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Logitech Cordless Desktop MX for Bluetooth

Logitech Cordless Desktop MX for Bluetooth

List Price: $179.95
Your Price: $153.99
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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: I'm sorry I bought this
Review: A lot is made in the product description about how the mouse and keyboard can communicate long distances to the hub at the computer, and do so accurately. Well, the communication is spotty at BEST. I have the receiver hub RIGHT NEXT to the keyboard and the mouse and their response often goes into fits where they are both totally unresponsive! It is amazing how useless a computer is when neither the mouse nor keyboard respond! At other times they are only slightly responsive. What a headache to use! Also, I can't figure out why this product is so expensive. You can buy a bluetooth hub for $30 and wireless mouse and keyboard for much less as well. I would recommend going that route. It can't be any worse than this.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Finally, a competent Bluetooth keyboard/mouse combo
Review: After the disappointment that was Microsoft's Bluetooth keyboard/mouse combo, I wasn't expecting too much from Logitech's product. However, I'm glad I gave Bluetooth a second chance.

The mouse: Logitech's MX700 is one of the best wireless optical mice on the market today, and it's great that a Bluetooth version is now available. The mouse tracks accurately, without the jitter and lag of the Microsoft BT mouse. I can notice some skipping compared to my MX700, but overall the mouse included with this set works very well.

The keyboard: It's basically the same one as the keyboard in the Cordless MX Duo set, only with a Bluetooth radio instead of an RF transmitter. I like the key travel and tactile feedback of the keyboard, with a satisfying "click" at the end of the keystroke. Old-school IBM keyboard users will know what I'm talking about. Text input doesn't lag, and there isn't a 2-second delay for the keyboard to wake up after a few minutes like on the Microsoft one.

My only complaint is that battery life is on the short side, the included batteries ran out after only three weeks of somewhat heavy usage. Previously, I used a Microsoft Wireless Desktop and Logitech Cordless MX Duo, and those could go for months on one set of batteries. The Microsoft Bluetooth set I used also suffered from short battery life, so I'm chalking it up to the Bluetooth radio.

The charging station for the mouse on this set also serves as the Bluetooth transceiver, so you get a little less desk clutter. The wonderful thing is that unlike the Microsoft transceiver, you can actually connect your other Bluetooth peripherals through the Logitech device. I currently sync my Sony Ericsson T616 phone and iPaq 4155 PDA over Bluetooth with no issues to speak of.

Overall, this is an excellent product and the best Bluetooth input solution on the market. Though it's a bit expensive, it does its job well.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Don't get this if you have XP SP2
Review: Because Windows XP SP2 includes its own Bluetooth stack, it's been a frustrating experience getting this product to work! The two stacks aren't compatible, and Logitech wants you to disable the stack that comes with XP. Even then, things don't go smoothly. Most of the time, when I boot up Windows, my mouse doesn't respond. I have to manually ask the base unit to discover all the Bluetooth devices. I waste a good 30 seconds during bootup just to get my mouse to work!

The other frustrating part is that Logitech, despite all the complants on their website, hasn't done a thing to fix this problem. I've had this combo for about 5 months now, and Logitech still hasn't come up with a fix!

In summary, don't buy this product if you have Windows XP SP2!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: awesome
Review: best keyboard i ever had no wirers no problem

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Won't work with dell bluetooth card
Review: Bought this product and discovered (after hours with Logitech and Dell tech support) that the keyboard will only stay connected if you are using a Logitech Bluetooth hub.
After discussions with Logitech, and telling them I would write this review, they asked me to point out that this problem will occur with any hub other than a Logitech hub, and that they have hammered Bluetooth to solve this compatabilty problem to no avail.
So unless you want to spend 5 minutes reconnecting the keyboard every time you reboot , don't buy this.



Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Works Great
Review: Hey, This is a great bluetooth unit. Finally one that I can use to transfer pictures from my phone (T616). And the keyboard does work with rechargable batteries. I am really pleased with this unit on the whole and I reccomend it for anyone who is switching over to bluetooth.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Bluetooth is Worthless
Review: I bought the Logitech bluetooth keyboard and mouse because I wanted to use the Logitech bluetooth headset HS01 and thought the combo might be worth it. I should have listened to the hints buried in other reviews.

First the Logitech bluetooth adapter stinks. With the Logitech Hs01 there is lots of static and the headset constantly drops. The adapter also drops the mouse and keyboard at times, and then forces setup again which takes a couple of minutes! When I pair the headset with a Belkin bluetooth hub it works almost flawlessly, and yes the mouse also works. The keyboard seems to have Logitech only logic so forget it.

That leaves the mouse and keyboard. The feel of the keyboard is very nice which is why I give it 2 stars. The funky special keys I could get used to and eventually use.

The mouse I like the shape and feel of, although it is heavy. Can probably get used to half the functions on it. What I do not like is that it takes a couple of seconds for the mouse to be active after you have been idle. This does not appear to be the case when it is linked to the Belkin bluetooth hub, although I only used it that way for a couple of hours.

But the whole thing is going back. I will probably replace it with the MX duo which is the same mouse and keyboard but with just RF. After all why pay the premium for the bluetooh version when the Logitech implementation of bluetooth seems to be poor.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: When it works, it works
Review: I bought this keyboard because i have had good luck with logitech products. when this keyboard works, it's nice. i'm running under windows xp home sp2, and every other day or so i need to unplug the usb cable from the back of the computer to get the mouse or keyboard to work. this is after a cold boot. and also everytime i boot the connection wizard wants to restart my mouse. it's annoying, i also purchiced the microsoft product that goes for around the same, and installation was easy and haven't had any issues with the microsoft product. the Logitech on the other hand, i'll think twice before i buy another. I'm using the microsoft bluetooth keyboard to write this review.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Probably the best wireless keyboard+mouse set out there
Review: I bought this set after a long search for a wireless set with a USB keyboard connector for my laptop (thanks to Toshiba for not putting one on my P10). When I opened the box and installed it on my laptop (prior to installing the drivers, which I had to download from Logitech's website) and no problems of detection (both on my Windows XP and Gentoo Linux systems). And everything worked like a dream after installing the software packages. If you take to time to play with the iTouch settings you can create a monster of the keyboard (attaching menus (instead of direct commands) to the hot keys, etc.)

I actually had no intentions of writing a review for this set, I didn't even buy it from Amazon but some of the reviews here gave such a bad impression that I had to. First the bluetooth hub works fine with non-Logitech devices, however if a bluetooth hub or similar device is installed prior to this set, the setup utility limits the hub to the keyboard+mouse set in order not to screw your existing Bluetooth configuration.

Someone made a point about the hotkey icons.
"Shopping Cart" for Shopping

How can you better describe shopping. The same goes for all the other hotkeys. I'm starting to doubt that you are talking about this particular product.

Also the keyboards battery consumption is quite economic, compared to my heavy usage (about 10-15 hours per day)

Why 4 stars? No users manual or software is included with the box. Downloading the software (around a total of 40 MB) can be frustrating for people using Dial-up.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Keyboard doesn't work
Review: I eagerly awaited my Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, and upon arrival I immediately installed it. That began five frustrating days of troubleshooting. There is no "Manual", you just get this huge picture setup page (like comes with new Dell machines). The troubleshooting contained on this thing does not exist. Since the keyboard would not work, my machine was effectively shutdown. I tried putting my old keyboard and mouse back on, but the machine didn't recognize them either. Spent many hours searching for solutions on the web (on someone else's machine), and have finally found a work around, but it defeats the purpose of installing the system in the first place. The work around allows me to use the keyboard and mouse, but the computer no longer recognizes the Bluetooth hub (even though my keyboard and mouse connect through it).

Logitech's support consisted of "Put it on another machine and see if it works there." That advice came two days into troubleshooting and research. Research found many people with the same problem, so why would I want to "Lock up" another machine? Logitech has yet to respond. Support -5 stars since they are actually hurting my troubleshooting at this point!

Bottom line: Unless you want to take a chance on locking up your machine, wait a few months until Logitech can figure this problem out (may take longer at their current speed of advance)!


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