I Am So Many Angries Right Now...

Well, I had it all planned out in my head (or so I'd like for you to think...) and I was all ready to sit down and write this awesome piece on everything. And then the Phillies had to suck, a lot of a lot, and put me in all sorts of a terrible mood. Also, whoever was in the Card's locker room with the stuffed squirrel mocking the Phillies should be castrated. Also, idiot, the at bat with the squirrel ended up in an out anyway, so it doesn't really matter. Even though I'm upset, I can't really be too upset. Philly played like shit. It's that simple. They gave up stupid runs, their defense was nowhere to be found, and they couldn't hit. No, I take that last one back, they couldn't even fucking swing the bat. But, I guess I've just created an awesome segue (not to be confused with the awesome standing scooter thing, which would be even more awesome had I just created one of those. And I will shortly ruin the seguetion (yes, now a word...) by continuing to ramble way beyond the point of no return. If I didn't, I wouldn't be me! :) ) I think. Sure, professional/collegiate sports are fun, good, and awesome. They give us hope, role models, and a way to bring people closer (or further apart, which I guess is where I will be getting, eventually, maybe, knowing myself.) Why am I upset that a sports team that I in no way have any stake in is no longer in contention to be the World Champions? Why, in general, do we personalize everything to the point that we get into arguments/fights over what amounts to stupid, meaningless bullshit in the long run? Hell, even ever, for that. But we DO make big deals about these things, when we have nothing to do with any of it. I guess I can blame the Internetz, because it gives every asshole a voice, and a very big wall to hide behind, but I'm sure parenting also comes into play; where has respect gone? More and more it seems people don't give one solitary shit about anything outside of their beliefs or anything that will somehow benefit them? Why does it always seem that there are ulterior motives behind someone's reasoning to do or not do something and anything? Am I just hanging around stupid sanctimonious scumbags too much? Or am I the smug motherfucker with my head so far up my own asshole that I can see the light of day through the other side? I guess it's like the age-old question: How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop? The world may never know. Enough of that horse manure (I hate manure!), time to get back on track (I seriously don't think that is possible for me, but I shall try, because I love you so much. Yes, you, and only you!).

What the fuck is up with the disappointment that is the new iPhone 4S?! Now, it's so easy to pick on, I'm going to skip past the fact that it's been longer than the normal yearly cycle, because, well, in Apple's plan for domination of the U S of A, they released the iP4 mid product cycle for Verizon, and that whole difficult time painting shit white was another later delay which held people over. That whole 16 (?) month thing is a non-issue in my book. Anybody that makes it one is just grasping at straws (that is a saying, right?). But let's just recap really quick, what this year's phone has added to the last. I'm using TiPB's list and adding a couple of things from the front page of apple's iphone site because I'm too lazy to actually think for myself... =]

-A5 (probably underclocked iPad2 chip)
-Worse battery life (yet people are claiming it better?)
-Intelligent switching antenna system (possibly stolen from Samsung... seriously, hahaha)
-HSPA+ 14.4 (which when they announced must have forgotten about LTE... oops?) (also, not even 21 or 42... the cheapest/slowest one of the bunch...
-World phone
-8 MP camera
-1080p video recording (why? Seriously, why?)
-SIRI (disabling it if you have the app on an iP4... also, why?)
-option of 64 GB (read: more money to be made, although, with the whole double density NAND needed, debatable/questionable)
-Sprint's network (idk, it's new...)
-iOS5 (you can send cards now... lol)
-twitter integration in the system. My android phone has a whole bunch of integration for a whole bunch of apps from anywhere in the system, including a file explorer/manager...
-iCloud/iTunes Match (meh, I don't need my iPad and phone to have identical files... different uses and all)
-improved notifications (which I read a fanboi say not in jest that Android stole...)
-OTA Backups/updates (cool I guess, have fun with destroying the bandwidth on your wifis/finally)
-Bluetooth 4.0 (for some reason people don't focus on this, and I find it pretty sweet)

Things “we” didn't get:
-bigger screen (seriously 3.5” is tiny! And don't even give me ZOMG POCKET TABLET! 4.3” SGS2 VS iP4:
125.3 X 66.1 X 8.5 mm
115.2 X 58.6 X 9.0 mm
which gives:
10.1 X 7.5 X -0.5 mm
or
1.01X .75 X -.05 cm
and with the whole 2.54 cm/in to put it in terms we know...
1.01/2.54 = a hair above 3/8”
also, that bezel is terribly ugly! It's so big!!!! and yes, that is what she said.... ;])
-more RAM (arguable, would prob help with 1080P recording etc...)
-new design (can go either way I guess, but looking at the same thing for 28 months would drive me bat-shit)
-real 4G (apple is afraid of “bad battery life” yet my 4G LTE Android phone gets the same battery life my iP4 got... seriously)
-NFC (it's not there, just mentioning it... )
-facetime over 3G (guess it could be the carrier's call, but I can skype over 3G...)

Okay, I get it, specs aren't everything, but they do mean something. Also, can I seriously ask what the fuck is so necessary about setting a calendar appointment by using my voice? I mean, Google Voice Search does enough: “Text (name) (message)” and it does, I just have to hit the send button. “weather” google searches what the weather and forecast is, IDGAF that it doesn't bring up some crayola colored weather app, the information is there, that's all it needs. Also, Google's voice search is awesome; pick up an Android phone, hit the voice search button (or long press the search button, seems slightly familiar... =p) and say “Tommy Tutone” It comes up with “Tommy Tutone” not “Tommy Two Tone” or “Tommy Too Tone(/d)”. Seriously is slightly scary how well it works, most of the time... Also, I don't use that feature that much because, well, I'm not living in a Sci-Fi movie, and that shit is gay and pointless. When are you honestly going to use that? Although, I guess, people do bring their iPad2 to concerts to take pictures, so I guess that just shows the douchery of some of these fucktards that buy apple products. Seriously, die. And another thing, the event was called “Let's Talk iPhone!” yet they didn't really talk that much about the iPhone. Maybe 1/3 of it, max, was about the iPhone out of a 1:35 presentation.

And, if you know me, you know that I'm all about Android. Why? I couldn't give you a solid answer, it just works for me. I had the iPhone and got rid of it in a month, traded my 32GB for a beat to shit Incredible and a Xoom and could have not been happier. Even for the Dinc and a little cash I would have been more than happy. The iPhone just didn't do enough for me. Even after jailbreaking, I was so limited in what I could and couldn't do. Apps don't have settings, really, there is no customization to the extent that all your shit is on the home screen or a folder. There is no app drawer. Sure, you can customize some shit when you JB, and ask anyone that was friends with me on facebook when I had it how many times I uploaded a screen grab of my modified version of the lockscreen until I was happy with it. I probably change my set-up once or twice a month on Android, and I can easily make it look cleaner/differentiated from stock set-up. It may not always be as childish to customize/code for, but I can figure it out eventually. I even figured out how to code it to get the weather and date on the bottom of the home screen... Which was cool, I guess. Just wasn't for me. Do I understand that Android is not for everyone? Very much so. To my family, I've recommended 2 iPhones, an Android, and a Blackberry and each of those people couldn't be happier with what they got. Also, this whole thing where people are afraid of not knowing how to use an Android phone or saying that it's impossible to use, tell that to my father who still doesn't know how to turn on the TV he's had since 1996. Seriously, 15 years later.

I was honestly excited for the new iPhone announcement. Even though I wasn't going to get it, it's still exciting to see what else is out there. Also, the iPhone usually sets the bar and then Android phones about catch up in the next year until the iPhone again raises the bar. However much I don't like to admit that, it's how it has been for a while... But this year it was different. I really didn't see anything new/exciting offered other than the camera. The major things I'm referencing to are:

screen: SGS2 LTE HD wins, no questions asked.
Radios: world phone is cool, I guess, but Verizon LTE phones win
processor: same as SGS2 for all intensive purposes and in the next year, iP4S will be blown out of the water
Camera: I can't deny it, iPhone win no questions asked. For me, that's why I have a T3. At least, that's how I shall justify it :p

Maybe Apple's magic spell is finally wearing off? I've been saying for about a year, to my mom, that Apple is falling apart. Nothing to do with Steve (RIP), just in general. My first Apple product was an iMac G3, followed by a powerbook G4, and then two macbooks. (not trying to earn any hipster cred, just saying...) Way back when, Apple was amazing, their computers were leaps and bounds ahead of anything Windows had to offer, and they worked how I wanted a computer to work. The iPad, which I got the day it came out, was amazing! Slowly, though, the awesomeness is wearing off. And even though I was all about Android, I got excited about the iPhone coming to Verizon, finally getting a chance to really use it, see how good it really was. It could be summed up with my feelings for OSX; meh. I'm sure that the original iPhone was amazing compared to the competition, but how Apple goes about business (putting shareholders first, blah blah blah) disgusts me a little. Their lawyers even said (paraphrasing) they don't want Samsung to be able to sell anything because they want to trap people in the iOS ecosystem. That is, offer them a half-assed product they need to spend lots of money on so when they go to upgrade, with all the money that had invested in the platform, they will feel forced to stay with that platform. Look it up if you don't believe me. I'll wait. And, to an extent, the iPhone has been an example of this.
iOS1: Didn't need anything, just awesome for its time...
iOS2: 3G
iOS3: copy and paste and MMS(not even at launch)
iOS4: I think we know what it can do now...

Honestly, they give people enough to hold on that should have already been there before, and they got away with it because they could. Now? People are seemingly not putting up with the BS any more. Probably due to the rate at which other platforms are moving forward. Where has the awesome company that once went ahead, above and beyond, trying new tech gone? You can only get so big before you become the bad guy.
And in slightly related news, Samsung and Google broke my heart this morning by postponing the announcement/demo of ICS and the Galaxy Nexus/Prime/whatever out of respect for Steve Jobs. Also, they didn't want their release to be swallowed by the overabundance of news about his death. Honestly, people are acting like it was their fucking father that died. Stop it. Sure, he had a profound impact on all of our lives, but it's not like nobody saw it coming. Surviving 10 years with pancreatic cancer is a hell of a fight, but he wasn't hit by a truck or something out of the blue. We all knew it was coming. And yea, go ahead, call me insensitive, IDGAF. Also, would Steve have postponed iP4S's announcement had Eric Schmidt died had the tables been turned? You had better say no, because Steve Jobs was one hell of a business man, an amazing leader, but a fucking asshole at the same time. Denied paternity of his first child and had a book written so his children would know "who he was." Seriously? Go fuck yourself. That of course is only the tip of the iceberg, but I don't feel like ranting, i think i may be sick. lol. Whoa, whoa, whoa S dot, Mr. Meezy, have some respect for the dead! Eh, somebody had to say it. Go read Gawker's article, scumbag. (him, not you) And, well, somebody has to say it: The iPhone 4S killed Steve Jobs. Not a negative thing, per se, but he really took pride in his work, and he obviously worked on the iP4S, and it most likely crushed him. When it was met with such a shitty response, a response where people were not happy to be shit on any more, well that was a world SJ did not want to be a part of. 24 hours later, dead. End of story. Call me an asshole, I don't give a single fuck.

sorry i didn't ramble enough, just wasn't feeling it.
Meezius Prime