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I use Logitech’s Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 (
) 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 Rechargeable Trackpad for Mac 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. 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.
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