Nokia's Wicked Cool Screen Technology
Nokia makes amazing hardware - their new phones (the Lumia 800/900) have a certain solidity to them not unlike Mercedes doors, and they've always managed to get the weight to size ration just right. (Ignore the whole WM8 / Symbian / whatever controversy. I'm talking about the hardware). One of the things that I noticed without noticing was how *good* the display looks outdoors, without the washed out look so typical of pretty much every phone out there. OLED-Info reveals the secret - its all done through the magic of polarization. The essential description is below, and it fits my definition of genius - its blindingly (heh) obvious once you know how, but you'd never have thought of it beforehand!. Note: CBD is Clear Black Display , Nokia-ese for "wicked cool screen that looks great" A CBD filter includes both a linear polariser and retardation layers between the surface of your phone and the display. When light hits your screen, this is what happe...