today, i saw cnet’s video of the t-mobile g1 phone and i have to say that it looks a lot more promising than what i expected after yesterday’s story on pc world. it has a slide out QWERTY keyboard which is pretty cool. i like the iphone, but it is a pain typing on that on-screen keyboard. i think i would be able to get my texts out much faster on a tactile keyboard. second, the software interface is a lot nice than i thought. it’s still not as nice as the iphone’s and a lot of the best features of the os is copied directly from iphone. i still don’t think it’s much of a competitor but it’s nicer than i previously thought.

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pc world wants us to believe that iphone has another competitor. the only thing i came away believing after reading that story is that pc world is running out of things to write about and creating a competition where there isn’t one. honestly, i’m not one of those iphone die-hards who doesn’t have an objective view of the iphone. sometimes i love my iphone, but other times, i hate it. the bottom line is that i know it’s not perfect and i don’t even know if i would buy another iphone when mine needs replacing. i am very lukewarm about it. additionally, i would only recommend it with reservation depending on what the person wants. 

anyway, i’m not some iphone nut but even i can see that this phone is no competitor. first of all, the hardware and software looks like shit. it looks like a phone that came out 5 years a ago. if you’re going to compete with the iphone, you need to have revolutionary design and software interface. you can’t just add few features that the iphone has (and has a better version of) to something everyone’s already seen before. second, the specs on the iphone are better in almost every way (except the camera). the only difference is that this phone has an open platform meaning you can add whatever you want on it without itunes. big whoop. 

i’m sure this is a good phone for certain people but it’s not even close to being an iphone competitor like pc world would want us to believe. i’m so sick of hearing about these phones coming up that are marketed to compete with the iphone and doing a half assed job of it. stop wasting everyone’s time and trying to set up a “competition” where there isn’t one.

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- the iphone is more resilient than people make it out to be. i know this because the other day i dropped my iphone. HARD. it’s okay though. i guess my new phone passed the Drop Test. i hope to write a detailed review of the iphone if my laziness doesn’t get the best of me.

- i learned that potholes cause an average of $800 a year of damages to tires in the city of los angeles. the road i take to work has two lanes. i like to be in the left lane because it’s faster but there’s seriously over 5 miles straight of nothing but potholes. now i drive on the right lane along with everybody’s grandma.

- my website is a boring piece of shit. i’m actually ashamed of it because i put little to no effort in making it good. this is what i do in my downtime so i don’t try. i don’t know. i can’t explain it. anyway, this is why i took down all my old links.

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it has surpassed all my extremely high expectations!

i feel like my life is gonna start getting better. i’ve had a really hard 3 weeks straight. i am gonna try to relax and enjoy my friday night.

does any other girl feel like this? let me explain, when i wear makeup, i feel like i look like this:

however, when i’m not wearing makeup, i feel like i look like this:

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after 6 months of waiting for my contract w/ verizon to expire, i finally got my iphone today!!! :D unfortunately, it’s taking forever to port my number from verizon so i haven’t been able to use it yet. three and a half hours of waiting and counting…

someone asked me why i am stressed. well, i am moving out of my apartment next weekend under less than ideal conditions and that is probably the main reason. things are finally panning out with my new plans and my new place so the stress level has gone down considerably.

this stress is causing major breakouts. i had more breakouts in the the past week than i had in the past 6 months. hopefully my face and my problems will clear up soon.

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