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We suspect this will be the final round of Black Friday ad leaks — you know, considering that Black Friday is but a few days away — but it seems as if the gadget world has saved the best (or at least the biggest) for last. As usual, we’re not spotting any major steals that’d be worth lining up a dozen hours in advance for, but the $78 Blu-ray player and $10 BD films from Wally World may be worth paying your neighbor to snag for you. Check ‘em all out below… if you dare.

Black Friday deals roundup: Walmart, Target and NewEgg originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/Touch_DJ_app_stuffs_a_turntable_into_your_iPhone_Video’; Not kosher with getting a handset tailor made for DJing? How’s about transforming your existing iPhone into that very device when the mood strikes you? Hailed as the first true DJ MP3 iPhone / iPod touch app in the world, Amidio’s $19.99 Touch DJ program (available now) enables users to independently manipulate two MP3 or M4A files, including scratching, looping, positioning, equalization, effects and pitching. The “visual mixing” requires all sorts of tapping and sliding, but the on-screen UI seems pretty elegant from what we’ve seen. The only real knock on this is that there’s currently no way to get music from the iTunes library into the program; instead, you’ll be forced to reload tracks into the app’s own MP3 library. Still, for those looking to ditch the hard case and waltz in with a pocketful of boogie, this ain’t a half bad option. Check the demonstration vid after the break.

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Amidio’s Touch DJ app stuffs a turntable into your iPhone (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s been a hot, hot minute since we’ve seen anything noteworthy from the lads and ladies over at Pegatron, so it’s not shocking that we’re super tantalized by the prospect of yet another netbook flooding the oversaturated market in the near term. All unnecessary snideness aside, the sub-$200 price point that’s being floated about definitely has us interested, though the Ubuntu operating system is likely to fend off any non-adventurous would-be buyers. The machine was spotted at ARM’s Connected Community Technical Symposium 2009 over in Taiwan, and while the actual internals remain a mystery, snoopers were told that it’ll boast instant-on capabilities and a low power draw. Huzzah?

Pegatron’s Ubuntu-equipped netbook spotted in the wild originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We know you aren’t publicly keeping count, but considering that you’re carefully watching process technology numbers in the depths of your mom’s basement, we felt it prudent to pass along the latest juicy nugget from the folks at Fudzilla. According to raisins in their grapevine, Intel is gunning for a 32nm Atom chip in 2011, with the codename of the CPU being Cedarview and the name of the platform being Cedar Trail. If you’ll recall, we recently heard that Pineview was expected to be formally unveiled in a slew of machines come January, but we’re already anxious for Cedarview’s DDR3 support and fresh, sun-ripened scent. Oh, and support for Blu-ray playback, too.

Intel’s Cedarview Atom chip rumored to go 32nm in 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Engadget Show is happening again, humans! Today, November 22nd, we’ll be bringing that live magic back to the stage as we sit down with Drew Bamford (you can read a bit about him here), director of HTC’s Innovation Center (the place where things like the Sense UI are born).

We’ll also be joined by Joystiq’s Editor-in-chief Chris Grant for a special roundtable discussion focused on gaming, and we’ll be demoing a bunch of new holiday titles as well as Spawn Labs’ gaming placeshifter!

As a bonus, we’ve got giveaways for everyone in the audience, plus one of the lucky attendees will walk away with that Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360 bundle we just got our hands on — and HTC will be giving away a Droid Eris Sprint Hero as well!

The show takes place at the Tishman Auditorium at Parsons The New School for Design. As you may already know, we film live in front of an audience once a month — but if you can’t make it, don’t worry. We’re bringing the video back home to Engadget (and as a free download here, in the iTunes Store, or the Zune Marketplace) for your viewing pleasure.

The beautiful venue (which you can see in a photo after the break) is located at 66 W. 12th Street between 5th and 6th Aves. Seating is limited and tickets will be handed out on a first-come, first-served basis — which means if you want to join us in the audience for the show, you’ll have to arrive early and be prepared for a little wait.

Here are the facts you need to know about the show:

• The show is graciously sponsored by Nokia, and hosted by Parsons The New School for Design
  
• The total show length will be around an hour
• The amazing Glomag will be performing live along with visualist Dan Winckler!

Here is what you need to know if you want to be part of the audience:

• There is no admission fee — tickets are completely free
• The event is all ages
• The venue seats just over 450 people
• Parsons students are welcomed, and we encourage them to come!
• Tickets will be available for pickup at the Tishman Auditorium at 2PM on the 22nd, and we’re strongly encouraging people to get their tickets and not stand in line — if you have a ticket, you’ll have a seat!
• You’ll need to hold onto your ticket stub to be eligible for the giveaways
• You cannot pick up tickets for other people — if you want your friend to get a ticket, bring your friend!
• The show begins at 5PM, and doors will open at 4:30PM

If you’re a member of the media who wishes to attend, please contact us at: engadgetshowmedia [at] engadget.com, and we’ll try to accommodate you. All other non-media questions can be sent to: engadgetshow [at] engadget.com.

Update: HTC actually surprised us with a brand new Sprint Hero instead of a Droid Eris to give away.

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The Engadget Show tapes today with HTC’s Drew Bamford and Chris Grant of Joystiq (and giveaways!) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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