Volume 2
DECEMBER 2007
Number 12

Virtual Microdisplays 2
eMagin Touts Turn-Around With Q3'07 Profit 2
Kopin Receives Funding for New Military Products 2
Kopin Sees Net Loss-Still in "Options Review" 3
SpatiaLight Announces Q3 Reduction in Losses 4
LED/Laser Devices and Components 5
Koha to Produce LEDs with Gallium Oxide Substrates 5
Lumileds Releases Luxeon K2 with TFFC LED 5
PD-LD Gains New Patent for its VGB Technology 6
Samsung Develops LED for Edge-lit Notebooks 8
Tatung to Enter LED Market 8
Toyoda Gosei's LED Sales Up on Laptop Demand 9
Wellypower Ramps up LED Production 10
TI Debuts New LED Driver Chip 10
LCD Backlight 11
Notebook LED Backlights Ramp-up 11
Electronics 12
China's Broadcast Standard Leads to New Mobile Tuner Chips 12
NXP and Sony JV to Create e-Wallet Chips 13
Renesas Upgrades LCD Controller 15
Touch Screens 15
Brazil Turns to Touch for Educational Computing 15
Hot to the Touch 18
Small LCD Panels 19
Making LCDs Visible in Sunlight 19
OLEDs 22
LPL to Acquire OLED Business from LG Electronics 22
Toshiba Retreats to Small OLEDs 22
OLEDs Stumble…but Just for a Quarter 23
Samsung's AM OLED Driver Supports 16M-Colors 26
Alternative Displays 26
Alternative Displays Go Where LCD's Can't 26
PVI: Beating the Odds 28
PVI Targets US Retail Signage with e-Paper Display 28
Amazon Unveils "Kindle" e-Book 29
France to Fund Bistable e-Paper 31
Uni-Pixel Signs with MiPlaza on TMOS Display 32
Worlds First Mass-Produced E-Ink Watch 34
3D Displays 35
Metamaterials to Enable 3D Displays 35
Personal Displays 36
eMagin Z800 3DVisor Featured at I/ITSEC 36
Lumus Refines Personal Eyewear 37
Rockwell Collins Shows Range of HMDs 40
nVis Shows New Models 41
Sensics Upgrades piSight Line of Panoramic HMDs 42
LED/Laser Projectors 43
Microvision Builds Range of PicoP-based Products 43
Oculon Launches Two Pocket Projectors 45
Market Intelligence 47
Nokia Dominates Cell Phone Market in Q3 47
PMP Market Sees Strong Growth in Japan 49
Most Black Friday's Top Sellers Use Small Displays 49
Business and Strategic 50
CPT Focuses on Small to Medium-size Panels 50
Sony Moves from Chips to Imagers 51
Kinpo-Compal Group Set to Ship 93M Handsets in 2008 51
Yahoo's Big Partner Push in Asia 52
Samsung Licenses Microsoft Wireless Digital Technology 52
Sharp Ships 5M One-Seg Mobile Phones 52
Insight Media News 52
2007 Pico-Projector Market Segment Analysis 52
2007 Cinema and Large Venue Market Segment Analysis 56
2007 Visualization and Simulation Market Segment Analysis 59
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 63
About Mobile Display Report 64
About Insight Media 64