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enabling a broad range of gaming experiences for console platforms. With many of our products, we can
efficiently leverage our investment for the desktop PC into other platforms such gaming consoles.
The Mobile Environment
As digital information and communication are evolving into the mobile environment, the opportunity exists
for Logitech to support an even broader set of platforms. We believe that the growing number of mobile phones,
notebook computers and mobile entertainment and communication platforms, such as portable digital music
players and gaming devices, will bring additional demand for complementary personal peripherals. Wherever
and whenever people want to access, create or consume digital information, the need exists for devices that allow
users to conveniently access the digital world in an intuitive and personal way. Logitech plans to support this
need in mobile environments, as we do in the office and home.
Technology
Logitech products are sophisticated systems that combine multiple engineering disciplines – lightweight
radio frequency transmission, optical, mechanical, electrical, acoustical and software – in user-centric industrial
designs. These systems share common design elements, including: sensors to detect and encode motion, images,
sound or other analog data into electrical signals; custom ASICs; microcontrollers to convert and process signals
received from the sensor; a communications subsystem to exchange signals with an attached computer or other
intelligent host; and a suite of driver, utility and user interface software modules and Web sites. We believe the
software modules and Web support complete a seamless user-centric solution for information input, access and
control. Logitech’s products incorporate the following principal technologies:
RF Technologies and Cordless Product Design
Logitech is a leader in the development of low-power radio frequency (RF) technologies for use over short
distances. We are focusing our current cordless development efforts primarily in three RF technology areas: Fast
RF cordless technology, proprietary and non-proprietary 2.4 GHz-based cordless technologies, and Bluetooth®
wireless technology, a communications standard with a broad range of applications. Fast RF cordless technology
is designed to provide excellent performance for everyday computing applications with a very long battery life
and mass market price points. 2.4 GHz technology, designed by Logitech especially for game controllers,
satisfies gamers who value high-speed performance. Logitech’s cordless gaming devices on PC, PS®2, PS®3, and
Xbox®platforms have generated frequent industry and media accolades. Logitech’s proprietary 2.4 GHz
technology is also the technology of choice for mice products that need to achieve small size and high range of
operation. We believe Bluetooth®wireless technology is an enabler of a much wider acceptance of cordless
products in the marketplace. For our wireless music products, we use Bluetooth wireless technology with the
Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP), an emerging standard for high-quality wireless stereo sound.
Motion Sensing
Logitech’s sensors transform analog motion and images into electronic signals. Logitech, with the patented
Marble®technology, was the first company to introduce optical sensing in pointing devices. Optical motion
sensors are developed in partnership with technology suppliers, allowing us to improve the optical sensing
quality, lower the cost, and increase the reliability of our optical mouse products. Similarly, Logitech’s Web
cameras use optical sensors to detect colors, shapes and other image attributes, and to convert these attributes
into electronic signals.
3Dconnexion’s line of 3D input devices are the industry’s leading 6 degrees of freedom (“6DOF”) devices
with the ability to move 3D objects forward/backward, up/down, left/right and rotate around all 3 axes
simultaneously. The patented technology built into each 3D mouse consists of 6 LEDs and 6 Position Sensing
Detectors (“PSDs”) placed in a precise 3D geometric configuration to detect movement in all axes
simultaneously. Connected to the computer via the USB, the 6DOF sensor sends multiple threads of navigation
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