http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/ Engadget Comments for Logitech's G110 gaming keyboard announced http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 17th 2009 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/ ]]>Oct 15th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/
Perfectly fine comment; nothing negative]]>Oct 17th 2009 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/
Unless you wear it down to the LED...

Hmm...my A is much more visible than my D. I need to start strafing left more often...]]>Oct 15th 2009 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/This isn't even reinventing the wheel, it's just making it shinier.]]>Oct 15th 2009 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/The game pads are meant to compliment a keyboard at best, and are more of a gimmick than anything else.
You want to use TWO gamepads? One for you left hand and one for your right? Next you'll want a device that will connect the two together, like in a rectangular shape, at about 3/4 of a foot apart so they don't move around on your desktop. Sounds like a keyboard.

I have all of these... the keyboard is the supreme, end all, reigning controller.
Check http://www.xfire.com/blog/agent25i/394192/
]]>Oct 15th 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/User programmable keys?
Macro abilities?
Game specific profiles?

all features this keyboard has... I'd consider that gaming.

I know, it's mostly software...mostly. But what else do you want/need really? A smackload of extra keys, hard coatings on the keys, so as to not wear down the WASD's. It can switch of the windows home key. What kind of hardware are you talking about? Unless you are a Zboard fanboi... then well yea, this would just seem like a regular keyboard. But some people like to use their keyboard for something other than just WoW. Also Zboard construction is cheap, bad ergonomics, and if you play more than 1 game, your stuck buying another Zsleeve or whatever the hell their called.]]>Oct 15th 2009 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/
A good key type, preferably spring or scissor switch
Good key spacing, arrangement, and size
Built to last
No key ghosting]]>Oct 15th 2009 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/]]>Oct 15th 2009 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/
The later versions have a bit less on features (i.e. same keyboard but no LCD, same keyboard with less macro keys, etc.).]]>Oct 15th 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/
Asking what makes a great "gaming" keyboard is like asking what makes for a great racing tricycle. The problem isn't features - you can jam on more buttons, and macro editors.. The problem is the ergonomics. A keyboard was designed to allow quick serial access to a large number of keys. It wasn't designed for gaming anymore than a tricycle was designed for speed. Granted, you can use a keyboard for gaming, just as you can pedal really fast on a tricycle, but in the end you'd be better off with a device actually designed for the task.
Gaming generally requires
1. Continuous access to a dedicated set of keys (movement)
2. Critical access to a small pool of keys that will be mashed rapidly and repeatedly (fire/attack)
3. Quick access to a larger pool of programmable situational keys.

Devices like the n52te or G13 actually take the usage requirements of games and places keys based on expected usage, with key triggers designed for the pounding that gaming devices take, in an ergonomic shell designed for long-term use comfort.
To wit - the N52te has a Dpad for movement (which seems to work pretty well for console games), natural finger placement (once your hand is on the device, your fingers are in their 'home' position), a shape that matches the curve of the hand, and keys that are angled for an easily attainable 3 rows.
Compare this to a keyboard. Movement requires using three fingers for WASD/ESDF. There are two 'home position' reminders, which are easily lost, because accessing all the keys available requires moving the hand away from the home position. The keyboard is.. well.. a board. it's flat and requires the hand to conform to its shape. That's why using one for extended gaming eventually hurts.

So lets recap Agent .25i's argument - Having more buttons is better than having buttons that are better placed. And having all the features (programmable buttons, macros) is better than having a device that has those AND is designed for gaming rather than typing. Therefore any gaming device is clearly inferior to a gaming keyboard, so let's not bother with them, but keep churning out new iterations of keyboards with more buttons. ]]>Oct 15th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/gaming/mice_keyboard_combos/devices/5902&cl=US,EN]]>Oct 15th 2009 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 15th 2009 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 16th 2009 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/Oct 16th 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/logitechs-g110-gaming-keyboard-announced/
It's a keyboard.]]>Oct 17th 2009 1:33PM