What’s in a name?  Well, diNovo is the equivalent of Ferrari: a luxury product.  The ''for notebooks'' part is slightly less obvious. Why would you want to pair this device, which weighs nearly a kilo, with a laptop? Who would want to carry it around?  Don't let the name mislead you: this is a keyboard that's suited to laptops and desktops alike.

Typing experience

The typing experience is pleasant, fluid and quite on these flat keys that are similar to those on notebooks. The space bar, as usual, is the noisiest but only in the sense that you can hear it spring back.  The Cherry Stream keyboard produces a similar sound, despite being three to four times cheaper than Logitech's keyboard.  On such a high-end model, we had really hoped for better.  It's a shame the space bar doesn't match the almost perfect silence of the other keys.

In fairness, the clicking sound it produces is easy to ignore once you get used to it.  It actually gives a discreet rhythm to your typing and is certainly less noisy than the average keyboard.


What about looks? The diNovo Keyboard is among the most elegant and stylish and can easily compete with the finest gems in Apple's collection. Is it the most comfortable keyboard around? Not necessarily. The wrist/palm rest is in cold, hard brushed aluminum aluminium, which replaces the softer materials found on other keyboards, designed to relieve wrist pain.

Another irritation is that you can't adjust the angle of your wrist in relation to the typing surface. The angle of the keyboard is fixed and is elevated only by the battery compartment.