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Our first episode of SlashGear TV week in review is officially online!  Each week, Ashley, Bree and I will go through the latest greatest news along with new consumer products that we get in for review.

I’m going to chalk this one up there as wah - completely under shocked.  Me under shocked?  No, no not me of course, but Ballmer.  Ballmer was preparing to give a speech at a Hungarian University when he was egged by some guy in the audience.  Yes, egged.  The protester launched three eggs at Ballmer [...]

As many of you may know, I’ve been nuts about the iPhone. Seeking out every bit of news and rumor across the globe, day or night. MY iTablet and the MY iTablet store is well on the way. I want to send out a special thanks to every single one of my [...]

Consumers check out Panasonic’s 103-inch plasma TV - available this holiday season for $69,999.

JVC has announced the GY-HD250U, an affordable studio-level camera. Of course, it can’t be classified as a studio camera unless it features HD technology, and luckily it does. The unique thing is that the camera offers functionality in both High Definition and Standard Definition, so users who are used to SD won’t have a hard [...]

Big congrats to Justin and the very sexy Julie (shhh don’t tell my wife) at Helio for a successful launch of Helio. I had chance to meet with these fine folks during CTIA 2006 for a briefing about Helio. Helio is a cool network with extra goodies not offered by other carriers.

Hell freaking yes! It’s worth noting that this price tag doesn’t even include the optional add-ons such as an extended-life battery or a travel case with a built-in keyboard. In my opinion, UMPCs cost nearly as much as a tablet pc and it’s not that portable when you have to lug around all [...]

The Sony Reader, which we examined last week, is quite an amazing little device. Using a screen that requires very little battery power to operate, the Reader can display 7,500 page turns per charge, and doesn’t require a backlight in order to illuminate the screen. How is this possible? It’s actually quite simple; it’s all thanks to a little technology called electronic ink (also known as electronic paper).

In the time between Microsoft’s Origami announcement back at this year’s CeBIT convention and now, we’ve had quite a few letdowns about the capabilities and features contained inside these devices. As time wears on, the appeal of this new technology lessens as prices go up, features go down, and features that are needed for the devices to be truly mobile are nowhere to be found. With the majority of UMPCs hovering on or above the $999 price line, do these devices have a chance of being truly successful?