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Natasha Bedingfield Loves Tech Toys

GeekSugar — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:45:57 -0700

Last night I had the pleasure of checking out the second concert in the Grammy Celebration Concert Tour presented by T-Mobile Sidekick here in San Francisco, where N.E.R.D and Natasha Bedingfield hit the stage. I caught up with Natasha backstage before the show to talk about tech, her love for gadgets, and find out if her new hubby is into tech as much as she is. Here's what the British beauty had to say:

GS: Being the official spokesperson for Boogie Superstar for the Wii, does this mean you're an avid gamer?

NB: Well I particularly like the Wii; I like the fact that it gets people moving. My main gripe with video games is where people stay on their butts all day long. If you do it all day, then you're gonna look like you do it all day, and that's the thing I like about the Wii, it gets people moving.

GS: Would you say you are much of a gadget girl?

NB: I am a gadget girl. I've got my essentials that I take everywhere with me. I have a Mac and so many other gadgets. Normally my husband who knows every name of every product of the latest models, and maybe that's a guy thing, but I know what they do and I value them. I have a Canon camera that I love taking pictures with wherever I go.

To find out what kind of cell phone Natasha uses, and to see how she feels about celebrities Twittering and using Facebook, just read more.

GS: Apple or PC?

NB: I have had a PC, but I do like Apple. Once you get use to it, you can't really go back. But I do like both.

GS: What cell phone are you using right now?

NB: I use a BlackBerry. I don't like the iPhone that much, but I'm waiting for the next one to come out. There are certain things that you can't do with an iPhone that you can do with a BlackBerry. I type really fast on the BlackBerry, and have difficulty with the iPhone because of my fingernails. I love how you can zoom in and zoom out; it's really good technology, but they are going to have to tweak it.

GS: So by the sounds of it, your husband is really into tech as well?

NB: He's really into tech. If I have a new gadget, he's the first one to take it out of the box and try it out. I was given the Kindle for Christmas and I haven't even tried it yet, and he was the first one to use it. He spends hours doing research on new gadgets.

GS: How do you feel about so many celebrities jumping on board with social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter?

NB: Well I like it because I was never really good at fan mail. I love the fact that now you can just have instant contact with your fans you can tell them when a gig is, I just think it makes it really interactive and it feels more personal. I like MySpace and Facebook because I think it's more healthy for people to be on their own sites - you can just send a bulletin or note to them rather than just post it on your own website. It's like they have their own little network.

Natasha Bedingfield Gets Down With Boogie Superstar

GeekSugar — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:08:21 -0700

EA announced yesterday that Natasha Bedingfield will be the official spokesperson for their newest singing and dancing game called Boogie Superstar. Why Superstar? Well, the fact that there are 40 new tracks by stars like The Jonas Brothers, Fall Out Boy, Leona Lewis, Katy Perry, my man Kanye, and of course Natasha herself, makes it a pretty big deal. Exclusively for your Wii system, Boogie Superstar is like a DDR/Singstar mash-up that not only has you showing off your vocal prowess, but uses the Wii's motion sensing technology to have you perform a sweat-inducing dance routine as well.

You could play alone in your room, but why not battle it out with your buds to see who can outperform who on Paula Abdul's new track? It will be like American Idol in your own living room, minus the crazy judges. Limber up and start your voice lessons now, cause Boogie Superstar will hit the shelves this October!

Microsoft To Offer Online Gaming For Windows Users

GeekSugar — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:00:16 -0700

Microsoft has announced it will extend its online gaming service for its Xbox consoles to all those gamers who use Windows PCs to play games over the Internet. News that is sure to please gamers like singer Natasha Bedingfield (seen here) and fabulous geeky gamer girls like Ingrid Diaz of Play Girlz.

Xbox Live, Microsoft’s online gaming network that serves some six million Xbox users, is scheduled on May 8 to open its basic and premium features to online PC gamers. Live gamers will be able to easily find and play supported titles online with their friends across a Windows computer or an Xbox 360. The service will be available in every country and region supported today by Xbox Live. For a full gallery of Natasha getting her game on and more about this program, read more

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Debuting on May 8, 2007, with the launch of the Windows Vista version of the Xbox blockbuster “Halo 2,” Games for Windows - LIVE will connect Windows gamers to over six million gamers already in the Xbox LIVE community. Then, launching in June, “Shadowrun” will for the first time connect Windows gamers with Xbox 360 players in cross-platform matches using a single service. “UNO,” releasing later in 2007, will also support cross-platform play between Windows and Xbox 360.

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