Logitech finally updates Bluetooth diNovo set
By Ryan Block 
posted August 18th 2005 9:40AM
posted August 18th 2005 9:40AM
Ah, the long awaited true update to Logitech's Bluetooth diNovo line—they've finally given that MX910 the boot in favor of the MX1000 laser mouse, and bumped the wireless to Bluetooth 2.0. But will it be based on a Bluetooth chipset Windows internally supports instead of requiring those lame Widcomm BT driver stacks? Will the MX1000 weigh manageably less than the brick that is its predecessor? And couldn't they pretty please make the keys larger on the MediaPad? Well, at least they made the Bluetooth adapter a USB device instead of integrating it into the cradle like before. All this peripheral stylicity can be yours for a mere $200 US.
On the last Logitech keyboard I owned, the rubber domes below the keys wore out after 18 months, and several of them would no longer spring up after pressing them. Is that the lifespan keyboards are expected to last these days?
and still the mouse is for right-handed users only. Oh well another sale lost!!!
aaah!
STILL NO MAC SUPPORT!
I find this so strange... most new Macs come with bluetooth 2.0 installed.
I'd be all bout that mouse if I could use it on my G5.
Its nice to see a set like this include the laser mouse... this is much more of a power combo... now only if they made one with the apple layout on the keyboard... hmm wishful thinking!
Huh ?! Widcomm BT stack is lame ?? Wth are you talking about ?
The microsoft one barely supports 40% of all the profiles that the MS one does ! Widcomm stack is the best followed by the BlueSoleil stack and then the propieraty Tohiba stack and finally MS comes in with its half ass implementation that doesn't even support Audio Headsets !!!
/end rant
Adi
Damn.. meant to say : "The microsoft one barely supports 40% of all the profiles that the Widcomm one does !"
I've been using an MX1000 for months with my Powerbook. Works fine, and has Logitech OSX drivers.
Yes. It will be using the WIDCOMM drivers. FTFA:
"Support for Widcomm BTW 5.0 and Microsoft XPSP2 Bluetooth stacks"
Notice it says 'support' and not 'supported' which I'm going to take as meaning, it'll work OOB, but to really get all the whiz-bang features, you'll have to install drivers.
My only complaint is the screwed up "inventive" insert & delete arrangement.
Do they sell the Bluetooth MX1000 by itself?
Is it just me, or does it piss anyone else off that they keep moving buttons around? Anyone here type by touch, instead of hunt and peck? I know where the del, end, home, insert, page up/down keys are and I don't want them to move! I would suspect that all programmers are with me here, so why are they doing this?
I'd like to have a fancy new, all pretty looking keyboard, but they blow for me it when they screw with the placment of buttons!
I own the first Media Desktop set. I changed the batteries on the Mediapad, but it never came back on. It seems this is a common problem. Anyone wanna buy my set for $50? The keyboard and mouse work fine.
I own the original diNovo keyboard, and I just wanted to give a quick word on the Mac compatibility. The keyboard and mouse DO work as regular bluetooth devices (the volume control keys on the keyboard also work, but the media center ones do not). However, the number pad used some weird non-standard bluetooth profile and was not usable even just for numbers or arrow keys, which was really lame because the numberpad was pretty much the coolest part. I hope they fix that profile with this release. I don't need it to be stamped with "OS X compatible", I just need it to use freaking standards.
make a damn Mac one already and my $200 will gladly be spent
I own the first BT one and I am going to buy the new one as well...I'll use the old set on one of my other PCs (the one that has the MX1000 already, lol).
Logitech still makes the shitiest mice out there. Wouldn't touch one with a 10ft pole.
Hate Logi, I beg to disagree, having both an MX700 and MX1000, and also having multiple recent generation MS mice. Even now, nothing holds a candle to the MX1000.
Damn it.
Why couldn't they make keyboard with natural wrist layout, like microsoft natural keyboard?
Sacrificed ergonomics for the sake of pretty design.
MX1000 is ergonomic. Keyboard is not. It looks liek thay are from diffrent packages. Why can't they fix ergonomics on keyboard?
I own the first set. The thing that irks me is how horrible the spacebar on the keyboard is. It works maybe 40% of the time.
i really wish they would just sell the mediapad seperately. anyone know of a bluetooth numeric keypad?
i really wish they would just sell the mediapad seperately. anyone know of a bluetooth numeric keypad?
..have been using an MX1000 since January.
Great mouse, far better than the optical MS ones Ive previously used, mostly in terms of ergonomics.
However, have noticed its become very 'fiddly' when Im trying to get it to charge in the cradle - have to jiggle it around for up to minute or two for the leds to show that its charging... :(
Here's a sort-of-ish bluetooth number pad:
http://www.frogpad.com/information/bluefroginfo.asp
i knew about these before, but thanks for referring me. what i didn't realize until reading the manual right now was that you can toggle between keypad numbering and keyboard numbering which is actually perfect for my desired use. thanks!
But when will the asshats at Logitech actually release the long promised API for the diNovo? I don't use MSN Messenger or Outlook - I don't even run Windows most of the time - so I can't display anything useful on the MediaPad. Logitech mentioned they would be releasing an API over a year ago.
The mouse on the original set lasts around 2-3 hours on a full charge. The MX1000 (using the proprietary Logitech RF, not Bluetooth) lasts... well, I don't know how long it lasts, as I've used it for 12 hour stretches and never seen it go below 2/3 bars of battery.
I'll assume Bluetooth sucks those batteries dry. I wonder if this will do the same.
Re-researching the Dinovo at the moment, glad to see the MX1000/bluetooth adaptor revision, I might actually purchase now! Finding it difficult to pin it down from a retailer though. Weary that I might get the older MX900 by 'accident'.
Just in responce to above posts. Old news by now probably but both the MX1000 and the media pad are now availible as seperate products. Ciao