From: Johannes Wolf (mp2100_at_mail-gw.estec.esa.int)
Date: Wed Feb 04 2004 - 01:36:01 PST
The point is that in order to achieve maximum performance, the optical
properties of the LCD display need to be matched to the background/backlight
properties.
Our Newt LCD is optimised for green light/background thats it.
In order to get the same properties as you experienced on that phone you
would need to exchange the Newt LCD as well...
Cheers
Johannes
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> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of John Osborne
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 4:33 AM
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Need a new backlight
> Does anyone know what it would take to add a brighter backlight source
> to a Newton? On the ferry to and from work today I showed off my
> MP130 and MP2100 to a techie friend that owns one of those all-in-one
> cell phones/PDA/camera. It's impressive how sophisticated NOS is
> compared to a modern OS. Where the Newton really doesn't shine though
> is in the readability of the screen. My demos really suffered because
> he just couldn't see the screen well enough while I was driving the MP.
> The screen on his PDA is very easy to read even in a bright room--nice
> and white like paper. Now I have visited the Backlight project web site
> but they claim that the white replacement EL element is not as bright
> as the original green one from Apple. My friend's PDA is slimmer than a
> MessagePad so one would imagine that the lighting element is also very
> thin. I also realize that brightness translates into shorter battery
> life but I'm willing to make that tradeoff.
> oz
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