Hi guys just wanna ask about this for a long time. Is there any way we could configure n900 to not shutdown its screen when idle? I know it is for powersaving reasons but can it be like other mobile devices where only backlight shuts off but screen display remains visible? Well I find it pretty annoying to unlock the screen just to see if there are incoming messages or to see current time. Also I don't see the reason of putting the slide to unlock feature when you can't even slide to unlock it without first pressing the power button once.

There's an app for that!

http://maemo.org/downloads/product/M...htness-applet/

Hi jedi thanks! Yes I haven't tried that before because I have read it some months ago that it keeps the backlight on(stated on description)? Well I wanted the other way around. Backlight is off but display is on. Does it support that feature also?

Ah - as far as I can see, you can't control the backlight with this app.

You can optionally keep the screen on. I find it handy when I'm reading guitar tabs and temporarily want to keep the display from auto-switching off.