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Old 07-22-2008, 08:28 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by TheJohnNewton View Post
To be fair I do not own an iPhone but several friends of mine do so I've used theirs on occasion outside at Starbucks and other restaurants usually at lunch so in full sun. I'm in sunny California btw. When trying to use it in bright sun I found it pretty much impossible to read. I did not attempt to increase the brightness (not knowing how) but then neither did any of my very geeky, very Apple fan, friends who I would assume would know how. Perhaps there is a way to make it at least useable?

Edit: I just asked my geekiest of all friends and he said:

"it is hard to use in full sun without an anti-glare screen protector and i don't care for the anti-glare screen protectors because they mute the colors a little bit"
Well, my wife and I used Nokia tablets (770&800) for ebooks, but we spend a _lot_ of time in our FL pool and found them useless outdoors. I took the plunge first with the Sony 505, then bought her one. Honestly, had the Nokias been usable in full sunlight we wouldn't own 505s. <Shrug>

Thanks again for the report!
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