Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Now After Solar Rays, Even Indoor Lights Light Up Logitech’s New Wire-Less keyboard.

Just when you found a way to tackle the wires of the traditional key-boards with the ones having wireless technology, better known as wireless keyboards, you realized that only stays wireless until their batteries die. Hence, the convenience comes at a cost anyway. Now however, the new solar-powered keyboard from Logitech, being released into market this month, are said to keep your figures typing long after traditional batteries have run out. The promised price of this key-board will be $80, and the model will be called Logitech's K750 Wireless Solar Keyboard.

It may just look alike every other standard keyboard, with its jet black color, traditional QWERTY keys, numeric keypad and function buttons; and measured just a third of an inch thick.

However, the couple of Solar Panels attached at each sides of the Logitech logo above the main keypad, is what sets it apart. The panels function is to soak up light from the sun and according to Logitech— even indoor light. Which means, theoretically, the keyboard should function indefinitely in a normally lighted office. Furthermore, the company claims that their K750 will keep working forever given enough light, but it did say that the fully charged keyboard will work up to three months in complete darkness.

More interestingly, the downloadable desktop app will inform you whether there’s enough ambient light to keep the keyboard powered. Moreover, even better, the user will be able to keep track of the keyboard's charge with help from an integrated light

But as the K750 connects to your desktop or laptop using a USB dongle over a 2.4GHz RF connection, it’s a little disappointing for the Bluetooth fans, as they won't be able to type on their iPhone with this solar keyboard However, at least they'll be able to type away securely in the knowledge that your keystrokes are encrypted by 128-bit AES encryption. Also, The minimum requirements for the K750 listed on Logitech's website list only Windows XP, Vista and 7, which means no Mac. This is obviously believed to be another potential downside of this upcoming technology.

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