The Lull Before the Storm!

In the December issue of Mobile Display Report, we have our usual wrap up of industry news with commentary and analysis on the entire smaller-sized display solutions ecosystem. Was there anything really, really hot to report this month? Not especially, because most companies are waiting for the "storm" of CES, Las Vegas, January 7-10, to introduce new products and technologies.

Nevertheless, we certainly found some good stuff from the multiple-dozens of sources we scan each day, plus the visits we made with customers and phone/email dialogs. This includes insights into the machinations within the OLED industry, some innovative display-based teaching tools for Brazil and head-mounted displays to serve the simulation industry. As usual, we have new stories on LEDs, lasers and the display systems these are enabling, plus updates on a number of the alternative displays that are rapidly maturing to serve a host of needs not well served by LCDs. We even have an in-depth story on two US companies that are ruggedizing and augmenting standard LCD panels to create custom display solutions. The full table of contents is shown below.

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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

Until next time...

Chris Chinnock

President, Insight Media

Happy Holidays from Insight Media!!

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