Among the many keyboards and mice manufacturers in the world, Logitech stands up and very near the top. I say very near the top and not just on top because sometimes smaller companies like Razer can knock you off your feet with their products. But back at Logitech, they use a nice design for all their products and all of them are top quality. This is the case with Logitech's latest keyboard that according to the company's press release has a "groundbreaking design that is a significant evolution of the familiar straight keyboard, yet doesn't require people to relearn how to type". The brand new keyboard comes in two basic variants: the Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave and the more traditional Logitech Wave Keyboard.

According to Logitech, there are three important elements included in the new keyboard design that will help people and enhance their comfort while typing: the "wave key-frame design", the "U-shaped constant curve" of the keyboard body and the soft palmrest. "With the increased awareness and demand for comfort in our day-to-day lives, Logitech's new products offer a timely solution," said Denis Pavillard, vice president of product marketing for Logitech's keyboards and desktops. "According to a study at Harvard, for Logitech, the average person types approximately 2 million keystrokes every year. That's equal to 200 hours of typing. The Logitech Wave Comfort Design will delight people by offering the perfect balance of comfort and usability."

Because human fingers are of different lengths, the Wave design of the new Logitech keyboards, called "Comfort Wave Design", has the role of cradling fingers and supporting their varied length and thus enhancing typing comfort. "The Wave keyboard keys are highest at the A and Enter keys, which are typically hit by the little fingers. Moving inward toward the pointer fingers, the keys decrease in height until reaching the D and K keys, which are typically hit by the longer middle fingers. The keys move up again in height to accommodate the pointer fingers at the G and H keys. The maximum distance between the keys' peaks and troughs, the lowest and highest keys, is 4 mm. Because hands and fingers can rest in a more natural position and keys are closer to fingertips, the Wave key frame helps eliminate awkward hand and forearm positions, enhancing comfort and improving productivity."

In order to further ease the use of this keyboard, Logitech included a number of "hor" or "multimedia" keys that - unlike most other keys of their kind - are larger and easily seen. They work equally well on both PC and Mac and thanks to the driver they can be mapped to "launch folders, Web pages, or applications, such as photo galleries and music applications. For Windows Vista™ users, shortcut keys activate Flip 3D as well as Windows Sidebar and gadgets. Logitech developed new Vista gadgets: a status indicator for caps lock, num lock and scroll lock; a typing-speed indicator; and an error-rate tracker that calculates the number of times the user hits the backspace key. For Mac users, the default assignment for the Media Center hot key is Front Row."