Logitech’s new USB-based ClearChat Comfort and ClearChat Pro headsets aim to make your gaming and Skyping easier and more comfortable.

The ClearChat Pro features "laser-tuned" audio drivers, the SoundSwitch auto-optimizing EQ, a flexible boom, audio controls located right on the earpiece, and a mute indicator. The ClearChat Comfort offers adjustable, ultra-padded ear pads and in-line volume and mute controls.

Coming in September, the Pro will sell for $49.99, and the Comfort will be $39.99.

Well, maybe it’s just both. The Logitech Pure-Fi Dream system, at $250, provides both (one assumes) decent sound–according to Logitech, "premium bedroom audio system" sound–via .75 inch tweeters and 3 inch woofers, and a fairly advanced (?) alarm clock. Along with the pedestrian specs of dual alarms, it does provide motion-sensitive controls to avoid the snooze button. An LCD provides info from the iPod, which given its placements seems just a teeny-tiny bit redundant.

Reminiscent of Microsoft’s age-old design, here comes Logitech’s Cordless Desktop Wave and Wave keyboard described as "innovative." Really?

Compatible with both Windows and OS X, it has the usual features of programmable hot keys, cushioned palm rest, and all for $49.99 this October. The Cordless Desktop Wave keyboard / laser mouse combo will retail for $89.99

All I want to know is how long the letters on the keys last! I go through keyboards so fast because the letters wear off within the first month. I cannot believe they don’t have the wherewithal to keep the letters on. I have given up on expensive models and stick to cheap, cheap, cheap.

Actually, that might not be fair: the Wiimote wasn’t the first 3D controller, not by a long shot. There’ve been many, many 3D mice, and most of them (as far as I can tell) have been relegated to the PowerPoint presentation crowd. But, the Logitech MX Air Mouse combines some voodoo, ancient magic, and Area 51 technology to allow for what Logitech calls "Freespace" motion control. It’s really more like a remote control, using a touch-sensitive scroll panel rather than a wheel and dedicated buttons for various functions. It works at about 30 feet from your PC, which seems reasonable. Look for it in August for about $150 (ouch).

For those intimate virtual business meetings where you just must see the sweat pouring off your part… er, associate’s face, Logitech will be releasing the QuickCam Pro 9000 and QuickCam Pro for Notebooks. For $100, you get a Carl Zeiss lens, 2 megapixels, refocus in only 3 seconds, and high-quality recording. They even offer more intelligent light sensing to make sure the mood’s just right. Telecommuters around the world are rejoicing.