News Logitech unveils K830 home-theatre keyboard and trackpad

Boasts silent keys and built-in trackpad.
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2014/04/10/logitech-k830/1

 

Let's do a features-check, shall we?

Wireless with 33ft range? Check.
Trackpad in the numberpad location? Check.
Unifying receiver? Check.
Backlit keys with ambient light sensor? Ooh, no, the K400 ain't got that.
Integrated rechargeable battery? Nup, the K400 uses two AAs.

So no, if you're reading the article as "Logitech launches keyboard with touchpad," it ain't new. (Incidentally, I've got a wired "Qwerty"-brand keyboard with a touchpad 'ere - cost a tenner.) If, however, you read it as "Logitech launches a home-theatre keyboard with touchpad, backlit keys, ambient light sensor and integrated rechargeable battery," then it most certainly is new. Unless you know of another keyboard with the above feature set?

 

And I was merely pointing out that the article reads like this is something new because it is something new.

 

Okay, I was having fun before - but now I'm offended.

I can categorically state that I have no relationship with Logitech beyond owning a couple of their trackballs - which I bought with my own cash, thank you very much, and don't even use any more. I have never in my career been asked to write a puff-piece for a sponsor, and our Glorious New Overlords would not ask me to start now; if they did, you'd know because I'd quit.

I chose to write the article because I thought the product was neat. End of story.

 

Apology accepted, and I apologise if my response was a little harsh. The sanctity of editorial impartiality is something I hold dear, and is something I will defend to my last breath. If any one of my clients - not just Bit - tried to influence^* my editorial because they'd taken a company's gold, that would be a client I would be glad to lose. My name is my bond; if you see my name next to something, you need to know that I believe in what I'm saying and haven't been bought off for thirty pieces of silver. Thankfully, it's not an issue that has ever come up; either it's a lot less prevalent than people believe, or I've just been lucky to work with editors who have the same level of integrity for which I strive.

* - The closest that I've ever come is in topic suggestions. "Hey, Gareth," an editor might say. "We've just taken a big advertising order from a car manufacturer; can you do us some news stories about cars for the next couple of weeks?" Which is, naturally, fine by me - whereas "Madeup Manufacturer just paid us a boatload of cash, can you gush about every little press release they put out for the next couple of weeks" would be a problem. "Madeup Manufacturer has paid us a shedload of moolah for advertising, so we're not going to run the story you wrote about their vehicles catching fire in people's driveways in case they get upset?" Your publication, your rules - but that'd be where the editor and I part ways.