The goal of the new Media Keyboard was to allow control of your media and to provide a high level of comfort.  If you are familiar with Logitech’s product line, you will notice that the Media Keyboard sparks a resemblance to Logitech’s Elite Keyboard. Although the keyboard has a few keys less than the Elite Keyboard, it still manages to keep the important functionality.  At the top left of the keyboard, there are the favorites and home buttons.  At the very left of the keyboard, there are more essential browser functions such as the back, forward, and search buttons.  These buttons are great when browsing the web.  At the top right of the keyboard, there are buttons that allow you to quickly open up your email program as well as your instant messenger.  The most important buttons are at the top of the keyboard.  You have your usual keys that allow you to control playback.  There are the play/pause, stop, fast forward, reverse, and even mute buttons.  There is also the essential volume buttons to be able to quickly adjust the volume levels.

Obvious differences in design compared to the Elite keyboard is that the Function keys are roundish, yet stylistic.  Another difference compared to a standard keyboard is that buttons such as the Home, End buttons, etc.  are placed in a narrow way to save space on the keyboard.  Although arranged differently, they are positioned in a way that you should still feel acquainted with.

Subtle things you should know about the keyboard is that it incorporates the Zero-Degree Tilt feature.  If you look at a standard keyboard, you’ll notice that each row seems to increase in height.  With Zero-Degree Tilt, all the rows of keyboard are the same height.  When first placing my hands on the keyboard, I immediately noticed that the keyboard felt flat.  Another subtle thing I noticed about the keyboard is that the letters are centered on the key rather than being labeled at the top-left corner.

The purpose of placing all the different multimedia and Internet keys is to make it easier and faster to do certain functions.  It is much easier to press the forward and back buttons on the keyboard when browsing the web rather than having to constantly reach for your mouse.

The LX 501 Cordless desktop is all about wireless.  Since it is wireless, it is expected that you probably lift the keyboard a lot.  When lifting the keyboard, I could feel the thinness of the keyboard when gripping it at the sides.  Based of fast RF radio technology, I decided to test the range of the wireless receiver.  I discovered I was still able to use the keyboard and mouse at a range

As mentioned before, the desktop set includes Logitech’s Cordless Click! Optical Mouse.  The mouse has an 800dpi optical sensor just like the MX 700.  Since it doesn’t have the MX optical engine, it isn’t really ideal for gaming.  I found that there were times where the mouse couldn’t keep up with my quick hand movements.  The Cordless Click! Optical Mouse seems to be geared toward those who primarily use their computer for office work or just browsing the Internet.  The mouse features the similar kind of technology as Microsoft’s Tilt-Wheel Technology.  As usual, you can use the scroll wheel on the mouse to move up and down.  You can also tilt the wheel left and right.  This can be used for a variety of functions.  This can be used also as the back and forward buttons on your browser.