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2.5 stars
"Over-Priced & Over-rated & Missing key features"
Pros: Ultra compact, extremely long battery life, easy setup out of the box, QWERTY keyboard
Cons: NO CAPS LOCK, NO Function keys so u can't access BIOS during PC reboot, mouse nav sometimes jumps randomly, typing w/thumbs on compact KB kind of slow; Hard cover doesn't fold under KB when open but just sticks up. No battery-life indicator on KB.
Summary: I bought this KB and used it for a month before I returned it. Bottom line is that this ultra compact keyboard has very limited and targeted use. If you have a Home Theater PC and you don't use it to surf the web & other general PC stuff, and only use it for video playback (media center) and playing music than this KB should work for you. It does have a great battery life. I think my battery lasted a full month or at least three weeks once fully charged. It doesn't have any Function keys nor does it have a CAPS lock. After installing this thing out of the box it turned on my caps lock and i couldn't figure out how to turn it off. After posting to Forums & submitting an email to tech support they admitted there's no CAPS lock. I couldn't disable the CAPS lock either. I had to finally turn on the accessibility feature in Vista then display the on-screen software keyboard to finally disable CAPS lock. Who makes a keyboard with no caps lock or a way to turn it off. Also, I upgraded the BIOS on my motherboard and I couldn't hit F1 to get back into the BIOS setup to configure some settings. Turns out there are not Function keys or any key combination to press to get Function key functionality. Again who makes a keyboard with no Function keys or a way to do key combination to get the Function key equivalent. That's just lazy design engineering if you ask me. Also the d-pad mouse navigation is not as precise as i would like. From time to time I would notice that the mouse would jump around the screen. I don't know what caused that but i read that it was also experienced by other users in their forums. Bottom line is that this is a half-descent 1st gen ultra compact BT keyboard but I think you should wait for the 2nd gen dinovo mini to allow Logitech to work out the kinks and incorporate the things they left out of the 1st gen device. I couldn't live with no caps lock no Function keys. Plus this KB is not worth $130. It's worth $50-$75 tops.
- 1 reply to this review
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First of all, I have to agree with you on battery life. You are totally correct. However, the rest of this is just not very great input on this device.
This keyboard lacks some key functionality to work with your HTPC, like TV guide buttons, record buttons (yes I know there's a record button, but out of the box, that button will launch Windows Media Player and ask you if you want to record a CD = fail).
Second of all, your review indicates that you tried to replace a regular keyboard for your computer with this thing. That's not a very smart move and also kind of your own fault. If you had done your research enough, you'd know this is targetet to mediacenters and PS3s, not for you to do your regular computer work on. There are other DiNovo keyboards that are much more suited for that kind of task.
Apart from that, I agree this is not a good product. Logitech needs to take it back and really think of what buttons and features needs to be there to work with a mediacenter.
Where to buy
Logitech diNovo Mini Keyboard:
$135.20 - $149.99
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Amazon.com Marketplace
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