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Ever since last December’s Snapdragon Tech Summit — an event focused on breakthrough mobile chipsets — I’ve been thinking about how critical “old” input peripherals remain in modern devices. Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragons are powerful enough to let tiny smartphones play Xbox One-class games or enable tablets to run Windows PC apps, but without traditional controllers such as gamepads, mice, or trackpads, convincing people to fully replace their consoles or laptops with mobile devices is an uphill battle.
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Consider Apple’s iPads, which spent the last decade as midway points between phones and laptops, seemingly because Apple didn’t want to kill either of its cash cows. Everyone agrees that iPads redefined tablets, but they haven’t supplanted business computers. I’d argue that input peripherals were the key bottleneck: Apple has continually evolved iPad devices and pushed hard to position them as post-PC computers, but millions of business users weren’t ready to make the switch without traditional laptop input devices. By contrast, Microsoft had no legacy laptop business to worry about and was glad to win “convertible tablet” customers, using Surface trackpad-keyboard accessories to bridge the laptop gap.
Today, iPad users are finally entering the trackpad-keyboard era with the release of the first Apple-backed products to include both traditional input devices within the same form factor. As Apple’s own Magic Keyboards for iPad Pro prepare to ship to the earliest adopters, Logitech is shipping a much less expensive alternative called the Combo Touch. At $150, it’s half the price of Apple’s Magic Keyboard — but only designed for iPad models Apple isn’t yet addressing with its own accessories.
That’s good news for budget-conscious iPad users, and a solid preview of what’s coming soon to Apple’s Pro tablets. Logitech revealed Combo Touch in sync with Apple’s Magic Keyboard announcement, which is to say that it had some early access to Apple’s plans, unlike Brydge, maker of a more expensive iPad Pro-only alternative that hasn’t yet shipped but is already being pilloried for poor trackpad performance.
One version of Combo Touch has a case built to fit the seventh-generation (10.2-inch) iPad, while the other fits the iPad Air 3 and discontinued 10.5-inch iPad Pro. In other words, there’s now a way to get a baby Apple laptop experience for under $500: $329 for the iPad, $150 for the trackpad-keyboard. Best of all, the trackpad-keyboard portion detaches magnetically from the rest of the case when you don’t want to carry around the extra bulk.
If you’re familiar with Microsoft’s Surface trackpad-keyboard accessories, you’ll instantly understand the Combo Touch design. Like Microsoft, Logitech has embraced the use of fabric across the keyboard’s edges and palmrests, extending the soft, graphite-colored material to the back of the iPad case. Almost everything else is made from matching gray plastic, including the chiclet-style keys, which are backlit with five levels of lighting that can be controlled through a Logitech app. The keyboard also includes a full row of iPadOS shortcut keys — Apple doesn’t even include those on its own iPad Pro Magic Keyboards.
The real star of the show here is a trackpad, which feels like it’s made of glass and has an older Apple-style springboard design for physical button presses. There’s enough space for four adult fingers to rest across the surface comfortably from their tips to their middles, and the glass feels cool to the touch. It’s also pretty responsive, though I’ll want more time to play with it using specific iPad work apps, as well as even more customization within future versions of iPadOS.
Logitech also includes a fold-out rear iPad stand that adjusts from 20- to 60-degree reclines. Apart from the fabric finish, it feels substantially similar to the integrated stands on Surface tablets, which have forever been missing from iPads, precluding them from standing up on their own. Because Logitech’s using that stand instead of an iPad/keyboard hinge — the Magic Keyboard’s appears to be very elaborate — the case occupies a fair bit of space on a tabletop. Also TBD: whether I’ll want to use it in my lap.
Beyond ergonomic issues, I used the words “baby Apple laptop” largely because Apple hasn’t fully unleashed the iPad’s potential as a transformable tablet-slash-laptop. iPadOS 13.4 unexpectedly added system-wide trackpad and mouse support to all tablets capable of running the software update, a step that was more than trivial to the company. Rather than just adding an arrow-shaped cursor that passively floats over everything, Apple uses a circular cursor that transforms into highlight blobs as it passes over certain UI elements — a visual hint that even deeper trackpad integration will arrive in iOS 14 later this year.
Even at this early stage, it’s clear that adding a trackpad to the iPad will change how the device is used. Attach the accessory magnetically, and all of a sudden, a $329 tablet looks and works like a laptop. With no real work needed to make the new input accessory come to life, I was able to get up and typing on a high-quality keyboard akin to a more expensive machine, with the cursor appearing as necessary for input as I navigated around the screen. That gigantic area normally occupied by an iPad virtual keyboard was gone, turned back into useful screen real estate, and I didn’t have to “gorilla arm” my way across the desk to access apps.
And this isn’t even the Pro-level experience; it’s going to be interesting to see how much better Apple’s own Magic Keyboard will be at twice the price. The Combo Touch feels right-priced at $150, while the current iPad Pro Slim Folio Pro shown above sells for $120 (11-inch) or $130 (12.9-inch) minus the trackpad. Notably, the Slim Folio Pro’s keyboard is Bluetooth-based, adding an additional pairing step that’s not necessary with Combo Touch’s iPad Smart Connector-based interface.
What’s missing now is the laptop-class software — at least, most of it. Apple has updated its own Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps to support the new trackpads, but other companies are at varying stages of the process. I’m planning to do some more testing of Combo Touch and other iPad keyboard-trackpad options in the near future and will have some more thoughts on what the experience is like from accessory to accessory. At this point, I’m very optimistic about the iPad hardware and accessory parts of the equation and keeping my fingers crossed that iPadOS and its apps will hold up their end of the bargain.
Ever since I began using a MacBook Pro when the first models were released in 2006 (which, incidentally, was my very first Mac), I began to lose interest in mice as a pointing device. After using my MacBook Pro”s trackpad for several months, I began to despise mice for their lesser degree of accuracy (in my opinion), the annoying clicking sound they echoed through a room, and even the clunky shape of most mice.
When Apple brought advanced multi-touch gestures to their trackpad (starting with the late-2008 MacBook Pro, my preference for trackpads over other pointing devices became even stronger. Never before had I experienced so much intuitive comfort and control in a pointing device. Apple’s trackpads changed the way I used a computer forever.
Once the Magic Trackpad was released, I transformed my MacBook Pro into a desktop setup, taking advantage of the larger surface that the new external trackpad offered. Apple’s trackpad, with its large 5-inch square surface, existed without direct competition (especially compared feature-to-feature, and in terms of pricing) for quite a while. It simply had no equal.
Logitech aims to change all that with their Rechargeable Trackpad for Mac.
Overview
Logitech’s T651 Rechargeable Trackpad toffers a trackpad of equivalent size to Apple’s Magic Trackpad, support for the same set of gestures, and one significant extra feature that Apple neglected to include in their own Magic Trackpad – a rechargeable battery. With a retail price of $69, it also costs the same amount of money as Apple’s Magic Trackpad. By all initial appearances, it appears to be an improved and updated take on the Mac trackpad that should give the Magic Trackpad a run for their money.
Te real question is whether the Logitech Rechargeable Trackpad is really as good as it seems. Can it really match Apple’s Magic Trackpad where it really matters – performance, precision, and ease and comfort in practical use? We put one through its paces to find out.
Design
At first glance, the Logitech T651 appears extremely similar to Apple’s Magic Trackpad, with the exception of a seamless top surface (by comparison, the Magic Trackpad shows a seam where the battery tube connects to the glass trackpad surface). The surface of the trackpad has a similar feel, being made from the same touch-sensitive matte glass as Apple’s own magic trackpad.
In terms of size, the Logitech Rechargeable Trackpad offers the same 5.25 x 5-inch surface as the Magic Trackpad, although it is not tilted at the same angle. In comparison to the Magic Trackpad’s slight incline, the Logitech T651 looks and feels virtually flat – and as a result, it feels somewhat different in everyday use.
Rather than using an aluminum frame, as Apple’s Magic Trackpad does, the Logitech T651 is built into a plastic frame – although it does feel every bit as sturdy and solid in actual use as the Magic Trackpad. The side of the device features a simple sliding switch to turn the power off and on, and a single button on the bottom to place the device in Bluetooth pairing mode in order to connect with your Mac.
The design reflects a simple elegance that feels very much at home next to an Apple product – it’s as beautiful and elegant to look at as it is useful. Finally, on the back of the device, you’ll find a single Micro-USB port used to recharge the device. The Logitech T651’s rechargable battery gives it a key advantage over Apple’s Magic Trackpad, and prevents you from having to waste time and resources constantly replacing AA batteries to keep the device in working order.
Features
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To Logitech’s credit, the Rechargeable Trackpad for Mac supports all of the same gestures as Apple’s Magic Trackpad – although it requires you to download a driver and a Preference pane in order to take advantage of multi-touch and advanced gestures. Downloading and installing the software only takes a few short minutes, however, so it doesn’t affect the real-world experience of using the trackpad.
Also like the Magic Trackpad, the T651 allows for touch-based “clicking,” as well as tactile clicking if you press down on the device – a feature which many users prefer, and which Logitech was wise not to overlook. The ability to recharge the trackpad while it is in use is also a HUGE plus – Apple’s Magic Trackpad does not offer the same luxury, requiring you to physically replace the expired batteries with a fresh set before continuing. As such, the experience is essentially one in which you never run out of power, and never need to stop using the device due to battery drain.
While the T651 is just as comfortable to use as the Magic Trackpad once you get used to its somewhat flatter angle, in my experience, the physical click of the t651 wasn’t quite as definitive and satisfying as with the Magic Trackpad.
The Experience
Setting up the Magic Trackpad for the first time takes only a few moments, and is as simple as turning on the device, pressing the button on the bottom of the device, and selecting it from the Bluetooth pane in System Preferences. To enable the trackpad’s advanced gestures, you’ll also need to download a driver, which takes a few moments to download and install.
Customizing the trackpad’s gestures to meet your preferences is a nearly identical process to configuring a Magic Trackpad – the Logitech preference pane will be very familiar to users of the Magic Trackpad, allowing you to select which gestures you want to use, and how various actions – like tapping and dragging your finger – will affect the device.
The seamless surface of the T651 does come with one adverse affect, however – the touch sensitive portion of the device does NOT extend all the way to the top of the glass surface, stopping just below the level of Logitech’s logo. This left me frustrated more than once, as I occasionally lost traction while using the device because my finger got too close to the boundary.
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Another downside to the T651 is that it is somewhat less precise and less sensitive than the Magic Trackpad. Logitech’s trackpad seems to have a more difficult time distinguishing between a single finger and multiple fingers. Further, the device is less precise than the Magic Trackpad when clicking and dragging. This was especially noticeable when using Adobe Photoshop – it was much more difficult to position a selection window precisely using the T651 than the Magic Trackpad. Zooming and scrolling also felt more sluggish on the Logitech trackpad as compared to Apple’s Magic Trackpad.
This lack of precision, more than anything else, hands back almost every advantage Logitech could have had right back to the Magic Trackpad. For doing serious design work, the Magic Trackpad just provides a cleaner, more precise, and thereby a simpler and less frustrating experience.
Verdict[rating:3.5]
The Logitech trackpad is every bit as attractive as Apple’s own trackpad, and offers all of the same gestures – and with the addition of a rechargeable battery (which can even be recharged while using with the device), Logitech had a real chance of taking on the Magic Trackpad in every way, offering a better overall feature set for the same price. Unfortunately, the Logitech T651’s lack of precise finger tracking (and precision in general) is its downfall.
If Logitech had employed just a little bit more attention to detail, they could have had a real Magic Trackpad competitor on their hands. Instead, the T651 fails in performing it’s most important task as a trackpad: precise gestures and precise cursor control. As a result, I have difficulty recommending it to anyone who plans to use it for anything more than office work and web browsing.
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While I wasn’t all too impressed with the Logitech t651, I do look forward to experiencing their next trackpad. If Logitech can resolve the relatively minor issues plaguing the T651, I can see them producing a trackpad that is superior to the Magic Trackpad in every way in the not-so=distant future.
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For more information, visit Logitech’s product page on the web. The Logitech T651 Rechargeable Trackpad for Mac is available now directly from Logitech. It can also be purchased for as little as $46.88 from Amazon.com.
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Pros
- Offers a rechargeable battery, and can be charged while in use.
- Very “Apple-like” aesthetic design. Looks and feels fantastic.
- Supports all the same gestures as the Magic Trackpad.
- Very easy to pair with multiple Macs.
- Very easy to set up and get started with.
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Cons
- The T651’s lower profile takes some getting used to.
- Not as precise as the Magic Trackpad, and has difficulty telling between a single finger or multiple fingers.
- Touchable area does NOT extend all the way to the top of the trackpad’s glass surface.