Volume 2
JULY 2007
Number 7

Microdisplays 2
Aurora Develops 0.55-inch HD LCOS Panels 2
LED Laser Devices and Components 3
100-Lumen LEDs Now Available in High Volume 3
New LED Driver IC Enables Real-Time Luminance Control 4
Avago LEDs Come in Small Package 4
Cree Introduces Blue XLamp 5
Major LED Makers to See Sales Jump in 2Q 5
Philips Lumileds Forecasts Bright Future for LEDs 5
Vishay Introduces InGaN Blue LEDs on Sapphire 6
Laser/LED Projection 6
Controversy Surrounds Lasers Near Term Viability 6
Pico/Nano/Pocket Projectors - Is There a Market 8
Novalux Lasers for Projection 11
Oerlikon Shows Lasers and Pico-Projector 12
SCRAM Shows Micro-Projector at Projection Summit 13
Upstream Demos LED-Based Pico-Projector 14
Electronics 15
Lenovo Using TI's "LoCosto" for Chinese Handsets 15
3G Phones with Qualcomm's 65nm Chipsets Debut 16
MegaChips Shrinks One-Seg Chip on Phones 16
NEC Develops Energy-Saving Chip for Cell Phones 17
Nvidia Targets Handhelds with AP and GPU 17
NXP to Produce Ultra Low-cost Chips for Handsets 18
Samsung Bows Multimode Mobile TV Receiver Chip 18
World's Smallest HDTV In Reference Design 19
Touch Screens 19
3M Sells Canada Touch Facility to Touch International 19
Touch Screen Phones Poised for Growth 21
Backlights 24
IDS to Mass Produce Super-Thin LED LGPs 24
LED Backlights to Brighten More LCD Panels 25
Engineering LED Backlights for Industrial Displays 26
Small/Medium LCDs 29
CMO Prepares OLPC and UMPC Panel Production 29
Hitachi Panels Target Mobile Video 29
NEC Module Targets Industrial Portables 30
Seiko Epson Ramps High-Performance LCD Panels 30
TMDisplay To Slim Notebook Panels 30
TPO Bows 2.0-inch QVGA LTPS-LCD Module 31
OLEDs 32
CDT Wins Grant for P-OLED Development 32
3D Systems 32
Next Try at 3D Cell Phones in the Works 32
Mobile Products 33
Apple Launches iPhone 33
Archos Wi-Fi Media Players Skip the PC 35
DoCoMo Targets Youth with Low-Priced Cell Phones 36
Fujitsu Releases World's Smallest Tablet PC 36
Harman Kardon Releases $299 Navigation Device 37
Samsung Unveils Improved Q1 Ultra 37
Sony Scores Big in Japan with Video-Walkman 38
Mobile Video Infrastructure 38
CTIA Plays FUD Card (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) 38
Eu Taps DVB-H Over Qualcomm / T-DMB 39
Industries Intensify Battle Over Wireless Space 40
Mobile Phone Ad's Find "in Proximity" Users in Japan 41
Cell's Take Social Networking off the Desktop 42
Open Access-Maybe, As FCC Mulls New Auction Rules 43
Market Intelligence 45
Mobile Video the Trend 45
ASP of 7-inch Panels Up Nearly 50% 45
Cell Phones Drive Growth for Electronic Books 45
China Mobile Navigation To Grow 10-fold by 2011 46
DSC Panels in Tight Supply 47
Smartphones Growth Booms 48
JP Morgan Predicts then Retracts Apple iPhone-Nano 49
Nearly 1.2B SIP Users By 2012 Says ABI 50
New Markets Sought for Mobile Displays 51
Nokia, Motorola Top $100B Camera Phone Market 53
Personal Navigation Devices Enter Boom Market 54
Cell Phones Drive IC Market 55
Picvue Electronics Files For Bankruptcy 55
Premium Mobile Content to Double by 2011 56
Taiwan 2007 Panels To Top NT$1 Trillion 56
Business and Strategic 57
Asahi and Mitsubishi to Sell Joint Venture Optrex 57
BenQ to Produce Modules for AUO in Q4 57
Fujitsu Division Booked Fictitious Sales 58
iPhone Teardowns Reveal Component Design Wins 58
MediaTek Sets up Handset Design Company 61
Motorola Gets Patent for Sun-Powered Mobile Phone 61
Taiwan Panel Makers Change Management 61
Insight Media News 62
Insight Media and USDC to Host 3D Biz-Ex 62
Insight Media Releases New Mini-Report on Thin RPTVs 66
Projection Summit Proceedings Available 68
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 69
About Mobile Display Report 70
About Insight Media 70