Logitech has unveiled the diNovo Edge keyboard, a rechargeable keyboard that features an integrated touch-sensitive navigation and scroll panel, and includes embedded Bluetooth wireless technology.

The keyboard is laser cut from a single semi-translucent piece of black Plexiglas and set into a brushed-aluminum frame. Only ¾-inches (19.05 mm) thick, the keyboard has has fewer seams and buttons on the keyboard, offering touch-sensitive technology and controls that are flush with the keyboard surface, and using dynamic soft-orange backlighting behind the single Plexiglas panel. The semi-translucent surface enables the dynamic backlighting of icons embedded within the keyboard, which are invisible without illumination. Pressing the function key illuminates icons for secondary F-key functions, including media controls and application-launch keys.

"The diNovo Edge is the most beautiful and elegant keyboard we've ever made," said Denis Pavillard, vice president of product marketing for Logitech's keyboards and desktops. "It elicits an immediate emotional connection the first time you see it — and that connection only gets stronger when you place your hands upon it. The diNovo Edge delivers a premium experience in every way, from how it looks in the office or living room, to how it feels and performs in the hands of its owner."

The keyboard includes touch-sensitive TouchDisc, which enables people to scroll and navigate a graphical user interface without having to reach for a mouse. Moving a finger up and down or across the disc moves the cursor on the computer screen, and moving the finger in a circular motion around the perimeter of the TouchDisc enables people to scroll horizontally and vertically through documents.

Located above the TouchDisc, the keyboard's touch-sensitive volume slider makes it easy to quickly adjust the computer's volume. And on the left-hand side of the keyboard, three zoom buttons — zoom in, zoom out, and 100 percent view — enable people to navigate and edit digital photos with ease. A pointer button, used with the TouchDisc, enables two-hand navigation.

With Bluetooth wireless technology, the diNovo Edge can connect directly, without the included USB micro-receiver, to PCs that have built-in Bluetooth technology. For computers without built-in Bluetooth technology, people need only plug in the micro-receiver to a USB port to connect the keyboard to the PC; the keyboard and receiver are pre-paired during manufacturing so that they automatically connect when plugged in. Bluetooth wireless technology provides the keyboard with a longer range (up to 10 meters, or 33 feet) than for many cordless keyboards.

The rechargeable diNovo Edge comes with a stand that serves as both a recharging station and a display base; when inserted in the stand, the keyboard rests perpendicular to the desk. A two-hour charge yields up to two months of battery life.

The Logitech diNovo Edge keyboard is expected to be available in the US and Europe beginning in November at a suggested retail price of $199.99 in the U.S.