[olug] Fwd: Google Video Alert - one laptop per child

[Luke -Jr]

On Monday 12 November 2007, Rob Townley wrote:
> -screen will be more readable in the sun than any laptop - OLPC could
> subsidize the project by licensing this technology to all other laptop
> vendors.  Anybody tried reading outside on battery power.

Ever had a GameBoy? LCDs can be either back-lit, or reflective. Backlit LCDs 
generally have the problem you're referring to. Reflective LCDs just reflect 
light coming in. That's why GameBoys *require* an external light and work 
great in the sun.