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While Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile customers have been enjoying their epic, vibrant and captivating Galaxy S variants for weeks, the only thing fascinating about Verizon’s take on the Samsung smartphone is how long it’s taken to arrive. Come September, however, that’s all liable to change, as a very familiar-looking SCH-I500 has just allegedly appeared in Verizon warehouse databases. Coupled with the fact that the MTV Music Video Awards (airing on September 12th) are now officially sponsored by “Samsung Fascinate a Galaxy S phone” and Verizon Wireless itself, we’re thinking it’s a safe bet that early September will find the 4-inch Super AMOLED handset on store shelves.

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It’s that time again, the Engadget Show is back in a big way tomorrow, August 27th at 8pm! First up, Josh is sitting down with Samsung Chief Strategy Officer Omar Khan to chat up the company’s recent Android sprint, then Engadget’s investigative correspondent Rick Karr is back to scale a skyscraper and check up on an AT&T team tasked with improving New York’s data infrastructure. Next up, Josh and Paul welcome fellow editor Joanna Stern back to the roundtable and we’ve got an exclusive live demo of Rock Band 3, plus a special Harmonix surprise… oh, and be ready to rock out to mind numbing chiptunes music, since Zen Albatross and invaderbacca are back for an encore performance! You were wondering about giveaways? You’re in luck, because this time we’ll be giving away, not one, but four Samsung Galaxy S phones! Yep, we’re talking about four phones, on four different carriers. And if that isn’t enough, we’re also giving away an insane laptop rig from AMD, featuring the HP Envy 17 Eyefinity laptop and three (count em!) HP ZR24w 24″ S-IPS Pro LCD monitors! Whatever you do, don’t miss this one! As usual, we’ll be doing the giveaways at the live show only, so make the trek and join us at The Times Center in person. If you’re geographically incapable of joining us in New York City, just tune into the stream at right here on Engadget.

The Engadget Show is sponsored by Sprint, and will take place at the Times Center, part of The New York Times Building in the heart of New York City at 41st St. between 7th and 8th Avenues (see map after the break). Tickets are — as always — free to anyone who would like to attend, but seating is limited, and tickets will be first come, first served… so get there early! Here’s all the info you need:

• There is no admission fee — tickets are completely free
• The event is all ages
• Ticketing will begin at the Times Center at 5:30PM on Friday, doors will open for seating at 7:30PM, and the show begins at 8PM
• You cannot collect tickets for friends or family — anyone who would like to come must be present to get a ticket
• Seating capacity in the Times Center is about 340, and once we’re full, we’re full
• The venue is located at 41st St. between 7th and 8th Avenues in New York City (map after the break)
• The show length is around an hour

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Netflix today announced the release of a new Netflix app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The new app would allow for streaming content over a wi-fi or 3G connection straight onto your very tiny screen.

The concept has been around for a while, going back to the wrist-watch TVs of the ’80s, but the experience of watching anything on a screen that small is never fully satisfying. At best, it can help make those long plane, train, and automobile rides more enjoyable. Sorta anyway.

If not used for streaming, the new Netflix app can also be used as a tidy queue management system complete with a search function (which, for some reason, Wii’s Netflix channel is sadly missing). Up until now, the queue-management app void was being filled by the likes of Phone Flicks, which I suppose will go hang out with the Dodo now.

The move into small screens does makes some branding sense for Netflix, which has faced increasing competition of late including a newly-announced streaming service from HBO, Verizon’s live TV app for the iPad, and who knows what exactly Apple will be throwing into the mix with their upcoming press conference.

The battle for your eyeballs is coming to your phone. (Imagine reading that sentence somewhere even ten years ago.)

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