Volume 3
AUGUST 2008
Number 8

Virtual Microdisplays 2
MED & Universal Scientific to Build Turnkey Modules 2
Microvision Gives Q2 Results & Updates Outlook 3
    PicoP Application Areas 5
    Some Background and Microvision's Response 6
Display Electronics 8
Intel Chips to Support China's Mobile Standard 8
MagnaChip Bows MIPI Standard TFT-LCD Driver 8
MagnaChip Launches WSVGA Driver for Portables 9
Toshiba Working on Higher Refresh for Small LCDs 9
LED/Laser Devices and Components 10
Better Phosphors for White LEDs 10
CMO LED Subsidiary Ramping Up 10
New Heat-transfer Technology Boosts LED Output, 11
Osram SMT LED for Pico's Now Shipping 11
Prices for Notebook-use LEDs to Decline in Japan 11
Rohm Exhibits 5W White LED 12
Single Well Predicts 30% Growth on LED Mfg. 12
Smaller Cree LED Targets Lumileds Rebel 13
Taiwan's LED Sales Up in July 13
Backlights 14
All AUO Notebooks LED Based by 2010? 14
CMO LED Subsidiary Ramping Up 14
LED BLUs Fit Industrial LCDs 15
LCD Components and Manufacturing 16
Dancing to Keep Up with the Netbook Display Market 16
July Sales Glum for LCD Panel Makers 17
    Taiwan Panel Makers Cut Utilization Rates 18
Small/Medium LCD Sales Rebound in July 19
OLEDs 20
Leadis Offers Low Power AMOLED Driver 20
LG Displays Boost OLED Production 21
Nokia Stokes the AMOLED Fire 22
Touch Screens 23
iPhone Touch Panel Shipments Boost Wintek Sales 23
Typhoon Touch Adds Apple and 9 Others to Law Suit 23
LED/Laser Projectors 24
Dell to Sell Pocket Projector? 24
Mint Wireless Unveils the V10 Pocket Projector 25
Nippon Signal Exhibits Cigarette Case-sized Projector 25
Samsung Debuts P400 Pocket Projector 26
3D Displays 27
Seiko Epson Bows 500ppi 3D for Mobile Displays 27
Alternative Displays 28
Carbon Nanotube TFTs and Flexible Substrates 28
    A Nanonet Circuit Breakthrough 30
    FlexTech and Lehigh to Investigate Metal Foils 31
E Ink Displays for Soldiers 32
E Ink Reinvents 2nd Screen and Magazine Covers 33
    New Secondary Display for Mobile Handsets 33
    E-Book Reader Testing Is On-Going in Europe 35
Extended Coverage for Sony E-Book Reader 36
Microsoft Transforms a Surface into a Sphere 37
Plastic Logic Sees Big Developments 39
PVI's July Sales Up 11% 40
Rugged Flexible TFTs with E Ink Display 41
Seiko Epson Says Large LTPS Isn't Better -Yet 42
Personal Eyewear 43
iPhone's "Tour de Force" to Morph into "iView"? 43
Vuzix Advances Military Goggle-Mounted Displays 45
VSI Wins HMD Contract for F-15 46
Avionic Displays 47
GE to Integrate Display for UK Helicopters 47
Mobile Products 48
Host of New Japan Water-Proof Cell Phones Get Slim 48
Linux MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices) to Dominate 49
Mobile Content 50
Mobile Pay-TV Takes a Hit Overseas 50
Market Intelligence 53
Digital Picture Frames Continue Growth 53
Forrester Releases Grand CE Study 55
    Dividing by the Generations 55
    Mobile Internet Adoption 56
    Smartphone and Other Mobile Device Usage 57
Low-cost Handsets Have Global Impact 60
Business & Strategic 62
Do Earnings Match Expectations? 62
Insight Media News 63
DISPLAYMate for Windows Multimedia Edition 63
Personal Viewers Report Available from Insight Media 66
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 68
About Mobile Display Report 69
About Insight Media 69