From: Korbin Berg (korbinberg_at_gmail.com)
Date: Sun Sep 25 2005 - 13:31:38 PDT
Andy,
As the backlight gets older its brightness decreases. This can vary
greatly among Newts depending on how much the backlight has been used.
The first MessagePad 2000 that I purchased was in such poor condition
that the backlight was barely visible even in a pitch black room,
whereas the next unit I purchased had a strong bright backlight which
is clearly visible in normal lighting.
There are several web pages with information about the backlight as
well as some example pictures to show a good backlight for reference.
Check out http://www.pda-soft.de/2x00backlightreplacement.html
As for the email addresses, they are formatted like that to prevent
spam robots from harvesting people's addresses. The spam systems
cannot determine that it's an actual address when it is spelled out
with "at" and "dot".
Regards,
Korbin
On 9/25/05, Andy Hill <adhill_at_nerdshack.com> wrote:
> This may be difficult to answer, but I'll ask all the same. The
> backlight on my MP2000 seems dull to me. However having never seen
> another one or know of anyone who has one with which I could compare,
> I'm not sure if its on its way out or if my expectations are too high?
> Are they any clues to backlight quality?
>
> Also why on this list do people right their email addresses as andy dot
> hill at nerdshack dot com, instead of the more common way?
>
> Many thanks
> Andy
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