
MediaPla=
yer and controlling it etc.

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Just tried the range of the mouse/keyboard/mediapad - works anywhere
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my house/garage :-)

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Have you guessed I'm impressed yet?

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Oh, cost me around =A3120 + VAT from distribution, so street price will be
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something like =A3150 inc VAT.

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The only down-sides I've seen so far is it's a little temperamental if you
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regularly boot into multiple O/S's - I'm finding I have to re-register the
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keyboard and mediapad each time (uses a secure BT connection). Hopefully
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ll get this sorted though.

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Paul

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