“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.
At first look – pretty.
At second glance – way too visually busy.
Parting glances – me likey more austere, sparse, minimal apple keyboard better.
Also black is very 90’s.
This would’ve been truly cutting edge… with the NeXT Cube.
Anyway, this is just a stylized collection of keys.
If you want “world’s most advanced”, you do full multi-touch.
On second thought – just give me a shiny, thin, black rectangular piece of glass surrounded by a beveled aluminum edge with Multi-Touch keys and bright illumination, and we’re in business.
$160, and no numeric keypad?
@ Spark,
Instead of producing a stand-alone 10-key, Logitech gives you a stand for your keyboard!!
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@ hmm … $160? didn’t notice that part.
That’s more than twice the price of the wireless Apple keyboard that most people prefer anyway.
Another thought … Logitech was also the company that screwed up all the Leopard installs with the crappy driver software they give out with their devices.
On second thought – just give me a shiny, thin, black rectangular piece of glass surrounded by a beveled aluminum edge with Multi-Touch keys and bright illumination, and we’re in business.
IOW, an iPod Touch stretched to keyboard size.
Hmmm, for a spit “keyboard” would two iPod Touch’s work?
Just some out-loud ideas for you Cupertino folks…
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I’d like the keyboard a lot better if it were horizontal and not vertical.
Anonymous ‘Artist’ sez: “If this were manufactured by Apple and standard issue for the iMac everyone here would be talking about how beautiful this thing is. Period”
No. That old yarn has been beaten to death many times over. Read my posts for example.
Does Apple provide an alternative these days to the rectangular keyboard? NO. Does Apple provide comfy wrist rests? NO.
But then again: Does Apple provide a low profile mouse? YES. they always have. Not once has Apple ever forced hunched over mice on users.
But then again again: Apple did, sadly perpetrate the idiotic ‘hockey puck’ mouse on users for years, including an ultra-moronic ‘improved’ version after the first was met with universal contempt.
AND: Does Apple provide a lefty AND righty friendly trackpad on their laptops? YES. They put it in the middle below the keyboard, just as they should. So what’s up with those ridiculous off-center trackpads on so many PC laptops? Stoopid much? YES.
Clearly, if Apple made this they’d have AT LEAST have made it as useful as their laptop keyboards, which sadly the Logitech is NOT. And YES, if Apple had taken away functionality as Logitech has, Apple would get rants from the likes of me.
I know perfectly well that there are those with clear and rational minds on both sides of the OS platform fence. Why the clear and rational Windows users are so sparse around here is beyond my comprehension. They’re probably as embarrassed of FUD mongering moronic Windows trolls, of whom we have plenty, as I am embarrassed with Mac ‘EVANGELIST’ rabid fanbois who indeed act like they’ve been living in Jones Town, turned Scienterrificologist, went Waco wacko, or lick the feet of ‘Reverend’ Moony Loony…. Such is diversity.
I want a mac version of the dinovo mini keyboard so I can implement my life long plan to eliminate standing up altogether.
@ Artist
Not really. When Apple screws something up we’re usually the loudest to bitch about it. I still hate the bloody glossy screen iMacs. And yes, I use them often, in fact I have a brand new one sitting in front of me that I’m setting up for my neighbor. She’s not a digital imager, she just surfs and emails, and when she saw it she went ape shit with delight, and rightly so.
But I can’t stand to look at the damn thing, and I’d never pick one to do any imaging work on. Thank goodness I got the last white model with a matte screen. Apple’s refusal to provide an option is my big astrisk on an otherwise delightfully elegant machine. Suer it won’t bother most people, but when I photographer asks me if they should buy an iMac I have to mention it. It shouldn’t be an issue, but there we are.
On the contrary… when Apple releases something new, it’s usually rabid fan sites like this that light up with small minds that can’t see what’s so good about it. Not at first anyway. I heard no end of bitching about the MBA on this very site, and it went on for weeks and weeks, long after it was evident that, yes, this was a nice machine that is selling very well and was being embraced by Mac users.
JarrettDailyNews sez:
“The point for Apple’s thin keyboard is that it paves the way for the touch surface keyboard that’s on the way.”
And Ideas sez:
“Hmmm, for a spit “keyboard” would two iPod Touch’s work?”
Put them together and what have you got? A touch screen keyboard you an lay out any which way you like. You can keep it flat, you can go retro and angle it upwards, you can go ergo and angle it down. You can install a split keyboard pattern and change the angle to what is optimum for specifically YOU.
The only problems I have with touch screen keyboards are:
1) They have no ‘action’. You’re typing on a hard surface, at least at the moment. That’s anti-ergonomic. That’s finger hostile. A keyboard screen with a comfy give to it when you touch it will eventually become the default. I predict!
2) The usual fingerprints.
3) No touch reference points, meaning that it will exclude seeing handicapped users. That is the case now as well.
BTW: Why am I now cringing when I see the word ‘surface’? Microsoft’s moronic ‘Surface’ table interface. Take someone else’s innovation and make it dopey. The same old story.
(And no, Apple didn’t invent touch and gestures first. They simply elaborated on the concepts and patented unique applications, functionality and motions to make it usable in the consumer world).
Elegant design, but enormous and gimmicky. I’ll keep my $159, thanks.
Um, not for me, thanks. Too big, too black lacquer-y looking, and too tarted-up-gadgety for me; Apple’s keyboard still hold its secure place on my shopping list.
OFF TOPIC! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
ChrissyOne sez, regarding the iMac glossy screen:
“But I can’t stand to look at the damn thing, and I’d never pick one to do any imaging work on.”
You are quite right, if you are doing color matching! The glossy screen isn’t actually a problem if you are in the right lighting environment for professional imaging work. The detail accuracy allowed by glossy screen can become an asset. The big fat problem with iMac, MacBook and MacBook Pro screens (and apparently the low end Apple Cinema display) is the fact that they are only capable of showing 6 bit color depth versus the required 8 bit color depth to match the sensitivity of the human eye. (That translates to 262,0144 colors versus 16,777,216 colors). The missing colors are dithered on these screens.
As a result it is impossible to get realistic color fidelity and therefore impossible to do professional quality color management. Get an actual 24 bit monitor for that purpose, and if it has an LCD screen make sure it has the widest viewing angle you can afford. Class dismissed!
BTW: Yes, Apple have a couple pending lawsuits over their, ahem, ‘claim’ that these 6 bit screens are capable of showing ‘millions’ of colors. Very naughty Apple Marketing.
Its not for left handed people as the scroll wheel thinghy is in the bottom right corner – pass – bad design
Nah…. I’ll stick with the regular (non-bluetooth) Apple keyboard. I really like the fact that it has very little key travel, and I personally think it looks better than the Logitech.
OT correction & apology to perfectionists:
Typo sez:
“262,0144 colors”
Correction:
“262,144 colors”
lame! I prefer my apple wireless keyboard, small and pretty!
@ derekcurrie
I have a 23″ Cinema HD sitting next to my older matte 24″ iMac, and the difference between them is apparent, but calibrating with my Spyder gets them pretty close.
But when I bring up the same image on the glossy iMac the difference is huge, especially in highlight detail that gets lost very fast if you’re not looking directly at the glossy in a dark room, a lot like what happens on my MacBook Pro screen. The deeper blacks are okay for watching movies, but it blocks a lot of that shadow detail up until I start to see reflections where on the HD I can see a little bit of tone. Good for VIEWING images, but not so great for creating them.
@ derekcurrie
I sez it once and I sez it again.
If you’re a friggin’ PROFESSIONAL, who make his LIVING from his (natch, or hers) computer, whinging about the ENTRY LEVEL, LOW END, CONSUMER model (MacBook, iMac) and its glossy screen, you have ZERO credibility.
Sheesh!
It’d be the same thing as John Glenn complaining that his bottle rocket failed to achieve low Earth orbit.
A computer is an effin’ TOOL for a Pro, so BUY THE RIGHT TOOL for the job!
Capish?
The big fat problem with iMac, MacBook and MacBook Pro screens (and apparently the low end Apple Cinema display) is the fact that they are only capable of showing 6 bit color depth… —derekcurrie
Laptop screens are completely unsuitable for critical color correction regardless of color depth. There’s no way to calibrate a laptop screen because the screen angle is always changing. Unless the laptop screen stays in a fixed position all the time (in which case, why use a laptop?), you’re viewing a different rendition of an image every time you sit down to work on it.
As for the glossy iMac screens: They suck! Unless you work in a windowless room, the glare is a real killer. Who could stand looking at that all day?
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Nice to see a Mac-specific keyboard from Logitech. But pretty expensive. I’m still using my “tank-like” ADB Apple Extended Keyboard II through a Griffin iMate ADB-USB adapter. I just like the feel… I can type faster with it compared to any current USB keyboard. Still works 100% fine under Leopard.