Hasta La Gadget!

Ladies and gentlemen, it is that time again: Yes, the Engadget Show is back in a big way tomorrow, December 17th at 6:30pm at The Times Center in New York City! First up, Josh sits down with Mitsubishi product chief Frank DeMartin for a deep-dive into the future of televisions and a look ahead at what to expect at next month’s CES 2011. Nilay and Paul will be on hand for a raucous roundtable and the folks from Aldebaran Robotics are coming all the way from France to show off their NAO robot. Plus, we’ll have a never-before-seen tour of iRobot’s labs, an exclusive demo from Ubisoft, mind-bending music from Bit Shifter, and one lucky audience member will be walking away with a brand new 46-inch Mitsubishi LT-46164! What’s more, Google is hooking us up with five Cr-48 Chrome notebooks to give away in addition to some other special giveaway surprises. Trust us when we say that you really don’t want to miss this one! Remember, giveaways happen at the live show only, so make the trek and join us at The Times Center in person. We have a new ticketing policy, so if you’re coming to the live show, be sure to read about it below. If you’re geographically incapable of joining us in New York City, just tune into the stream 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 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 Times Center at 2:00PM on Friday, December 17th, doors will open for seating at 5:45PM, and the show begins at 6:30PM
• We now have assigned seating, so the first people to get their tickets — and the Sprint text-to-win winners (see below) — 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.
• Ticketing will continue until all tickets are given away
• 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

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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Continue reading The Engadget Show returns tomorrow, December 17th with televisions, robots, giveaways, and more!

The Engadget Show returns tomorrow, December 17th with televisions, robots, giveaways, and more! originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’re having a party, where are you? If you happen to be in the NY area, feel free to drop by, we’ll be here at Espace in Manhattan until 10:30PM. Thanks again to Sprint for sponsoring, and all the exhibitors, which include Sony PlayStation, Research In Motion, Palm, Sony VAIO, Bug Labs, Panasonic, Nokia, Sling, Roku, Sonos, Boxee, Peek, and many more. We’ll be streaming live to Ustream with an EVO 4G, among other shenanigans, and we’ll try to update this post with photos and text throughout the night. More details on how to get here and what to expect can be found at this hyperlink.

Update: Here’s the Ustream, live from an EVO 4G courtesy of Sprint. We’ll try to keep it live for as long as we can! The chat is here, if you want to hang out.

Update 2: It’s over! Thanks for everyone who made it out, and to folks who wish we would have a reader meetup in their town, we share those sentiments entirely, and will be venturing outside of NY very soon.

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Live from the Engadget reader meetup in NYC originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you like social networking (and let’s be honest, you love social networking), you can connect to your favorite gadget site thanks to the wonders of the internet. If you’re into Facebooking and the like (ha ha!), you can find Engadget right here, or if you’re more of a Twitterer, you can ping us over here.

Furthermore, you can locate your favorite Engadget editors by using this handy chart. So what are you waiting for? Get friending!

Engadget on Facebook and Twitter! originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Yes humans, you read that right. Engadget and eBoy have teamed up to bring you a heartbreaking work of staggering genius — namely, the eBoy-designed, Engadget-approved t-shirt you see above. We’ve got a very, very limited number of these on hand (less than 100), so if you want one, make sure you scoop it up today. If we run out here, eBoy have a small batch available as well. The 100 percent cotton, American Apparel shirts are $30 each (plus $10 for shipping and handling for up to 3 shirts, $20 for shipping and handling for anything beyond 3), and are available in S, M, L, and XL. Just follow beyond the break to see some more design detail, and use our totally reliable and not-at-all scammy PayPal purchasing options. US and international orders welcome!

Update: We’ve sold out of XL — we have a few left in the other sizes though!

Update 2: Aaaaaaand mediums and larges are gone… just a couple of smalls left!

Update 3: We’re sold out! Check out eBoy — they should have some left. Maybe?

Continue reading Ultra-limited edition Engadget / eBoy shirts now available! (update: SOLD OUT!)

Ultra-limited edition Engadget / eBoy shirts now available! (update: SOLD OUT!) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As you may have noticed, here at Engadget we’ve stepped down hard on the gas pedal when it comes to reviews. We’ve been putting a lot of time and resources into delivering more product reviews at a faster pace, so you guys can know just exactly what you’re getting into when it comes to the gear that we cover. In support of those efforts, today we’re happy to introduce our review scorecards. We wanted to find a way to deliver a snapshot of our reviews in a really simple, glanceable manner, and also make those snapshots available to sort and search through. So starting immediately, we’ll be including scorecards in any new review that goes up, and those cards will appear on our new reviews sorting page. Right now we’ve got some simple sorting options in there, but we’re working on more in-depth sorting options that will allow you to drill down on specifics, so you can find exactly the product you’re looking for. We’re also in the process of moving backwards through our older reviews and getting cards in place, so if you see a few holes here or there, don’t be surprised.

Some guidelines you should consider for these cards: firstly, the cards are based on our review at the time the post was published, meaning they’re not relative to one another (unless the products were reviewed in the same category at the same time). That means that the G1 can have a higher rating than the Droid X, even though right now it’s obvious that the Droid X is a superior phone. The Droid X is being reviewed now, and the G1 was reviewed then. Also, we want to provide a scale of what these numbers mean, so that there isn’t any confusion. A 0 rating you’ll likely never see. It means that the product was so bad we couldn’t even rate it. 1 means the product is pure crap, 2-3 means that the product has a few redeeming qualities, but is not very good. 4 is an okay product, but not something we could recommend. 5 is fair; not great, but not horrible. 6 is a decent product with a few issues, 7 is a strong product with some minor flaws, 8 is a great product with few flaws. 9 is nearly perfect, and 10 (which we haven’t handed out yet) is perfect.

As with any big addition to the site, we’re really interested to hear what you guys have to say. If you have any input, positive or negative, sound off below in comments!

Introducing review scorecards! originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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