“The first thing I’ll say about the Logitech diNovo Edge Bluetooth keyboard is that it’s very likely the most aesthetically stunning keyboard that’s ever been made for Mac computers, with its high-gloss, piano black, semi-translucent plexiglass finish accented by a brushed aluminum palm rest, all imparting an aura of posh elegance. It looks even better first-hand than it does in pictures, and it’s mighty impressive in pictures,” Charles W. Moore writes for Applelinks.
“IMHO, the diNovo Edge makes the Apple BlueTooth keyboard look like a wallflower to its belle-of-the-ball, the aluminum unit a bit stark and kind of gimmicky with its anorexic thinness by comparison. The Logitech ‘board is slim as well, but still with enough meat in its section to have just about the right amount of key travel and conventional, slightly contoured keys,” Moore writes.
“As you may have deduced by now, I’m pretty smitten with the Logitech diNovo Edge Bluetooth keyboard. The main downside is its price, listing at $159.99 for the Mac version, which is happily 20 bucks less than the Windows version, thanks presumably to not having to include a USB receiver dongle with the Mac unit. Let’s see; you could get five Kensington SlimTypes for that and have change left. However, all that high-end goodness does cost money,” Moore writes.
Read the comprehensive full review (with photos) here.
Pretty. Please don’t touch.
Would look fine in one of those sci-fi series on TV, but I prefer the ‘stark’ and ‘thin’ mac one I have. No need for all that extra wrist rest stuff if it’s thin. Also black is very 90’s.
Where’s the damn 10-Key keypad. I don’t like this dumbing down of keyboards. If they don’t want to make the 10-key part of the QWERTY, they should at least produce a standalone matching product.
I read that 7% of the normal/common population is left-handed, but that 20% of artists are left-handed. Many artists use Macs. So why are Mac things generally right-handed? I just happen to be a left-handed artist, coping for 70 odd years in a right-handed world.
Yeah, I know I’m odd. Better to be odd than common. I still type with two fingers, (sometimes on the same key).
The point for Apple’s thin keyboard is that it paves the way for the touch surface keyboard that’s on the way. And before you all pile on, yes I know that it is an entire touch device not just for keyboarding.
Black keys with white letters! Never! I cannot read the damn things. Nothing is as legible as black letters on a white background.
No numeric keypad…. Looks good. Wonder how it wears.
@ron,
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You sound like my left-handed suffering artist wife. What I want to know why there are so many hair care products when I’m bald.
It’s also HUGE! That thing looks like it takes up more than twice the desk space of my current (aluminum) bluetooth keyboard.
No thank you. Why do all keyboard manufacturers (except Apple) produce such behemoths?
Bring on the touch
But to look at that and call APPLE’S keyboard gimmicky? That is messed up!
I like Apple’s keyboards BECAUSE they are not gimmicky. They do their job without wasting space or clutter.
I guess beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder, because, I don’t like it.
No backlight, no sale, especially with black keys. The original iMac keyboard taught me that lesson. It sure is pretty, though.
A turd.
next.
IMHO I hate people who say “IMHO”.
If you read the article, this guy says that he couldn’t test out the button that activates Front Row because “I don’t have it on my Mac”, but earlier in the article he talks about running Leopard.
And, he expects us to listen to his opinion?!?
Fool!
What a crap review!
The entire thing basically amounts to a long diatribe about how pretty the thing is. So what? We have to read this five times before we even get to a discussion of the key action?
Also, this person is a mac user and they think bluetooth keyboards are problematic? WTF? I have *never* had to “re-pair” my keyboard or any of my bluetooth stuff with my Macs. They work first time every time for me.
Beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder. To me, this keyboard is HUGE and not very attractive at all. My Apple bluetooth keyboard is full sized, yet still fits in my jacket pocket. It also doesn’t need to sit in some giant charger thingie all the time. It also has the best key action of any keyboard I have ever used (and I have used a ton). IMO, the Apple keyboard is far more attractive than this thing also.
The last straw for me was when the reviewer mentioned that he “didn’t have front row” on his computer. What? Has he never looked in the Applications folder?
I guess I’ll be content to remain ignorant about this new keyboard, ’cause this guy’s over-the-top-gushing writing style makes me want to puke…
At first glance, the keyboard does look slick but after using my new Apple keyboard for months now, I wouldn’t consider anything else.
Backlit would be nice for a desktop keyboard. How about it Apple? It’s a no-brainer.
For the “world’s most advanced Mac keyboard”, I would suggest the “Optimus Maximus” with the OLED keycaps instead.
Black? Shiny? Logitech? UGH! 3 strikes, y’er out!
Speaking of gimmicks, that stupid trackpad disc thing is idiotic and the volume slider thing. 2 one-trick ponies. Dump them and add a numeric keypad.
The Apple Bluetooth keyboard isn’t perfect, but it’s a pleasure to use.
U-gly!!!!! Whoever trades an apple keyboard & mouse for that shouldnt be allowed to own a Mac. Where is the design? It looks like it was picked up from an Enterprise crash site.
most advanced Mac keyboard? – I don’t think so: battery is non-replaceable.
Work of art? Sure. Functional? Not very.
I like how this keyboard works and I like some of its features. But I have to point out some big fat flaws it has for an ‘advanced’ keyboard.
1) NO SPLIT KEYBOARD
The low profile of the keyboard is brilliant. Apple set the trend last year. Happily this critical ergonomic requirement is getting some traction in the manufacturing world. Microsoft never got the clue with their keyboards, or mice for that matter.
BUT: This is the same old rectangular keyboard that we’ve been stuck with forever with very few exceptions. This is the other half of the current ergonomic requirements trend. Sadly you have to pay an arm and a leg for a truly ‘advanced’ keyboard to get it these days, or you have to buy a Microsoft POS with the anti-ergonomic steep keyboard angle built-in, or you have to go back to Apple’s wonderful old ADB Adjustable Keyboard. (I own two).
DIY: Put your hands on any rectangular keyboard. Your arms and hand meet the keyboard at an angle according to your body size, don’t they. Typing on a rectangle has never made sense.
The next ergonomic requirement is, believe it or not, a keyboard that slopes DOWNWARD from front to back. Not flat, not upward. Some custom keyboards with this design exist, but to be honest, they are too revolutionary to break through our cultural expectations.
2) TRACKPAD POSITION SUCKS BAD:
A) It’s strictly for right-handed people. Considering the creative niche of Macs this is a really bad idea as left-handedness tends to accompany right-brainedness which tends to accompany creative personalities.
B) For most people to actually use the trackpad your right hand has to be OFF THE WRIST REST! That’s nasty bad. That’s ergonomics thrown out the window.
3) ALUMINUM WRIST REST? OMFG.
Does anyone disagree with me that the most comfy wrist rests are gel?
So what would be the worst wrist rests? How about HARD so that your wrists get bruised. How about METAL so that it conducts the ambient room temperature to your wrist, making it hot or cold instead of good old body temperature? IOW, could this wrist rest be worse? Not unless you added spikes or some Microsoft-style hump in it.
The Applelink review covered most of the other flaws I considered important. (No numeric keypad?! Not even an fn key?! Only 12 F-keys?! Why is Bluetooth still user-hostile?!)
Back to the drawing board with you Logitech!
From article: “There is also a button to activate Apple’s Front Row, if you have it, which I don’t, so I couldn’t check that feature out.”
Why wouldn’t they have Front Row? I’m guessing they don’t even know what it is
If this were manufactured by Apple and standard issue for the iMac everyone here would be talking about how beautiful this thing is. Period