Volume 10
MARCH 2007
Number 3

Case Study - Clairvoyante 2
Working the Details Pays Off 2
Microdisplays 8
Microdisplays Companies See Improving Prospects 8
LCD Displays 11
BOE Hydis Bows Enhanced 10.4-inch LCD 11
Hitachi Launches Widescreen LCD Modules in Europe 11
SDI Develops World's Slimmest LCD Module 12
LCD Backlights 12
CI Lumen Joins LED Retrofitting Club 12
LED BLU Expansion: Notebooks Come First 13
Alternative Displays 14
UniPixel – Interesting New Display Technology 14
Why Lexar Chose E Ink 16
OLED’s 17
CMO Keeps the OLEDs Burning – For Now 17
LED/Laser Devices 18
High-current LEDs Push Power and Efficiency 18
Start-up Makes High-Output Blue LED on Si Substrate 20
LED Manufacturing & Processing 21
Taiwan LED Makers See Good Sales Beyond Q1 23
BLU Maker to Begin LED Packaging 24
OSRAM and Philips Sign LED/OLED License Deal 24
Philips Lumileds Wins Patent Ruling Against Epistar 24
Osram Expands High-Power Laser Product Lines 25
UCSB Researchers Claim Blue Laser Breakthrough 25
Electronics 26
AMD, GloNav Unveil Mobile Media Processors 26
AMD to License Graphics Technology 27
New Standard Connects Portables to Cars 28
Freescale Controller Integrate LCD Drivers 28
NXP Claims Smallest USB Transceivers 29
Samsung Plans Fusion Memory for Handsets 29
Wireless 30
Wireless Options Yield to WiMAX in 2008 30
WiMAX and Wi-Fi Beat Cellular Power Efficiency 31
One Billion Wi-Fi Chipsets to Ship in 2012 33
China Readies WiMAX Rival for Olympics 33
China Handsets Surpass 100M Units in 2006 34
China Readies Wireless Chip Makers 34
Japan Opens Cell Networks to Newcomers 35
Korea To Launch Mobile UWB By 2008 35
Alcatel-Lucent ,Vecima Invest in WiMAX 36
Agere Low-Cost Platform Helps 3G Adoption 36
Epson Shipping GPS Module for Mobile Phones 37
Infineon Supports DVB-H/T, While ST Delays 38
Siemens Offers WLAN/Cellular Convergence 39
TriQuint’s Ships 50M Wireless Handset Modules 39
Market Intelligence 40
CDMA Claims Record-Breaking Growth 40
Global PDA Shipments Down 28.5% in 2006, says IDC 41
Mobile Data Services Spending to Hit $200B by 2011 41
US Wireless Access Above 33% 42
Mobile Video 43
Content Drives Growth in Mobiles 43
Cell Phones Expand Functionality–Again 45
Funds Settlement Coming to a Cell Phone Near You 47
New Chip / Standards Empowers “Funds-Settlement” 48
China Mobile TV Spec Mirrors Europe’s DVB-SH 50
MobiTV Reaches 2M Users 51
Mobile Social Networking Plus Video Heats Up 52
Mobile Products 53
Neonode Announces N2 Touch Screen Phone 53
Pantech Launches Terrestrial DMB Phone 54
PocketSurfer 2 Bows Free Wireless Service in UK 54
Samsung Electronics Targets Fashion Market 55
Samsung to Market P930 TV-Phone in Singapore 55
Samsung to Offer 30 New Handsets in 2007 55
Sony Ericsson’s W880 Walkman Phone Available Online 56
“Words Gear” Targets Japan’s E-Book Readers 56
Microsoft Bows Windows Mobile 6 57
Windows Mobile 6 Powers Taiwan Handsets 58
Laser/LED Projection 60
TI Joins Mobile Phone with DLP Technology 60
Light Blue Optics Licenses Laser Projector Patent 60
3D Displays 61
A New 3D Technology Show Real Promise 61
Neurok and CMO Form J-V to Produce 3D Display 63
Digital Picture Frames 64
Digital Foci Ships Image Moments Photo Frame 64
Business & Strategic 64
Apple Keeps Its Secrets Until June 64
Motorola Plans to Cut Costs for Entry-level Phones 65
Nokia Phones May Use Smell, Solar Power 65
Six Firms Collaborate on New Handset Platform 66
Sony Outsources New Phones to Taiwan 67
Sony Adds HDTV Output to Digital Cameras 67
Insight Media News 68
Insight Media and USDC Release 3D Report 68
3D Displays Entering Professional and Consumer Applications 68
Display Summit – China Preliminary Program 70
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 74
About Mobile Display Report 75
About Insight Media 75