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Tuesday September 2, 2008
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 I'm trying to think of a reason for a backlit keyboard, like the $79.99 Illuminated Keyboard from Logitech that was announced on Tuesday. Insomnia? Late-night instant-message sessions with a secret beau? Elite black-op hacker operations inside a darkened security compound?
If you raised your hand, perhaps you should check one of these out.
Other Logitech offerings aren't so sexy. The $59.99 Logitech Cordless Desktop S520 keyboard/mouse combo? Sure, it'll be available later this month, complete with one-touch access to Word, Excel and your Internet browser , plus four programmable F-keys. Battery life is eight months of battery life for the mouse and 15 months for the keyboard. But providing your own illumination is just so primitive.
Then there's the $99.99 diNovo keyboard for notebooks. 0.87 inches thick, power-managed 2.4-GHz wireless commnication,s 3-year battery life. Yawn.
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September 3, 2008 3:13 AM
FYI: they're for gaming at LAN parties with low lighting you cranky cranky man.
September 3, 2008 3:15 AM
Oops... I thought I was posting on Dvorak's blog. Sorry for the accusation of crank-osity.
September 3, 2008 6:12 PM
I'm gonna have to back up SciPunk on this one (crazy!) - I love my backlit keyboard because my computer room tends to be on the dark-to-mood-lit side. Gaming in dark rooms with backlit keyboards is awesome!
September 9, 2008 12:04 PM
I have always been a night person and many times work on my computer with just a desk light. I have a usb light that I use at times but it always seems to be pointed where there is either glare or in the wrong direction.
This would be an excellent choice to use during the night when I don't want a full light on.