Sep 20, '07 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: PaulIngraham
The catch is that the screen really does have to be fully illuminated by the sun. Any shade from your own body, or anything else, and the shaded part of the screen will be pretty much invisible. But if you can get all or most of the screen sunlit, you will not need any backlighting at all.
What a great battery saving tactic ... I wish I'd clued in ages ago!
