Apple, Droid, blah blah blah

Like a bunch a sharks in a feeding frenzy the media is all over any news Apple these days, or Droid, AT&T, Verizon, etc. The effect is somewhat amazing at times and often the facts are not quite right, or blown a bit out of proportion.

Take the Apple antennagate issue for instance. Is this an issue that effects every or even a majority of iPhone 4 users? Seeing as how you still have to order one to get one I think not. In fact, it was a very small amount of people it affected. But to read the plethora of news stories you would think iPhone 4 was a bust. Even one Microsoft exec stated iPhone 4 was Apple's Vista....really? I really think iPhone 4 has sold more copies now than Vista has to date. Actually I have no hard data of this but the fact remains the Apple product remains quite popular and in strong demand while Vista is only mentioned with a horrified whisper.

Android should make Apple nervous articles always amuse me. Sure, Android is awesome. I love google products. Here is the thing though, with Android. It does not have the polish of IOS 4 on the user end of things. Take syncing music for an example. Apple made this chore a simple task with a nice front end. Plug in and wait for the most part. Doing that with ANY other device becomes a bit of a chore in comparison, and maybe even difficult for those that are not computer savvy. My friend and I were comparing his Droid to my iPhone 4. Both our takes on the devices were this. The display was spectacular on iPhone 4 compared to his Droid. The way you ended open apps in multitask was easier and more intuitive and folder creation was implemented in a more user friendly way. He still likes his Droid, and I became less interested in them after the comparison. My Brother bought a Droid against my advice. After having it less a month he threw it against the wall and is about to get an iPhone. The lack of responsiveness on the touchscreen drove him nuts.

Bottom line is this though, and debate on the subject is pretty much retarded. Who you use for your cell phone provider and what device you use is all personal choice. As I've said in the past, depending on who you talk to and where you are located will make a big difference on your opinion. At the end of the day, I could care less who you use or who you think is better. I'm more than happy with what I have.

I love the ever persistent iPhone on Verizon rumors. Two years of them. Again, big reason it didn't happen the first time was CDMA. Doesn't allow simultaneous data and voice. That is a big iPhone feature. Second, CDMA is old tech. The strain on the network would probably make it even more crippled than AT&T's became in dense population areas. AT&T has proven it is willing to spend money to improve things. Verizon? Only time will tell. They did stop installing their fiber optic FIOS network, while AT&T continues to push its own fiber optic U-Verse network. With Android 2.2 coming out and allowing up to 5 devices to share an internet connection over the 3G network sounds grand I really feel if enough people use that function it will begin to strain the aging Verizon CDMA network. And to all you sprint lovers out there loving the "4g" connection....it isn't true 4g. It is WIMAX. Yes, it is fast but their is a reason the rest of the world isn't using it. LTE is the way of the future and both Verizon and AT&T will be on it.

Rants of the day...

So it has been awhile since I've gone on a rant. I've been trying to keep my blood pressure down by ignoring the news but it can no longer be helped. I have to rant.

First up, the AT&T and Verizon war. Do we really care? All cell phone providers suck in their own way. Is Verizon a bigger network? Sure, maybe so. But they are also running it on a dated CDMA network. Does AT&T coverage suck? Sure, in places. But then so does Verizon's and T-Mobiles, and Sprint. And for the record to the nay sayers out there. AT&T is the ONLY network where you can talk on your phone and surf the web same time. The ONLY network that has that capability. So cheer for your provider of choice, but just like a hot girl someone somewhere is sick of her shit.

My two cents on why it is absolutely retarded to bring gitmo terrorists to Illinois jails. Those in favor say look at the 1900 jobs it will create. Think how awesome it will be for our economy. People like me who are smart will say, ummmmmmm those jobs are state jobs hence payed for by the taxpayer. And how many hundreds of thousands of dollars per inmate does it cost taxpayers to keep people in jail? How do those two things help the taxpayer? How does adding more cost to the regular Joe improve the economy?

Healthcare...I've covered this rant before but my god. Let us do the math here shall we. At this point in time 10-11 million people are unable to get healthcare. Under the obamacare plan at least 17 million people will be unable to get healthcare. Score 1 for no change. Right now it costs us 4 billion (that is with a b) each year to care for ILLEGALS. Stop doing that already. I know people that did not go to the doctor because even with insurance the bill would be too high. Yet someone that is not even a legal citizen of this country can march in an emergency room, state they are illegal and be seen for free. Something stinks about that whole policy. How bout call immigration next time that happens. Sorry you are sick, go back to where you came from and try coming back here legally next time. And no I do not care if our system makes it too hard for them to do it properly. It is that way for a reason. The bottom line is obamacare will cost us 8 billion more a year to cover less people than our system already does that we have in place. So the figures I see just do not add up. Change for the sake of change is not the kind of change we need.

The TERRORIST from Ft. Hood has been brewing as a rant for some time now. If it walks like a duck, acts like a duck, and looks like a duck, then it is a duck. This mass murdering jihad freak is nothing more than a domestic terrorist. No, he was not suffering from PTSD like the media whores want you to believe. You kinda have to be deployed to get that, he never was. Besides, he was a head shrink so a deployment for him would have been nothing more than getting used to a warmer climate anyway. It makes me sick how the media is trying their hardest to paint this guy as some type of victim. The only thing he is a victim of is being a religious fanatic nutcase. I hope he suffers horribly before dying sometime soon. I'll just pray for that right now.

My solution to ending terrorist acts against this country is very simple. When we catch you, we will execute you by firing squad. But here is the kicker. It will be a FEMALE firing squad. Why you ask? Because these nutjobs believe that if they are killed by a woman they will not get their virgins. Kill a few of them with women, like asshole from Ft. Hood and see terrorist missions against the US decline. Hell, I bet membership to the cause would decline. Who would want to risk not getting their virgins?