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Technical Details: Product Description: Logitech Cordless Desktop EX 110 - keyboard , mouse * Device Type: Keyboard * Localisation: UK * Connectivity Technology: Wireless - RF * Wireless Receiver: USB / PS/2 wireless receiver * Key/Button Function: Internet browsing, multimedia, calculator * Localization and Layout (DA): UK * Features: Spillproof * Cables Included: 1 x keyboard / mouse adapter - external * Battery: 4 * OS Required: Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP * Manufacturer Warranty: 5 years warranty

LOGITECH WIRELESS SOLAR KEYBOARD K750 REVIEW

At the beginning of November, Logitechannounced that they would be releasing their very first solar-powered keyboard, the Wireless Solar Keyboard K750. For those of you who love wireless peripherals, it probably sounded too good to be true. No more cords, no more having to charge through USB, no more looking for batteries. It very well might have sounded like the future of keyboards. And while the K750 might not catch on with the masses, Logitech is certainly onto something here. So, let’s dig into it shall we?

The first thing you notice when pulling the K750 out of the box is how thin it is. It’s a 1/3rd of an inch thick, even thinner than Logitech’s Wireless Illuminated Keyboard K800, if you’re familiar. The design is extremely sexy and it won’t take up a lot of space on your desk or on the table at the cafe.

Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 Details

At the beginning of November, Logitechannounced that they would be releasing their very first solar-powered keyboard, the Wireless Solar Keyboard K750. For those of you who love wireless peripherals, it probably sounded too good to be true. No more cords, no more having to charge through USB, no more looking for batteries. It very well might have sounded like the future of keyboards. And while the K750 might not catch on with the masses, Logitech is certainly onto something here. So, let’s dig into it shall we?

The first thing you notice when pulling the K750 out of the box is how thin it is. It’s a 1/3rd of an inch thick, even thinner than Logitech’s Wireless Illuminated Keyboard K800, if you’re familiar. The design is extremely sexy and it won’t take up a lot of space on your desk or on the table at the cafe.

As for the actual keyboard itself, it’s a keyboard and that’s about it. No thrills, nothing innovative, nothing new. It’s hard to get excited about it, but if you just need a basic keyboard, this will do the trick. A little more imagination here would have been nice but you could be stuck with worse. However, the keyboard design isn’t the allure of the K750.

Nope.

It’s the solar panels that sit above the function keys in the left and right corners. The great thing about the K750 is that it will not only operate/charge with sunlight but artificial light as well. If you happen to live in the depths of the earth or in a place that doesn’t get much sunlight, the K750 can stay charged for up to three months in complete darkness. You’ll just have to take Logitech’s word on that one.

We can confirm that the keyboard works flawlessly in both types of light and, to be perfectly honest, it has truly been a liberating experience. Being able to use a wireless device without having to worry about it running out of juice is pretty darn awesome.

It just would have been nice if Logitech would have put in a little more thought into the actual keyboard. Some ergonomic elements would have been nice. However, because this is their very first model, it’s safe to assume that they will continue to perfect the design down the road.

It’s a good start though and for $50, it’s a keyboard worth considering.

LOGITECH WIRELESS SOLAR KEYBOARD K750

Pros:

• Never needs batteries, can be recharged by sunlight or artificial light
• Thin (1/3-inch) and easy to move or carry
• Concave keys make typing more comfortable
• Officially only supports Windows but also works with Mac OS X

Cons:

• Can’t adjust the angle of the keyboard
• Lacks special context menu button found on most Windows keyboards
• Flimsy plastic legs prop up the keyboard

If you’re already convinced that wireless keyboards give you more flexibility, you’ll have no problems understanding the appeal of Logitech’s latest wireless keyboard. However, the biggest problem with any wireless keyboard has been the need for batteries that tend to run out just when you need the keyboard the most. Fortunately, Logitech’s Solar Keyboard K750eliminates the problems of batteries by including two built-in solar panels that can generate power in both sunlight and artificial light.

The built-in solar panels can generate power even under artificial lights.

To preserve power, there’s an on/off switch along with a button that can show if the keyboard can generate power from the current lighting conditions or not. Press the lighting condition button and if the current lights are strong enough to power your keyboard, you’ll see a green light appear next to a smiley face picture. If the lighting conditions are too weak to power your keyboard, a red light will appear next to a frowning face picture.

A smiley or sad face light appears to indicate the lighting conditions for recharging your keyboard.

If you’re running Windows, you can download an optional program that can visually show how much power remains in your keyboard. Although this power monitoring program only runs on Windows and the keyboard only officially supports Windows, you can use the keyboard with a Macintosh as well.

Besides eliminating the need for batteries, Logitech further reduces the keyboard’s environmental impact by packing the K750 keyboard in a recyclable cardboard box. The box contains the keyboard itself, a USB Unifying Receiver, a USB adapter, and a cleaning cloth.

The Unifying Receiver plugs into any USB port and provides the wireless connection needed to connect the keyboard to the computer. This Unifying Receiver works with Logitech’s other wireless devices such as their wireless mouse or trackball, so if you already have a wireless Logitech device, you only need to plug a single Unifying Receiver into your computer.

To make it easier to plug the Unifying Receiver into a USB port, the keyboard also comes with a USB adapter, which simply extends a USB port to make it easier to plug the Unifying Receiver in. If you can comfortably plug the Unifying Receiver into a USB port, then you can set aside this USB adapter.

Setting the keyboard up is as simple as turning it on and plugging the Unifying Receiver into your computer. The keyboard is amazingly thin and light, making it easy to move or carry wherever you need it.

The K750 keyboard is surprisingly thin.

You can lay the keyboard flat or prop it up at a fixed angle on two thin plastic legs. Unfortunately, these two plastic legs only adjust the keyboard at a fixed angle. Even more disturbing is that these plastic legs don’t feel especially sturdy. Accidentally sit on the keyboard while it’s propped up and these plastic legs are likely to snap off or break.

Tiny plastic legs pop out to prop the keyboard at a fixed angle

Typing on the K750 keyboard is amazing comfortable due to the concave nature of each key, which allows your fingertips to rest inside each key for maximum comfort and accuracy. The keyboard provides the exact same layout as ordinary keyboards including twelve function keys at the top of the keyboard, a T-shaped cursor keypad, and a separate numeric keypad on the far right.

Curiously, the keyboard only offers the special Windows key on the left side of the space bar. Where most keyboard offer the Windows key and a context menu key on the right of the spacebar, the K750 keyboard displays a special Fn key.

Instead of a Windows and context menu key, the K750 keyboard displays an Fn key.

Pressing this Fn key lets you use the top row of function keys. If you omit pressing this Fn key, then the top row of function keys default to controlling a hardware feature of your computer such as adjusting the volume or fast forwarding an audio file.

The K750 keyboard is not only comfortable to type on, but its wireless feature makes it capable of controlling your computer from a distance. Its built-in solar panels eliminate the biggest headache of wireless keyboards, which normally requires replacing batteries periodically.

If you want a wireless keyboard that’s environmentally-friendly, powers itself through sunlight or artificial light, and provides maximum comfort for typing, then the K750 is definitely in a class of its own.

Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750

Although it does operate with Macs, the K750 is only officially compatible with Windows systems, and was tested in Windows 7. Logitech supplies very little in the box: there's the keyboard, a cleaning cloth and a two-part RF receiver used to connect to a computer. Technically, only one piece of the receiver is actually needed -- because it's designed to sit flush with a notebook's USB port however, an adapter makes life easier for desktop users.

Beyond some simple diagrams on the packaging, the only manual for the keyboard is at Logitech's website, and this is just as well. Installing and configuring the K750 can't be much easier. A watch-style battery comes pre-inserted, and after plugging in the receiver and flipping the keyboard's "on" switch, a Logitech configuration program kicks in automatically for Windows users.

The process puts a piece of software called the Solar App on your computer, which is triggered by a special hardware button and displays light levels in the form of a lux meter, and battery level as a percentage. The meter has to stay above a certain threshhold in order to avoid draining the battery; two lights on the keyboard, alternately, can be used to determine a simple "good" or "bad" lighting situation.

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Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 2012

The design of the K750 is strongly reminiscent of Apple's stock wired keyboard, complete with chiclet-style keys and an extremely thin body, less than a third of an inch thick. The K750 is almost entirely made of plastic though, and if there are any meaningful quality complaints to be aimed at the product, they're right here. Materials feel slightly more fragile than they should, particularly in the support stands, which could break if a person were to slam their fist down hard. The surface of the keyboard is also intensely glossy; while aiding sex appeal, this also means that that cleaning cloth is going to have to sit close at hand. In less than a day of testing, some early signs of specks and lint began to appear.

The keys are extremely quiet on the other hand, something bound to be welcome in a lot of offices. One thing neither here nor there is Logitech's decision to make K750 a compact non-ergonomic keyboard, with commands like music controls demanding that users hold down a toggle while pressing one of the function keys. Some people may prefer the comfort and convenience of a full-sized ergonomic keyboard, but an important tradeoff is portability and a smaller footprint.

Power tests

As mentioned at the beginning though, the real attraction of the K750 is where its power comes from. So long as a decent amount of light is hitting the solar strips, the battery should always have a charge, and may never need replacing. In several days of testing, in fact, the battery never dipped below 100 percent, even when the keyboard was on in the darkness overnight.

This is probably linked to the strips only registering poor levels of light when a room is unreasonably dark. Absent times without any light whatsoever, the only point during testing when the keyboard was theoretically losing energy was a Saturday evening at sunset, when it was also obscured by shade. Light dipped down to just 23 lux, but quickly jumped back to acceptable levels when an overhead incandescent bulb was turned on.

In bright midday light, the K750 hit a peak of 312 lux, well into the Solar App's high range. Normal sunset conditions gradually cut levels to around 45 lux, which is barely acceptable. At night, with an overhead lamp on, levels sit between 49 and 52 lux. Nighttime may result in significantly greater drain with less direct sources of light, such as a lamp aimed at a wall or ceiling.

Conclusions

For obvious reasons, perhaps, it's difficult to do a definitive review of the K750. In theory, it could take years before drain might even start to take a toll. In the short term though, the keyboard appears to deliver on the promise of a wireless model that doesn't have to have its batteries removed and charged every couple of weeks. The ultimate question -- mostly a matter of preference -- is whether it's worth $80 for the convenience, especially when the K750 lacks the luxuries of full-sized ergonomic rivals. The answer may well be yes.

by Roger Fingas

Read more: http://www.electronista.com/reviews/logitech-wireless-solar-keyboard-k750.html#ixzz26Y18QDII

Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 features

Most people enjoy get rid of wires for their computer peripherals and electronics, but the cost of batteries that these peripherals need to run on at times is far more than you were willing to shell out. And to fix up that void, Logitech has taken a logical step ahead to come out with a solar-powered keyboard. The Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 features laptop style keys and is as slim as 1/3-inch on the profile. The keyboard also comes with ambient light solar panels fit on either side of the face of the keyboard so that you never need to plug it into a socket for recharging.
Logitech claims that the low-power integrated circuits in theory can function smoothly for three months with seeing any direct sunlight. It uses a 2.4GHz Nano Unifying receiver, so you can plug it into your USB pots and you’re good to go! It will soon be sold retail for a price of $80.



[Engadget]