Solar storm fails to disrupt cellphones. Or much of anything else for that matter.

We’ve been hearing quite a lot about this massive solar storm yesterday which was supposed to have disrupted cellphone networks, satellite communications, radio signals, etc., but so far there it doesn’t appear that it caused any signficant problems for anyone. Anyone hear of any major problems? Read

Review of Samsung’s NEXiO S160

Review of JVC’s latest high-definition camcorder

Lengthy review over at Videography.com of JVC’s HD10 video camera, their professional version of the GR-HD1, which was the world’s first (and for the moment, only) high-definition digital camcorder for consumers. It ain’t cheap, but it’s still amazing that these days you can buy a high-definition video camera for less than $4,000. Read

Sony and NTT DoCoMo working on pay-by-cellphone system

A renegade member of the N-Gage Special Forces speaks out

Panasonic’s new cameraphone

And just to go totally overboard on Japanese gadgets today (c’mon, indulge us just this once!), there are a few new 3G cellphones from DoCoMo, the most noteworthy of which seems to be Panasonic’s P505iS, which has a built-in 1.28 megapixel digital camera and a very unusual rotating and swiveling 65,000 color display. Read

The Vaio UX5, Sony’s latest tiny laptop

GSM/GPRS version of the Treo 600 to be out on Monday?

Fujitsu’s new wireless Pocket Loox Pocket PC

Another new Pocket PC that’s probably just for Japan. Fujitsu’s Pocket Loox FLX3AW should be out next month, and have built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, SD and CompactFlash card slots, and 128MB of RAM. There’s also another version without WiFi. Read

Sneak peak at Sharp’s new Zaurus

More on Nokia’s new Series 90 cellphone

The Register has a few details about that new Series 90 cellphone that Nokia is going to unveil soon. The phone will be a successor to their 9290 Communicator, use both pen and keyboard for input, and presumably have built-in Bluetooth. Read

Review of Fujitsu’s new Tablet PC

Getting it all connected

Polaroid’s new digital camera for narcissists

Review of Pentax’s digital SLR

Steve’s Digicam review of the Pentax’s new 6.1 megapixel digital SLR camera, the oddly named *ist D (we’re not sure exactly how, or even if, you pronounce the “*”). The *ist D is one of the smallest and lightest digital SLRs around, and is compatible with most Pentax lenses. Read [Via DesignTechnica]

WiFi Memory Stick coming soon

That long-delayed 802.11b WiFi card on a Memory Stick we’ve been hearing about forever is finally coming out in a few weeks. Or at least it should be. The manufacturer, Hagiwara Sys-Com, says it should be out within a month or so. Read

Study finds that bad cell reception mainly due to networks, not phones

Why Tablet PCs cost so much

Is this the Nokia 7200?

Oh, and some images have turned up on Mobile.BPit.ch of what purports to be one of the new phones expected from Nokia next week, their clamshell 7200. You can probably guess why it’s being called the “Louis Vuitton” phone. Read [Thanks, Matt]

Gizmodo scoop: Nokia to announce Series 90 operating system next week