The new N800 just arrived and the screen seems not quite as bright but there are no shadows or dark areas that I can see.
I can still see the little lights along the right side but they are not as pronounced and the dark vertical bar that was along the right side is definitely not there on the new one.

I know this may sound silly but the new one is much faster booting up and running.
My original N800 seems to be very slow doing most things -randomly freezes up loading web pages and email.

Odd.