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Logitech Pro 9000 QuicCam

What is it?

Logitech’s offering for a great quality webcam.  $99

Pros:

Super easy to use, look like a pro in seconds.  Super high quality and top notch form.

Cons:

$99 is on the upper end for many consumers.  Doesn’t play super nice with Mac.

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If you have a gamer on your shopping list, you just may want to check out this sale at Newegg.com.  They have the Logitech MX518 on sale for only $29.99 (after mail in rebate) with free shipping.

The MX518 utilizes the award-winning MX Optical Engine.  This Engine gives you a major dpi-resolution at 1600.  Because of this resolution, you get pixel-by-pixel accuracy in your positioning, which obviously does wonders for your game.  More stats after the break.

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Seems that I am not the only one that reveres Logitech for their well thought out products and supreme ease of use.  The maker of tons ‘o stuff nabbed four Good Design awards from Japan.  The award picks four stand out products from the electronics maker.  This makes a total of 20 designs awarded for Logitech in the past six years; an impressive feat, for sure.

The Good Design Awards is presented for designs that clearly demonstrate merit in the following assessment categories: designs that meet or exceed a certain standard, superior designs and future-oriented designs.

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Logitech has made a lot of cool keyboards in the last few years, and the one we most recently reported on is the wireless Logitech diNovo Edge keyboard. 

Logitech has recently announced some new keyboards, and the most prominent is the Illuminated Keyboard, pictured above.  It has, to its credit, broken the record for being the skinniest keyboard at about 9.3 millimeters thick (or in this case, thin). 

Of course, being anorexic is not the only thing the Illuminated Keyboard has going for it.  It has an adjustable backlight, a soft-touch palm rest and dedicated multi-media keys for one-touch action.

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Logitech announced its Cordless Desktop Wave Pro consisting of the Logitech Wave Keyboard and the Logitech MX 1100 cordless laser mouse. Both products boast of innovative features and sleek black design. The Wave Keyboard features a wave key frame, a U-shaped constant curve and cushioned and contoured palm rest. Logitech says that this keyboard offers a comfortable typing experience that was even validated by an independent study conducted by a fellow from the University of Washington.

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For those who like to work on their notebooks using a laser mouse instead of the trackpad but keep on leaving their mouse behind, Logitech is making sure that it will never happen again with its new V550 Nano laser mouse. To make this possible, said mouse will come with its own clip-and-go dock for, for clipping your mouse onto your notebook. In fact, the only time that you’d probably forget about the V550 Nano mouse is when you clipped it onto your laptops.

The V550 Nano laser mouse features a Plug-and-Forget receiver which stays in a USB port and sits nearly flush against the side of your laptop. It doesn’t obtrude nor is it a hindrance when you stow your laptop. This laser mouse also boasts of an extended 18 hours of battery life, ensuring that you won’t run out of power during long hours of continued use. Best part is, the V550 Nano mouse automatically shuts off when it’s docked or when the receiver is stored inside the mouse dock.

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With the growing popularity of mobile phones as music devices, it is but logical that mobile phone accessory manufactures would think of coming out with speakers that could deliver high-quality sound from mobile phones to external speakers. Logitech is one of these manufacturers with its new speaker system that works with mobile phones. To make it even more interesting, Logitech made its mobile speaker system, called the Pure-Fi, work wirelessly.

The Logitech Pure-Fi Mobile speaker system works with mobile phones that are Bluetooth enabled. Using the Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP) profile, music stored in the users phone can be streamed directly to the Pure-Fi Mobile speaker system, and it will work up to about 32 feet. The Pure-Fi speakers also promise to give articulate bass and smooth treble sounds with its 2-inch high-excursion drivers and dual 2-inch pressure drivers.

In addition to being a high quality mobile speakers, the Pure-Fi can also be used as a wireless speakerphone, thanks to its two built-in mics which pick up vocal nuances and monitor and block unwanted background noise. Users can also call-answer and call-end easily with the use of controls located on the top of the speakers.

The Logitech Pure-Fi speaker system comes with a protective case which also fits charging cables. For music on PCs, iPod and other MP3 player, Pure-Fi can either be paired to an audio source via Bluetooth or through a built-in 3.5mm audio jack.

And now for the pricing, the Logitech Pure-Fi Mobile speaker system retails for $149.99 and will hit US and European stores sometime in June.

Via [Far East Gizmos]

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While a Bluetooth adapter can only truly be so exciting, the newest offering from Logitech is at least ahead of the game. Their latest adapter is a Bluetooth 2.1+EDR Class 1 device, which means it offers a 300 foot range, support for up to 15 profiles as well as easier pairing and up to 5 times longer battery life. The adapter, which is model number LBT-UA400C1 will retail for ¥2,280 (about $22) when it hits the market later in April. No word on when we will see this outside of the Japanese market.

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Frankly I don’t get the idea behind Logitech’s diNovo Mini. If you have a TV and you want to easily control it, you’d normally use a remote control right? If you have a laptop or a desktop and you want to work on it, you’d not sit too far from it right? Then what’s the use of a wireless keyboard that you can connect to your PC and TV?

Well yeah, the diNovo Mini looks sleek, good and your friends would definitely say “wow, what a good looking small gadget you have there!”  Other than that, the Logitech does some pretty standard functions that may either impress you or make you ignore it. The diNovo gives you convenience and style of a palm-size mini-keyboard with backlighting technology that makes text entry effortless even if you are in a low-light environment. This mini wireless keyboard has an integrated dual-purpose click pad that can be used as a touchpad to point and click for easy navigation.

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Logitech has shown-off a new headset at CeBIT, the ClearChat PC Wireless headset. It combines a comfortable looking stereo headset with 2.4GHz technology which will let you stray up to 30-feet away from your computer. It also looks to provide an audio rich experience that keeps interference at a minimum.

The headset works with both PC’s and Mac’s, and is compatible with Skype, Windows Live, Yahoo, Google Talk and AIM. It is expected to have a May release in the U.S. and Europe and should retail for $99.99.

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