Date: March 5th, 2004
Article by: Roger (Hardware Reviewer)
Product was donated by: Logitech
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CORPORATE PROFILE

Logitech designs, manufactures and markets personal interface products that enable people to effectively work, play, and communicate in the digital world. The company's products combine essential core technologies, continuing innovation, award-winning industrial design and excellent price performance.

During the past few years, Logitech has significantly broadened its product offering and increased its presence in the retail sector, as consumers enhance their basic systems with more fully featured interface devices that add functionality and cordless freedom to their desktops, as well as supplementary devices designed for new applications and specific purposes such as gaming, multimedia or visual communication on the Internet.

Today, Logitech's retail business accounts for more than 80 percent of its revenue. To provide the market with a broadening array of best-of-category products, Logitech's business model calls for supplementing its internal engineering and manufacturing strength with additional products and technologies through a combination of strategic acquisitions and industry partnerships.

PRODUCT INTRODUCTION

There has been a huge push in the industry toward wireless devices. Logitech, a forerunner in this push, offered one of the best wireless mouse solutions with its MX700 (which operates on standard Radio Frequency technology). Now with the MX900, Logitech has integrated Bluetooth into the charging base, turning it into a wireless hub for Bluetooth enabled devices (such as PDAs, cell phones, headsets, printers, keyboards, etc…). This is a great idea, and will certainly make it much simpler for those who use Bluetooth devices.

From Logitech.com

More About Bluetooth Bluetooth is a standard wireless technology aimed at allowing users to make effortless, fast connections between various devices, such as mobile devices and computers. The sophisticated mode of transmission ensures protection from interference, increased security of data and offers greater wireless range. Your Bluetooth devices by Logitech will work up to 10 meters away from the included Bluetooth wireless hub.

Bluetooth had a slow go at it initially when it was first introduced, as people are sometimes skeptical of such leaps in technology. However, many manufacturers are now providing Bluetooth devices, and Logitech, a company which has always pushed the 'technical' envelope has decided to go one step further and couple its mouse with this handy hub/charging base.

What this means is that there will be less clutter on your desk, no wire messes and seamless integration.