Natalia brings you the latest news on Adele’s interview with Anderson Cooper, Kristen Bell’s interview on Ellen is auto tuned, Ladyhawke’s latest music video and much more!
Natalia discusses what’s new with Pharrell Williams and her thoughts on Karl Lagerfeld’s mean comments towards Adele’s weight. She also shows a roster of animals behaving like humans and, wait until you see the new size of coffee available at Starbucks!
Natalia dishes the latest news on the Juno Awards nominees, the upcoming Spiderman 3D film starring Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield and is Katy Perry hooking up with Tim Tebow? Watch today’s episode to find out.
When The Kooks are in the studio they’re focused and most importantly, sober. Watch Hugh and Luke explain their reasoning below.
The Kooks released a new album called “Junk of the Heart,” and you would think Hugh and Luke would be very excited about it. Well, they seemed rather indifferent to be honest. We spoke about that and why they don’t care about critics.
Natalia dishes the latest in entertainment news on Joan Rivers, Lana Del Rey and a brand new trailer for the movie Hunger Games.
Natalia talks about how Snooki might be pregnant, Nicolas Cage’s Cage Rage, Elisabetta Canalis is dating Steve-O and more for Feb 1, 2012.
Natalia dishes the news on Miley Cyrus breaking her tailbone, a 100 year old woman who plays the Nintendo DS to stay young and Houston, Texas contemplating a statute of Beyonce.
David Beckham debuts a new line of underwear, the worst dressed celebrity – Shy’m and Matthew Broderick is back as Ferris Bueller with a brand new commercial airing during the Super Bowl on Feb 5th 2012.
Daniel Radcliffe is back with his new movie The Woman In Black. It’s a bone chilling remake of a film from the ’80s. Ironically, Daniel actually scares very easily but he’s not afraid of ghosts. In this interview he tells us what really gives him the creeps.
Next time you’re struggling to make conversation, try asking this question: “If you could invite anyone (living or dead) to the perfect house party, who would it be?”
Graffiti6 is starting to make their North American invasion, and they are hitting up the Tonight Show. Does this sound familiar? Well the Beatles made the exact same journey over 40 years ago. Naturally, @jordans_life had to make some comparisons.
Nick plays World of Warcraft. Not only that, he’s the head of his guild, demonstrating that it IS possible to juggle being a hardcore gamer with being a top-selling recording artist.
During a LIVE interview on andPOP.com Nick Carter gave out a number and took phone calls from his fans. These were real phone calls from real fans who we gave exclusive access to one of the biggest recording artists of our generation.
There were great questions about music, fitness, the backstreet boys but the most popular question, however, was about his underwear. In this clip Nick talks about his his ‘Haynes’ and covering his fans with glow in the dark paint.
When releasing new music today, half the battle is online promotion. However, contests, signed merch and giveaways aren’t always the best solutions. When working on their latest album, Hedley came up with a brilliant idea, they decided to make trailers.
It’s hard to prepare for an interview with Hedley. So in this interview, we threw caution to the wind, got a 24 of beer and broadcast the interview live on our USTREAM (andPOP.tv). Eventually Jacob, Dave and @jordans_life ended up talking about hairy legs, their newest music video and more.
Diamandis from Marina and The Diamonds talks to us about her very serious disease. It’s called synaesthetic. And we lied, it’s not a disease. More like a cool condition. Diamandis explains further.
Would you be embarrassed if someone scrolled through your iPod? We sit down with Spee and Brendan to talk about the diverse music on their playlist.
Marina and The Diamonds are working on some new music, but Marina is being very secretive about it. Although the release has been delayed, she let’s us in on some secrets about the new album, and how alcohol changed her life.
Sony has introduced the new ‘PlayStation Vita’ handheld, reports CTV.
The company’s newest portable gaming machine, the ‘PlayStation Vita,’ is a touch-screen and motion-sensitive handheld that allows gamers to connect with one another over cellphone networks and Wi-Fi hotspots. The device can also use GPS location-tracking technology.
Much like the iPad, the device is available as a Wi-Fi-only version for $249, or a cellphone version which will retail for $299 and buyers will have to subscribe to a cellular data plan.
The Vita also has front and back cameras, a touchscreen in front, a touch pad on the back and two joysticks. Gamers can play against each other all around the world.
“PlayStation Vita will revolutionize the portable entertainment experience,” Kazuo Hirai, group chief executive officer of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., told a crowd at the unveiling. “The whole world is really in play.”
The device will go on sale before the winter holidays. This sounds cool, I probably won’t buy it just because I have enough technology devices as is, but I can appreciate its idea.
Product: iMainGo (by Portable Sound Laboratories)
Link: http://imaingo.com/
Cost: $69.95US
Our Rating: 4/5
The iMainGo touts itself as a device that can deliver the same “rich full sound you’d expect from systems many times its size.” I disagree. Compare it however to any other small, portable audio system (especially those built for the iPod) and you have yourself a winner.
iMainGo is made by Portable Sound Laboratories, and is a compact, portable audio system built for the iPod. The system is zipper enclosed and opens up to reveal a power switch, a battery compartment, an audio connector and a holster for the iPod.
The Design
The design is great. The system looks and feels awesome. The speakers are neatly built into the front of the case, blending right in, while the rear has a clear window allowing one to see and control an enclosed iPod. I was extremely surprised to see how responsive my iPod was while enclosed in the case, using it through the plastic window.
Like most other iPod accessories, iMainGo is incompatible with most others. Don’t expect to use the system while your iPod is in a case. I couldn’t even fit my first generation Nano in while it had a silicone skin on. The unit comes with an adapter to use the Nano and it was with this that I could not fit the Nano in with its case. I was able to use it without the adapter but that meant the Nano was less secure and harder to operate inside the unit.
As stated before, the machine runs off of batteries; four AAA. Originally I was a little disappointed, I usually am not a fan of devices that run off of batteries but this unit lasted a surprisingly long time.
Contributing to the long lasting batteries, the iMainGo has a great wake-up alarm feature that works off the iPod’s built in alarm. The iMainGo can be set to “Alarm” and will sleep – preserving battery power – until the iPod until the iPod wakes it with some audio.
Although extremely insignificant, the small green indicator LED on the inside of the unit is way too bright, and annoying. I could hardly look at it.
The Sound
The first time I used the unit, the first thing I noticed was the tremendous bass response. Better than any other small portable unit I have ever used. Aside from that, I wasn’t particularly pleased with the sound quality of the iMainGo. The system connects to an iPod (or any other audio device for that matter) with a normal stereo headphone jack, as opposed to using the dock connector, which would ultimately produce a much higher quality, digital output. At high volume outputs, the sound can get distorted and unclear (much like headphones would when blasting the sound with low quality MP3s). Up until about 80% of the iPod’s volume maximum, the unit does however sound pretty good. It’s certainly high enough quality for most general uses. I don’t see any audiophiles loving the sound quality of the unit but then again I don’t see them loving the sound quality of any other comparable unit.
Overall Thoughts
Rating: 4/5
I like this unit and I am going to continue to use it. I was a little let down by the fact that it doesn’t connect to my iPod via the dock connector to allow for better sound quality. On the plus side however, that means I can use the device with my shuffle, or any other audio device I chose. It’s compact, sleek, durable and lasts a long time. An added bonus, it also protects the iPod with its tough design. You can find out more information about the iMainGo at http://imaingo.com/. The device can be purchased online for $69.95US at the Mac Pac .
