Making a games accessory cordless is a very sensible idea. For anyone using a PC, it's an advantage not to have the desk cluttered with a tangle of wires and to have freedom of movement, but the advantage is even more obvious with a gaming console. Who wants to have wires strewn across the living room, who wants to have to unplug the pad after each session of the game, and who wants to bother with rolling up the cord neatly and putting it away? With a cordless model, all you have to do is set it to the side - so much simpler for you, and your mom or girlfriend won't go breaking her ankle by tripping over the wire, either.

The three pads use the same technology, namely, RF frequencies on the 2.4 GHz band, like the Bluetooth standard. The advantage of this frequency range is that it provides a substantial bandwidth, capable of transmitting sufficient data simultaneously, thus avoiding delay time. Logitech pads are even capable of transmitting the data for producing vibrations. Several joysticks can also be combined without creating interference, because a free channel is allocated automatically. In the PC, PS 2 and Xbox models, Logitech claims that it's possible to connect eight pads simultaneously without interference or delays. Distance is also an important factor, especially for the console. Logitech claims a guaranteed distance of six meters (20 feet) for the PC and PS 2. With the Xbox model, you can operate the cordless pad from as far away as 15 meters (50 feet). You're sure gonna need a big screen!