Larry’s Hermes Will Never Be So BLUE!

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Larry’s Hermes Will Never Be So BLUE!

Posted on 21 October 2006 by Judie Stanford

Larry at Palm Is Life is my hero!

Evidently I wasn’t the only one that wasn’t thrilled with the blue backlights in the Hermes keyboard. But instead of just mentioning it in a review, Larry did something about it!

Once again he has cracked�his Hermes’ hood and tinkered until things were exactly as he wanted; Once again, he has worked magic.

Take a look…

Here is the Hermes with it’s blue backlight. It’s pretty, but not so easy on the eyes.

There’s lots more photos of the cracked Hermes in Larry’s article, but here’s a taste…

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And�here is a closeup of him working with the two different colored LEDs.

This final picture shows the result of his work, and will you just look at what’s on the left side screen? A shout-out to Gear Diary readers! Holla!

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Be sure to read all of the details�of Larry’s�latest modification at�Palm Is Life; he never ceases to amaze me with his mad modding skills. Now I have to wonder what he will do to top this!

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**Larry has asked that I state for the record that he�is no relation to Leisure Suit Larry of Amiga gaming fame. ha!

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dougom
Yeah, my Universal (an O2 Exec; unboxing experiencing Coming Soon to Gear Diary, right Judie?) has the same blue backlighting. But I’m telling ya, I’m not pulling it apart and getting out a soldering gun to make mods of that level. Software, I can do. Installing new lightbulbs, yes. Soldering teeny tiny device leads? Nuh uh.
http://www.geardiary.com Judie
Doug – I didn’t realize that the O2 Exec backlight was blue! The i-mate is a cross between red and white. Isn’t it wild how the different brands will change up the same device to add their own “personal touch”?
Yes, I need to format your unboxing photos – they are pretty awesome!
MitchellO
Yeah that kind of mod is pretty extreme, but very well done. Makes you wonder why they didn’t use the white LEDs in the first place.
http://www.geardiary.com Judie
If I am not mistaken, white LEDs are more costly.
dougom
At $1000 per Universal retail, I think they can spring for white LEDs, don’t you think, Judy? [laughter]
http://www.geardiary.com Judie
Yah, I think so…but it is amazing the corners some of these companies will think to cut to save $0.10.
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http://www.gadgetvenue.com Matthew
Blue looks fuzzy to me and it’s good to see someone with the guts to take one of these devices apart I have a good friend who is tecky that way and when I pick one of these up for my self, I think I will hand him it and ask for the conversion
http://www.palmislife.com Larry@PIL
It is confirmed that O2 Exec comes with a blue-backlighted keyboard… link below FYI..
http://f.hatena.ne.jp/masaboo0911/20051118104347
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http://www.geardiary.com Judie
The blue backlights on the O2 Exec really are pretty…too bad they are so hard on the eyes.