Logitech K350 2.4Ghz Wireless Keyboard

by Logitech

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 20 x 10 x 2 inches ; 3.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002MMY4WY
• Item model number: 920-001996
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (230 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #18 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Accessories > Keyboards, Mice & Input Devices > Keyboards
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Logitech Wireless Keyboard K350—a comfort curve without the learning curve With its distinctive Wave design and Constant Curve layout, Logitech Wireless Keyboard K350 guides your hands into just the right position, allowing you to type with ease and confidence. It features a cushioned palm rest, up to three years of battery life, and reliable wireless connection.

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Different setups. Different locations. One tiny Logitech Unifying receiver. The Logitech Unifying receiver is part of a new family of products that brings you wireless freedom and convenience without the hassle of multiple receivers. It's easy to pair up to six Unifying compatible devices, all to the same tiny receiver that never needs to leave your laptop. Now it's even more convenient to move around and work at the office, at home or on the road. Create The Combo That Works For You. See other products that work with Logitech Unifying receiver.

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Key Features

		A place for your palms A cushioned palm rest helps position hands comfortably and properly on the keyboard.
		Go for up to three years You'll get up to three years of battery life, practically eliminating the need to change batteries, as well as the hassle, expense, and waste that go with it. An indicator light helps you keep an eye on your charge level.
		Plug it. Forget it. Add to it. This keyboard includes the Logitech Unifying receiver. The tiny wireless receiver stays in your notebook, so there's no need to unplug it when you move around. Plus, you can easily add a compatible mouse or number pad—without the hassle of multiple USB receivers.
		Advanced 2.4 GHz wireless Logitech Advanced 2.4 GHz wireless connectivity gives you the reliability of a cord plus cordless convenience and freedom. It also offers fast data transmission, virtually no delays or dropouts, and 128-bit AES encryption.

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Which Logitech Keyboard Is Right For You?

Good Better  Best Ultra
	diNovo Keyboard for Notebooks	Illuminated Keyboard	Wireless Keyboard K350	Wireless Keyboard K340	Compact Keyboard K300

Product Information
Keyboard	Wireless	Corded	Wireless	Wireless	Corded
Integrated Number Pad
Connection Features
USB Support
Wireless Protocol	Advanced 2.4 GHz	N/A	Advanced 2.4 GHz	Advanced 2.4 GHz	N/A
Wireless Security	128-Bit AES Encryption	N/A	128-Bit AES Encryption	128-Bit AES Encryption	N/A
Keyboard Design
Enhanced Comfort
Ultra-Thin Profile
Palm Rest	Integrated	Integrated	Integrated Cushion		Integrated
Backlighting
Adjustable Height/Angles
Operational and Navigational Controls
Enhanced F-Keys
Launch Calculator Key
Search Web
Communication Controls
Launch E-Mail
Launch Web Browser
Launch IM / VOIP
System Support
Certified for Windows Vista
Windows XP
Mac OS X

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Create The Combo That Works For You

Logitech has a range of products that you can connect via a single, tiny receiver you leave plugged in to your notebook. Mix. Match. Unify. Now you can create your perfect laptop workstation, wherever you work.

Logitech Wireless Keyboard K340 Designed to fit your space—and your life—the compact Logitech Wireless Keyboard K340 frees up space on your desk without requiring you to compromise on comfort. Works with unifying receiver.		Logitech Wireless Keyboard K350 With its distinctive Wave design and Constant Curve layout, this keyboard guides your hands into just the right position. You'll type with ease and confidence, but without having to re-learn typing on an unfamiliar layout. Works with unifying receiver.		Logitech Wireless Mouse M505 (Silver) With 15 months of battery life* and laser tracking, you've got the power and precision to be more productive. The tiny unifying receiver can stay in your notebook, so there's less worry of it being broken or lost.		Logitech Wireless Mouse M505 (Red) With 15 months of battery life* and laser tracking, you've got the power and precision to be more productive. The tiny unifying receiver can stay in your notebook, so there's less worry of it being broken or lost.

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What's In The Box? Package Contents Logitech Wireless Keyboard K350 Logitech Unifying receiver Logitech software CD 2 AA batteries Receiver extender cable User documentation System Requirements Windows-based PC only Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 USB port Internet connection

Product Description

With its distinctive Wave design and Constant Curve layout, Logitech Wireless Keyboard K350 guides your hands into just the right position. You'll type with ease and confidence, but without having to re-learn typing on an unfamiliar layout.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

109 of 110 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars feels great! lots of programmable options (w/ software), October 9, 2009

By 

Sarah Danks "Nana Sarah" (Springdale, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Logitech K350 2.4Ghz Wireless Keyboard (Personal Computers)

My K350 came yesterday and I'm quite pleased, in contrast to the other review. I've been using PCs since 1980, so I've typed on a bunch of keyboards, all the way back to the original IBM PC and a handful of DEC and other terminal boards. This is the first "wave" keyboard that I've used, but not the first with an attached palm rest.

GENERAL:
The feel of the entire unit is solid, and the keys seem to have a good response. (It's not as solid as my Northgate OmniKey, but nobody has made mainstream metal keyboards for over a decade.) The keys seemed to be spaced and sized much like any other keyboard, then I measured. The keys on my basic Dell keyboard are 3/4" square, nearly flat, and touch each other. These keys are separated, deeper like an older keyboard, and just about 5/8" square, though there is enough space between them that they are almost 3/4" from center to center. My conclusion is that these keys are, indeed, typical in size and spacing. The wave shape makes the positions a bit different from what I'm accustomed to, but not enough to cause me problems.

The palm rest is lightly padded and I find it quite comfortable, though for me it is a wrist rest as I have small hands -- 6 1/2" from base to fingertip. There are two feet on the back for either a 4° or an 8° angle lift. BTW, when the keyboard is flat on the desk the front edge of the palm rest is 7/8" off the desktop in the middle where you wouldn't have your hands. Where your hands go, it is 5/8" off the desktop. I must also say that my wrists are beginning to feel a wee bit chaffed, but, since I don't do that much typing any more, my habits have become lax, and I know I'm moving my hands around when I should be leaving them in place. Looking at the bottom, I'd say that the palm rest could be removed and recovered with other material, but you would have to put it back on or the base of the keyboard would stick out.

DIMENSIONS: about 19" by 10 1/8" at the widest part of the wave.

POWER: 2 AA batteries, included; on/off switch on the underside; battery monitor when you press a function key, but the picture is misleading. The picture looks as if the battery light shows you the level of power, which it does not. However, there is a tab in the SetPoint software that will at least tell me that my brand new batteries are "good." Right now the battery light is green. When you first power up the keyboard, the battery light will turn green if the batteries are good. I tried putting in a couple used batteries to see if the light has another color to tell you the batteries are low, but I couldn't find a combo that gave me anything but green or no light.

PROGRAMMABILITY:
The black set of keys at the top center that control volume and pause/play/stop/ff/rev cannot be reprogrammed.

Ten of the 12 function keys (document, spreadsheet, calendar, 3 unassigned, browser, messaging, e-mail, search) can be reprogrammed using the SetPoint software; only F11 (battery light) and F12 (CD/DVD eject) cannot. You can program the keys to: launch a program; open a file, a folder or a web page; show a custom menu; perform a keystroke combination; do nothing (very useful if you don't want to perform the default action but haven't anything else to assign to the key); or perform another of the preprogrammed actions. When you launch a program with a function key, the name of the program flashes on the screen briefly to tell you what you just started. The original set up is that you have to press the "Fn" key at the bottom right with the function key to get the special, programmed function; however, you can change it so that you press a function key alone to get a special function and have to press Fn to get the normal function key.

Of the 8 silver specialty keys, only the zoom key on the left cannot be reprogrammed. The silver "PC" key on the top far right can be changed, but in a more limited fashion. It will sleep the PC, restart, shut down, log off, or do nothing. The other 6 can be programmed the same way as the 10 function keys. That gives you a total of 16 keys that can be very flexibly programmed. I find that quite useful.

You can choose to disable the caps lock, num lock, scroll lock, Windows start, and insert keys so that you can't accidentally press them. You can also choose to have a sound play when you do press any of them, and/or have a notice flash briefly on the screen to tell you what state they are now in. There are no num lock or caps lock lights on the keyboard itself to tell you when they are on.

RECEIVER EXTENDER CABLE: I wondered about that one and couldn't find info on Logitech's site. It's a 5' USB cable that you can use to extend the range of the receiver plug. Plug the receiver in this cable, then the cable into the PC, stretch out the cable and your PC is now that much closer to your keyboard. On the other hand, I walked to the end of my room, about 15', and reception was still fine without the extender cable. I presume it's intended for use with large screen TV setups in big rooms or projection/lecture setups, because by the time you get far enough away to need it you can't see a normal PC screen. Well, *I* can't, anyway.

"UNIFYING": If you actually read the info about the devices with "unifying" technology on either the Amazon pages or the Logitech site, you will quickly realize that Logitech's "unifying" technology is new and does not work with older mice and keyboards, and that there are only a few keyboards and mice out for it at the moment. Oh, well. I guess I wasn't surprised at all that because I already had two Logitech wireless mice and neither worked with the other's receiver. I thought that was dumb till I realized that if they did speak to each other's receivers and you had two PCs in the same room using those mice, might both mice be controlling the cursors on both machines? No doubt the new tech has a way of identifying the devices and linking them to a particular machine to prevent a problem like that. I have an Anywhere mouse on order, which is one of the ones that has "unifying," so I'm delighted with the idea. Not only fewer cords, but also fewer USB dongles. Life is good.

Update, 9/14/11:
BATTERY: I am still on the original battery with this. I use it at home, 7 days a week most of the time, and, more often that I would like, I forget to turn it off, so it stays on for days at a time. I'd say that's pretty good.
SOFTWARE: Be sure to keep your software updated. I haven't noticed any new features, but I will say that the newest SetPoint software, with newest drivers, seems to work much better on Windows 7 than the older version did when I first installed the keyboard after my OS upgrade a couple weeks ago.
DURABILITY: Dummy here splashed water on the keyboard this summer. Panic! (I usually buy keyboard covers, but when I first got this, no one had them for this model and I didn't get around to checking again.) Anyway, I took the screws out of the back thinking I would have to dry out the keyboard, but I discovered that there is a lovely plastic membrane between the keys and the circuit board. No moisture or debris can get to the electronics. Yeah!

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Logitech K350 - A Great Wireless Keyboard Value With The New Universal Receiver, December 26, 2009

By 

Mark "Technology, Music and Movies" (East Coast) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Logitech K350 2.4Ghz Wireless Keyboard (Personal Computers)

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The Logitech K350 Wireless Keyboard is a great value and has enough features to meet a wide variety of needs. This is akin to the original Wave Keyboard in its design. When comparing this keyboard to the Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave Pro Set, it is missing the bundled Logitech MX 1100 Cordless Laser Mouse.

I tested this unit with the Logitech M505 Wireless Mouse and the universal receiver worked well with both units. Once they make a version of the MX 1100 that is compatible with the new receiver, I'm sure an updated Wave set won't be far behind.

PROS
+ The universal receiver allows you to use one receiver for a wide variety of devices
+ Small (nano sized) receiver can be installed in laptops and left plugged in for mobile use
+ Great wireless range out of the box
+ Receiver extension cable allows you to use the keyboard from across the room
+ The Wave keyboard design is ergomic and comfortable
+ The on / off swich under the keyboard allows you to save battery life
+ Indicator light lets you know when you have weak batteries
+ Integrated wrist cushion is comfy and convenient!
+ Integrated number pad (yes some of us still use these)
+ Runs off two AA batteries (included) that can last for up to 3 years
+ Works well with Windows Vista & Windows 7 (Still have to test it with Mac OS X)
+ The device is plug and play without installing software (though special function keys such as zoom won't work without installing the software)
+ Key shortcuts for settings, photos, music, media center and more
+ Programmable smart keys (must install SetPoint software to use)
+ Reasonable list price

CONS
- Keys are somewhat *squishy* and are not back-lit
- The number of devices compatible with the unviersal receiver is still limited
- Wave design is still not as ergonomic as full split designs
- The integrated wrist cusion is rather thin

THE KEYBOARD

Installation is a snap. Just plug in the receiver and remove the plastic tab from the underside battery compartment allowing the battery to make contact. Ensure that the switch is in the on position, and *voila*, your computer should detect the drivers and install the keyboard. The extra function keys won't work unless you install the software, but it's nice that the basic functions work out of the box.

Some gaming keyboards, like the Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard, include extra function keys for programming macros. There are so many built-in extras on this keyboard that for most people the lack of extra macro keys should not be an issue. Best of all, this keyboard includes the unifying receiver that will allow you to use one receiver for a wide range of Logitech products.

I have a lot of keyboards and my oriiginal Wave cordless set still gets plenty of use on my desktop. I do a lot of typing and so I have started to invest in wireless keyboards for all of my home computers, including media center PCs, laptops, desktops and servers. Because I have so many computers, I was able to stumble on a great use for this keyboard. Anybody that has a media center PC and uses it for typing will definitely want to give this keyboard a test drive.

Typing on this keyboard is not as good as it could be. The keys themselves are somewhat "squishy" and this does not have the premium feel of the diNovo keyboards. But with the ergonomic shape of the wave layout, that is a trade-off I am willing to make. The base of the keyboard feels solid; it's just the key action that feels underwhelming.

THE UNIFYING RECEIVER

The unifying receiver included with this keyboard is a significant improvement. It means that you can add more devices to your computer without having to use multiple receivers. It works on the 2.4 GHz frequency according to the packaging. The range of this reciever was a pleasant surprise. I was able to use this keyboard from across the room without a problem. There is also an extender included so that those who need to use this keyboard at long-range can do so.

This nano-sized receiver is the same small size as the one included with mice designed for mobile use, like the VX Nano. However, it has the cabability to work with all the newer Logitech devices coming out now. While it won't work with older devices, it currently works with the following:
1. K350 Wireless Keyboard (this product)
2. Logitech M505 Wireless Mouse
3. Logitech Performance Mouse MX
4. Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX
5. Logitech K340 Wireless Keyboard

CONCLUSION

This keyboard definitely deserves to be considered and the new receiver only makes it even better. For the price it's an excellent value. Give it a look.

Enjoy.

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not your father's Natural Soft Keyboard, January 25, 2010

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C. D. Colburn "Twodeadpoets" (Orcas Island, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Logitech K350 2.4Ghz Wireless Keyboard (Personal Computers)

I got the Logitech Wave K350 keyboard because after more than a year with the Microsoft 4000 I realized that it had too steep of a learning curve in finding the keys. The 4000 replaced my beige Natural Soft keyboard that I loved but hated the colour and lack of functions. Though the Logitech doesn't have the "ergonomics" that the Natural series does, I had hoped that the "Constant Curve" layout in the Wave might guide me to the keys more accurately than the 4000 did.

Now that I have had the K350 for a few weeks, I can say that though it's easier than the 4000, I still find it easy to get off track when keying. Another annoyance is the placement of some key keys including the "Delete button in which was lengthened with the "Home" key right above that instead of the "Insert" Key. To the right of the "Home" key is the "End" key with the "Page Up" and "Page Down" below that. I'm sure I'll get used to it sooner or later but it does not have the placement as most other keyboards I use.

All that said, I like the looks of the Logitech and the functions are pretty cool though a bit more geared toward media than I need. The lines are sleek and the wireless ability with up to a 3 year battery life is what made me finally spring for a wireless keyboard. I ordered the K350 to compliment my Logitech Performance MX mouse and LOVE that I can connect the two together to one remote USB devise. Another thing I enjoy is the wrist pad. I suffer from Carpal Tunnel and the pad helps quite a bit. Lastly the set with all of their functions are a real compliment to Windows 7.