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Mac keyboard aficionados, take note. Leading peripherals vendor Logitech has released its cordless diNovo Edge -- the first diNovo designed specifically for the Mac.
Denis Pavillard, Logitech vice president of product marketing for keyboards and desktops, said Thursday that, "from the piano-black finish to its built-in TouchDisc touchpad," the new keyboard "can make it a pleasure for you to type, control music or launch your favorite applications."
Thin, High-Gloss, Orange Backlighting
The distinctive diNovo Media Desktop keyboards were originally launched by Logitech in 2004, and the company said they have received many awards for design and performance.
In keeping with the "thin is in" theme now popular among many computer makers, the new diNovo is only a half-inch thick. It has a high-gloss, semitranslucent Plexiglas frame, sharp angles, soft-orange backlighting, and an aluminum palm rest with anodized-silver finish.
But in keyboards as in life, looks aren't everything. Optimized Mac keys provide one-touch access to Mail, Safari, iTunes and other Mac applications, as well as a power button for the Mac. If you want to really lean back, the Bluetooth wireless technology provides a range of up to 30 feet.
A TouchDisc allows the user to scroll and navigate from the keyboard. By moving a finger up and down, or across, the cursor correspondingly moves on the screen. Moving a finger in a circular motion around the edge of the TouchDisc allows horizontal and vertical scrolling through documents.
'Comfortable, Fluid, Silent'
And then, of course, there's typing. Logitech describes this experience, as with other diNovos, as "comfortable, fluid and silent."
The keyboard has Logitech's PerfectStroke system, which, among other niceties, has what the company calls "longer key travel." This means the distance fingers have to travel in order to complete a keystroke -- 3.2mm compared to the 2.2mm of typical notebook keyboards -- is optimized for normal...

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