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- Keyboard and mouse combo
- Wireless interface, use the mouse anywhere within 6 feet of the keyboard
- iTouch buttons give you one-touch access to the Internet and multimedia controls
- Optical mouse can be used on nearly any surface with enhanced response and control
- Attractive silver and black detailing
Product Description
Cordless Freedom Optical is the ultimate device in comfort and design. Lose the restricting cord and the lint-collecting mouse. Every keystroke is now made easy with Zero Degree Tilt, offering one of the lowest profile keyframes available. Seamlessly connect and navigate the Internet at the touch of an iTouch button or the scroll of the iNav wheel. Intuitive multimedia controls are at your fingertips and allow you to control MP3s, DVDs and CDs from your keyboard.Amazon.com Product Description
Sleek, versatile, and almost completely devoid of messy cables, Logitech’s Cordless Freedom Optical is an elegant and exceptionally flexible control solution. From its jam-packed keyboard to its light-sensor mouse and wireless interaction, the unit represents the current pinnacle of computer input technology and offers more options and convenience than virtually any other similar setup. If you’re prepared to pay the comparatively substantial price and thereafter quench its thirst for batteries, you really need look no further.
The Cordless Freedom Optical is actually comprised of three modules. The heart of the system is the receiver, a stylish triangular gadget approximately half the size of a typical mouse. Encased in a translucent shell that lets you see its high-tech inner circuitry, the receiver resides on the desktop or other convenient surface and gathers in the airborne signals produced by both input devices. It interfaces with the PC via a six-foot Y cable that connects to the PS/2 and/or USB ports, and operates best when within six feet of both the mouse and the keyboard.
The keyboard, a wireless adaptation of Logitech’s own Internet Navigator Keyboard, is, in effect, a full-blown command center. Apart from its 104 standard keys, it features 20 additional controls for one-touch operation of common multimedia, e-mail, and Internet functions. Its eight Internet-specific buttons are labeled with designations such as Shopping, Finance, and Search, and by default access various regions of Logitech’s own www.myitouch.com gateway site, although all buttons can quickly be reconfigured to your own preferences.
Three additional controls are at the keyboard’s left edge, each designed to facilitate mouseless browsing. The Go button activates a tiny dialog box in which you can enter the URL of your choice. The Back button returns you to the last viewed page and will also move you forward once Logitech releases a downloadable patch in January 2002. The most innovative control of all, a miniature scroll wheel, can be programmed to support a variety of functions including cut and paste, vertical scroll, and zoom. The unit also features a sleep/shutdown button, an instant e-mail access key, and a seven-piece audio-video panel with handy amenities such as a mute switch and rotating volume wheel. Each single-click operation is accompanied by an onscreen text confirmation, and all 124 controls offer noiseless action.
Logitech has partnered this very capable keyboard with its Cordless MouseMan Optical, a wireless mouse that sports four buttons, one wheel, and a tiny light sensor on its underside that translates movement more accurately and with less tracking hassles than a traditional ball. With no cords to clutter the desk, no moving parts to get dirty, and no need for a mousepad, the Cordless MouseMan has a number of obvious advantages. Unfortunately, its asymmetrical design is just as uncomfortable for lefties as it is comfortable for right-handed folk. And certainly some users will long for the fifth button found on some competing mice. Otherwise, the Cordless MouseMan is a fine controller.
In action, the system offers a striking balance of functionality and futuristic good looks. With its unique gray-on-black color scheme, low aerodynamic profile, and curvy, detachable palm rest, the keyboard in particular adds a sense of drama to any desktop. The mouse isn’t a perfect color match, yet it does sport a distinctive two-tone finish with a pretty Logitech logo up top and a glowing red light underneath.
The price for this level of performance is paid in batteries. Although its demand is no greater than that of comparable cordless products, the keyboard does gobble up four AA batteries twice a year and the mouse uses two more every three months. Even if you use rechargeable batteries, the maintenance cost is much higher than that of corded components. Is it all worth it? If cutting-edge wireless control is truly important, there’s no question. –Gordon Goble
Pros:
- Cordless operation
- Powerful, versatile keyboard
- Optical mouse with no moving parts
- Sleek profile
- Full programmability
- One-touch access to Internet and multimedia with onscreen confirmation
Cons:
- Formidable price point
- Mouse not suitable for lefties
- System requires six AA batteries
- One less mouse button than some competing products
Logitech Cordless Freedom Optical Mouse and Keyboard
January 11, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Very good. But a little bit pricy.
Rating: 4 / 5
January 11, 2010 at 5:52 pm
I have been using this product for 2 weeks now. I really like the keyboard , it works flawlessly , if you dont bother about the battery stuff. But the mouse is really bad. It consumes a lot of battery, the first pair lasted me 5 days as i am a programmer.The mouse hangs up , even though the key board works, so I have to shut down the computer and restart it. The keyboard so far seems to be out of problem.
I would not recommend this product for intensive computer users. Unless they want to keep on changing batteries every alternate weeks. And secondly if you have a patience to reeboot when even the mouse stops working. …Over All , the product is still in the infant stage of development. hopefully they may come out with some rechargable keboards and mouse in the future just like our cordless phones.
This product really S U C K S
Rating: 1 / 5
January 11, 2010 at 6:30 pm
The Enter key on the 10-key numerical pad gets stuck if you press it on the upper part, which I often do while I’m typing numerical data. That’s really frustrating.
Installing everything was a slight pain, mainly because I couldn’t use the mouse until the logitech drivers were installed. Thankfully I had an old mouse laying around and used that to finish up the install.
The mouse moves REALLY fast. I’m not used to moving the mouse just a small distance and having the cursor jump across the screen. I can’t slow it down, either. Clicking on Control Panel -> Mouse -> Motion will bring me to the place where you can speed up or slow down the mouse. However, the speed is set to the slowest setting, and I can’t adjust it. If I move the slider bar to the right, it just jumps back to the left.
Moving the mouse slowly on my desk (a dark wood, standard computer desk) makes the cursor jump around in the wrong direction at times. Most notably, when I move the mouse slowly to the right, the cursor will jump left and then right jaggedly.
My biggest problem is that I can’t fix the motion speed. I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers with no luck. It’s really handy to have a cordless keyboard and mouse, but the mouse is so difficult to use that I find myself relying on the keyboard more often than not.
The nicest thing about the keyboard is that it has it’s own scroll wheel built into it, so you don’t have to reach over to the mouse to scroll the active document…
Rating: 2 / 5
January 11, 2010 at 8:07 pm
I bought two logitech remote keyboard with rodents. After perhaps 60 days, the rodents died. Logitech said “gee, we only warrant our products for 30 days.”
So I switched to other brands, even the hated MS for rodents that worked. Oddly, the Logitech keyboards still work.
Rating: 1 / 5
January 11, 2010 at 10:43 pm
i have not had one problem whatsoever with this keyboard/mouse. i would recomend it to anyone.
Rating: 5 / 5