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Old 07-23-2007, 01:01 AM   #34
kelchm
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Originally Posted by markiehill View Post
does anybody remember the green backlight of the original palm's ? This would be ideal for reading in the dark , and was it not really low power, i seem to remember my little palm ran forever .....

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EL backlights are relatively low power, but I'd guesstimate that a modern LED based backlight would have about the same efficiency. The real problem with EL backlights is that they tend to to fair well with extended usage.
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