The diNovo Media Desktop consists of three separate units – the Logitech diNovo Keyboard, the Logitech MX900 Cordless Optical Mouse for Bluetooth, Logitech MediaPad, and the Logitech Bluetooth Wireless Hub.

Logitech diNovo Keyboard

The following are pictures of the diNovo Keyboard:

The keyboard has a very smooth surface and a slim, low profile. The keyboard has a clean layout – not as cluttered as many other keyboards. Logitech chose a minimalist approach to added enhanced function keys. The keys are similar to what you will find on Apple keyboards and on many laptops/notebooks. If you’re familiar with Microsoft keyboards, then it’ll take a short amount of time to get used to this keyboard.

The keyboard has a set of enhanced keys common to many keyboards nowadays. On the upper left hand corner, there are buttons to put the system to sleep, launch your web browser, your default email program, and a search program or website.

On the upper right hand side, you can control your system volume by increasing the volume, muting the volume or decreasing the volume.

The lower right contains the media keys – a Media button that will launch either the Logitech Media Desktop software application or your own media player of choice. There are media related controls below the Media button.

The function keys on top of the keyboard serve multiple purposes which you can control via the function lock. Someone has finally found the wisdom in making sure the function keys default to their original purposes as opposed to the new enhanced settings. If any of you have ever used a Microsoft Multimedia keyboard or earlier Logitech keyboards – then you will know what I am talking a bout. After every reboot on those keyboards, I would always need to press the function key because Alt-F4 didn’t work properly. The F4 had been remapped to the enhanced setting. You won’t find that problem here.

When you turn the keyboard over, you’ll find the connect button that lets you pair up the keyboard with the Logitech Bluetooth Wireless Hub. There is the battery door covering the location where you would insert four AA batteries. Logitech bundles a total of 6 Duracell AA batteries and a set of rechargeable AA batteries for the mouse.

Logitech MX900 Cordless Optical Mouse for Bluetooth

The Logitech MX900 Cordless Optical Mouse continues the standards set forth by the Logitech MX700 mouse. In fact, it’s hard to discern any difference at all between the two devices. They feel the same – have the same set of buttons and work exactly the same. Why bother changing something that already works quite well? The only difference lies with the use of Bluetooth as the communications medium for the mouse.

The package came with the mouse for right handed users. Has anyone seen a lefty mouse by any chance? I’m just curious!

Logitech places navigational buttons along the left hand side of the mouse meant for easier web navigation. There are “Cruise Control” buttons on the top and bottom of the scroll wheel allowing users to quickly scroll through long documents at a set pace. Below the wheel is a button to switch between all the active programs on your desktop.

The real benefit of the Logitech MX900 mouse continues to be in the high resolution optical sensor and in the fast data throughput. You can easily use this mouth in business applications and also in fast paced gaming.

Here is a picture of the underside:

Logitech MediaPad

The Logitech MediaPad is a unique numeric keypad. At first glance, I thought the MediaPad was simply a detached numeric keypad. However, it’s far more powerful than that. The MediaPad serves as a remote control to your PC’s multimedia capabilities. You can launch the Logitech Media Desktop application which resembles the Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition interface. The MediaPad switches between numeric keypad mode, directional keys, and a simple calculator.

There is a LCD screen on top of the keypad that shows the current date and time. It also receives messages from the PC system showing you when people log onto MSN Messenger. You can also receive email notifications on the MediaPad and have a customized greeting sent to you when you start the computer.

The underside of the MediaPad has an identical connect button and a battery door covering the well that houses two AA batteries.

Logitech Bluetooth Wireless Hub

The Logitech Bluetooth Wireless Hub functions as a Bluetooth Hub and as a Rapid Charging Base for your MX900 mouse. The front of the base has a connect button that shines blue and allows you to connect your Logitech Keyboard and Mouse to your system. The hub can pair up to seven Bluetooth devices including the ones on your desktop thus really giving you five more pairings at any given moment in time.