Is the screen backlit?
1577431
No. I need good light to see the display when setting it. Minor inconvenience in my opinion. I have 4 of them and have to set them all for time changes and seasonal adjustments. I keep the manual (a scanned copy if the in-box instructions) on my computer for reference.
1379700
Yes. There is a button on the keyboard where you can toggle the backlighting off and on.
2173839
It is. There is controls where you determine how bright the back lighting is
138405
The keyboard is NOT backlit...I would have liked that. The screen can be bright eough that you don't need that feature in most cases.
1601986
The keyboard is backlit, but you will need to adjust the power settings if you want the backlighting on while on battery.
1676113
No. The keyboard is not backlit and I wouldn't recommend trying to use it in complete darkness.
1111891
No they are not backlit. Very few laptops are. My last was and I don't "miss" this feature at all!
256279
No it has no backlit keyboard. As for the battery it runs 2.5 hours connected to internet heavily / 3.5 hours airplane mode video playback with dimmed screen.
1512116
The screen is not backlit per se. However, the screen has a reflective surface of some kind and a large digital display making it easy to read in low light.
366387
Yes the screen is always lit unless you turn it off. However the screen is different than a clock. It is not a black background with red or white numbers. The screen is a blue background with all the information in white numbers. The entire screen is illuminated. there are three levels of illumination. On the higher levels you can use it as a night lite. It can be that bright.
354510
The keyboard is not backlit. I touch type and know where the keys are but on occasion when my husband uses it he just tips the screen down a little and the light of the screen is sufficient to see the keys.
2191839
So far we have answers of green backlight, yellow and no backlight. Which is it? Does it have a backlit screen?
366979
No it is not backlit. But it is magnetically attached to the case similar to some existing cases for iPad.
921574
Yes - screen is back-lit, but keypad is not (has big numbers anyway, easy to read). I really like these phones. Never a problem. I don't understand why someone said "hard to see." That's not true at all. Mine are easily visible. You have to pick up the phone to trigger the back lighting, but that is true with most phones. But if there is an incoming call, the lighting comes on immediately for all phones even in their bases which I double-checked just now. And the Caller ID tells you clearly who is calling. It is very well lit.
374343
No, the key pad is not backlit but I have no problem seeing the numbers at night since the background of the numbers is a fairly bright white
635395
I gave the unit as a gift, but I believe was backlit, I did try it out before I gave it away. The person I gave it too loves it by the way.
1979238
It is not backlit. I love the touch-screen interface with Windows 8 on this computer though :) Good Luck