Logitech Intros Wireless Touchpad for PCs

4:00 PM - September 13, 2011 - By Kevin Parrish - Source : Logitech

Logitech's new peripheral adds wireless multitouch capabilities to your Windows 7-based desktop or notebook.

Logitech today introduced the upcoming Wireless Touchpad. Its application should be a given: it will add multitouch capabilities to Windows 7-based desktops and notebooks including one-finger control, two-finger scrolling, three-finger and four-finger swiping. Unfortunately, the device won't come cheap, costing $49.99 USD.

"Designed for Windows 7 operating systems, the Logitech Wireless Touchpad features multi-touch navigation and gesture-based controls, making it a snap to point, scroll and swipe your way to wherever you go on the Web," said Chris Labrutto, Logitech senior global product manager. "A large touch surface gives you plenty of room to stretch your fingertips. And set-up is easy: just plug the tiny Logitech Unifying receiver into a USB port, put the touchpad anywhere on your desk or tabletop and get started. The receiver simultaneously supports up to five more compatible devices."

According to the company's website, Logitech's Unifying receiver is an extremely small, low-profile USB-based receiver that supports a number of Logitech wireless keyboards, mice and number pads. It also supports "advanced" 2.4 GHz wireless allowing a range of up to 82 feet between the receiver and the Touchpad (or other compatible Logitech devices). This could make the Touchpad an ideal device for a home theater, allowing the user to easily swipe through media or the Internet from the couch across the room.

On the hardware side, the Touchpad will be compatible with Windows 7 and offer a 5-inch touch surface when it lands on store shelves. The device will also offer a 4-month battery life and an LED indicator that will alert the user when the battery level is getting low. Unfortunately, Logitech doesn't offer actual device dimensions but does promise "clutter-free" Internet surfing with the new device.

The Logitech Wireless Touchpad is now up for pre-order at $49.99 USD here. Actual availability is unknown at this time, so stay tuned.

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Anonymous 09/13/2011 10:19 PM

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Why would you willingly use a touchpad on a desktop? (o_0)a

nukemaster 09/13/2011 10:22 PM

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This is not a bad idea. May be nice for users that use laptops on the go and desktops at home. I would prefer a decent keyboard/touchpad combo for media center use.

Wacom also has several touchpad(not sure if they get 4 finger input)/digitizer tablets on the market as well.

ChrisCornell 09/13/2011 10:22 PM

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Only stupid MAC-users use stupid laptop technology on desktops because they find it pretty and neat and magical.

Parsian 09/13/2011 10:28 PM

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"...two-finger scrolling, three-finger and four-finger swiping."

My thoughts are so dirty...

geof2001 09/13/2011 10:29 PM

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This sounds great for the living room though.

geof2001 09/13/2011 10:31 PM

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Imagine writing the numbers on this to change channels or gesturing to volume up or volume down.

Anonymous 09/13/2011 10:34 PM

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This is honestly a waste for a desktop. You have way more productivity with a mouse than you do a touch pad.

chronicbint 09/13/2011 10:38 PM

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While the macbook touchpads are a joy to use, gestures are excellent, I don't think they would replace a decent mouse.

Anonymous 09/13/2011 10:50 PM

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How is this any easier than using a wireless mouse? Oh, wait, we are paying 50 bucks so we don't need a mouse pad. Clever.

Yuka 09/13/2011 10:52 PM

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Attach that to a decent wireless keyboard and you got me for real, Logitech. It must have multimedia keys in it! Or even better, make it control remote like.

Oh gawd, the htpc-gasm.

Cheers!

beardguy 09/13/2011 10:58 PM

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This is a total rip of the Wacom Bamboo Touch that has been out forever!

The multi-touch is nice and great for web and some Adobe apps. It's really poor for gaming, even though it seems like it would be cool. Overall I found it awkward compared to a mouse and much harder to perform precision movements.

au_equus 09/13/2011 11:06 PM

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... and then Apple sues them...

reggieray 09/13/2011 11:12 PM

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Touch pads are great if the OS properly supports it but not good for gaming. Apple has had a big multi-gesture touch pad for their PC for at least a year, works freaking great.

elforeign 09/13/2011 11:27 PM

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funny, i've been able to do this with my iPhone for well over 2 years...and the app was free

eddieroolz 09/13/2011 11:30 PM

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Kind of like the Magic Pad or whatever it was called. Still see no point though - a mouse would be a lot more intuitive.

katfishgr 09/13/2011 11:33 PM

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i'm sure Apple has an iPatent on something pertaining to this...

mavroxur 09/13/2011 11:39 PM

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I'd rather have a wireless keyboard/touchpad combo unit for an HTPC. Typing using the on-screen windows keyboard with a touchpad would be a nightmare.

Anonymous 09/13/2011 11:40 PM

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A good multi-touch pad is great for everything *except* gaming and photoshop

randomstar 09/13/2011 11:44 PM

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this would enable the Live Tiles desktop on windows 8 to be much more usable for those who want to.
or make browsing lare folders of pictures etc easier, even with the "classic" interface. not a replacement for a mouse, an add-on.

ricdiculus 09/13/2011 11:45 PM

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Touchpad=FAIL. Give me a good mouse any day (or hell, even a trackball).

Thunderfox 09/14/2011 12:21 PM

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The first time I used a touchpad was on a desktop in 1995 or 96. It made no sense then and it still doesn't today.

brickman 09/14/2011 12:37 PM

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As a long time laptop user, I used both my touchpad and mouse. Now I have a desktop this will come in handy.

nforce4max 09/14/2011 1:09 AM

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Yay lets play Wow or Metro with one of these.....Fail
What junk this is and rather use a trackball any day over a touchpad.

Halcyon 09/14/2011 1:27 AM

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This is not for gaming. Duh. ...and that doesn't make it less of a usable product. I see Windows 8 applications here and anything else that uses gestures. I wonder how it will compare to Apple's excellent M.TrackPad. For those that are interested in gestures, I wonder if it was be as good as or superior to the M.TrackPad. Leave it to the awesome crew at Logitech to add this to their arsenal of great input devices.

Wish I Was Wealthy 09/14/2011 4:25 AM

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Ha,Ha,Ha! I know why they're bringing in these touch pads. If you read one of the articles that has been put up lately by toms hardware,it mentions that the windows 8 start menu is looking like a mobile platform operating system. Maybe that is why they're trying to feed us this crap. Another way towards the Cloud concept.

neon871 09/14/2011 1:02 PM

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I think this will be best fitted by blue tooth to a smart phone, wait my Android already does that.
I love Logitech products, I have G15 keyboard & G9x mouse, but I think their touchpad is doomed to fail.

demonhorde665 09/14/2011 2:40 PM

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totally wothless , and out calssede by wacom already

my digital pen tablet (bamboo) alread does multi touch (not that i use this function)
as well as it's pen drawing functions (which is what i use it for in my art classes)

point being is my bamboo only cost ten more dollars than this on new egg. for ten bucks more you get a much ahndier tool than jsut a multi touch pad

del35 09/14/2011 4:23 PM

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Ummm, I bet iConartist Jobs will sue Logitech.

Dragoza 09/14/2011 5:05 PM

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2 words... Keyboards/Mouse

cats_paw 09/15/2011 12:39 PM

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"Make your desktop a laptop!", "more unfomftable than ever"....

FacePalm.

Anonymous 09/20/2011 11:06 AM

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