Logitech 910-002948 Rechargeable Trackpad For Mac
Say what makes Rechargeable Trackpad is easy for those who know the Magic Trackpad. It does exactly the same thing: it provides a surface similar to functions, but larger than, that of a trackpad of laptops in the desktop. Not a small advantage when you consider that this eliminates the mouse, and use all the gestures that are offered by the latest versions of the operating system. The Logitech device is distinguished from Apple for a few details in terms of a form factor; is only slightly less inclined and has a design not perfectly alignable to that of an Apple keyboard that has not seen the cylinder that contains the batteries of the accessory Apple. In addition, the surface is made entirely of glass, while the Magic Trackpad has a metal part, the one that contains precisely the batteries. Logitech Rechargeable Trackpad – Design and Technology The product is fully compatible Logitech from the point of view of style with all the latest Mac; aluminum has combined with glass shades. No component gives the impression of having been chosen keeping in mind the aim of reducing the prices and also the assembly is great.
Note that the battery is accessible even if only for disposal. Hardly, on the other hand, there will be a need to change the battery with a new one (assuming you find it on sale). The has the name of its main distinguishing feature. It does not use AA batteries as the Magic Trackpad, but an internal battery; this does not make it different in operation than the Apple product, but modifies substantially its usability.
The rechargeable battery means you do not have to remove the batteries when they are low and replace them with other offices or stop to wait for it to be refilled; just simply connect the device to a USB port and continue to use it, because this the Logitech Rechargeable Trackpad even works while recharging the batteries. This also makes a difference in terms of cost: no need to buy 4 rechargeable batteries to operate the trackpad, then we would say that overall the price of putting into service is lower than that of the Apple product of ten Euros, which means 10% at least.
All the rest of the accessory Logitech is similar if not identical to the Magic Trackpad; we have a touch-sensitive surface and a lower part which works as button clicks of the mouse (the click is perceived and transmitted by two legs that are at the bottom). By sliding your fingers switching between a handle; are active all the ones we have on a MacBook Pro or Air, or the Magic Trackpad. Logitech Rechargeable Trackpad – Operation The Logitech Rechargeable Trackpad is a Bluetooth device. The combination is simple: you turn on using the switch on the side.
You put in the search Mac, and then you press the button is located below the trackpad; Your Mac will find the device, and you’re done. At that point to control various aspects of the more advanced configuration will need to download the control software that is on our site at an address that is made clear by the sticker located under the trackpad. Once the software is installed (compatible with all operating systems from Snow Leopard and up) the trackpad will already be usable, even if we have to have full access to the panel restart your Mac in preferences, so we will find an option ” Logitech Preference Manager ” who will introduce us the gesture and will allow us to adjust the sensitivity of the touch surface; we will also have family in short animations that explain how to use the device. Logitech Rechargeable Trackpad – Conclusions The Logitech Rechargeable Trackpad is evidently a product engineered by those who know very well the Apple platform, its technologies and its customers and very well built with attention to style and materials; significant even care for the software whose interface is entirely consistent with that typical of the Apple operating system. The device plays to perfection the functionality of the Apple Magic Trackpad which is distinguished by its integrated rechargeable battery and the ability to also be used while charging, a feature that makes it significantly more flexible than the Apple product because it does not require a firm to recharge or purchase of 4 rechargeable batteries that add cost to the exercise. The only actual limit, entirely negligible in any case, are the stylistic trait and the form factor that does not allow a perfect matching to the Apple keyboard.
I use Logitech’s ( ) every day. That keyboard satisfies my particular needs: I prefer a full-size keyboard with a number pad, and I want it to work wirelessly without having to remember to change batteries. Since I acquired that keyboard more than a year ago, I’ve considered also replacing my Magic Trackpad with something that doesn’t require batteries. But once I went trackpad, I just couldn’t go back-pad. So I kept on keeping on with my Magic Trackpad, swapping in replacement AA batteries when the need arose—a smidgen too frequently for my taste, I thought.
Which is why Logitech’s announcement of its $70 was big news for me. I was delighted to get my hands—or, really, fingertips—on one. What it says on the tin The Rechargeable Trackpad for Mac is, like Apple’s own standalone trackpad, a glass trackpad that supports OS X’s Multi-Touch gestures.
Logitech 910-002948 Rechargeable Trackpad For Mac Review
But unlike Apple’s trackpad, this one has a built-in, rechargeable battery. You charge that battery by connecting one end of the included USB-to-Micro-USB cable to the Micro-USB port on the back of the trackpad, and the other end to a USB port on your Mac. Logitech says three hours of charging should give you about 60 hours of use.
To conserve battery power, you switch off the Rechargeable Trackpad using a power switch on the right-hand edge. I’d prefer a smart-shutoff feature, like the one on Logitech’s wireless keyboards, that would put the trackpad to sleep after a certain period of inactivity, but since recharging is quick and painless—and because you can use the Rechargeable Trackpad while it charges—this is a minor complaint.
The Rechargeable Trackpad’s surface doesn’t feel noticeably different from that of the Magic Trackpad, but the incline of the trackpad’s surface does. The back of the Magic Trackpad sits about 3/4 of an inch off the ground (largely due to the space required for AA batteries), while the Rechargeable Trackpad’s rear rises only 1/4 of an inch. It’s unlikely that you’ll miss the Magic Trackpad’s incline, especially if you’re comfortable with the fully flat trackpads built into Apple’s laptops. Like the Magic Trackpad, the Rechargeable Trackpad physically clicks by making its front two feet double as buttons; when you push down on the trackpad, those feet trigger a pointer click. My first day with the Rechargeable Trackpad, I found that its physical click required more force to trigger than that of the Magic Trackpad. After a few weeks of use, though, it’s no longer an issue—the difference was small enough that I largely got used to it. I’d still say that the click is still a hair less “clicky' than I’d prefer, but it’s entirely manageable—and likely only an issue if, like me, you’ve been using Apple’s trackpad.
(If you prefer tap-clicking, you can opt for that approach. In fact, tap-click is enabled by default in Logitech's companion software—a decision that resulted in accidental clicks all over the place before I realized what was going on. I’m no fan of that feature, and once I disabled it, sanity returned.) Speaking of software, Logitech's configuration utility for the trackpad, a System Preferences pane called Logitech Preferences Manager, lets you configure tap and Multi-Touch gesture behavior, as well as see the current battery level.
However, if you don't need that battery status, you can use the Rechargeable Trackpad without Logitech's software. With or without Logitech’s software, the Rechargeable Trackpad supports nearly all of the same Multi-Touch gestures that Apple’s trackpad handles: clicks, right-clicks, two-finger clicks, two-finger scrolling, spread/pinch to zoom, rotate, swipe back and forth between webpages, swipe between full-screen apps and spaces, show Launchpad, show the Desktop, enter Notification Center, and double-tap to zoom. The only gesture that I find the Rechargeable Trackpad gets wrong out of the box is that it uses Lion’s three-finger double-tap to bring up inline definitions, instead of Mountain Lion’s three-finger single tap. If you’ve already set your gesture preferences in OS X’s Trackpad preference pane, you’ll still need to set them again in Logitech’s preference pane.
A status light on the Rechargeable Trackpad—a hidden LED positioned just below the surface in the upper-right corner—flashes red if the trackpad is running low on juice or shows green when it’s charging. I wish the trackpad displayed a more-precise sense of how much battery life is remaining. You can launch System Preferences, find the Logitech Preferences Manager, and check on your remaining battery status using the iconographic there, but I’d prefer something like a series of LEDs on the trackpad itself. The rub My complaints to this point—wishing for a better battery indicator, a slightly clickier click, and one different default gesture—are all pretty minor.
However, I do have one bigger complaint that, while not turning me off from the Rechargeable Trackpad, is a true disappointment: Logitech’s trackpad doesn’t seem quite as smart as Apple’s about detecting whether I intend to trigger a one- or two-finger event. What I means is that the Rechargeable Trackpad occasionally—mistakenly—interprets me as having used two fingers on the trackpad when I think I’ve used only one.
Put another way, the Rechargeable Trackpad seems less capable than the Magic Trackpad at handling incidental contact. The result is that Logitech’s trackpad sometimes erroneously believes that I want to scroll the page, or perform a right-click (a two-finger click), when my intention is to use just a single finger on the trackpad. This isn’t a deal-breaker, as when the problem occurs, nothing catastrophic happens.
It’s merely an annoyance—for example, the page scrolls when I want to simply move the cursor. And after using the trackpad for a few weeks, I’ve gotten better at avoiding the latent finger or palm that seems to cause the issue in the first place. But it still happens to me a couple times per day. Bottom line I wanted to love the Rechargeable Trackpad: I don’t like dealing with batteries, and I want to keep using a trackpad, so Logitech’s offering seemed perfect for me. My minor complaints border on trivial, but the annoyance of errant touches is a disappointment, even if a manageable one. That said, I’ve stuck with the Rechargeable Trackpad instead of going back to my Magic Trackpad—despite the latter’s better touch handling, I appreciate the rechargeable battery enough to give Logitech’s Trackpad the edge for me.
Still: I look forward to the next version Logitech releases.