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hi I'm rich Brown frisina today we're going to take a look at the Logitech Bluetooth illuminated keyboard k810 so as its name implies this is a wireless keyboard that connects to your various devices via bluetooth it has some unique features to it it's also pretty expensive so one of its biggest selling points is a series of buttons here at the top and the function row you'll see they're labeled 1 2 3 and what they do is they actually swap between devices you've already paired to the keyboard and which you can take the keyboard use it with a computer but then grab a tablet grab the keyboard go get some coffee somewhere and just hit the button to swap over the pairing and then you can just type away so you can pair the keyboard with up to 3 devices and it works with Android iOS OS 10 Windows 7 Windows 8 I even connected with the ps3 all which had no problems now it is actually Windows specific keyboard and that it has a Windows button down here but it will work with those other devices no problem along with those other buttons on the top there's also a home key that gets you back to the home screen on whatever tablet or smartphone you might be using so Logitech pitch for this keyboard is that you'll take it and use it with your computer then your tablet in your smartphone I'm not really sure that that's the most obvious scenario particularly using with a smart phone but where you might use it is in a living room if you have multiple tablets in a house so backlighting is another feature that's pretty unique this keyboard and it's interesting because it has a number of sensors that actually make it pretty cool so bring your hand over the keyboard and the backlighting automatically comes on then an ambient light sensor detects the amount of lighting in the room and sets the backlighting brightness you can also manually change the brightness with these two buttons here on the top row now the k10 doesn't have any batteries you charge it via this micro USB port Logitech says a charge will last for up to 10 days although of course the power depends on how much lighting you use etc what I also like about this keyboard is its design it has a really crisp look to it it's got metal up here the rest of it is plastic the keys else are missing responsive although you'll note that it looks a lot like Apple's wireless keyboard you can see the key design is basically the same the pitch is identical between the tooth about 19 millimeters they're even roughly the same size Logitech board is a bit wider but otherwise they're basically the same of course if you're looking for hardware design inspiration Apple is a great source so all that makes this perhaps the most feature-rich of this new two wireless keyboards the only problem is the price tag it comes in at $99 that puts it at $40 more than Apple's keyword or Microsoft's new wedge mobile keyboard which is also designed for Windows 8 now the backlighting is cool and we can certainly see some utility for being able to swap this keyboard between various devices overall though that price kind of puts in a luxury territory that said it does what it does very well and it looks great doing it so I'm rich Brown this is the Logitech Bluetooth illuminated keyboard k810