Thread: why doesn't this have a frontlight by default yet?
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Old 09-29-2007, 02:49 PM   #4
delphidb96
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Originally Posted by MikeF74 View Post
Can such a lighting system be used with the larger surface area of the 800x600 readers without an obscene drain on the battery? I would imagine they would have to pump up the light output since the center of the screen would be much further away on a bigger device.

Which is why I believe an after-market LightWedge-like add-on would be a better idea - or add a separate switch on the reader to *TURN OFF* a built-in front-light.

Derek
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