Product Description

Logitech is an international market leader in human interface devices and software that link people to digital information and the Internet and enable them to work, play, learn and communicate more effectively in the digital world. The company's products combine essential core technologies, continuing innovation, award-winning industrial design and excellent price performance.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #65 in Consumer Electronics
• Color: Black
• Brand: Logitech
• Model: 931689-0403
• Dimensions: 4.02" h x 9.50" w x 9.70" l, .0 pounds

Features

• MicroGear Precision scroll wheel operates in two distinct modes, allowing you to scroll faster and with more precision than ever before
• SmartShift technology automatically applies the best scrolling mode for the application you're using
• Document quick flip lets you move effortlessly between documents and applications
• Integrated search button connects instantly to your preferred search engine
• Precise laser technology and a rechargeable battery

Amazon.com Review
Mice have come a long way since the early days of the Macintosh, with its innovative roller-balled brick. Fast forward 22 years and meet the Logitech MX Revolution. With innovative scrolling technology, rechargeable batteries, and improvements that make it easier to do common tasks, the MX Revolution is definitely a big step in the right direction. Whether or not this mouse is a revolution is up for debate, as it doesn't completely change the way we interact with our computers like the Macintosh mouse did, but it's clearly an important step in the evolution of one mankind's most indispensable tools.

Feels good in the hand, and the intelligent scroll wheel is a revelation.

Just remember to turn it off. This baby is a power gulper, not a sipper.

The mouse feels great in small and large hands

Ergonomics and Design
The first thing you'll notice about the MX Revolution is the distinct shape, which is very reminiscent of a cresting wave. Fortunately, the design does more than look good. The mouse feels great in small and large hands, and the curved channel--which accommodates the thumb nicely--makes it easy to use the document "Quick Flip" dial on the side of the mouse. Above the Quick Flip control you'll find a pair of thin, customizable buttons that by default operate as forward and back controls for Web pages.

The top of the mouse houses Logitech's tour de force, the MicroGear Precision Scroll Wheel, which dynamically controls the speed and resistance of your scrolling tasks. Side scrolling and a scroll wheel-based button press are also supported. Just behind the scroll wheel sits the quick search button, which pops you into the search engine of your choice.

The "Quick-Flip" thumb wheel makes it easy to quickly switch between active windows.

All in all, it's a surprisingly simple layout for a device that offers a great deal of functionality. Lefties beware, though. You'll find it awkward to use the quick flip dial that's located in the channel on the left side of the mouse. Although Logitech has designed a small ridge on the right side of the mouse that lefties may find supportive this is obviously a mouse built for righties first.

The MicroGear Scroll Wheel
Logitech says that the MicroGear Scroll Wheel "represents the single largest engineering effort ever undertaken by our engineering team," and their hard work shows; the scroll wheel is not only well designed with a smooth, progressive feel, but it is also surprisingly intelligent. Need to quickly scroll through large Web pages and documents? Place the scroll wheel in "freewheel" mode and give the wheel a quick, frictionless spin. The action feels much like a well-oiled roller-ball and offers blazing speed. Need slow scrolling for browsing photo libraries or spreadsheets? Switch to ratchet mode for precise movement. The included SetPoint software can automatically switch modes--a feature called SmartShift--or you can switch modes manually with a light press on the scroll wheel that shifts "gears." A note for Mac users: The Mac version of the MX Revolution Software does not appear to support SmartShift.

The action feels much like a well-oiled roller-ball and offers blazing speed

Quick Flip and Fingertip Search
Two other nifty functions make the MX Revolution a great tool for productivity freaks and power users. The included software installs an application switcher that is linked to the mouse's thumb wheel, an action called "Quick-Flipping." Clicking the thumb wheel brings up a window listing all currently active application windows. Rotating the wheel and then pressing it again when you've reached your selection brings up the window of your choice. The Fingertip Search, which relies on a small button just behind the scroll wheel, allows you to input any copied text into the search engine of your choice. For OS X users, the action brings up a Spotlight search window.

Connection and Power
Connecting the MX Revolution couldn't be easier. The included wireless USB dongle was immediately recognized by Windows and Mac machines, and after switching on the power switch on the base of the mouse, we were mousing almost instantaneously. Wireless mice are often a pain when it comes to battery life and replacement. The Revolution MX solves one of these problems by integrating a rechargeable battery. The included charging stand is simple and stylish, although it requires wall power--no USB charging. You'll be using the stand a lot, as we couldn't squeeze much more than a day's work out of the mouse before the low battery indicator appeared. The mouse does not appear to have a sleep mode when it's not active (or when folks inevitably forget to turn it off), a notable omission from a device that is otherwise a home run--as long as you're a right hander.

Pros

• Great ergonomics
• MicroGear scroll wheel and fast application switching
• Nifty charging stand

Cons

• Mac support not on par with Windows
• Poor battery life
• Don't bother if you're a lefty

What's in the Box
Logitech MX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse, recharging station, AC power cord, USB micro-receiver, Logitech SetPoint software CD, user's guide, and three-year limited warranty.

Amazon.com Product Description
World´s most advanced mouse.

Smarter, faster, and fully-loaded, the MX Revolution gives you powerful new controls that will streamline the way you work. Logitech´s innovative MicroGear Precision Scroll Wheel lets you fly through long documents at hyperspeed, or switch to precise click-to-click scrolling for navigating lists, slides, and image collections. Toggle between open documents with the convenient Quick-Flip thumb wheel, or search the Web by highlighting a word or phrase and pressing the Search button.

New, revolutionary, hyper-fast scroll wheel

A new concept in PC navigation, the MicroGear Precision Scroll Wheel operates in two distinct modes, allowing you to scroll faster and with more precision than ever before:  Free-spin mode for hyper-fast, nearly frictionless scrolling.  With a single flick, the machined alloy wheel spins for up to seven seconds, scrolling hundreds of pages or thousands of rows.  Fly through long documents and instantly stop wherever you want.  Click-to-click mode for detailed navigation.  An ultra-precise ratchet-scrolling mechanism allows users to move line-by-line through complex spreadsheets, step through slideshows, or travel small vertical distances in documents or Web pages.

 

Hyper-fast scrolling Fly through long documents at hyperspeed. Shift to precise click-to-click scrolling, to navigate lists, slides, and image collections.		SmartShift technology MX Revolution detects your current application and automatically applies the scrolling mode that best fits the task at hand.		Document quick-flip Move effortlessly between documents. Cut and paste between applications, compare documents, or check e-mail.
Touch to search Highlight a word or phrase and press the search button to instantly display results from your favorite search engine.		Rechargeable Li-ion battery Never worry about replacing batteries. A four-stage battery level meter lets you know when to recharge.		Cordless Laser Full-speed USB wireless technology and state-of-the-art laser engine deliver absolute precision and control.

 

System Requirements PC Windows XP Windows Vista (requires Internet connection) Available USB port CD-ROM drive Mac Mac OSX 10.2.8+ Available USB port CD-ROM drive Internet connection Package Contents Logitech MX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse Recharging station AC power cord USB micro-receiver Logitech SetPoint software CD User's guide 3-year limited warranty

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Customer Reviews

Best Mouse Ever
Fast, accurate, comfortable, intuitive, easy to operate, and maintains a charge for a long time. Best mouse I've ever owned. Highly recommend.

OH THE POTENTIAL!!
If you have a wireless network in your home of office (who doesn't?) then this mouse is a waste of money and time. It will freeze up on you over and over again whenever someone is using wireless. Nothing you can do about it, other than shut down your wireless network.

On top of that the reliability of the mouse is not up to stuff. I have used it less than a year, and it registers single clicks as doubles. This drives me crazy.
Want to recharge your mouse? It takes 40 tries to get the charging dock to connect correctly with the mouse.

These things make this mouse near unusable.

But ergonomics and feel of the mouse is great. If Logitech fixes these issues this would be a top notch mouse. But with the severe flaws it has I cannot recommend it to anyone.

This is a great mouse
I purchased this mouse during the spring to replace the mouse that came with the Logitech WAVE keyboard/mouse combo - I found the mouse that came with the WAVE combo was just a bit too small for my hand, hence my purchase.

I'll keep my review short. The mouse is very well constructed, and works like a charm, no issues.

I just wanted to comment on the battery life - my battery lasts over a month and I keep my mouse on all the time (you can turn it off by the switch underneath). I am not sure what was wrong with the Amazon.com reviewer's mouse, maybe a bad battery, or perhaps he did not charge the mouse correctly.
In short, the battery lasts a long time and even after being fully depleted charging takes about 4 hours.
I love it!@