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> An Xbright screen is likely to be the worst case for beingI couldn't agree more with the T350. I'm told that the Xbright on the
\n> able to see anything in sunlight
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> > I am having a lot ofOQO people tend to find it okay in sunlight, which it is if you are
\n> > trouble finding out this information. Does anybody know of a good
\n> > website or such that might be able to help?
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\n> Bear in mind that trying to outshine the sun by upping the
\n> backlight will reduce your battery life accordingly.
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\n> I'd recommend:
\n> 1) A transflective display (like the oqo's) or
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> 2) Something based on e-ink (which might mean getting anAre there laptops based on e-ink?
\n> eBook reader and making it run VNC somehow - this may
\n> not be much better than running VNC on a PDA with a
\n> transflective screen, and it's probably harder to do) or
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> 3) A laptop whose backlight you can remove, like the mods to useI can tell you now I would mess up the laptop if I tried this.
\n> a laptop screen on an OHP as a home cinema projector - keep
\n> the diffuser but take out the backlight and just look at the
\n> sun through the screen (no, I haven't tried it, and it might
\n> be a dumb idea for a long list of reasons) or
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> 4) Hang a towel/jumper over your head (which is how I usuallyLOL, in desparate times I have done crazy stuff like that, but really
\n> end up using a laptop in bright sunlight - easier with a
\n> Libretto than with a 19" desktop replacement...
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> You might be able to get somewhere using a heads-up/VR displayDo you mean an external monitor, which I guess I could connect to the
\n> (the resolution is improving on these). Whether you can find
\n> a decent picture on any that even vaguely resemble sunglasses
\n> is another matter... You might also want a chording keyboard
\n> (Ars Technica did a recent review of the AlphaGrip AG-5) so
\n> you can lie down and hide the laptop in the shade so it doesn't
\n> overheat. The downside is that it might get stolen if you
\n> fall asleep...
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> Have a look through the links at the end of:Just out of curiosity, I called up LiteEye to see how much their HMD
\n> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-mounted_display
\n> I don't claim to know anything about them, by the way.
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> If you take a T221 to the beach and get sand in it, I'm neverLOL, someone said almost the same thing with regard to the OQO. I have
\n> speaking to you again. :-)
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\n> Fluppeteer
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