Never Miss a Beat Again Skip-free portable CD players have been around for some time.
Trouble is, they never really worked.
Now manufacturers are bouncing back. If you use a Palm handheld computer or similar device with an LCD screen, you'll know how handy a backlight can be for reading in bad light. You'll also know how much of a drain it places on a battery. But soon backlights could be things of the past. Japanese hardware manufacturer Toshiba has developed what it calls a reflective LCD, a display that makes far better use of available light, cutting out the need for a backlight unless you're completely in the dark.