Volume 10
APRIL 2007
Number 4

Microdisplays
2
NASDAQ Asks: Is SpatiaLight a Going Concern?
2
SpatiaLight's Month of Bad News
2
Electronic Viewfinders
3
Olympus Taps Kopin for EVF
3
EVF Market Shows Signs of Resurgence
4
Personal Displays
5
Personal Display Glasses Enabled by MED OLEDs
5
Lockheed Martin Selects InterSense Tracking System
6
LCD Displays
7
Barco Bows Mission Display Units
7
LCD Display Has Digital RGB TTL Interface
8
NEC Bows Industries Brightest 2.7-inch LCD
8
Samsung's 2.1" LCD Automatically Adjusts Brightness
10
TMDisplay Extends LED-Backlit LCD Panel Line-up
10
LCD Backlights
11
LED Drivers Get Smarter
11
Who Will Buy FED Technology for Backlights?
12
Flat Panel Manufacturing
14
Corning's February Surprise
14
Alternative Displays
15
Bistable LCD Startup Offers e-Paper Design Kits
15
Displaybank Looks at Flexible Display Market
16
Polymer Vision Bows First Rollable Production Plant
18
PVI to Launch Flexible e-Paper in Mid-2007
19
SiPix Imaging's E-paper Makes Dynamic Keypads
19
Sony Joint Venture Develops 19.2-Inch FED
21
OLEDs
23
TMD Announces OLED TVs by 2009
23
Sony to Commercialize 11-inch OLED TV in 2007
24
OLED Makers Remain Optimistic Despite Losses
25
When Will AMOLEDs Break Out?
26
The Future of German OLED Technology
28
NanoMarkets Sees OLEDs at $15B by 2014
29
LED/Laser Devices
30
Brighter, Cheaper, More Efficient, LEDs Blast-Off
30
Cree Buys and Sells in China
31
Kyma to Develop GaN Wafers with Aonex Technology
32
nLight Mulls Red Lasers for Displays
33
Osram Announces New Ostar Projection Modules
34
PD-LD to Boost Key Component for Laser Projection
35
Laser/LED Projection
36
A Fingertip Projector!
36
Electronics
38
ARM Adds Support For 3D Mobile Graphics Chips
38
China's Mobile TV Spec Gains Chip Support
38
Display Controller Supports 3D Stereoscopic Mode
39
MagnaChip Launches Mobile Display Drivers
39
NXP, Freescale Controllers Integrate LCD Drivers
40
NXP Readies Ultra-small 802.11b/g Package
40
Renesas Demos Low-cost LCD Solution
41
Market Intelligence
42
Apple Hits the 100-Million Mark with iPod
42
China Cellular Chip Market to Surge
43
Linux Cellphones to Reach 203M by 2012
44
iSuppli: Wireless Carriers Losing Their Voice
44
AUO Panel Shipments to Fall Short in Q1
46
DisplaySearch: Handset Panels Hit Record in 4Q'06
46
Gartner: Global Mobile Phone Units Up 21% in '06
47
Single-Chip Ultra-low-cost Handsets to Proliferate
50
Treo Hits Smartphone Sales Record
51
LCD Monitors, Mobile Displays in China Double in 2006
52
78M Notebooks Ship In 2006
53
Mobile Video
54
LG to Add Google/Yahoo! Services to Cell Phones
54
LG, Harris Up Ante for Mobile DTV
55
MediaFLO Enters Technical Trials in Taiwan
57
Verizon Wireless Illuminates the Mobile TV Opportunity
57
Mobile Products
59
Asustek Launches Its First LED-backlit Notebook PC
59
"Look Ma, No Computer"; Wi-Fi Phone Goes Mobile
60
Samsung Handset First With DivX
61
Insight Media News
62
Samsung Pocket Projector Manufacturing and Performance Report Released
62
Personal Viewers Report Released
64
Newsletter Editorial Matrix
66
About Mobile Display Report
67
About Insight Media
67