Volume 3
MAY 2008
Number 5

Virtual Microdisplays 2
eMagin Sees Higher Losses But Improves Revenue 2
Kopin Wins Army SXGA Microdisplay Program 2
    CyberDisplay Technology 3
    Night-Vision Systems 5
LED/Laser Devices and Components 5
Are Pulse-driven LEDs Brighter? 5
Dyoptyka Discusses Laser Speckle Reduction 6
Growth Trajectory for LED ICs Detailed 8
LED News from Taiwan 10
Nichia Files Suit Against Seoul Semi-Again 12
STMicro Offers Single-Chip LED-BLU Drivers 12
Display Electronics 13
Rohm and Qualcomm Develop New MDDI IC 13
Display Controller Supports VGA in Mobile LCDs 14
Proximity & Light Sensors in One Mobile Chip 15
OLEDs 15
New OLED Encapsulation From Georgia Tech 15
NKK Switches With Embedded OLED 16
OLED-T Sees Progress on Eve of SID 17
OSD Bows New 2.4-inch OLED 20
UDC Financials Show OLED Transition from R&D 21
LCD Components and Manufacturing 22
Panel-Makers Plan for Low-Cost Notebooks 22
NEC Bows Hi Pixel 2.7-inch Panels 23
Small and Medium LCD Demand Bifurcates 24
    Japan Fabs Shift Production on Falling Prices 25
    New Products Gaining Momentum 25
    Taiwan Fabs Dealing with a Sluggish Second Quarter 26
Mobile Products 27
A Look at New LED Notebooks 27
New BlackBerry Doubles Resolution 29
Nokia's New "Spoons" Sport OLED Displays 30
Alternative Displays 31
A Display That Beat the Odds 31
E Ink Makes Smarter Smart Cards 33
E-Paper Gets New Controller 34
PVI Shipments to Grow in H2'08 35
Personal Eyewear 36
Recent Advances in Eyeglass-Type Displays 36
Sensics to OEM Panoramic Display Modules 40
Mobile Video Content 41
Japan Cell Phone Search to Take-off 41
E-Coupon Displays to Replace Paper 42
Wireless HD Transmitter in Your Cell? 44
Mobile Infrastructure 46
A-VSB End-to-End Mobile TV Platform 46
Can All Mobile TV Options Win? 46
    ATSC-MH 47
    MediaFLO 47
    MPH-in-band Technology 48
    MobiTV 49
    Conclusion: 50
Tandberg Bows Mobile TV Infrastructure 50
Business & Strategic 51
Cell Phones to Compete With GPS 51
LG to Support Anytime/Anywhere Content Lab 55
Rohm and Haas Acquires Gracel Display 56
Where Apple Leads, Microsoft Follows 56
Market Intelligence 59
ABI: Open Handsets The Wave of the Future 59
Notebooks and LED BLU Shipments to Rise 62
Taiwan Tops China in Digital Frame Shipments 63
Insight Media News 64
Insight Media Releases the 2008 LCD Backlight Report 64
2008 Pico-Projector Report Update Available 67
PS'08 Features Pico/Pocket, Short-throw and Light-Rejecting Screen Showcases 68
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 71
About Mobile Display Report 72
About Insight Media 72