| Logitech Dinovo Edge
Keyboard: Features |
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| The Dinovo Edge has quite a few
innovative features. |
| It boasts and extremely long battery
life. A 5 minute quick charge should last at
least a day, and a full 2 hour charge is good for over
1 month of use. If stored on its Charging stand
such long battery life becomes nearly
moot. |
| Using Bluetooth the response rate is
excellent. |
| The keys are quite slim and about
half-height. The bottom row of keys, which
includes the space bar, are slightly more raised than
the other keys. |
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| Along the left are flush buttons
containing the Zoom keys, Sleep key, and an extra left
mouse click button. |
| Along the right are the volume
control and the TouchDisc. |
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| The most striking features of this
keyboard are the innovative volume control, and the
round TouchDisc. |
| The volume control is touch sensitive
and contains no moving parts. As one slides ones
finger up and down small lights follow the finger and
the volume adjusts accordingly. It is a very
cool effect, and has been likened to a Star Trek type
interface. |
| The TouchDisc is quite nice. It
has built in horizontal and vertical scrolling.
One just needs to rotate ones finger around the edge
to scroll up and down, sort of like an
iPod. |
| The TouchDisc has a softly glowing
ring around it when used. Left and Right buttons
are positioned underneath it as well as a spare Left
button on the left face of the keyboard. |
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| The keyboard lacks a Numeric Keypad,
instead using that space for the volume control and
TouchDisc. |
| In addition, the typical multimedia
buttons are removed and their functionality is
embedded as a shift state of the normal Function
Keys. Their symbols are revealed in a softly
glowing orange when the Fn shift button is
pressed. We really like having those buttons
hidden in this fashion to avoid any accidental
presses, and for aesthetic reasons. |
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| Using the SetPoint software the User
can reassign many of those keys to do various things
like open a webpage, or correspond to a specific key
press. |
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| The Keyboard is about average size
overall. It is shorter than a Saitek Eclipse,
but a bit deeper. |
| It is the same width as an IRocks
KR-6810 EL keyboard with a keypad. |
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| Here is a comparison of the
depth. |
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| The Dinovo Edge is very thin and
easily portable. |
| Bluetooth wireless capability means
it can be moved all about the workspace. |
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