Hasta La Gadget!

Clear your calendars everybody, because this Sunday, January 30th, the inimitable co-founder of Apple Steve Wozniak will be joining us for the first Engadget Show of 2011! It will be a night to remember as Woz joins us for an evening of frank, eye-opening, and all-around awesome conversation. We’ll be streaming live at 6:00PM from Cooper Union’s Rose Auditorium and we’ve got about 200 seats available on a first-come, first-served basis if you want to join us in person. We’ll also have music from the talented Zen Albatross and the usual crazy giveaways. Trust us when we say that this episode is going to be epic.

REMINDER: The Show will be taking place in a lovely new venue, the Rose Auditorium in Cooper Union’s New Academic Building (ie. not the TimesCenter), located in Manhattan at 41 Cooper Square. Seating is extremely limited, so get there early!

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 the updated info on our new ticketing policy that you need to know:

• There is no admission fee — tickets are completely free
• The event is all ages
• Ticketing will begin at the Cooper Union New Academic Building at 2:00PM on Sunday, January 30th, doors will open for seating at 5:15PM, and the show begins at 6:00PM
• We now have assigned seating, so the first people to get their tickets will get priority seating. This also means that once you get a ticket, your seat is guaranteed — you won’t have to get back in line to get a good seat.
• You cannot collect tickets for friends or family — anyone who would like to come must be present to get a ticket
• Seating capacity is limited (only about 200 seats in the theatre), and once we’re full, we’re full
• The venue is located at 41 Cooper Square New York, NY 10003 (map after the break)
• The show length is around an hour

Unfortunately, we won’t be running the usual text-to-win sweepstakes for this episode (we know it sucks, but it’s out of our hands), so if you want a seat you’ll have to show up in person. If you’re a member of the media who wishes to attend, please contact us at: engadgetshowmedia [at] engadget [dot] com, and we’ll try to accommodate you. All other non-media questions can be sent to: engadgetshow [at] engadget [dot] com.

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To add even more AT&T iPhone customers to the already large amount of people switching phone services to Verizon in order to get the iPhone 4, Verizon is letting some AT&T customers trade in their iPhones for credit when they buy a new Verizon iPhone 4 and sign up for a two-year contract. It may seem like a good idea, but WalletPop.com’s Aaron Crowe points out that the trade-in value isn’t as much as the amount the same phone could sell for on the secondary market.

Crowe said in the article that various iPhones in excellent condition could be sold at Gazelle.com, for example, for $15 to $80 more than the credit that Verizon is offering towards a new phone. So, ultimately, you have to decide whether you’re willing to go through the hassle to sell your phone on a secondary market and get more for it, or just take the easy route and have AT&T throw you some credit towards your new phone.

Either way, if you’re dropping AT&T you’re going to have to pay the $325 early termination fee, and there’s no way around that.

WalletPop lists the trade-in prices Verizon is offering, followed by the latest price at Gazelle.com for the same phone in excellent condition:

• iPhone 2G 16GB: $60 at Verizon; $80 at Gazelle
• iPhone 3G 16GB: $105 at Verizon; $120 at Gazelle 
• iPhone 3Gs 32GB: $160 at Verizon; $180 at Gazelle
• iPhone 4 16GB: $280 at Verizon; $360 at Gazelle
• iPhone 4 32GB: $360 at Verizon; $420 at Gazelle

So, the choice is yours. Ultimately, you’re loosing money by breaking your AT&T contract. The question is, do you want to loose more money, or slightly less money?

Twelve South’s made somewhat of a name for itself by crafting unexpected (and generally visually pleasing) accessories for everything Apple, but the ouftit’s latest just seems particularly superfluous. The BookAir for Air is described as a vertical stand for the MacBook Air, enabling you to hoist your new ultraportable upright for use with a desktop monitor and keyboard. ‘Course, we have to believe that only a smattering of individuals have any real interest in using their MBA as a desktop replacement, but hey, at least there’s now a stand should you fit into that category. She’ll be on sale soon for $39.99, with initial shipments to head out next month.

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When you’ve got a good thing rolling, why stop? That’s the mantra applied to Razer’s latest, which is actually the third DeathAdder to be released. You may remember the original slinking out way back in 2006, with the southpaws in attendance finally getting one of their own in March of last year. Today, in order to celebrate the device’s Wood Anniversary, Razer’s loosing the USB-connected DeathAdder Black Edition. For all intents and purposes, this is the same DeathAdder that we came to love last decade, but with an ever-so-slightly tweaked design that adds non-slip rubber sides and an all-black finish. It’ll ship globally next month for $59.99 / €59.99, with orders being taken right… about.. now.

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