Palm Screen Backlight ===================== I do not use backlight for screens of the Palm III/Pilot devices. It is useful only on absolute dark (and even then it does not make the screen easy to read). The Tungsten W with its color screen has backlight which makes screen readable in bad light conditions and in darkness, too. But in good light conditions (on direct sunlight or under a good lamp) it is usually better to turn the backlight OFF. So for most of time I use it in the same way as I use the older III models... (Written on the Tungsten W)