Volume 2
AUGUST 2007
Number 8

Microdisplays 2
Microvision Receives $34.1 Million from the Call of Public Warrants 2
OLEDs 2
CMO Targets OLED Panels for Nav Devices 2
Osram Exits OLED Display Business 3
Novaled Reports Improved Green OLED 4
Alternative Displays 5
ITRI Shows New Flexible Displays 5
LPL Shows Oil and Water Do Mix in Flex Display 6
New Thermal Display Shown in HK 6
3D Displays 7
Chip for 3-D images on Cell Phone Games 7
LCD Displays 8
Small LCD Panel News 8
LED Laser Devices and Components 9
Irico Gains Control of Shanghai Blue Light 9
Lumileds Bows New LED Phosphor 9
Nichia Says Low Current LED Chip Advance 10
OSRAM Breaks Ground for Malaysia Factory 10
Osram Debuts Continuous Wave Laser 11
Showa Denko Boosts Blue LED Capacity 12
Toshiba Bows White LEDs 12
Electronics 13
Electronic Firms to Co-develop Next Gen Mobile Chips 13
Leadis Technology Bows OLED Driver IC 14
Nokia Outsources Chipsets - Deepens Ties with STMicro 15
Old Chip Makers Looking Hard at Hand-Held Market 16
Othello Chip Suits 3G TD-SCDMA Wireless Handsets 16
Qualcomm Mired In Continuing Legal Battles 17
US Bans Qualcomm Chips 18
LCD Components & Manufacturing 19
Honeywell Bows New LCD Materials 19
Indium-You May Not See It But You Really Need It. 20
LCD Makers Expand Capacity in China 21
Backlights 23
LED-BLU's Poised to Dominate Notebooks 23
Electronic Viewfinders 23
Kodak Chooses Kopin Viewfinder 23
Personal Displays 24
Are Existing Head-Mounted Displays 'Good Enough'? 24
Mobile Products 26
Cameras, Convergence and PMP Products 26
DoCoMo/Fujitsu Handset Gives Location Data 27
Laptop Brands Hit Smartphone Market 28
HP to Launch New iPAQ Handheld Devices in 4Q 29
iriver Japan To Market Low-Cost Navigation 29
Nokia Bows Luxury Cell Phone 30
Nokia Unveils New OLED Phone Model 30
Nokia To Build Handsets With GPS 31
Oki IDs Users By Looking Them In The Eye 31
Thomson Unveils Attractive A1 MP3 31
Pico-Projectors 32
Microvision in Joint Development with Motorola 32
Pico Projector Market to Hit 6.5M Units in 2011 33
Pico Projectors to Hit European Market 34
Teraop Displays Developing Laser Projection Module 34
Mobile Video Infrastructure 36
AT&T Video Share Hits 160 Markets 36
Crown Castle Out of Mobile TV 37
Digital Convergence Empowers Mobile Ads 38
Google-backed FON Targets 1M Hotspots 41
NextWave Wireless Buys Majority Stake In IPMobile 42
Nokia, Inks Microsoft DRM Deal 43
Nortel Targets 4G WiMax in Europe 43
Market Intelligence 44
iPhone Creating Ripples 44
Handheld Device Sales Still Declining 45
Portable Navigation Devices Market is Hot 46
China Closing In On US For Most Web Users 48
Japan and Taiwan Follow Different Display Paths 48
Koreans Lead US Market in Multi-Media Phones 51
Research Firms Raise Flat Panel Forecasts 52
Business and Strategic 54
Handset Makers Gaining Freedom From Celcos 54
Car Navi Devices Aid Niigata Quake Rescue Ops 55
Second Quarter Financial Results 55
OEM Announcements 56
T-Mobile's HotSpot Makes Cell Calls Wi-Fi 57
Insight Media News 58
RealD, DDD, Mitsubishi, Light Blue Optics, Sensio, Dolby, Philips, Newsight and In-Three Among Presenters at 3D Biz Ex 58
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 62
About Mobile Display Report 63
About Insight Media 63