The Most Expensive Keyboard Ever
While I was in Las Vegas for CES, the folks at Logitech dropped this off for me at the office. I only just opened the box a few days ago and was just thrilled to feel the love.
The Logitech diNovo Edge is the company’s sleekest most advanced keyboard ever. It features a TouchDisc which works like a touchpad mouse, but also offers dynamic scrolling, left and right, and up and down. This is the circular disc that is located at the bottom right corner. The bar above it is a touch sensitive volume control that is flush with the keyboards surface. It actually glows as you glide on it to increase the volume.
The keyboard itself is also very special. It uses what Logitech calls their PerfectStroke key mechanism. This mechanism houses a scissor like mechanism underneath the keys that allows an even force across each key’s surface so no matter where you push it, it just goes up and down without binding. It’s actually a lot like the mechanism used on high quality laptop keyboards. This mechanism shortens the keystroke so that you can type extremely fast without having to punch the keys down so far. After using this keyboard for a couple days, I can safely say that I truly can type a whole lot faster on it because the keys can finally keep up with me.
The keyboard is totally wireless via bluetooth and includes a dongle for PC’s that don’t have bluetooth built in. Also unique is the fact that the keyboard charges up via its own stand as pictured. The keyboard is extremely thin and uses brushed aluminum for the wrist rest and a sleek piano black surface that I have been apprehensive to reveal since piano black surfaces tend to attract dust and finger prints. Luckily, Logitech even gives you a polishing cloth to keep it clean.
At $199 US, this makes it one of the most expensive keyboards ever. Since I didn’t pay for the keyboard, I really can’t say I felt the burn of dropping $199 US for it, though you can find it for as low as $152 US using the Futurelooks Pricing Engine.
Stay tuned for a full review at Futurelooks!