14 DAY TRIAL // Logitech unveiled a sleek, stylish keyboard-and-mouse-combination that ships with a remote control for the PC. The Logitech Cordless Desktop S 510 Media Remote breaks new ground with its minimalist appearance, designed to elegantly blend in with home d?cor as more of today?s PCs are prominently placed in living areas. The media remote makes it easy for people to experience and share their digital media - pictures, music, and videos - without being tied to the computer.
The Logitech Cordless Desktop S 510 Media Remote gives people powerful media control for music and streaming audio, PC navigation and photo viewing. Using Logitech?s advanced 27 MHz wireless technology, the remote has a range of 16 feet. The remote is compatible with today?s most popular media player applications, including iTunes, Musicmatch, Windows Media Player, and Winamp. It also comes with Logitech MediaLife software, a powerful, full-screen interface that brings together all of the music, pictures and video on the PC.
To reflect modern, minimalist design, the mouse, keyboard and remote have a limited number of buttons, each selected for the level of its usefulness. The keyboard includes buttons for manipulating images and music, including Rotate and Shuffle. By default, the Rotate button turns digital photos 90 degrees to the right, but it can be configured to turn them to the left. A Ctrl+Rotate key combination rotates the image in the opposite direction.
The remote has seven customizable keys, including three smart keys, which can be programmed in Logitech SetPoint. The smart keys can also be programmed simply by pressing and holding them while in the desired online-radio, play list, application, folder or Web page.
The keyboard in the Logitech Cordless Desktop S 510 Media Remote has an expected battery life of up to six months or more with regular use. Due in part to an optical light that is invisible to the human eye and consumes less power than mice with red optical lights, the mouse has an impressive battery life of up to eight months or more.
The Logitech Cordless Desktop S 510 Media Remote uses high-power 27 MHz wireless technology. It comes with an optional USB stand that holds the USB mini-receiver, which connects the keyboard, mouse, and remote control. This desktop is therefore also a mobile solution; one can simply take the USB mini-receiver on the road, along with the mouse and/or remote.
The Logitech Cordless Desktop S 510 Media Remote has a suggested retail price of $99.99 in the U.S., and will be available in the U.S. and in Europe, beginning in September. Logitech also offers a version of the product without the remote or mini-receiver; the Logitech Cordless Desktop S 510 has a suggested retail price of $79.99 in the U.S., and will also be available in the U.S. and Europe in September.