Volume 3
JULY 2008
Number 7

LED/Laser Devices and Components 3
LED News from Taiwan 3
Projection Summit Covers Solid-State Light Sources 4
TI Bows New White LED Driver 6
Display Electronics 7
New Breed Display Controller from Leadis 7
OLED Power Driver Boosts Image in Sm. Displays 8
OLEDs 9
Fraunhofer Groups Join with COMEDD 9
New HIL Enables Low-cost OLEDs 11
New Slot-coated OLED Displays by 2010? 12
OLEDs in South Korea 13
    Samsung to Invest $529M to Boost OLED 13
    LG Forms New OLED Business Unit 13
Samsung Leads Sm. OLEDs, but Canon Wants In 13
Taiwan's CMEL Boosts Yields, Builds Investment 14
RiTdisplay Develops OLED Touch Panels 15
LCD Components and Manufacturing 15
BEF Sales for Mid-sized Displays Grow Sharply 15
LCD Displays 16
Casio Bows New Transmissive LCD Panels 16
Backlights 17
Opto Taiwan Exhibitors Show LED BLUs 17
Touch Screens 17
Cypress Offers Multi-touch Solution on a Chip 17
IMS Research: Touch Terminals to Double by 2012 18
Mobile Products 19
New iPhone Invades Japan 19
LED/Laser Projectors 22
Embedded Pico Projectors Advance 22
Pico Projectors Showcased at Projection Summit 24
TI/Optoma Show Off New LED Projectors 25
3D Displays 26
Infosys: Look for Holograms on Handsets by 2010 26
New 3D Display and Chips from Korea 27
New Stereo 3D Game Drivers Released 29
Alternative Displays 30
Carbon Nanotubes in Flexible Electronics Advances 30
E Ink: "E-newspapers" Hit the Street by 2009 31
Flexible TFT Array for AM-E-paper 32
ITRI Shows Ch-LCD 33
Sigma Promises Transparent/Conductive Coatings 33
SiPix to Launch Electronic Books by Year End 34
Personal Eyewear 35
Apple Patents Laser Head-Mounted Display 35
Sony Unveils See-through Eyeglass Display 36
Market Intelligence 37
DisplaySearch Touts Top Applications for Flat Panels 37
Displays for PNDs Will Exceed 60M units in 2010 38
The Effects of Declining Prices for 7-inch LCDs 39
    Falling Prices for 7-inch Panels 39
Mobile Content 40
Will the Sirius-XM Merger Boost Mobile Video? 40
Business & Strategic 41
Nokia Takes Over Symbian, Launches App Effort 41
    Nokia's Strategy 42
    Applications Drive Users 42
Investors Corner 43
Clearwire's Sensible European Ambitions 43
    JRPG Notice: 46
Insight Media News 47
InfoComm/Projection Summit Best Buzz Awards - 2008 47
Best LED Projectors 47
    Pico/Pocket Projectors 47
    TI/Optoma Home Theater Projector 48
Best Projection Screens 48
    Stewart's StarGlas 60 Screen 48
    Da Lite 3D Rear-Projection Screen 48
Best Video Walls 49
    Samsung's 40-panel LCD Wall 49
    Orion's PDP Wall 49
Best Price Breakers 49
    Sharp's XG-P610X and XGP560W 49
    BenQ's SP920 50
Most Innovative Projector 50
    Sanyo's 4LCD Projector 50
Best WUXGA Projectors 51
    projectiondesign's F10 and F30 51
    Canon's WUX10 51
Best Auto-Stereoscopic 3D Displays 51
    Philips, Toshiba and Alioscopy Multiview 3D Displays 51
    LG's TripleView Display 51
Best PDP 52
    Pioneer' 2nd Gen Kuro Monitors 52
Projection Summit Proceedings Available 52
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 53
About Mobile Display Report 54
About Insight Media 54