Now, most people stopped reading when they read the title. Which is almost exactly my point, which I will discuss later on. I would go as far as to say, most people, if not all, blindly love Lil' Wayne and listen to his music because other people do, and refuse to allow their minds to be opened up to any other artist, let alone another genre of music. They also like him because his lyrics sound "badass", he's "real", and the one that always gets me, he's "deep." No. Lil Wayne is a prime example of someone who's famous for beeing famous. I have talked to way too many people about rap, and the conversations are usually as follows:
Me: Have you heard song X before?
Stupid Lil' Wayne fan with low IQ: Yeah man, Lil Weezy killed that $#!*
Me: Um, he wasn't even in that song...
Stupid Lil' Wayne fan with low IQ: Um... uh... um...
Stupid Lil' Wayne fan with low IQ's friend: Wow you're stupid, didn't you watch the new remix on Youtube? Weezy was dope as hell man, mad sick flows!!!11!11one!!!eleven!!
Me: Um, you mean that random video that you made by taking random mixtape verses from various artists and meshing them together with a stupid, repetitive beat playing in the background that doesn't go at all with the song? Oh, and I hope you didn't forget the random no name monkey in the background saying things like "Ooooo" and "baby let me take you to the club in my fancy two seat s$*@" using that DISGUSTING, ASININE, PIECE OF GARBAGE known as the "vocoder" or that thing that makes your voice sound like a robotic monkey.
Stupid Lil' Wayne fan with low IQ: Man, you stupid... you probably listen to that mainstream 50 Cent garbage "I take you to the candy shop, hahaha that's soooooo STUPID!!"
Me: No, I don't listen to mainstream rap you unintelligent, hypocritical waste of air. I bet you thought the song "Lollipop" was hardcore. Please... I have a sophisticated taste in rap, I only like the stuff from the ninety's.
Stupid Lil' Wayne fan with low IQ: Man, shut up, I'm done talking... you hurted me feelings :(
TO BE CONTINUED...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The Period Between Thanksgiving and Winter Breaks
Why? Why are we forced to come to school in this chunk of time between Thanksgiving and Winter breaks. I mean no one wants to do anything. Students, teachers, janitors, even the superintendent, who just chooses to sleep all day and not notice the impeding snow storms that end up reducing my lifespan at the stress of having to drive to school alongside moronic drivers on slippery weather who panic at the first sign of someone getting within 1oo feet of them and do stupid things that end up in videos like the one a few posts below this one.
Productivity is just so low, and not without reason. Its asinine to expect people to be at all interested in work, or school when their mind is on a million other things. Now I understand that this is just way too much time to be not working or learning, so, being the reasonable man that I am, I have made the ultimate compromise: Half- Days every day. With Fridays off. Okay that last part was a gift for me. And make Mondays end at the regular time, but start later. Thereby allowing much needed time for people to get rid of the "case of the Mondays" that chooses to remain in the gene pool and is horribly contagious. One yawn, one gloomy look on someone's face, one shadow under someone's eye, and eventually the entire class, office, McDonald's branch, hospital, whatever, will be diseased with a case of the Mondays. That won't happen if we all have a few more hours of sleep. You'd be surprised how much better people function during the week if they start out with a good Monday, which rarely happens.
Also, why, WHY, are they making us have to come back to school on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Its like kicking a dog, and after its down, beat it with a large stick, and then after that, giving it a giant middle finger.
And finally, I leave you with this:
Look familiar?
This Polar Bear is:
A) Going to work on Monday
B) All of the above
Productivity is just so low, and not without reason. Its asinine to expect people to be at all interested in work, or school when their mind is on a million other things. Now I understand that this is just way too much time to be not working or learning, so, being the reasonable man that I am, I have made the ultimate compromise: Half- Days every day. With Fridays off. Okay that last part was a gift for me. And make Mondays end at the regular time, but start later. Thereby allowing much needed time for people to get rid of the "case of the Mondays" that chooses to remain in the gene pool and is horribly contagious. One yawn, one gloomy look on someone's face, one shadow under someone's eye, and eventually the entire class, office, McDonald's branch, hospital, whatever, will be diseased with a case of the Mondays. That won't happen if we all have a few more hours of sleep. You'd be surprised how much better people function during the week if they start out with a good Monday, which rarely happens.
Also, why, WHY, are they making us have to come back to school on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Its like kicking a dog, and after its down, beat it with a large stick, and then after that, giving it a giant middle finger.
And finally, I leave you with this:
Look familiar?
This Polar Bear is:
A) Going to work on Monday
B) All of the above
Sunday, December 14, 2008
I Feel Like A Wrung Sponge
Yeah, you heard right. I had a few topics that I could blog about for the last two weeks or so, but now I'm fresh out of ideas. So... Lets see what I can pull off here.
Damn, this isn't working. How about I write about... oh I know, Bush getting two shoes thrown at him from across the room!!!
I am trying to suppress my epic LOLs that would be heard across the world, if it were not for the fact that across the world everyone Else's epic LOLs would drown mine out. My only question is, what happens to the journalist now? I mean, what power on this earth can save him from this act? I heard that there were hundreds of lawyers that said they would fight for this "hero" at no charge, but, will that be enough?
Now, I don't really want to say I wasn't entertained by this, because I'd be lying, but I do want to make it clear that I'm not okay with someone being blatantly disrespected in public like that. Even if he is a land and money hungry monger who has no more appreciation in this country than Flava Flav had in his heyday. But I just want to get something clear, the act of throwing a shoe at someone really means a lot in the Arab world. Its one of the most disrespectful things you can do to a man, and its one of those things that you can't really take back. You can't be like, "Oh we're cool now, right?" That was serious business, and that journalist knew exactly what he was getting himself into. But this act has a lot symbolism behind it, it shows that Bush really didn't have respect from the people in the Middle East, he didn't really do any of the things he claimed he did, he said something along the lines of, "I know the rest of the Iraqi people are not like this" or something like that, WRONG. WRONG WRONG WRONG. There might be a very, very, very minute, minuscule population of Iraqis that for whatever reason supported Bush, but the extremely overwhelming majority would have gladly taken that journalist's spot. Who is now being referred to as a "hero" and a "martyr." The latter mainly due to the fact that people think this man really isn't going to walk away from this, let alone unscathed.
Well, not bad for a wrung sponge eh?
Damn, this isn't working. How about I write about... oh I know, Bush getting two shoes thrown at him from across the room!!!
I am trying to suppress my epic LOLs that would be heard across the world, if it were not for the fact that across the world everyone Else's epic LOLs would drown mine out. My only question is, what happens to the journalist now? I mean, what power on this earth can save him from this act? I heard that there were hundreds of lawyers that said they would fight for this "hero" at no charge, but, will that be enough?
Now, I don't really want to say I wasn't entertained by this, because I'd be lying, but I do want to make it clear that I'm not okay with someone being blatantly disrespected in public like that. Even if he is a land and money hungry monger who has no more appreciation in this country than Flava Flav had in his heyday. But I just want to get something clear, the act of throwing a shoe at someone really means a lot in the Arab world. Its one of the most disrespectful things you can do to a man, and its one of those things that you can't really take back. You can't be like, "Oh we're cool now, right?" That was serious business, and that journalist knew exactly what he was getting himself into. But this act has a lot symbolism behind it, it shows that Bush really didn't have respect from the people in the Middle East, he didn't really do any of the things he claimed he did, he said something along the lines of, "I know the rest of the Iraqi people are not like this" or something like that, WRONG. WRONG WRONG WRONG. There might be a very, very, very minute, minuscule population of Iraqis that for whatever reason supported Bush, but the extremely overwhelming majority would have gladly taken that journalist's spot. Who is now being referred to as a "hero" and a "martyr." The latter mainly due to the fact that people think this man really isn't going to walk away from this, let alone unscathed.
Well, not bad for a wrung sponge eh?
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Biggie's Legacy
Biggie's untimely death did not at all stop his supreme reign over the rap game. He is celebrated as one of the best MCs of all time. He reached #3 on MTV's list of top ten rappers, both of his albums have earned a spot on the 500 Best Albums of All Time. Many influential hip- hop magazines have dubbed him the Greatest of All Time. His name appears on lists of best rappers more times than any other rapper dead or alive, including Tupac, Jay z, and Lil' Wayne (if you consider this guy a rapper). Its not uncommon for speakers to be blasting Biggie's lyrics before a big concert or award show. Biggie is also famous for having his lines quoted by many, many artists. Primarily Jay z, 50 Cent, and Lil' Wayne.
There is ten parts to this video, all of them containing samples of Biggie's lyrics, and then the same lyrics rapped by other artists.
Biggie's style of rapping will always be remembered and it will always remain original. He had a husky, powerful tone that he would use alongside his ability to overlap many rhymes in one verse to stun his listeners. He rapped in many styles, he would sometimes even sing in a falsetto tone like in his songs, "Playa Hater", and "Come On." He was featured with the group "Bone- Thugs and Harmony" who are famous for their extremely rapid style of rapping, and Biggie rapped to that style better than they did, according to most people. Biggie's beats were mostly simple repetitive beats that really captured the mood of the content of the song. Sometimes he would have a few seconds at the beginning of a song in order to get the listeners in the mood.
Biggie was also respected greatly for his diversity in the themes of his rap. In Ready to Die, he portrayed himself as a common hustler, doing whatever it took to get to the top and how he finally reached the top. In Life After Death, Biggie portrayed himself as a ferocious drug lord, a mafia leader. He wrote romance, comedy, drug dealings, autobiographical stories, everything. But perhaps the area where he was most renowned, was his story telling ability. A very large portion of his songs were stories of his past, back when he dealt drugs, and would commit petty crimes to get money. Famous titles include, "Warning", "Somebody's Gotta Die", and "Niggas Bleed." He could put a story into rap better than any other MC could ever come close to, and everyone knows it.
This guy was a beast.
There is ten parts to this video, all of them containing samples of Biggie's lyrics, and then the same lyrics rapped by other artists.
Biggie's style of rapping will always be remembered and it will always remain original. He had a husky, powerful tone that he would use alongside his ability to overlap many rhymes in one verse to stun his listeners. He rapped in many styles, he would sometimes even sing in a falsetto tone like in his songs, "Playa Hater", and "Come On." He was featured with the group "Bone- Thugs and Harmony" who are famous for their extremely rapid style of rapping, and Biggie rapped to that style better than they did, according to most people. Biggie's beats were mostly simple repetitive beats that really captured the mood of the content of the song. Sometimes he would have a few seconds at the beginning of a song in order to get the listeners in the mood.
Biggie was also respected greatly for his diversity in the themes of his rap. In Ready to Die, he portrayed himself as a common hustler, doing whatever it took to get to the top and how he finally reached the top. In Life After Death, Biggie portrayed himself as a ferocious drug lord, a mafia leader. He wrote romance, comedy, drug dealings, autobiographical stories, everything. But perhaps the area where he was most renowned, was his story telling ability. A very large portion of his songs were stories of his past, back when he dealt drugs, and would commit petty crimes to get money. Famous titles include, "Warning", "Somebody's Gotta Die", and "Niggas Bleed." He could put a story into rap better than any other MC could ever come close to, and everyone knows it.
This guy was a beast.
King of New York
Christopher George Latore Wallace, AKA Biggie Smalls, the Notorious B.I.G., Big Poppa, Frank White, the King of New York.
If you don't know who this is, you should get your life reassessed. He was only the greatest rapper of all time. Greatest lyricist, best flow, best rhymes, best delivery, just the greatest of all time, or GOAT as you might see him referred to as.
Biggie was born in 1972, right in the heart of Brooklyn, NY. He had the stereotypical childhood and early years of every rapper, his dad left him to be raised by his mom, dropped out of school at an early age even though he excelled at school, he was a natural at poetry and public speaking. Well maybe not the stereotypical life of EVERY rapper, I doubt some of them these days even know how to read... After he dropped out of school, he joined the crack game and would rap with all of his friends on street corners. Eventually he got caught by the cops and sent to a penitentiary, all the money he collected from dealing drugs, was used for bail.
A few years later, he got discovered by the infamous P. Diddy, who signed him to Bad Boy Records, where Biggie started working on his debut album, Ready to Die.. This album was released in 1994, and it was a HIT. It went 4x Platinum, which is a very, very big deal if you don't know. It featured many classics including, "Big Poppa", "Juicy", and "Warning." This album was received extremely positively by the rest of the world, and it instantly set new scales for rappers. Immediately, rappers started quoting his genius lines in their own songs, featuring him in songs, and lots more got jealous and started feuds with him.
Which brings us to the next important event in Biggie's life, his ridiculous, pointless beef with none other than his lifelong friend, Tupac Shakur. Supposedly the beef (this is just another word for feud)started when Tupac accused Biggie of being involved in the robbery of 'Pac's jewelry, if you don't know, rappers really value their "bling". Tupac then started to make really insane, outrageous diss songs toward Biggie, and the notorious East vs. West beef started, that ultimately led to the death of both of these legends. Biggie did not openly say anything about Tupac, instead he would use his metaphorical, subliminal style of rap to attack Tupac. Many say this was "cowardly" on his part, but in many interviews Biggie stated that he didn't want to increase this beef between the east and west coasts. Which was sincere, because he had enough lyrical skill to grind Tupac into dust if he wanted to, and everyone knows it.
In 1997, Biggie released his second, and last, studio album, Life After Death. This album was a lot different than his first one, which had a more light hearted, funny theme to it. Life After Death was darker, more serious, and dealt with much more serious topics. He rapped about many things that dealt with mafioso stories of his past, robberies he's committed, and he also released several titles that were all subliminal diss songs toward other rappers that quite frankly, shut them up. A good example of a song like this is "Kick in the Door." Biggie had a paranoia problem, by the time he released Life After Death, he pretty much thought that the world was out to get him. He released very dark titles such as, "You're Nobody 'Till Somebody Kills You", and "My Downfall." But even though these songs showed that he was suffering from lots of problems in his life, they failed to do anything else but show this man's lyrical ability and profound rapping skill that remains unmatched.
If you don't know who this is, you should get your life reassessed. He was only the greatest rapper of all time. Greatest lyricist, best flow, best rhymes, best delivery, just the greatest of all time, or GOAT as you might see him referred to as.
Biggie was born in 1972, right in the heart of Brooklyn, NY. He had the stereotypical childhood and early years of every rapper, his dad left him to be raised by his mom, dropped out of school at an early age even though he excelled at school, he was a natural at poetry and public speaking. Well maybe not the stereotypical life of EVERY rapper, I doubt some of them these days even know how to read... After he dropped out of school, he joined the crack game and would rap with all of his friends on street corners. Eventually he got caught by the cops and sent to a penitentiary, all the money he collected from dealing drugs, was used for bail.
A few years later, he got discovered by the infamous P. Diddy, who signed him to Bad Boy Records, where Biggie started working on his debut album, Ready to Die.. This album was released in 1994, and it was a HIT. It went 4x Platinum, which is a very, very big deal if you don't know. It featured many classics including, "Big Poppa", "Juicy", and "Warning." This album was received extremely positively by the rest of the world, and it instantly set new scales for rappers. Immediately, rappers started quoting his genius lines in their own songs, featuring him in songs, and lots more got jealous and started feuds with him.
Which brings us to the next important event in Biggie's life, his ridiculous, pointless beef with none other than his lifelong friend, Tupac Shakur. Supposedly the beef (this is just another word for feud)started when Tupac accused Biggie of being involved in the robbery of 'Pac's jewelry, if you don't know, rappers really value their "bling". Tupac then started to make really insane, outrageous diss songs toward Biggie, and the notorious East vs. West beef started, that ultimately led to the death of both of these legends. Biggie did not openly say anything about Tupac, instead he would use his metaphorical, subliminal style of rap to attack Tupac. Many say this was "cowardly" on his part, but in many interviews Biggie stated that he didn't want to increase this beef between the east and west coasts. Which was sincere, because he had enough lyrical skill to grind Tupac into dust if he wanted to, and everyone knows it.
In 1997, Biggie released his second, and last, studio album, Life After Death. This album was a lot different than his first one, which had a more light hearted, funny theme to it. Life After Death was darker, more serious, and dealt with much more serious topics. He rapped about many things that dealt with mafioso stories of his past, robberies he's committed, and he also released several titles that were all subliminal diss songs toward other rappers that quite frankly, shut them up. A good example of a song like this is "Kick in the Door." Biggie had a paranoia problem, by the time he released Life After Death, he pretty much thought that the world was out to get him. He released very dark titles such as, "You're Nobody 'Till Somebody Kills You", and "My Downfall." But even though these songs showed that he was suffering from lots of problems in his life, they failed to do anything else but show this man's lyrical ability and profound rapping skill that remains unmatched.
Snow Sucks
I haven't read the comments, but I'm almost positive that this happened in Iowa, if not Cedar Rapids. Snow sucks. I hate it, I hate it with a passion. Yesterday I went out to get the mail and I slipped and fell on my butt like five times. It took me like three minutes to drive up my driveway, my car was at about 6000 rpm, but I was going about four or five miles an hour. I honestly think that we shouldn't have school during the winter at all. Its ridiculous, all it does is cost everyone accidents, higher heating bills, and the happiness that gets sucked out as quickly as the day passes by. I can't think of anything worse than waking up when its pitch black, going to school, and by the time you leave you school, its already pitch black again. What the hell? I mean seriously... December, January, February, if we don't get school off, then we should at least get half days.
Snow also makes everyone have to stay inside. There is nothing more inviting to become a lazy bum and play video games all day and gain enormous amounts of weight and heart problems than staying inside all day. By the time winter is over, we look like those people in that one tall tale, Paul Bunyan or whatever its called. When there is this really really long winter and after its over everyone comes out of their houses with really long beards and such. That's how I feel at least. I don't like the cold at all. Its so uninviting, so depressing, so sickly. I would pay really good money for an opportunity to move to a place where its nice most of the year. Florida, Cali, Texas, whatever. I can't imagine what it would feel like to just throw a light coat over myself in mid December. I don't think those people really understand the blessing they have.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Snow Days
I thought that in celebration of the first snowday of the year, I would write an entry solely on snowdays.
Snowdays are a peculiar phenomenon. They are everyone a young student could wish for. Random, unannounced, intermittent days off from school that sometimes do nothing less than save ones life. All too many times, some poor soul has been spared getting ruthlessly ravaged by a math or science test, due to a snowday, like myself today. All too often, has a snowday revitalized someone, helping them get back on track, get back on their feet, so they can brave school the next day. All too often, my friends, has a snowday been coupled with a weekend, or better yet, a break, and gave people a little more time before they had to go back to school after prolonged periods of not being there.
I think I speak for a lot of people when I say, if I go to sleep at night thinking that there will be a snowday, but I'm not sure, its the worst pain that a person can experience. That nagging in the back of my head saying that when I wake up tomorrow its going to be sunny, and school will carry on as usual. That feeling that sucks all the hope out of me, that forces me to do my homework even though I'm aware that I might not need it done for the next day. And then, there is that defining moment, the climax of this whole story... when I wake up early at around five in the morning, and pray to God that there is no school and check to see if there is school or not. I either get a happy, elated, ecstatic feeling course through me, or a get a stone plummet to the bottom of the my stomach and get slapped in the face by the harsh reality that I do have school.
Assuming that we do get a snowday, and we finish said snowday, and start approaching night, many feelings start to sink in. Feelings that are associated with leaving a nice place, the first day of school, and that post- big party feeling. Like that's it... all that I looked forward to is gone. That was the big snowday. Damn did that fly by. Bittersweet, as I like to call it. And then the harsher reality hits you that you have to make it up at the end of the year, unless you're a senior, unlike myself.
Snowdays are a peculiar phenomenon. They are everyone a young student could wish for. Random, unannounced, intermittent days off from school that sometimes do nothing less than save ones life. All too many times, some poor soul has been spared getting ruthlessly ravaged by a math or science test, due to a snowday, like myself today. All too often, has a snowday revitalized someone, helping them get back on track, get back on their feet, so they can brave school the next day. All too often, my friends, has a snowday been coupled with a weekend, or better yet, a break, and gave people a little more time before they had to go back to school after prolonged periods of not being there.
I think I speak for a lot of people when I say, if I go to sleep at night thinking that there will be a snowday, but I'm not sure, its the worst pain that a person can experience. That nagging in the back of my head saying that when I wake up tomorrow its going to be sunny, and school will carry on as usual. That feeling that sucks all the hope out of me, that forces me to do my homework even though I'm aware that I might not need it done for the next day. And then, there is that defining moment, the climax of this whole story... when I wake up early at around five in the morning, and pray to God that there is no school and check to see if there is school or not. I either get a happy, elated, ecstatic feeling course through me, or a get a stone plummet to the bottom of the my stomach and get slapped in the face by the harsh reality that I do have school.
Assuming that we do get a snowday, and we finish said snowday, and start approaching night, many feelings start to sink in. Feelings that are associated with leaving a nice place, the first day of school, and that post- big party feeling. Like that's it... all that I looked forward to is gone. That was the big snowday. Damn did that fly by. Bittersweet, as I like to call it. And then the harsher reality hits you that you have to make it up at the end of the year, unless you're a senior, unlike myself.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Transporter 3
Over Thanksgiving Break, I went with a large crowd of avid Audi and Mercedes fans to go watch the long expected movie, Transporter 3. I haven't seen the first two installments in this series... so I kind of had no clue what was going on, but overall I'd consider this movie decent. If you're a brainless zombie that experiences pleasure in watching senseless action and morbidly unrealistic stunts performed by some hothead. If you are of that category, than you would consider this movie decent. Otherwise, don't waste your time.
From the very beginning, I could tell that this movie was one of those movies that has lots and lots of action, but the story is just a little piece at the side that no one really cares about. So they make up for that fault buy having even more action sequences. The "story" that I was able to squeeze out of this one hour and forty- five minutes is as follows: Frank Martin (Jason Statham) is a "transporter" whose job is to... um... transport the kind of hot female Ukrainian, Valentina back to her father after she was kidnapped due to some business issues regarding some environmental issues (bad ass right?) And along the way he encounters random big tough guys followed by an entourage of several more tough guys who all engage in combat with Frank in a one by one basis and all get, owned, if you will by his crazy martial arts skills.
Valentina has the most peculiar personality. At first she's acting like a lost little five year old girl that's trying to act all spoiled and doesn't want to give the guy whose supposed to save her any information. Slowly though, more specifically after she watches Frank beat some ten fifteen people with his bare hands and his suit's tie... she starts to loosen up a bit. She starts opening up to Frank, and then she completely flips into some horny, high, playful girl that wants to forget all about the mission of saving her life and have some fun with Frank. All of this is going on while Frank is dodging bullets, trucks, and an array of other obstacles on the road in his beastly Audi A8.
Than some more action happens, his car sinks in a lake and he pulls it out using the air from his tires, he drives said car onto a moving train and kills all of the bad guys. The End.
After writing this, I realized that I liked this a lot less than what I thought I did... lol.
From the very beginning, I could tell that this movie was one of those movies that has lots and lots of action, but the story is just a little piece at the side that no one really cares about. So they make up for that fault buy having even more action sequences. The "story" that I was able to squeeze out of this one hour and forty- five minutes is as follows: Frank Martin (Jason Statham) is a "transporter" whose job is to... um... transport the kind of hot female Ukrainian, Valentina back to her father after she was kidnapped due to some business issues regarding some environmental issues (bad ass right?) And along the way he encounters random big tough guys followed by an entourage of several more tough guys who all engage in combat with Frank in a one by one basis and all get, owned, if you will by his crazy martial arts skills.
Valentina has the most peculiar personality. At first she's acting like a lost little five year old girl that's trying to act all spoiled and doesn't want to give the guy whose supposed to save her any information. Slowly though, more specifically after she watches Frank beat some ten fifteen people with his bare hands and his suit's tie... she starts to loosen up a bit. She starts opening up to Frank, and then she completely flips into some horny, high, playful girl that wants to forget all about the mission of saving her life and have some fun with Frank. All of this is going on while Frank is dodging bullets, trucks, and an array of other obstacles on the road in his beastly Audi A8.
Than some more action happens, his car sinks in a lake and he pulls it out using the air from his tires, he drives said car onto a moving train and kills all of the bad guys. The End.
After writing this, I realized that I liked this a lot less than what I thought I did... lol.
Blackberry Storm
Hey, I just got this phone yesterday, and I thought I should write a review over it, considering I have lots of mixed feelings about this phone, and many people are anxious to hear about this new gadget.
My first impressions on this phone, way back when, when I saw the ad listed on the side of a web page, my first reactions were that this would be another one of the seemingly endless iPhone competitors that would never make it in today's market. I soon started noticing more and more ads, and realized this was serious business and that Verizon was giving this phone a little more attention than what it gave to other phones. This was all way before release mind you. So I started researching this phone, trying to find any people who had gotten their hands on this phone before it was released and figure out what they had to say about it.
Most of the testers whose articles I read, all had the same problems with the phone. Problems, that to my dismay, were still around when I purchased this phone, making me wonder why they even released phones early to get tested if all of the issues that were complained about were still evident... The biggest issue that testers complained about, was the slow response time of this phone. Something that has been making me want to snap this phone in half at times. Compared to the iPhone, I will try to not compare this to the iPhone as much as I can... but I must in this situation, anyway... compared to the iPhone, which will adjust the screen almost instantaneously when you tilt it, its about five times as slow. Loading times are also very painful, it takes about three minutes just to start the phone if you have it off. Another issue that I found with this phone, quite similar to the other deficiency, was just the lack of smoothness that's found in certain phones that I do not wish to name... When scrolling down the main menu, all of the little boxes of applications take their dandy little time until they finally fly off of the screen. I remember an incident that occurred to me almost half an hour after I first opened my phone, I was trying to set a background image, I can't stand looking at that red check that Verizon uses as their logo, and the phone just froze. I mean I couldn't do anything whatsoever to fix it, so I just wrenched the battery out of the back and just turned it on again. Now, I don't think these are problems that can be considered any less than major, considering it was doing this right off the bat.
Now, after saying all of these nasty things, you might think that I totally hate this phone, that's untrue. I actually really like it, I appreciate its sleekness, its extremely professional look, I actually like the way it looks more than the iPho... yeah you get the picture. I like how it comes with many features that one would consider extraneous, including an external eight gigabyte memory stick, built in GPS, built in Instant Messenger, and lots of other perks that I myself haven't even discovered yet. Not to mention the extremely fast internet that you can access virtually anywhere, including Kennedy High School... I will admit, Verizon has an extremely sophisticated broadband network...
Hopefully, as time goes on, if I still have this phone, and it hasn't broken, been stolen, lost, etc., I'd like to keep everyone updated on anymore news that I can find out about this phone.
My first impressions on this phone, way back when, when I saw the ad listed on the side of a web page, my first reactions were that this would be another one of the seemingly endless iPhone competitors that would never make it in today's market. I soon started noticing more and more ads, and realized this was serious business and that Verizon was giving this phone a little more attention than what it gave to other phones. This was all way before release mind you. So I started researching this phone, trying to find any people who had gotten their hands on this phone before it was released and figure out what they had to say about it.
Most of the testers whose articles I read, all had the same problems with the phone. Problems, that to my dismay, were still around when I purchased this phone, making me wonder why they even released phones early to get tested if all of the issues that were complained about were still evident... The biggest issue that testers complained about, was the slow response time of this phone. Something that has been making me want to snap this phone in half at times. Compared to the iPhone, I will try to not compare this to the iPhone as much as I can... but I must in this situation, anyway... compared to the iPhone, which will adjust the screen almost instantaneously when you tilt it, its about five times as slow. Loading times are also very painful, it takes about three minutes just to start the phone if you have it off. Another issue that I found with this phone, quite similar to the other deficiency, was just the lack of smoothness that's found in certain phones that I do not wish to name... When scrolling down the main menu, all of the little boxes of applications take their dandy little time until they finally fly off of the screen. I remember an incident that occurred to me almost half an hour after I first opened my phone, I was trying to set a background image, I can't stand looking at that red check that Verizon uses as their logo, and the phone just froze. I mean I couldn't do anything whatsoever to fix it, so I just wrenched the battery out of the back and just turned it on again. Now, I don't think these are problems that can be considered any less than major, considering it was doing this right off the bat.
Now, after saying all of these nasty things, you might think that I totally hate this phone, that's untrue. I actually really like it, I appreciate its sleekness, its extremely professional look, I actually like the way it looks more than the iPho... yeah you get the picture. I like how it comes with many features that one would consider extraneous, including an external eight gigabyte memory stick, built in GPS, built in Instant Messenger, and lots of other perks that I myself haven't even discovered yet. Not to mention the extremely fast internet that you can access virtually anywhere, including Kennedy High School... I will admit, Verizon has an extremely sophisticated broadband network...
Hopefully, as time goes on, if I still have this phone, and it hasn't broken, been stolen, lost, etc., I'd like to keep everyone updated on anymore news that I can find out about this phone.
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