Two bits of Logitech news for your Friday. The first up is a new mouse they’ve got called the Couch Mouse M515. As the name implies, it works on surfaces that normally would drive a mouse crazy, like blankets and couches. Could be useful in certain situations, like playing World of Warcraft on your laptop on your bed. → Read More
The Logitech Revue has been out for a few months now and it’s already been cracked wide open. The new hack allows “root” access, thereby allowing anyone to load their own apps into the box and have access to the full filesystem. The bad news? You need a soldering iron. → Read More
Logitech Harmony Remotes MSRP: $40 – $399 Product Page Good For: People with multiple AV devices, each with their own remote Not for: Luddites OEM remotes are little demons, set to hassle owners and confuse guests. They’re horrible and not one is worthy of its space on this earth. They get exorbitantly more painful when another one finds its way into the livingroom and joins the horde. It’s best to cast them away from the coffee table to a junk drawer and instead use a true universal remote like on from the Logitech Harmony series. → Read More
Short version: Simple, convenient, and sounds decent, but reception issues might limit its utility for you. → Read More
Move aside Logitech, there’s another solar keyboard in town.
Earlier this week, Logitech introduced the K750, an $80 wireless, solar-powered keyboard made of recyclable plastic and billed as the world’s first solar keyboard. The K750 may be first but it certainly won’t be the last.
This Wednesday, Taiwan’s AU Optronics released details on its own solar keyboard solution: a touch version that will be built into laptops. → Read More
Ah, mother sun: you give us maize, you give us warmth, and in the summer you give us just a little color, not too much, just maybe a little around the shoulders so we look like we went outside. Now you can charge our keyboards! The $80 Logitech K750 is the first solar keyboard built of fully recyclable plastic. The device has a set of solar panels along the top edge and even includes a luxmeter to tell how well things are charging. It charges in sunlight and even under a standard bulb. If you’re familiar with Logitech keyboards they usually last for months – if not years – on the same battery. This, however, will ensure that you don’t go dark in the midst of a marathon blogging session. It is also wireless. Press release after the jump. → Read More
Our buddies at iFixIt have torn down the Logitech Revue Google TV box and found what amounts to be a mini computer powered by an Intel Atom CE4150 1.2 GHz processor. Oddly enough, for a device with no storage space, it contains 5GB of NAND flash. → Read More
I know we’re not technically in a recession and Americans love their electronics— especially those that start with the letter “i”— but as a whole, electronic retailers need a reality check, or a swift kick to the gut.
On Wednesday, CrunchGear’s Devin Coldewey and I dropped by two product announcements, one for Cisco’s purportedly consumer-friendly ūmi and Logitech’s Google TV accessory round-up. It was a long parade of flashy products with decent specs and thought-provoking price tags. As I mentioned in an earlier post, ūmi truly does bring high-quality telepresence into the home (assuming you have a solid connection) but it will cost you $599.99 for the hardware and $25 a month just to use the service.
When I asked Logitech’s CEO, Jerry Quindlen, what he thought about Cisco’s ūmi price point for TC TV, the polite executive merely said, “I don’t think anything that’s too expensive or isn’t easy to use is going to be successful, doesn’t matter who it’s from…if that’s where it [ūmi] is…that might be a tough sell in this economy.”
Why does the phrase: “pot calling the kettle black” come to mind? Video with Logitech’s CEO ahead. → Read More
I know we’re not technically in a recession and Americans love their electronics— especially those that start with the letter “i”— but as a whole, electronic retailers need a reality check, or a swift kick to the gut.
On Wednesday, CrunchGear’s Devin Coldewey and I dropped by two product announcements, one for Cisco’s purportedly consumer-friendly ūmi and Logitech’s Google TV accessory round-up. It was a long parade of flashy products with decent specs and thought-provoking price tags. As I mentioned in an earlier post, ūmi truly does bring high-quality telepresence into the home (assuming you have a solid connection) but it will cost you $599.99 for the hardware and $25 a month just to use the service.
When I asked Logitech’s CEO, Jerry Quindlen, what he thought about Cisco’s ūmi price point for TC TV, the polite executive merely said, “I don’t think anything that’s too expensive or isn’t easy to use is going to be successful, doesn’t matter who it’s from…if that’s where it [ūmi] is…that might be a tough sell in this economy.”
Why does the phrase: “pot calling the kettle black” come to mind? Video with Logitech’s CEO ahead. → Read More
You can’t see it, but I’m tapping out over here. Why? Because for the life of me I cannot understand the hype surrounding Google TV (and by extension, the Logitech Revue and other, similar items). It’s not that I’m anti-Google TV—that would be silly—it’s just that I don’t “get it,” for lack of a better phrase. → Read More
The latest Logitech lapdesk is somewhat novel. Sure, it’s still a lapdesk with the primary purpose of protecting your naughty bits from toasted skin syndrome, but it does a little extra with a speakers. Up top are two USB-powered stereo speakers. Now, these things probably aren’t known for their audio fidelity, but they should be better than your notebook’s stock speakers. → Read More
Here’s a quick look at how the Revue’s Vid HD service works on through Google TV. I still say this is the killer app for the device. Click through for video. → Read More
As I said, it’s Logitech‘s day today, and now it’s time for other companies to piggyback on all the goodwill. Dish Network has two main bits of info for us this afternoon: one, that it’ll be selling the Logitech Revue, and two, that if you’re a subscriber you’re potentially looking at a nice little discount. Nothing wrong with that. → Read More
Logitech has won the afternoon~! It’s showing off the Revue, and it seems to replicate many of the features of the device I’m currently using: a computer. (I suppose the blame there lies with Google TV, not Logitech.) In any event, there’s a number of accessories that will be available alongside the Revue that may interest you. They’re all available to pre-order right now. → Read More
Short version: A great speaker system for your desktop — as long as you don’t need surround sound. Perfect for apartment living. → Read More
Google TV will soon be here but how soon is still a mystery. But if one rumor is true, it might launch late this month with a hefty $299 pricetag. → Read More
It’s a fact that some PC games are better played on a gamepad rather than with a mouse and keyboard. Sure, there aren’t many, but sports and racing games come to mind. That’s why Logitech just released three DualShock-ish gamepads. The $24.99 Logitech Gamepad F310 brings all the basic functions with a familiar control scheme, while the $34.99 Gamepad F510 adds rumble to the mix. The $49.99 Gamepad F710 sports all the goodies of the other two models, but does it all wirelessly. So there you have it, three gamepads just in time for some Madden 11 action. → Read More
For your consideration: another Logitech keyboard. It’s the Wireless Illuminated Keyboard K800, and as the name implies A) it’s wireless and B) it’s illuminated. Aside from the wireless-ness and illumination, it seems to be a pretty standard-issue keyboard. Nothing wrong with that. → Read More
Short Version: If you know how to plug in a lamp, you can probably set up the new Logitech Alert 750i indoor camera. Luckily, the 750i is much more useful than a lamp when it comes to home security and monitoring. → Read More
