Volume 10
JANUARY 2007
Number 1

Microdisplays
2
eMagin's Nine Lives?
2
MED Gets ~$4M Order of Panels
3
LCD Displays
4
Hitachi Bow 800 x 480 LCD for Handsets
4
Integrated Inverters Yield Bright Light; Low Power
4
NEC 3.5-inch SOG LCD Module Displays HD
6
New 8" SVGA Includes Timing Controller
6
Samsung Develops First Truly Double-Sided LCD
6
OLED Displays
7
Idemitsu Kosan and UDC Join on Blue Materials
7
Sony Shows 27" and 11" OLED TVs
8
Alternative Displays
9
A Good Day for E Ink
9
Plastic Logic Gets $100M for New Factory
11
Liquavista Secures $15.5M in Financing
13
Nemoptic to Manufacture Electronic Shelf Labels
13
Qualcomm Reveals iMoD Display Details
15
Electronics
17
TI Shows Mobile Chip Integration At CES
17
Techwell Bows Chip for Sharp "Dual-Direction" Display
18
CMD Offers Smallest Flash LED Driver for Handsets
18
Design Wins
19
CyberLink Taps "Zap" Technology for Mobile TV
19
LCD Backlights
20
If You Can't Wait for LED Backlighting…
20
3D Displays
21
Neovision Bows iFusion 3D Add-on for PMPs
21
Automotive Displays
21
Visteon Bows Laser HUD, Dual-View Displays and OLEDs
21
Head-Mounted Displays
23
e-MDT 3D HMDs
23
Headplay Shows Personal Cinema System at CES
24
Icuiti Launches New Headsets - Wins CES Awards
25
MicroOptical Wins CES Award
26
Several Chinese Companies Show HMDs
26
Pocket Projectors
27
Iljin Shows 30 Lumen Device
27
LG and Luminus Team on LED Projector
28
Samsung Expands Pocket Imager to US Market
29
Laser Projectors
29
Symbol Shows XGA Laser Projector
29
ExPlay Demos QVGA Laser Projector
31
Microvision Shows SVGA Laser Projector
33
Handset Manufacturing
35
Wintek, CMCS Optimistic on Handset Sales
35
Compal Reports 4Q Record Handset Sales
35
Mobile Phones
36
Best New CE Device Not at CES-Enter iPhone
36
Is More Functionality or Less Functionality Better?
38
Sony Moves Bravia TV Brand to Mobile Phones
38
Tesla's Vision Lives On: Wireless Power for CE Devices
39
Samsung to Extend Yahoo Search
40
Other Mobile Platforms
41
Smartphones Boast Entertainment
41
Portable Media Players
41
New Navigation Products
42
Mobile Video
44
Microsoft Next Target - Your Cell Phone
44
Samsung Shows Advanced-VSB Technology at CES
45
Super 3G Coming by 2010
47
Traffic Video on Your Cell Phone
48
US Debut of DVB-H in Trouble
48
WiMAX - a Tale of Two Countries
49
Business & Strategic
50
Benq Sells Assets to Recover from Siemens Deal
50
Buy-out Rumor Sends UDC Stock Soaring
51
Sanyo Losses Up, Sells Share of JV to Seiko
51
Market Intelligence
52
2006 Digital Camera Sales Go Over 30M Units
52
Chinese Adopt Mobile Telephony and Video
53
LCD Shipments for Monitors Rise to Historic High
54
Mobile Entertainment Market to Top US$38B in 2011
54
Sm. to Mid-size Display's Hit Record High
55
Wide Monitors Will Surge to 54% by 2010
57
Insight Media News
58
Call for Sponsors
58
2007 FPD Applications & Materials Reports Available
61
Newsletter Editorial Matrix
62
About Mobile Display Report
63
About Insight Media
63