As many of you know, we announced the new Logitech Touch Mouse iPhone and iPod Touch app a couple weeks ago, which garnered a lot of attention. We saw coverage from Engadget, who said “Logitech’s new iPhone app is certainly one of the easiest to get into. Oh, and did we mention that it’s completely free to download?” Macworld also provided a description of the new app’s functionality: “Touch Mouse turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into a wireless trackpad or keyboard, letting you point, click, scroll, and type in any application on your computer, all from the comfort of your couch.”

For instructions on how to download the app, check out our blog post. And for those of you in Canada, we are working to make it available to you soon!

For more news on Logitech, check out the videos below with Logitech’s Chairman on Sina News in China.

Check out more Logitech coverage below:

• Video Interview with Logitech Chairman in China (part 1) – Sina
• Video Interview with Logitech Chairman in China (part 2) – Sina
• Logitech Squeezebox Radio: Easy, Affordable, Delivers – Techlicious
• Touch Mouse turns your iPhone into a wireless trackpad – Macworld
• Logitech Touch Mouse App Turns iPhones Into a Trackpad and Keyboard – Gizmodo
• Logitech Loud Enough Noise-Isolating Earphones – Coolest Gadgets
• Logitech Webcam C600 – PC Magazine
• Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX M905: Breaking the glass barrier – The Star

With the Super Bowl this weekend, its time to do your own scouting report. Using the Logitech Squeezebox Radio, you could listen in to local sports radio stations in each town (Indianapolis & New Orleans) and ESPN radio to get all the details and opinions leading up to the big game.

Or perhaps you are hosting the big Super Bowl party at your home this weekend. Help make room on the coffee table with a Logitech Harmony remote. A Harmony remote will turn on the right devices, in the right order – with just one touch. And it can replace between 5 and 15 remotes, depending on the model you purchase – leaving plenty of room on the table for pretzels and pigs in a blanket.

As seen at this past CES in everything from TVs to PCs, everyone is excited about HD. That’s why we have enabled our high-end webcams for more than two years.

But while HD is great, at Logitech, we obsess over all the elements that make up picture-perfect image quality in our webcams.

That means offering HD along with other elements to deliver that HD immersive experience. Elements such as Carl Zeiss Optics, which is a world class lens brand, and autofocus, allows for close-ups that are pixel-perfect. That also means a 2-megapixel premium sensor that can take up to 8-megapixel snapshots. Our engineering team spends many hours at Logitech labs to test their code for the best image quality possible based on feedback from customers like you. It’s all these things working together harmoniously that deliver the overall HD experience that’s worth getting excited about.

In fact, Logitech webcams’ great image quality and ease-of-use has been recognized by Good Housekeeping, PC Magazine, Laptop, CNET and more. To learn more about HD in Logitech webcams, click here.

We’re a little behind with our Digital Video Security customer stories so I’d like to highlight winners for both November and December in today’s post.

Nearly Run Down in the Driveway (December 2009)

This one, you have to hear from the customer’s own words, so here it is: “This woman dated my husband’s friend, but they had recently split. Approximately ten minutes before the events in this video took place, she was arguing with my husband over the phone. After the call ended, she showed up at my home where the argument continued. We demanded that she leave. That’s when she attempted to run us over.”

Sounds like it was NOT a friendly break up!

Barbecue Ribs on Fire (November 2009)

This customer left his son in charge of the ribs grilling on the BBQ while he stepped away for a few minutes. Here’s how that delegation went:

Last week we saw a lot of Squeezebox Radio chatter. Pocket-lint gave it a 8/10 rating and said “the Squeezebox Radio provides a rich offering of services and is simple enough to use, but all would be lost if it didn’t sound great. Overall we were impressed with the quality of music quality.” Also, according to Tom’s Guide, it “sets a new standard for Web radios with a bright color screen and access to the world’s radio stations” and RBR.com said “getting connected is about the easiest procedure out there – very user-friendly.”

In other coverage last week, izGadget wrote up on our Logitech Webcam Pro 9000 in an article titled, “Logitech Web Camera 9000 Review – Best Logitech Web Cam Ever?” They say it “will keep you in very sharp focus, even if you get up and start dancing around all willy nilly. The Logitech Web Cam 9000 also helps to correct for poor lighting, and does really well at recording in 16 X 9.”

More coverage below:

• 2 New Internet Radios: Grace Vs. Squeezebox : Tuning In To The Globe – Tom’s Guide
• Logitech Performance Mouse MX Review – Macworld
• CrunchDeals: Dented box Logitech MX 1100 cordless mouse for $37 – CrunchGear
• Logitech Web Camera 9000 Review – Best Logitech Web Cam Ever? – izGadget
• Logitech launches “Loud Enough” earphones – Pocket Lint
• Logitech Squeezebox Radio review – Pocket Lint
• Logitech Squeezebox Radio: Wi-Fi in full color – RBR
• Logitech Harmony 900 Universal Remote Review – The Gadgeteer

iPhone and iPod touch owners: If you haven’t had the chance to check it out, go to the iTunes App Store and download our cool new Touch Mouse app. It turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a wireless trackpad and keyboard for your computer, so you can point, click, scroll and type from afar, in any application, on a Mac or PC.

It works over Wi-Fi, so you can use it anywhere in your house and is a great way to control your computer when it’s connected to your TV and you’re lounging on the couch. And to make typing easier, text is displayed on the screen of your iPhone or iPod touch as you type, so you can see what you’re doing without having to continually look up and down.

And the best part is, the app is free!

Download Touch Mouse in two-steps:
1) Get the Touch Mouse App for your iPhone or iPod touch from the App Store
2) Download Touch Mouse Server software and install it on your computer.

You’ll find instructions when you download the Touch Mouse Server software on Logitech.com.

Once you’re up and running, Touch Mouse will allow you to take advantage of the following features:

• Multi-touch trackpad with the option for two or three mouse buttons
• Two-finger scrolling
• Keyboard with Control, Alt, Command/Windows keys
• On-screen text display while typing
• Show or hide the keyboard at any time
• Trackpad and keyboard are available in landscape and portrait modes

Give it a “scroll” and let us know what you think!

Twenty Ten has arrived and at Ultimate Ears, we’ve definitely put the “awesome” in “new decade” (add an “s” and an “m” and you’ll see it clearly). Earlier this month at CES, our Ultimate Ears 700 noise-isolating earphones were a CES Innovations Honoree winner, and then at NAMM, our UE-18’s and our booth were both hotter than a mosh pit (NAMM loves the metal).

Now that we have a minute to catch our breath, I’d like to introduce to you our Artists to Watch for January:

dan le sac Vs Scoobius Pip:

dan le sac Vs Scoobius Pip is a duo from the UK. They received both commercial and critical success with their first album and their second album is highly anticipated and should be big with the kids. We get to give a sneak peak in January on what they’ve been working on. But don’t take my word for it…listen to what trained professionals say!

“Scroobius Pip waxes art, religion, fame, and hip-hop into one prosaic flow that is at once sardonic, satirical, and reverent.” – Popmatters

“This album truly covers all the angles, and stands as one of the year’s more daring releases.” – OKAYPLAYER

To hear their work, peep this link:

Cloud Cult:

Cloud Cult is an indie sensation from Minneapolis. Inspired by Brett Favre and the Vikings (OK, I made that part up), they have won numerous awards and are also known for being highly environmentally conscious. They are just releasing a lost works CD along with a newly remixed/ re-mastered double album of their original first 2 recordings. Most importantly, we just really like their sound. Here is what the other some other dudes have said

“Insane genius…Records this casually monumental are rare indeed.” – Pitchforkmedia

To hear their work, check this following hyperlink (Fun Fact: Did you know the Hyperlink was developed by a team including Doug Englebart who sits just a few cubes over from me at our office? He also invented the mouse. I like to think I inspired him to do all these things. Doug is a huge Jay-Z fan…I think)

In the past, I’ve blogged about some of the high-end earphones that Logitech makes. But today, I’d like to introduce you to earphones that we make with the unique needs of ‘little ears’ in mind: the Logitech Loud Enough Noise-Isolating Earphones.

Designed for kids, the Loud Enough earphones offer built-in volume control that reduces the maximum volume of the original source by at least 30 percent compared to standard ear buds – that’s like the difference between a chainsaw and a loud conversation.

Compatible with most entertainment devices including digital music players, DVD car entertainment systems and portable gaming devices, the Loud Enough earphones come with three soft ear-cushions in sizes ranging from extra small to medium so your little one can get the perfect fit.

Compact and lightweight but also built tough enough to withstand day-to-day use, the Logitech Loud Enough earphones are durable enough for even the rowdiest kids. Available in colors to suit every personality, the Loud Enough earphones come in three versions with matching cases: blueberry (blue), mint (green) or plum (fuchsia). And the Loud Enough earphones provide up to 16 dBs of noise isolation so kids can hear their tunes and games – or their parents – without being totally cut off from the outside world.

A few Logitech Speaker Lapdesk N700 reviews came in last week. LFPress said they were “genuinely surprised not only at how comfortable the Speaker Lapdesk N700 is for its size…but at how loud the built-in speakers are.” The Star Phoenix also tried out the lapdesk and said “the speakers provide surprisingly full sound, so the Lapdesk N700 is definitely a viable way to watch movies on your laptop.”

Macworld reviewed our Squeezebox Radio and said an “appealing feature of the Radio is its capability to connect to the Internet to stream content from various sources and to connect to various social-media services” and “sound quality is quite good for such a small package.” Also, we noticed Digital Trends is giving away a Logitech Squeezebox Radio, so head over there for all the details!

Check out more coverage below:

• DT Facebook Contest: Logitech Squeezebox Radio – Digital Trends
• Laptop cooling pad comfortable for its size – LFPress.com
• Laptop pad a cool innovation – The Star Phoenix
• Logitech Squeezebox Radio – MacWorld
• Ultimate Ears introduces the single-ear Pro Custom Monitor – HTLounge
• Logitech makes your iPhone or iPod Touch into a mouse – News Trends Today
• Logitech QuickCam Orbit AF Auto Focus System – i4u

NAMM was very well attended and the stream of musicians, engineers and interested consumers was nonstop at the Ultimate Ears booth. In fact, the show was so well attended that they ran out of exhibit maps and badge holders on Saturday afternoon!

For us, the driving factor for the traffic at our booth was the new top of the line custom in-ear monitor, the UE 18 Pro, that we announced at the show. People were constantly dropping by to take a listen to the new six speaker monitor and were amazed at the sound quality.

On another note, many thanks to our artist friends. On Saturday, Fred Coury, drummer for Cinderella, was gracious with his time and positive energy during his signing of autographs. Later on, Young and Divine, just signed by RCA, flew out from NYC to play an acoustic set and sign autographs – very talented and way ahead of their years. Check them out on the Artists to Watch section of our website.

Without a doubt – our best NAMM show ever! I can’t wait until next year…