Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 15D In Serious Need of Backlit Keyboard

Does anybody know is Lenovo Plan to bring out an updated keyboard for the Lenovo Flex 15D or Flex Series Ultrabooks?
I have had mine now for 2 Weeks and am extremely hapy with its well built construction and its performance however it is missing a crucial peice of technology. A Backlit Keyboard.
As Good as the keyboard is and my eyesight for that matter. This machine would seriously benifit from a Back Lit Keyboard.
If anyone has any surgestions then please let me know.

I just purchased a flex 15D a noticed that upon start up, there's lighting behind the keyboard, and (being new to PC laptops) it took me two nights to figure out that the only way to turn it on is Fn+space.

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