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Logitech diNovo Mini Keyboard

Manufacturer: Logitech Part number: 920-000594

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Bottom Line:: If you're a home theater PC owner looking for the perfect input device, look no further. Logitech has melded the keyboard of a BlackBerry with a flexible cursor control pad into an attractive, coffee-table-ready package that will let you master your HTPC without cluttering up your living room with clunky hardware.
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Logitech diNovo Mini Keyboard

price range: $89.99 - $143.96

Reviewed by: Rich Brown
Reviewed on: 01/05/2008
Released on: 02/28/2008

The good: The Logitech diNovo Mini's elegant design won't besmirch your living room; it gives the HTPC owner full cursor control; keyboard is well-suited to situational typing; easy setup; it works with your PS3.

The bad: Pricey; touch pad occasionally inaccurate; no Xbox 360 or Apple support.

The bottom line: If you're a home theater PC owner looking for the perfect input device, look no further. Logitech has melded the keyboard of a BlackBerry with a flexible cursor control pad into an attractive, coffee-table-ready package that will let you master your HTPC without cluttering up your living room with clunky hardware.

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Logitech's diNovo Mini does for home theater PC keyboards what Apple's iPod did to the MP3 player. Granted, there are many more digital music listeners than HTPC owners out there, but if you are a member of the latter category, you'll love the diNovo Mini because it solves one of the main dilemmas of HTPC ownership: how to take full control of your PC and its media functions without relying on multiple or clunky input devices. The price of the diNovo Mini is $150, which admittedly is steep for what's essentially a BlackBerry keyboard with a control pad and a Bluetooth connection. We'd pay it, though, when the diNovo Mini comes out at the end of February, because the tiny keyboard so effectively addresses what's been a nagging issue for an entire product category.

Like the iPod, the Logitech diNovo Mini boasts a pleasing visual aesthetic that seems inseparable from its functionality. The clamshell design feels right in your hand, and it would look as at home on your coffee table as any remote control. It weighs only 0.4 pound and is roughly three-quarters of an inch high and six inches long. Open it up and you're treated to a small-scale, 61-key keyboard, backlit in either orange or green, depending on the mode of the control pad.

The control pad itself lets you change from analog, touch-pad-style control, to directional up-down-left-right controls by sliding a small switch. The idea is that you'd want it in touch pad mode for navigating a Web page or the Windows desktop, but that the directional controls are better for working your way through a set of linear menus, such as those in Windows Media Center. The middle of the pad acts like your main mouse button, and you hold down one of the function buttons and a menu button on the keyboard for right-clicking. It's more intuitive than it sounds, and our only complaint is that the d-pad mode was sometimes not as responsive as we'd like. The analog mode is fine though, and consistent with the quality of Logitech's MX Air mouse, itself a major improvement over the touch pad on the old diNovo Edge keyboard.

Typing on the diNovo Mini is fully in the BlackBerry school. Especially since the width is about that of your average game controller, you're encouraged to use your thumbs for typing. The keys are large enough so that thumb-typing isn't a problem, and you might be surprised at how well basic touch typing familiarity translates from your 10 fingers to only your thumbs. We wouldn't use the diNovo Mini to type a dissertation, but for password entry, instant messaging, keyword searches, and typing in the occasional Web address, it's perfect. In other words, it's designed to serve the most common needs of a home theater PC owner.

That brings us to the comparisons. We've seen several products over the years purporting to be ideal for controlling your Media Center PC. Your typical wireless keyboard often claims some kind of multimedia functionality, but most of them, such as the diNovo Edge and Microsoft's Wireless Entertainment Desktop 7000 and 8000, are full size and geared toward a traditional desktop. We can't ever see putting one of them in your living room with a true home theater PC such as the Alienware Hangar18. The alternative has been the small-scale keyboard, such as the Gyration model or the Vidabox trackball keyboard. And as much as we liked the trackball on the Vidabox keyboard, neither of those scaled-down keyboards can compete with the versatility or the visual elegance of the diNovo Mini.

Setting up the diNovo Mini is a breeze. It uses a Bluetooth connection and a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, and it went from the box to up and running on a Vista-equipped PC in less than two minutes. You can install the Logitech SetPoint software if you want to customize the hot key assignments and tweak the mouse cursor speed. It can also work with a PlayStation 3. We can certainly think of tweaks we'd like to see to the design, such as Apple and Xbox 360 support. The diNovo Mini also has dedicated play, volume, and channel hot keys, which work fine for driving Windows-based media, but we'd also like to see some options for controlling your other home theater hardware. We realize that Logitech has its Harmony universal remote controls to sell as well, but we don't think it's too much to ask to let you use the diNovo Mini to at least let you turn off your television.

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4 stars

Faluty out of the box

by C0VERT on May 7, 2008

Pros: Nice small size

Cons: Down arrow faulty out of the box

Summary: Unfortunately the down arrow seems to be faulty with these unit's. Different batches from all over the world are having the same problem. Unrelated to OS or drivers. I ...

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Summary: Unfortunately the down arrow seems to be faulty with these unit's. Different batches from all over the world are having the same problem. Unrelated to OS or drivers. I just got of the phone to Logitech and they did not know of the problem. If you only use the down arrow every now and again you might not notice it. Sometimes you think you just did not push it right. Sometimes it gets so bad it takes about 20 pushes for it to work. Avoid this product until the down arrow problem has been sorted out.

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9 stars

Another of my inventions stolen!!

by Infiniteblue on January 6, 2008

Pros: Surf computer and recline your chair wayyyy back

Cons: I don't get credit for it

Summary: Oh well, yet another invention I've been talking about for the past year! I submited this idea to Logitech through their online suggestion forum. They don't guarantee you ...

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Summary: Oh well, yet another invention I've been talking about for the past year! I submited this idea to Logitech through their online suggestion forum. They don't guarantee you any compensation, and I didn't think I'd get any, but still. This is what I've been wanting for quite a while now.
I keep my PC and TV seperate so the family can watch SpongeBob while I work on my...um well computer stuff. What I can't stand though is having to constantly sit up and turn to face the keyboard to type in a search query. It was literally killing me to have to do this over and over and over and over....
Thanks Logitech for what looks like a nice package and a product that I will definitely buy. Now send me my check!

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10 stars

Love it!!!

by gabrieljosh on July 8, 2009

Pros: it's easy to use

Cons: really i dont have one problem about this item

Summary: I always love a <a href="http://www.ergonomicsmadeeasy.com">mini keyboard</a> because it can help you escape the pain and other effects of carpal ...

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Summary: I always love a <a href="http://www.ergonomicsmadeeasy.com">mini keyboard</a> because it can help you escape the pain and other effects of carpal tunnel syndrome.

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10 stars

Great for HTPC Usage!

by donpb on June 6, 2009

Pros: Size, Bluetooth, Battery Life, Styling, Short Cuts, Compatibility.

Cons: Kind of pricey :)

Summary: After you pass the initial learning curve and adjust the response sensitivity, this product simply can't be beat. Bluetooth is the way to go when your eight plus feet ...

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Summary: After you pass the initial learning curve and adjust the response sensitivity, this product simply can't be beat. Bluetooth is the way to go when your eight plus feet away from your HTPC.

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9 stars

Great Product - a few minor tweaks

by Netscore on May 17, 2009

Pros: Sexy design, reliably faultless operation, long battery life, coffee table friendly to the max

Cons: Should have IR remote functions, easier scrolling. Pricy, but totally worth it

Summary: Logitech hit the form/function nail on the head with this one. I use it with my HTPC exclusively for all MC functions as well as all windows browsing - ...

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Summary: Logitech hit the form/function nail on the head with this one. I use it with my HTPC exclusively for all MC functions as well as all windows browsing - super easy and FUN! People love the feel of it, and passing it around the room is easier than passing the bowl of chips.

My only gripes with the bluetooth functionality involve missing keys etc. An easier scroll function would be great (mousing over to the scroll bar is a poor compromise). Also it would be nice to have the option of typing any character (some are missing). Oh - no F-keys, F5 to refresh?

For $100+ it should have a universal IR integrated, then this essential kbd replacement would be 110% awesome for my home setup! I have too many laptops on my table as it is - refreshing to have a teeny remote one.

NOT recommended for extended keyboard work - but I don't rec. the HTPC for that anyway.

When they add IR universal remote, I will buy it again.

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6 stars

Nice size BUT some flaws cause more pain than goodtimes

by Growler74 on May 3, 2009

Pros: Small and Stylish size reduces living room clutter.
Simple to use for simple applications.

Cons: Battery life nowhere near as advertised.
Mouse pad finicky/innaccurate.
BT lagging.
Glitches.
Pricey.

Summary: I purchased this keyboard for use with my new media centre PC running Vista 32. Now whilst I do agree with most of what is mentioned in the diNovo Mini ...

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Summary: I purchased this keyboard for use with my new media centre PC running Vista 32. Now whilst I do agree with most of what is mentioned in the diNovo Mini review above, it doesn't really tell us more than what can be gained from looking at the picture on the box and reading the Logitech marketing hype. Yes - it is small, looks cool and, well, yes has a mouse pad stuck to the side of it - but they have missed many of the inadequacies that show up only when you start using the thing.
First, Logitech claim that the battery life on the diNovo Mini lasts 'up to 30 days'. What a load of bollocks! Maybe if you leave it sitting on your coffee table and don't touch it, it might last that long! I have found that with what I would call 'average' use you will get 1-3 days out of it. I returned my first two units thinking they were faulty, when their batteries were only lasting two days. Even if I were being generous and said I was an above average user and doubled or quadrupled those times it would not come close to 30 days.
Now this might be fine except it leads me onto my second issue. The first indication that your battery is low is that it will 'key repeat' whatever the last key you pressed when it decided the battery was low, filling up your screen (or URL, or login, or whatever it was you were doing, with hundreds of that character - as if you had just held down that key on the keyboard for the last 20secs) or as I have just had the pleasure of experiencing (and by PLEASURE I mean DISPLEASURE) when I just hit the delete key to delete a single email from my MS Outlook, the DEL key stayed ON, and as if holding my DEL down, it one by one deleted all 300 of the msgs in my Inbox and dumped them into (and amongst) the 2000 or so msgs in my Deleted Items. It took hours to go through each mail and pick them back out.
Now, similar to the above issues I have found that the bluetooth connection (I can only assume that is the cause) can get a bit flaky at times, leading to a lagging keyboard. I'm not sure if this is also low battery related, but I am only sitting 2 metres away from the receiver, which is well within the advertised 10 metre range. And if you find a laggy keyboard to be annoying, you wait till you try the mouse touchpad. What I thought was awesome at the start will become an instrument of frustration. The touchpad can at best be described as finicky and inaccurate, as you find your mouse pointer skipping all over your screen. At times I will find no response from the touchpad, to then see the pointer jump off screen somewhere (I suspect this is the Bluetooth again). I have spent ages trying to refine my settings in attempt to find the right combination, yet I still find myself playing ?find the mouse pointer? as my pointer disappears of screen right with one light touch of the touchpad. The touchpad is designed to be used with your thumb, yet is nearly as small as my thumb (& I have avg thumbs!) so there is not that much room to move around on it. This means that there is no one good setting that is good for getting your mouse pointer around the screen conveniently, and also good for making small movements accurately. It?s just not big enough.
Another nice touch might have been ?trigger finger? style buttons on the top corners of the unit (similar to a PSP) to use as your left and right mouse buttons rather than using a two-keypress combination to get to your right mouse button, which is a major pain for what I would consider to be a very regularly used function.
I?m not going to go into the other obvious stuff covered in the review. Yes its small so you have to type with your thumbs, but you already accepted that when you bought it ? that?s the way it was designed. It?s the other flaws in the background technology that I wanted to highlight here. These aren?t because it was designed to be small (like issues with having a small keypad) ? but issues with the fact that Logitech just can?t get it to work right.
To summarise, the diNovo Mini is designed to be a tiny keyboard and mouse, and I guess, being tiny and having a keyboard and mouse means it is 90% of the way there. You would think that there is not that much you could get wrong? and you would be right. It works as you would expect ?most of the time?, but not always or reliably. I don?t want it to do anything extra, just the things it was meant to do properly. I would still recommend it to anyone wanting to rid themselves of a large keyboard in the living room working with a media center PC. It is a GREAT remote control for Windows Media Center ? IT REALLY IS ? but anything other than the most basic PC functions soon become an ordeal and you will find yourself reverting to your old keyboard even for the most basic email. BUT, whilst some of the design concepts of the diNovo Mini are cool, again it?s the glitchiness and final implementation of the technology that means that once again, Logitech have not failed to disappoint me.

Updated on May 3, 2009
God knows why, but for some reason when I submitted this review to CNET it has replaced all of my dashes (-) and apostrophies (') with question marks (?)

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8 stars

Very useful, but needs some minor improvements

by peedgester on February 2, 2009

Pros: Small, battery last for ever and recharges, Installation is easy, software works great to set up hot keys.

Cons: Could use more hot keys, the mouse pad is touchy, and could use a scroll wheel on the side to navigate faster.

Summary: I use this on my home media pc entertainment system and works great for that, and I love It. But it can be time consuming when you are trying to ...

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Summary: I use this on my home media pc entertainment system and works great for that, and I love It. But it can be time consuming when you are trying to browse the web due to the mouse pad.

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10 stars

Fantastic Product!!

by bradgriffiths on November 28, 2008

Pros: Small, Lightweight, Extreme Coolness,Works Flawlessly

Cons: Fairly Expensive, Difficult To Find In-Store

Summary: I am a corporate trainer, I use many ppt and web based training tools. In the past "we" as an industry have used 802.11 presenters and other run of ...

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Summary: I am a corporate trainer, I use many ppt and web based training tools. In the past "we" as an industry have used 802.11 presenters and other run of the mill equipment. This product, however, is perfectly suited to the training environment! It works perfectly right out of the box. The range is outstanding, I haven't been able to get far enough away to make fail, it works at 100 feet out ! It is small enough to fit in your hand while roaming around the room, and the best part is you can type web addresses and use the mouse actively while on the move ! I'm sure it works well for its' intended use, but as a presentation remote it is phenomenal !

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8 stars

Nice keyboard, perfect for my NBA Broadband League Pass

by slingboy on November 17, 2008

Pros: Size, Convenience.

Cons: I have built in bluetooth on my laptop so i dont use the mini USB receiver. One main problem is i loose connection after i power down and i can't reconnect until i pair the the devices again. Second minor flaw is the track pad isnt to accurate.

Summary: Definately the best but a little pricey, but the size is great.

Summary: Definately the best but a little pricey, but the size is great.
4 stars

Great concept, poor implementation....

by onevim on November 13, 2008

Pros: This was a pretty interesting concept by Logitech.

Cons: Very poorly implemented. Very uncomfortable to hold and use for extended periods of time. Touchpad doesn't work properly and frequently "cuts out". Power cable doesn't mate properly with the device making it a challenge to charge.

Summary: Overall, I would not recommend this device to others. There are better competing products out there for the HTPC.

Summary: Overall, I would not recommend this device to others. There are better competing products out there for the HTPC.

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Specifications

Manufacturer: Logitech
Part number: 920-000594
Description: Enjoy total control of your PC entertainment from your sofa. Palm-sized, cordless mini-keyboard fits in your hand and gives you optimal control and access of the PC entertainment you love, including browsing the Internet, watching TV, listening to music and playing PC games. Dedicated Windows Media Center controls optimize launch and navigation of Microsoft's popular entertainment platform. Integrated, dual-purpose ClickPad enhances control and access with innovative technology that can be used as a touch pad and a directional pad. Rechargeable Li-ion batteries give you up to one month of battery life. Bluetooth wireless technology provides long-range wireless control from up to 10 m (30 ft). Backlighting makes text entry effortless, even in low light.

General
Device Type Keyboard
Wireless Receiver USB wireless receiver
Color Silver, Midnight black
Form Factor External
Localization English - US
Depth 3.5 in
Width 6 in
Height 1.1 in
Weight 6 oz
Localization English:United States
Input Device
Interface Bluetooth
Max Operating Distance 33 ft
Connectivity Technology Wireless
Buttons Qty 63
Features Backlit
Pointing Device / Manipulator Dual-purpose ClickPad
Expansion / Connectivity
Connections 1 x USB - 4 pin USB Type A
Miscellaneous
Included Accessories Cleaning cloth, AC power adapter
Windows Vista Readiness Certified for Windows Vista
Battery
Installed Qty 1
Technology Lithium ion

Software / System Requirements
OS Required Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista
Manufacturer Warranty
Service & Support 3 years warranty
Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 3 years
Interface(s) Required
Port(s) / Connector(s) Required 1 USB 4 pin USB Type A
Warranty
Service / Support Details Limited warranty 3 years

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