New Logitech Device for Internet Calling

Logitech recently announced the introduction the Logitech® EasyCall™ Desktop—the world's first combination of a mouse, keyboard, headset and speakerphone—to its family of Cordless Desktops®. The device includes advanced audio technology, integrated controls for placing and accepting calls, and easy-to-use software.

"For many years, Logitech has reduced the complexity of the PC by delivering controls on our peripherals that make the digital experience more intuitive and natural," said Denis Pavillard, Logitech's vice president of product marketing for keyboards and desktops. "The introduction of voice-over-IP services and the growth of broadband mark a revolutionary change in how people can communicate using the PC. Our new EasyCall Desktop combines the right features with advanced software that works invisibly to make the process of making, accepting and controlling Internet calls on the PC more like using a mobile or traditional phone."

Logitech is billing the EasyCall Desktop as a complete solution for Internet calling and navigating the PC. The device includes a full-duplex speakerphone with Logitech® RightSound™ Technology, said to eliminate echoes during headset-free Internet phone calls. The speakerphone acts as the control center, with volume up and down, mute, call pick-up, and call hang-up buttons. The product also comes with a stereo headset that can be plugged into a convenient port on the speakerphone for more privacy.

The cordless keyboard allows users to launch Internet communications applications, change their online status, and make and accept calls. The speed-dialing controls have one-touch calling buttons that can be used to store and dial either telephone numbers or IP addresses associated with user names.

Optimized for use with Internet calling applications, such as Yahoo!® Messenger with Voice and AOL's AIM® service in the U.S, the keyboard also offers one-touch access to applications such as e-mail and a Web browser. A media panel is included to control digital music in applications such as iTunes® and Windows Media® Player.

The Logitech EasyCall Desktop will be available in the United States and Europe beginning in mid-September, with a suggested $129.99 U.S. price tag.

For more information, see the Logitech press release On Call: New Logitech Desktop Makes Internet Calling Easy.