Logitech's Illuminated Keyboard lights up your life

I can think of a few reasons why an illuminated keyboard would be useful, especially in the evenings when it's not quite dark outside to turn on the lights inside but have to because you can't see your keyboard. This happens to me quite frequently, and I've thought about getting an illuminated keyboard to see if it helps—although working in complete darkness too long is not good for eyes.

Well today, I spotted Logitech's new Illuminated Keyboards over at Gearlog, and was impressed by how thin they are. Logitech says it measures .37 inches or 9.3 mm from base to frame, and uses a multilayer painting process, laser etching, and microlens reflectors to create a sharper, brighter backlight experience. Typing on this keyboard is supposed to be a lot quieter since it uses Logitech's PerfectStroke key system, and it has soft-touch palm rest.

Judging from the images on the site, the new keyboard looks killer, except it doesn't appear to be wireless which is a deal breaker for me. Perhaps the next version will be wireless and include a wireless mouse, but until then, I'm hanging on to my $80. The keyboard will start shipping in October.