Volume 2
NOVEMBER 2007
Number 11

Microdisplays 2
eMagin Bows OLED Microdisplay 2
Kopin to Sell 150K "Instant-On" Displays to US Army 2
LED/Laser Devices and Components 3
PD-LD Gets Two New VBG Patents 3
Trend Moving Toward LEDs 4
LED 2007 Meeting Report 5
    LEDs 2007 Overview 5
    LED Market Forecasts 6
    Speeding Toward Better Results 8
    Lighting Our Lives: Applications 11
    Materials, Components and Systems 12
    A Measured Approach to SSL 15
    Entertaining in a New Light 15
    LED 2007 Trade Show 16
Cooling Modules Can Increase LED Illumination 17
    Key Benefits 18
LED Chip Updates 19
    Toshiba Lighting & Technology 19
    Samsung Electro-Mechanics 19
    Taiwan LED Makers 20
Electronics 20
Altera Ships Car "Infotainment" Platform 20
Broadcom Bows Cell Phone HD on Chip 21
Himax to Spin-off Display Chipset Business 21
NXP Bows 3G / 4G Software Radio Solution 22
TFT LCD Driver Powers WQVGA Displays 23
Touch Screens 24
3M Shows Dispersive Touch Technology at SID 24
Small LCD Panels 25
Material Holds Promise for Bendable LCD Panels 25
Tannas Spells "Any-Size" Custom LCDs 26
White Electronic Designs Bows New LCD Family 27
OLEDs 29
Novaled Hits 100K Hr. Life on W-OLED 29
Small AMOLEDs at FPD International 29
    Shipping - and Almost Shipping - Products 30
    Solving the Processing Roadblock 32
    New Technology 34
    Large AMOLEDs on Display 35
    A Quick Summary 35
Alternative Displays 35
New Displays Target Credit Card Apps 35
New MEMS Could Revolutionize Cell Phones 37
Bridgestone Gets a Flat - A Flat-Panel Display 38
Progress Reported at Plastic Logic 40
Varitronix Adds Color to Electronic Shelf Displays 41
3D Displays 41
Toppan Builds 3D Interactive Display 41
Head Up Displays 42
Gulfstream Combines Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 42
Mobile Products 43
Apple's iPhone Finally Hits Europe 43
LG Bows Touch Screen SmartPhone in Europe 44
Mobile Phone Morphs Into High-Res Digital Camera 44
Motorola Unveils Special Edition RAZR 2 V8 Handsets 45
Nokia's iPhone Alternative 46
T-Mobile Launches the Shadow 47
Pico/Nano Projectors 47
Microvision Inks Pico Proj Deal with Asian CE Firm 47
Market Intelligence 48
CTIA Says Record US Cell Phones Penetration 48
GPS Handsets to Grow Market Share by 2011 49
Japan's Fiber-Optic Subscribers May Triple by 2011 50
Korea Exports Record Handset Shipments in October 50
LTPS Panel Supply Running Short 50
Mobile Display Procurement Expanding in Q4'07 51
Personal Navigation May Sell 100M Units in 2011 53
Business and Strategic 53
China's Small LCD Production Maturing 53
Fujitsu and NEC Exceed Profit Targets 54
Google's "Android" is "Business As Usual" 54
Kyocera's Big Risk Buying Sanyo's Cell Phone Ops 56
Nokia Taps ST Micro 3G Chips / Deepen Ties 57
Sharp Ships 5M Digital TV Cell Phones 57
Taiwan Fabs Respond to Small Size Panel Demand 58
Mobile Video Content 59
NBC Dumps iTunes to Boost net-Video Revenue 59
Mobile Video Infrastructure 60
Sprint Drops Clearwire WiMax Pact 60
Insight Media News 61
Key Devices for Projection Displays 2006-2007 61
English-language Edition of Mobile Display Quarterly Available 63
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 66
About Mobile Display Report 67
About Insight Media 67