Volume 9
SEPTEMBER 2006
Number 9

Special Feature: Small LCD Picture-Quality Shoot-out 2
The Displays 3
LCD Panel Performance 3
Image and Picture Quality Ratings 5
Viewing Tests 8
Final Grades 9
OLEDs 10
Samsung Leads the Charge while LPL Retreats from AMOLED at IMID/IMDC '06 10
OLEDs in 2Q: Shipments Up, Revenues Down 12
CDT Announces Improved Lifetime for Blue Polymer OLEDs 13
Kodak Licenses Tohoku to Use OLED Technology for Backlights 14
Samtel to Manufacture OLED Displays in 2008 15
UDC and Novaled Make Red PHOLED with 12 lumens/W Efficiency 15
Alternative Displays 16
Moto Launches Handset with Electrophoretic Main Display 16
LED Devices 18
Philips to build new HB-LED Facility in Singapore 18
Small Display Electronics 18
TI Bows Mobile Features in "Hollywood" Cell-chip 18
MagnaChip Bows Three New Drivers for Cell Displays 19
Update: NEC Unveil 3-D SiP Technology 20
Tokyo Firm Claims Fastest JPEG Chipset 21
ADI Team Bows First Mobile TV Receiver for China 22
Himax Agrees to Acquire Wisepal Technologies 23
Magnachip Bows Chips for A-Si Mobile Displays 23
Small LCDs 24
A Practical Plastic Display Now 24
Wintek to Lease Gen 3 Line from HannStar? 25
Picvue Applies for Taiwan's Version of Chapter 11 25
Samsung Develops 3-inch VGA LCD for DSCs 26
Hitachi Develops Wide-Angle IPS LCD Module 26
Sharp Microelectronics Europe Introduces 7.5-inch LCD 27
Microdisplay Devices 27
eMagin to Supply Sagem with OLED Displays 27
Direct View Products 28
Cell phones (Handsets) 28
Convergence Products and Personal Media Players 31
Business & Strategic 32
CMCS to Become Taiwan's #2 OEM Handset Maker in '07 32
Will Portable GPS Sales Boost In-Car Navigation Systems? 33
Digital Camera Shipments Up, Says IDC 34
PDA Sales Continue to Fall, "Cellular PDAs" Rise 34
TI and "Japan Inc." Form 3G Handset JV 35
In-Stat: Long-form Mobile Videos to Boom in 2008 36
Sprint Nextel to Build $3B WiMAX Network 36
Nortel Sells UMTS Business to Alcatel 38
Cell Phone-Based E-Commerce to Top $4B in '06 38
Mobile Video 39
Study Says Teens Nix Mobile Video - Well, Maybe Not 39
Parks Associates Sees Mobile-Video Consolidation 40
Tracfone/Virgin, Yes - ESPN/Disney, No 41
Mobile Video Content 42
CBS Blasts Mobile Video Promos 42
New 3D Maps/Hotspot Finder for Cellular GPS 42
Neuros Creates Digital Video Smart Phones 43
Extreme Sports Channel Added to Sky Mobile TV 43
Insight Media News 44
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 46
About Mobile Display Report 47
About Insight Media 47