Keyboard Reviews

The good:
Digitized piano sound. Sounds exactly like a real piano.
76 notes allow you to play most classical sheets.
Amazing deal by far if you can't afford a real piano.

The bad:
Speakers too small.
Education suite confusing.
Sensitivity of the keyboard not like a piano at all (of course).
Guitar and all other instruments not very realistic.

I really enjoy this keyboard. One nice feature is the large number of keys, allowing more songs to be played. The keyboard is light enough for me to hold in my lap, although it is fairly wide. The sound is quite good and the keys are pressure sensitive, allowing for individual softer or louder notes. It is necessary to strike the higher keys harder to get the same volume as the lower keys, but this is minimal. The lesson function to me was nearly useless, as it is impossible to follow the mini keyboard screen. This screen is interesting to look at, but does not serve any real useful function. All in all, the nicest keyboard I have played on.

This is the BEST KEYBOARD IN THE WORLD!!!!! It is #1. If you want a keyboard. Get this one!

If you're thinking of get either this or a keyboard from M$ or IBM, don't even bother with the M$ model. This keyboard, and any Logitech keyboard for that matter, offer second to none key feedback.

I have own three of these. It is great for using a computer with your TV. You can sit in a chair 15' away from your computer and play a game or watch movies. Add a M$ or Logitech opital wireless mouse and you never have to leave your couch.

Anther great aspect of this keyboard is that you can two of them side-by-side and they won't interfer with each other. Each keyboard syncs to each hub offering the ability to have multiple kewyboards in close promiity.

The two batteries that it comes with will last you 3-6 months of constant use. With good batteries, the keyboard will type away for years w/o need for new ones.

If their is a weakness in this keyboard it is if you spill something inside, it done. You will have to buy a new one.

Once you use this thing, you'll never used a corded keyboard again. Go ahead, put it on your lap, hold it sideways, type your e-mails from the couch 4 feet away - it'll work great. Logitech is making some nifty gadgets that make computing a whole lot more interesting. Have fun!

This keyboard is an excellent example of Logitech's attention to fine craftmanship. The keys have just the right resistance and responce. I have been using the keyboard for over a year now, and have not experienced any problems with it. None of the keys have stuck, and I have yet to change the batteries. This keyboard will help reduce the clutter of your desktop, and even permits one to work away from the desktop. The range of the keyboard is very good, and I can even use the keyboard with a few objects inbetween the reciever and the keyboard. I would also recommend the Logitech cordless optical mouse to round out the cordless desktop

The Intuos2 is WELL worth the expense, if you are planning to be/are already a digital artist. Now that I own it, I cannot imagine how I ever got along without it. At first I had doubts about
1) whether it would be comfortable to work on,
2) whether I would be able to use it with a stylus comfortably and
3) whether I would be able to switch to mouse mode just like a regular mouse,
4) and most important of all, whether this would be significantly useful to me as an artist. The answer to all these is YES. The pad is slightly elevated, but has the same comfort as if I were resting my arm on a table. Using the stylus (pen) is great when I use Photoshop, and after just ordering Painter 8 this is really coming in handy. (For those of you who haven't ordered hardware or software yet I recommend buying a bundle of the Intuos and Painter with a discount if possible, Painter is an awesome program) I ordered the 5x8 inch version. Drawing with this was strange at first, but I got the hang of it after practicing for a bit, and it was like a LIBERATION from the mouse, which used to make my right index finger numb and sore from constantly clicking. the pen us completely customizable, which I take advantage of in Photoshop and is VERY helpful in drawing, makes things much quicker. the mouse was set to a weird speed at default after installing, but the control panel was self explanatory and I got the mouse to move like my old one in a matter of seconds. (I was a middle schooler who was ok w/computers when I installed it so trust me this thing is very easy to set) I use the pen for drawing anything on the computer now with ease, but I also use the mouse a lot as it is more convenient to move across the board when not drawing. Basically, if you are an artist, you MUST buy this, I gaurantee you'll feel like you grew a new arm once you do ;)

It was really hard deciding between the Intuos2 4x5 and the 6x8. In the past I've used these tablets both at home and at work. I mainly do photo retouching in Photoshop. The 4x5 is pretty expensive for a little tablet and there is a great deal on the 6x8 Platinum (cheaper than the purple 6x8). At these prices I can only afford to get one tablet. I want it to be the right one. I picked both of them up at a local electronics store and have them side by side in front of me now for testing. I'm only using a single 19 inch monitor. The 4x5 is a little small. You have to be more accurate with it to select menus, click icons etc. This accuracy requires you to make very small and precise hand movements that I'm finding makes my hand a little stressed and tired. You have to remember that a pen is not like a mouse. With a mouse you can move over an icon and hold it there without clicking on it. With a pen you have to have the tip hover over the pad in that location. If you touch the pad it means you clicked something. Any little movement of the hovering pen causes the cursor to move around. You are much more steady with a mouse. The 6x8 tablet is physically twice as big as the 4x5 and thicker. It is a bigger commitment of desk space. I must say that it feels more comfortable than the 4x5. With the 4x5 my hand would have to go off the right edge when I wanted to select something all the way on the right side of the screen. With the 6x8 the cursor isn't as wobbly when hovering over a point. My hand movements are a little looser since the tablet's active area is bigger and my hand is not as stressed when trying to click a tiny button on the screen. If you ever want to go with dual monitors forget about the 4x5. It would be way too small. Don't even think about getting anything bigger than a 6x8 either. Many have forked out the dough for bigger tablet and live to regret it. I'm keeping the 6x8 and returning the 4x5. If you can afford it, get the 6x8. If you can't afford the extra cost, you can make due with the 4x5. Where I would recommend the 4x5 is for laptops.

First off, I have to say that this really is a top notch product. I really "trust" Wacom, and they've made a really outstanding product with the Intuos2 6X8 tablet.

I would list the pro's and cons, but honestly, I don't have any cons. I've never had a single problem with it, it just always works. I've been using one at work for a year, and I bought one for home use about 6 months ago. I use mine with Adobe Photoshop 7, and all around, it does everything that I want it to do and more.

All of the great reviews on this site should tell you, this is a great product, that is worth every cent. I have no question about getting one, and everytime I do artwork for work or for myself, I'm extremely glad that I own one.

Just get one!

I have a Palm IIIxe, and it does come with a stylus. REPLACE IT. You SHOULD BUY THIS 3-PACK, trust me, you will like it. The soft rubbery tip is much better on the touch-sensitive screen of the Palm, and it is a MUST-HAVE in order to keep your screen scratch-free. The black, plastic stylus that comes with the Palm will scratch your screen.

Both the head and the tail can be unscrewed; I don't know the advantage of the tip unscrewing, but the tail has a soft pin inside that can be used for a "soft reset" when your Palm freezes up.

ONE NOTE: I found that this stylus is heavier, and feels better when you are writing. BUT, It CAN SLIP out of the holder on the back of your Palm if you do not properly secure it. (It happened in mine, I'm not sure if this is a universal problem) Anyway, if your new stylus slips out frequently, what you can do is the following:

- After inserting the new stylus in the holder, press down the exposed tail into the back of the Palm (not down toward the battery cover, but toward the screen). That somehow clicks the tail into a groove, and keeps this heavier stylus from sliding out!...

After using the plastic m100 stylus, I upgraded to the Palm IIIc (nice), and ordered this along with it. Amazon has a great price on these fine quality styi.

-They have a firm, smooth, rubber head. (The plastic heads can get a nich in them then scratch the screen unknowningly, these don't)
-They are HEAVY so you can control input much easier.
-The reset pin is a useful extra. (Never search for something to hit that thing again!)
-A rubber tip absorbs impact of tapping your screen. (Increases screen life)
-Compared to the price of a new palm screen (especially color) these are ... CHEAP.

Its simple, if you want a quality stylus that will take care of that delicate silk-screen, I recommend buying these. You won't be disappointed at all. I promise.

They were in perfect condition. Nicely price too

This is by far an excellent keyboard. When I go to get a keyboard, I am in it for the comfortability. Not extra buttons and such. This keyboard for me, is extremly comfortable. It also has a convinient scroll wheel on the left hand side. A great keyboard. However, Logitech does have some much nicer keyboards on the market now. This is quite an old keyboard. Still a good one though, especially for extras. If you are in it for pure comfortability, go with one of the newer ones. If you are in it for pure extras, deffinetly go with this. Overall, a great keyboard. 4 out of 5 stars. Marked down one star for not being completely comfortable.

The Logitech Internet Navigator is a really nice keyboard, but a bit on the big side. I have used it with Windows XP, and Linux (The special feature keys don't work with linux). Having the scroll wheel on the keyboard is a great feature. Another nice feature is the volume control.

I have had my Navigator since 2001 and I have had absolutely no problems(safemode is oddly accessed by left crt). The keys are not quiet compared to newer models, but I don't like mushy hard to push keys(like this HP I am typing at now at the folk's house). THe Logitech Navagator makes a nice easy 'click' when pushing the keys(that I personally like, but most of you don't) the keys give little resistance and will always execute the function never do you have to "Pound" the key to get it to work as I've heard of the new Logitech Elite which I'm buying for my new PC but will probably cancel after hearing of it's terrible F-lock and stiff keys. If you do a lot of typing or are single(as not to wake up your spouse/roomate/child/angry father ect in bed) and play a lot of games this is perfect. The problem lies in the retarded display of CAP ON CAP OFF when playing games you get kicked out of the games so you must turn this display off to enjoy games(and not corrupt your files in games). I've heard logitech also promotes spyware but it can be easily disabled with Adaware or spybot.

This keyboard is an excellent product for what my needs and desires are. I am not a professional, just a recreational pianist who recently learned how to tickle the ivories. It is difficult to find an affordable keyboard that offers functions of a real piano or expensive unit. The market dictates that you must either chose a (cheep) or so unit that sounded lousy or a professional Roland/Korg/Yamaha unit that costs (an extravagantamount of money)! This was the perfect compromise. Unlike most inexpensive keyboards, this unit features 3 characteristics that are hard to find: 1) sustain pedal for more realistic playing, 2) pressure sensitive keys to convey mood, etc., & 3) 76 keys! Most keyboards have necessary keys absent from the instrument to play certain pieces. I like the fact that I can play all pieces without having to improvise or jump octaves. The cheap keyboards usually have 60 or so keys. The stand is made of pressboard, but is very solid and sturdy. My only negative (from what I expected) in this instrument is with the sustain pedal. During play, it's lack of grip on the floor causes it to move and turn under your foot. Yamaha sells an upgrade "piano-style" pedal that they say will stay put - so they are aware of the problem with the old pedal. Not a big deal, but a bit annoying.

I am very happy with this digital piano. Originally I wanted a regular piano, but even the used pianos listed in the newspaper can get pricey. This product solved my needs. Because of the stand, this instrument is more like a piece of furniture in the room, not some flimsy keyboard. And yet, unlike a piano, this Yamaha Digital Piano is easy to move around if one needs to. The stand is made out of pressed wood, is very sturdy, and does the job nicely. It was simple to put together, all I needed was a phillips screw driver. The wood is black in color. (The Amazon photo can sometimes make it look brown.) The full-size 76 keys on it are wonderful to have and allows one to play any piece of music without limitations. There is a music stand on top of the keyboard for convenience. The sound is rich and pleasant. There are five voices: Grand Piano (sounds wonderful), Electric Piano, Organ, Strings, and Harpsichord. Another great attribute to this instrument is the sustain pedal. It's terrific! No sacrificing from a tradition piano. If you're a student you will have the elements you need to learn appropriately. Though the stated Amazon offer doesn't provide an adapter to plug into the wall (one would have to purchase it separately) instead of using batteries, surprisingly my shipment arrived with a sticker on the box saying, "Bonus adapter included". And sure enough the adapter was included, no additional purchase to make. Amazon's technical details page on this product states the unit is 161 lbs. That's probably a typo. My shipment arrived from UPS rather quickly in a box about 5 ft. long and 3 ft. high with a weight of 46 lbs.... Overall, Yamaha has come up with an exceptional product to allow one to have a piano in their home when a traditional piano is out of the budget. The stand provides the full appreciation of sitting down to a wonderful instrument. I've read someone else's post saying it's not right to learn piano on anything other than a traditional piano. I think differently with this product. This product has all the concerns needed, and the sound wasn't sacrificed. There are also plenty of other features I didn't mention. Yamaha did their homework. It's nice to hear piano being played in the home.

I live in an apartment, so a full sized piano was out of question. The size and the volume control made me look into a digital piano. They usually cost more than $1000, so I was quite skeptic about this one. After comparing the specs, the only differences between expensive ones and this model were the number of keys (88 vs 76) and key weight control. So I decided to go for this one.

It comes with wooden stand, sustain pedal, music stand, music books, and adapter - basically everything you need!

The sound is beautiful. No annoying electronic sound I was afraid of. After playing music from past lessons such as Sonatinen, I also discovered that 76 keys are quite sufficient.

After 6 months, I have no complaint.
It's definitely a great buy.

Considering the price, it simply is the best mouse you can buy in the US market. It might feel too narrow and small for the people with extra big hands, but for the others, it feels pretty comfortable while providing excelent control.
If you want absolutely the best mouse in the market regardless of the price, go for the MicroSoft mouses. Their design is superve for pretty much everyone with hands in various shapes and sizes. Too bad, MS discontinued their ball mouse. Ask to any professional gamers out there. With profer care, ball mouse provide better control for hardcore gamers.

An excellent mouse with true control. Sturdy enough for lotsa game playing!

I learned a long time ago that the price of a mouse does not have anything to do with quality. This mouse outperforms the more expensive ones easilly.

This is a great mouse for anyone: gamers, businesspeople, newbies to the computer world, and the everyday computer user. It has everything you need without being expensive or over the top. It boasts a comfortable grip, a wheel button, and a high quality trackball. The wheel is essential for fast scrolling and can be used as an extra button for gamers who have mastered mouse usage. The trackball is efficient, allowing smooth cursor movements that wont get you killed in those intense FPS (first person shooters) firefights. It is easy to clean and needs to be done only on an occasional basis. The price is extremely affordable especially for businesses or home offices. It has everything an infrequent computer user needs and is cheap enough to buy in bulk for companies. I have an average to large hand and it fits quite comfortably in my hand, this mouse is perfect for my business use, however I prefer an optical mouse for my gaming. This is by the far the best mouse in terms of bang for your buck, cheap, affordable, well made, comfortable, and high quality. Everything you need in a simple mouse. The only problem I see is the possibility of it being too small for a large handed person, although that problem I'm sure I encountered with most models, unfortunate, but true. You can't go wrong for this price, you really can't.

The palm rest hooks into the underside of the keyboard with four thin plastic strips, but mine broke off within the first week of purchase with casual usage.

The buttons to the left of the keyboard are not very useful. The cursor needs to be moved over a window before the keyboard wheel can be used to scoll the window. Instead of doing a maneuver with the mouse and the keyboard, one can easily accomplish the same task with arrow keys. Below the keyboard wheel button is a back button (not configurable, works only with Internet Explorer) and a Go button (which can only launch web pages). The rest of the progammable keys have more option as to what it can do, including multimedia/internet functions, launching folders, menus, and applications.

Speaking of programmability, the F1-F12 keys by default come with email functionalities, such as new, reply, forward, and send. If this is an inconvenience, these keys can be de-programmed to act like the F1-F12 keys by assigning them the "transparent pass-through" function. The Go button is easy to press by mistake when holding the keyboard by its left side, so in addition to the "transparent pass-through" function, a "do nothing" function for the go button would have been nice. The F-lock key works like the caps lock key, except when the F-lock is on, it forces the F1-F12 keys to behave like F1-F12 keys instead of like programmed keys. There is no option to have the F-lock turned on by default upon Windows startup.

This is a very nice, well designed keyboard. The keys are very comfortable and quiet. The construction looks and feels very durable (not cheaply made). The extra keys are well placed and easy to program. I did have some problems with the iTouch software using Windows 98 SE. Using iTouch 1.83 (which came with the keyboard) works fine except the keyboard resets when you log off (switch users) Windows and the num lock light goes out when num lock is still set. Annoying. I tried downloading the latest version 2.13. That has more features but worse problems. With Win 98, it crashes when you use the Media key. Then none of the programmable keys work until you reboot. It's a little disappointing to pay so much for such a nice keyboard and have such annoying software problems with it. Perhaps it works better with newer versions of Windows, but many people don't by a replacement keyboard for a new computer. Logitech should test it's products better with older versions of Windows.

This is my first multimedia keyboard and I really like the way it performs. The keyboard looks pretty sleek as well. It has a good design and many multimedia buttons. Installation of the keyboard drivers is easy and configuring the hot keys is fast and simple. The only thing that I don't like about this keyboard is that if you are using Windows XP, the sleep key takes you to the user screen instead of going to low power mode. Oh well, I can live with it.

This Keyboard and its individual keys is/are too narrow to type
efficiently.
This results in your making many typing errors to go back over ( such as 'tanks' for 'thanks',etc.
On the other hand; it does connect to the receivor pretty good as long as you have an unobstructed view and they are on the same level.

The Keyboard needs to be revised badly before it can rate 5 or more stars!

Very pleased with the service, speed of delivery, and so far the quality of my new WebTV keyboard! The old keyboard only used one AAA battery; this one uses FOUR AA batteries, so speed is noticeably faster. Also appreciative of all the informative e-mails that came to me, both from Amazon and from the seller, NW ITV Dealers.

This keyboard is all that the seller said it is. I can write and write and never have to worry about another sticky or completely stuck key. I'm satisfied!!!

Well, what can I say this keyboard is awesome! Alright, I'll list a few. To start off with, I learned alot from this keyboard. In a little over a week, i learned how to play to music. In fact, after I finish quickly typing this review, I'm going to go upstairs and play it some more. A great thing about this is all the songs and voices. There are a tiny bit over 100 voices on this thing, and this includes guitar, harp, trombone, and a ton of other instruments you come across alot, and some that you don't hear often, such as strings, banjo, accordion,pipe organ, and some they just made up that plain sound gnarly.
There are many songs too, about 80; and like voices, this has some common songs, Amazing Grace, Home Sweet Home, Livin La Vida Loca, Yankee Doodle, Deck the halls, and some uncommon songs that are still cool, Dancing, The Cookoo, GreenSleeves, and others.
Something neat for begginers is the option to teach you songs, in fact it has 4 different ways for each hand, and 1 for both, which is like a final test.
There also is a dictionary, where you push keys, and it tells you the note's letter.
One of my favorite options is the DJ mode, where it has lots of record sratches, and "Oh, Yeah"s, and other stuff you might hear in rap/punk.
You can even have background sounds to help you play the style. To name a few, It can play pop, hard rock, 70s disco, and many, many more.
You also can play on a drum kit, with all the drum stuff, and more.
If you get a keyboard, get this one. It's radalicious. As I said before, those I said are only a FEW of the options. Yup, just a tiny fragment.

Buying this keyboard is an excelent decision. I have one who uses my little son for practicing his keyboard lessons. Considering all the features this keyboard includes, I am sure he could continue using it during several years as his musical habilities increases. Additionally you should consider buying a keyboard stand.

It took me months to pick out this keyboard and I am very happy with the choice. I have had other keyboards and actually gave them away because I was so unhappy with the sound quality...they just weren't "right". As hard as I would try to "get used to" them, it was impossible and actually had an irritating effect on me. This keyboard is wonderful - the sounds of the instruments are beautiful and correct.

If you are just learning, the lessons are great. The song book they send you is written for instruction also - with a little practice you will be on your way.