Reply to this topic Topic Options
24 Pages V   [1] 2 3 ... Next : Last » 
Logitech DiNovo
vetDazzla
Post #1 May 11 2004, 18:37


Neowinian Super Cool
Group Icon
Group Icon

Group: vetVeteran
Posts: 18,461
Joined: 31-October 01
From: Swindon, UK
Member No.: 2,629
What can I say, I'm a compulsive buyer biggrin.gif I've bought the DiNovo for 2 reasons; first being that I had geek lust and was yearning after it for ages and secondly because I'm getting a 7610 so I would have needed to buy a bluetooth adapter anyway. So I figured, why not buy a slightly more expensive bluetooth adapter with a kick ass keyboard and mouse connected! w00t.gif

Compulsary first photo, awwwwwwwwwww:


First impressions:
The first thing that greets you when you open the box is the Media Pad, on first thoughts it felt heavier than the keyboard noexpression.gif now the batteries are in it's levelled it up a bit but this doesn't mean the Media Pad is heavy, far from it. The keyboard is insanely light noexpression.gif First test you've gotta do on all keyboards is the creak test, we all do it, where you pick up the keyboard, give it a little twist and a turn to check out the build quality.... Silence... This thing is built like a rock.

The keyboard is extremely thin, unbelievable so "Zero Tilt" design it's called, I just call it Laptop keys tongue.gif If you hate typing on a laptop, chance are you'll hate this keyboard too. I myself love the silence, the flatness of it, the travel of the keys, everything; so I love these keys biggrin.gif

By default the keys along the top are F1, F2 etc; there's a F-Lock key a-la MS keyboards yet I can't imagine this will ever, ever be pressed. I hate the stupid functions like "Reply", "New", "Send" etc, I see no point, they're just there to annoy pinch.gif

Setup:
This is a pretty complex kit in what it all does, you've got the keyboard (with all the fancy keys), the Media Pad (again, with said fancy keys wink.gif ) and the MX900 mouse. Not to mention that the base station doubles as a bluetooth hub. So I was pretty surprised to see I could sit back and just watch the show as it set itself up biggrin.gif

The base station plugs into a USB port, the Keyboard port and the mains. Stick the battereries in the keyboard and the media pad, Logitech supply 6 x Duracell batteries, the MX900 comes with rechargable batteries like my former MX700. On first boot with it all connected the Keyboard and the Mouse worked fine with no drivers, the Media Pad didn't, instead it politely asked me to "Install my software" (written on it's LCD screen) which was pretty cute, so I headed on over to the Logitech website. Now the software for the DiNovo desktop is called "Setpoint" it's not a particulary attractive application but it certainly gets the job done and it does it well.

Upon installation of the software all devices are disconnected, it then proceeds to install all your drivers with the Windows "Add New Hardware" wizard appearing in the backgrond every now and again. The first time it appeared it was waiting for me to click next, I got into a bit of a panic but it timed out and proceeded to search for drivers rofl.gif You're prompted to press connect on the mouse then the base station then when it's confirmed it's connected and the BT address you have to click on a chain, then again with the keyboard you connect then you have to type a 4 digit number and press enter (this is to confirm the BT address and authenticate the BT device). Finally you do the same with the Media Pad, 4 digit number then enter (with a cool prompt on the screen biggrin.gif ) When it's all connectec you're ready to configure the software.

Setpoint:
My personal opinion is that the software is reasonably ugly, I've seen far better designed applications but thankfully it's a good little app happy.gif


The mouse section offers all the functionality of the MouseWare software I used with my MX700 so I'm pleased as punch happy.gif Now, I've never owned a Logitech keyboard, my last was a MS wireless keyboard. Gladly the keyboard software matches up to the Mouse section, full customisability (if that's a word tongue.gif ) every button can be assigned to anything, absolutely quality.


The Media Pad is a little different, it has the same ablities to be customised as the keyboard and mouse but it has an additional section set aside for the unique features offered by the media pad:


As you can see from the screenie there's quite a cool selection of features, recieving messenger notifications and emails on the pad is pretty cool. I dunno how useful it is but hey, I'm a geek biggrin.gif Seeing "Redmak has just signed in" appear on the LCD is cool cool.gif

The Media Pad supports e-mail notifications, messenger info (it tells you when someone signs in and when tey type a message), ID3 info, so when you're playing songs of movies it displays track information and has a seek bar showing you the progress. It has a calculator function so it's a kinda flash, overpriced bluetooth calculator biggrin.gif Cool thing is when you do sums and crap on it it copies the result to the clipboard in windows so you can quickly work something out and paste it right in. And of course theres's the media controls such as next, previous, stop, play/pause, volume up and down and mute. It also has basic navigation by selecting the NAV key, you have your regular up, down, left and right; but you also have additional functions, back and forward for internet browsing (works flawless in Firefox), Start button, Open and Close. So there's quite a bit this little Media Pad can do.



The software works well with everything I've tried with it so far, unfortunately iTunes track info doesn't display on the LCD, only WMP9 so I'm a bit gutted but perhaps another driver release will fix that. Time for some pictures w00t.gif














To top it off, my new Workstation photo w00t.gif

Profile Card PM + Reply to Post Go to the top of the page

Log In or Register · Advertise on Neowin
X@vier
Post #2 May 11 2004, 18:43


x4v13r
Group Icon

Group: Registered
Posts: 1,525
Joined: 24-September 02
From: Toronto, Canada
Member No.: 17,490
ohmy.gif nice workstation. I have the Bluetooth MX Duo and I have problems with Firefox, I just wanted to know if u r having any with ur new toy?

Nice new toy thumbs_up.gif
Profile Card PM + Reply to Post Go to the top of the page
mstx
Post #3 May 11 2004, 18:51


Resident Elite
Group Icon

Group: Registered
Posts: 1,374
Joined: 16-July 02
From: The Netherlands
Member No.: 15,196
That's a realy cool keyboard, looks great with those speakers & TFT thumbs_up.gifw00t.gif
Profile Card PM + Reply to Post Go to the top of the page
Rek™
Post #4 May 11 2004, 18:52


Whats on The Daily Neowin?
Group Icon

Group: Registered
Posts: 1,731
Joined: 12-April 04
From: The UK
Member No.: 52,627
Nice Review ohmy.gif

Cant wait for my keyboard heh wink.gif
Profile Card PM + Reply to Post Go to the top of the page
vetSMeK
Post #5 May 11 2004, 18:58


Shiny
Group Icon
Group Icon

Group: vetVeteran
Posts: 3,773
Joined: 25-April 02
From: London, UK
Member No.: 12,010
that looks like a very nice keyboard

its got the same suspend button as my logitech, i find it too tempting to play with, keep putting my pc into suspend and crashing it sad.gif

are you left handed?

just asking cos you put the numpad on the left

i would find it annoying on that side, or are you just doing it cos you can?
Profile Card PM + Reply to Post Go to the top of the page Email Poster
rock30
Post #6 May 11 2004, 19:00


Neowinian
Group Icon

Group: Registered
Posts: 259
Joined: 27-October 01
From: Arkansas
Member No.: 2,335
Damn you Dazzla! Now I'm going to have to go and buy one! biggrin.gif I have the same speakers and LCD, and your setup looks too sweet to pass up.
Profile Card PM + Reply to Post Go to the top of the page Email Poster
djsaad1
Post #7 May 11 2004, 19:03


Neowinian
Group Icon

Group: Registered
Posts: 808
Joined: 12-September 01
From: texas
Member No.: 1,216
i have this keyboard and mouse but have a lot of connection problems. It works fine now but i know if my computer ever resets it will have problems again. By the way its only the keyboard the mouse connects fine everytime
Profile Card PM + Reply to Post Go to the top of the page
Zetter
Post #8 May 11 2004, 19:23


rockin'
Group Icon

Group: Registered
Posts: 1,015
Joined: 21-April 03
From: London:UK
Member No.: 26,664
Nice review, i'm not drooling at all.... well i'm trying not to
You didn't mention how much you got it for?
Profile Card PM + Reply to Post Go to the top of the page Email Poster
vetDazzla
Post #9 May 11 2004, 19:25


Neowinian Super Cool
Group Icon
Group Icon

Group: vetVeteran
Posts: 18,461
Joined: 31-October 01
From: Swindon, UK
Member No.: 2,629
Got it for Ł147.99 from Overclockers.co.uk. The set hasn't had any problems reconnecting on startup, all seems hunky dory. I stuck the pad on the left just cause I could biggrin.gif What problems do you have wih Firefox X@vier?
Profile Card PM + Reply to Post Go to the top of the page
jeavis
Post #10 May 11 2004, 19:28


ich bin ein berliner
Group Icon

Group: Registered
Posts: 2,338
Joined: 30-March 03
From: Houston, TX
Member No.: 24,876
Nice look. Too bad it's laptop keys.
Profile Card PM + Reply to Post Go to the top of the page Email Poster
ApostolicFire
Post #11 May 11 2004, 19:58


Neowinian˛
Group Icon

Group: Registered
Posts: 123
Joined: 6-May 03
From: Missouri, USA
Member No.: 27,632
Give it to me..... NOW! lol

Great pictures and just makes me want to get it even more. (I've had my eye on it ever since it has been announced... just the price kinda hurts the pocketbook)
Profile Card PM + Reply to Post Go to the top of the page Email Poster
djgramma
Post #12 May 12 2004, 00:55


Min-ga’askw t Peter ahl ts’im laxa
Group Icon

Group: Registered
Posts: 661
Joined: 15-July 03
Member No.: 32,753
Wicked review! I loved this thing from the start and wanted it ever since the media bathed over it. It's a lovely set and will look great with my new computer I'm building.

Hmmm... how's gaming with that thing? Not that it would change my view of it, just curious. hehe... I WANT!

Cheers
Profile Card PM + Reply to Post Go to the top of the page
Redestium
Post #13 May 12 2004, 01:02


Crucible
Group Icon

Group: Registered
Posts: 9,549
Joined: 25-June 02
Member No.: 14,238
That is one sweet board, I saw it when it was first announced but the price pushed me away.
Profile Card PM + Reply to Post Go to the top of the page
russellc
Post #14 May 12 2004, 01:05


...now back to being a Mac OS user
Group Icon

Group: Registered
Posts: 3,461
Joined: 13-December 02
From: Markham Canada
Member No.: 20,489
very nice keyboard and mouse...i saw this on the logitech site some time ago and i wanted to get it, but the $200+ didnt help me tongue.gif . congrats smile.gif enjoy dry.gif
Profile Card PM + Reply to Post Go to the top of the page Email Poster
ForeverUnknown
Post #15 May 12 2004, 02:05


FU
Group Icon

Group: Registered
Posts: 3,443
Joined: 11-April 03
From: OC
Member No.: 25,881
wow nice. someone loves to spend tongue.gif
Profile Card PM + Reply to Post Go to the top of the page Email Poster
« Older · Reviews by Members for Members · Newer »
24 Pages V   [1] 2 3 ... Next : Last »   Reply to this topic