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can’t wait for the pres debate TONIGHT!

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.

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.

what am i doing with my life