World War III??? PART 1

There were times, when real wars were fought by men with SWORDS or GUNS or BOMBS. But come the 21st century and technology has made us pick sides between two of the BIGGEST smartphone manufacturers in the world. By BIGGEST, what I mean is Market share and yes I'm talking about APPLE vs SAMSUNG! I wouldn't mind starting a fight with a Real Madrid fan, at least that has something muscle about it. But all this bickering, lawsuits, claims are taking a toll on the intellectual of users who do nothing but find out flaws in the other smart phone company. There would never be a closure, and yes it would go on and on and on.. so whatever one may say would be pointless. Nevertheless, I thought I'd step up and share my views on the Apple vs Samsung RAGE!

Firstly... YES I'm an APPLE fanboy.. or whatever the F*** you put it. 

There are Fanboys in every market. If you advocate for your taste of a brand/product, there is nothing wrong with it. There are Fanboys for Samsung, HTC, Nokia bla bla.. even Chinese Phones. Get over it! Grow up! We are all one or have been one of them in this CURRENT WORLD..
If you are not, good for you, you are one of those persons who are not materialistic by nature. CHEERS!
Now the irony! I have never been an APPLE FANBOY, but ever since Samsung Fanboys got to poking fun at Apple products, I just couldn't help but liking Apple Products even more better.

Now, to all my Samsung User friends, I totally understand that you are in love with your product and yes there are features in the S3 that are innovative beyond doubt. Taking nothing away from the S3 I just got one question..

WOULD YOU EVEN HAVE OWNED A GALAXY IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE IPHONE?
Ans: NO!

Iphone is what made the Smartphone manufacturers realize thats the next big thing and ticking for a slice of the market. You unfortunately have Apple to thank for. Give credit where it deserves! Now if you were to say that Palm or Sony or HTC had similar interfaces, I agree, but Apple revolutionized the Touch Interface and they knew what they had in their hand.

And the Apple packaging of their Smart phones. Now can a genius tell me how the F*** Samsung got the same packaging style? How the F*** the chargers look so similar? How the F*** the USB port on your 3 pin plug came almost out of the blue? DUH!!!!

WHY APPLE IS APPLE?

Remember the times of the MAC COMPUTERS. Even I have scorned at that humongous piece of SHIT, their huge floppy disks and whatever it was. I never knew why they even sold it, whereas the usual Desktop PCs were a lot easier and compatible with everything, even the furniture. But looking back, APPLE always had their NICHE consumers. There always was something special about it. See the Apple philosophy has always been,

WE DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE! THIS IS OUR PRODUCT! YOU WANT IT? TAKE IT! ELSE F*** OFF!

You SIMPLY cannot tell someone to F*** OFF and yet still be in the market. That defies all MARKETING LOGIC but yet that is HOW exactly they market.

NOW GETTING BACK TO THE IPHONE vs SAMSUNG GALAXY

Apple has consistently released only one model every year into the SMARTPHONE market unlike Samsung with their ever growing list of models added every year. Still to have been first and now second in the market share with just ONE FREAKIN MODEL is a STATEMENT that they don't need to over emphasize and even an LKG kid can quite easily understand.

One iPhone as compared with Galaxy S1,2,3,ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ,NOTE, BLA BLA BLA

Regarding the Samsung copying Apple, ITS TRUE!! ACCEPT IT and MOVE ON.
But to be fair, I would keep it till their S3. They have worked a lot and deserve due credit, at least from me I give credit to the S3.

Now comparing the iPhone yet again with the S3.

First thing, Apple does not compare the iPhone with the S3! Its always been Samsung trying to find flaws in the iPhone. As seen in the recent trend in official Samsung spoofs. Its pathetic! Yea you guys lost the case, but seriously stop being SORE LOSERS.. have some dignity and move ON!

The iPhone 5, definitely has lesser features than the S3. Now my take on some of the features which I don't find necessary and have valid arguments:

Display
If Apple wanted to increase their screen size just to beat other Smart phones they could. SIMPLE??? GET IT?? Now why they dint would be cause they dint find it necessary. I have been using and iPhone 4 for 2 years and found this big enough to fit in my hand. Never once found a reason for wanting to have a bigger screen.

NFC
NFC for payment has still not been implemented by VISA and MASTER and other mandatory organizations like EUROPAY completely. The reason being, it is still under development stages even though it was patented in 2004. The use of its standards have not been documented for complete use. Yes we see it for ticketing in metros etc, but apparently its not full blown. Hence the reason why Apple is not yet ready to experiment with it. Google Wallet iss apparently a big thing, but it still hasnt taken off.

NFC for wireless charging?? Now seriously you want me to get to that. For F*** sake you gotta keep your phone right above the charger for charging. Whats so GREAT in that?? If that were the case you could just connect it to your wired charger and yes it would be faster and more EFFICIENT.

Apps
http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/20/3364082/android-security-fears-carriers-developers
Apple have the highest number of apps.. #FACT
So what if most apps are paid. 1$ for an app really is not a big deal! Plus there are jail breaks available. I for one do not jail break. Have never found a reason to. I like the phone the way it is.

FLASH
Do people even know that Adobe Flash is being phased out??? It was one of the 2 reasons why Apple never bothered about Flash. The other being their tiff with Adobe. Flash has never been a necessity for Apple.

Apple CHIPSET
I have never found my phone to be a must DUAL CORE or currently a QUAD CORE. Its fast the way it is. I found it faster than the then S1. The S2 released after the iPhone 4. So logically and analytically yes it is supposed to be faster. Then the iPhone 4S came and and yes it BEAT the S2. Finally the S3 came and hence it beat the 4S. Its not rocket science to understand how technology has to be advanced as per competition. By processing speed there are analytics that prove how each phone compares in various segments. Look it up and you'll know exactly what I mean. Well I did read somewhere that the graphics of the A6 is quad core. I still did not get what that meant. But YEA it would have been wiser to put a quad core chip, just to keep everyone's pie hole SHUT! Anyway waiting for the iPhone 5's analytics.

Lightning Connector
I have been reading a lot of reviews on how this modification has been a pain in the A*** for most accessory manufacturers and consumers. But tell me something, you seriously think that would stop these same manufacturers from making more money by selling this off to the same disheartened consumers? NO. The Lightning Connector is here to stay. Ppl have to revolve around Apple if they want to have a smooth sailing. Thats been their ideology and not mine. Again, 10 years of the 30 pin dock was a lot for Apple. They "innovated" with the Lightning Dock. ;)
Anyway check this article.
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/apples-iphone-5-uses-chips-from-qualcomm-avago-skyworks-270248

This isnt over.. to be contd...

Football has always been EXPLOSIVE!!

There's always been bad blood in football.. Every club has their fair share of rivalry... Be it Real Madrid vs Barcelona, Man Utd vs Liverpool, or wherever, but this just takes rivalry to a whole new level. To be honest I don't think this was a case of rivalry, but CMON WTF is a grenade doing in the middle of a football ground?????

This is what happened during an AFC Champions League match between Iranian side Sepahan and Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli. Al-Ahli fans are known for their notoriety, so wouldn't be surprised if one of them thought, hey lets see if we can bomb an Sepahan player..  :D
Anyway, this guy has got his stars to thank, cos if he were a bit late in throwing that grenade.. he could have kissed his hand goodbye!! 

Unsettled by The Blaugrana

I've been having a lot of concerns on the way the BLAUGRANAS have been performing since the latter half of the 2011-2012 season. And though I had this childish like optimism that they would bounce back in the end and lift the Liga Title, my inner gut feeling always knew I was kidding myself. They did win the UEFA Super Cup, the Spanish Super Copa, Club World Cup in the beginning.  But towards the end, we had to settle for the much lesser Copa Del Rey which was deserving but not anywhere as coveted as the La Liga title. I don't even want to get to how we fucked up our Champion's League Title chances.

The way Real Madrid played, I was sure they would be lifting their Decima, no gut feeling whatsoever. But losing to Bayern was another shocker.

Anyway the reasons behind my concerns for Barcelona started since Villa's injury. But I knew that was just the tip of the ICEBERG. Why did Barca play the way they did? And why are they still not in pole position, but rather fighting back as the underdogs. Here are my viewpoints:

Barca's formation and style

This has been very predictable over the past few months. Other coaches have started working that to their advantage. I just don't get why we cant have 3 proper defenders like normal teams. I'm not asking for 4.. just 3 for CRYING OUT LOUD.

Abundance of players who are not being utilized as per their position.

Namely:

Tello is a Left winger, He just cannot play any other position, and his playing style doesn't suit Barca unless it were against teams where the occasional long ball will do good. I wud say sell him off to an EPL club where he wud perform brilliantly!

Fabregas! No one still has the slightest clue where he can be lethal. He may be an attacking midfielder, but with the likes of Xavi and Iniesta he is a lost puppy. The only other position he can play is false 9, but with Messi as the Center Fwd that position is also unavailable. I'd be glad if he wud replace Xavi, but except for his first half at Barca he just doesnt luk convincing enough to replace those BIG SMALL BOOTS!
               
Montoya! He has what it takes to replace Puyol, but hasnt been given as many starting options yet. With more experience he will be a better CB. I hope Tito utilizes him well.
               
Messi! YES MESSI! He is not a CF for Christ sake.. He is Left Winger/AM. During his initial days, that was his preferred position and he always had the momentum to drive the ball in with the space he had, hence creating sublime movements and finishes. Being a CF all he does is get the ball with his back turned to 5-6 opposing team players, gets a maximum of 2 touches, either passes, shoots but mostly loses the ball (IN MY OPINION). I don't know how he still goes on scoring with those little opportunities, but I would love him to get back to his natural position. Also if he were to move back, that position could be replaced by Fabregas/Sanchez. I don't know if im the only one who feels the same. But after seeing all these latest matches I cannot help but noticing this. Its a gradual looming CRISIS and the earlier looked into the better. Right now he is more susceptible to injuries, and I feel he's not taking as many risks for fear of injury.
               
Song/Busquests! Ever since the arrival of Song, Busquets seems out of focus. You never get to see him as we used to until Song's arrival. Busquets is still one of the best AM for Barca and Song shud be tried more often as a CB. Only thing lacking for Song is pace,otherwise with his built he can take down any player.

Now players who I think we could get rid of.

Namely:

Adriano! He is a RB but you hardly see him getting back to position during counters. He is ineffective as a whole and can be avoided. Also he is very temperamental and that was very evident with the last Clasico. He played like he wanted to be RED CARDED!

XAVI!! Yes XAVI! I wouldnt want him out, but rather on the bench. Cos his position might give Fabregas a boost. Xavi is still the best Holding Midfielder for Barca but he isnt getting any younger. Another 2 years and there are bound to be changes. So the gradual the better. And I see no one else capable to fill his void if he were to leave Barca.

Alves!! I haven't seen him a lot lately. Either he's getting very injury prone or he's having temperamental issues. When he's on for Barca he plays that assist role to Messi immensely, but lately Tito has screwed up his position and I dnt know for what joy. Alves is injury prone, and that's the only reason I want him out.

Pep to Tito Transition

One of the gr8st for Barca does deserve his rest period. And I for one totally understand why he needed it. Its more of like a MANAGERIAL BLOCK.. something of the likes of a Writer's Block. He needs to rejuvenate himself and come back strongly. As much as I would want him to return to Barca, I really doubt that would happen. If he were to go to any other club, I would pray it be to AC MILAN or BAYERN cause those are my other fav clubs. :D
TITO cannot fill Pep's void. What he lacks in charisma though, he makes it up in his analysis. I feel he is a good reader of the game and is ready to gamble as per the situation. Some thing that Pep lost towards the end. Also he needs time to settle down. One thing I really like about Tito though is, he knows how to handle the media and his players. I just want him to react more during the game. Its like a DEAD BODY in the midst of WAR!

Style of Play.

Yes Barca are known for their TIKI-TAKA and they the BLOODY best at it. Yet, the only thing I disagree is, passing unnecessarily right in front of the goal. TAKE SHOTS. Don't leave it to MESSI to finish. We have players capable of converting, but why they don't is still unthinkable.
Again, one thing I noticed when we play with ANNOYINGLY DEFENSIVE teams.. yes like CHELSEA, INTER, is that we are always attacking and right in their face. Instead we should attack but at the same time, pull their defense out of their area. That way it makes space for a quick one on one. I have seen only Iniesta doing that on a lot of occasions and that is why he is the HEART/SOUL of the Barca team.

Defense
Our lack of Puyol, and inconsistent defending especially at times of COUNTER ATTACK has seen us lose the Champion's League as well as La Liga Title. This is something that has been troubling for a while, and its the same that happened during Barca's debut champion's league match for this season. I just hope, we sort this out. Either get good defenders or put 3 permanent ones in the formation.

Mandan Valdes

He may have been with the A-TEAM for a decade, but he's getting clumsier by match. Time to rope in a new Goal Keeper and put him on the bench. No DISRESPECT but Valdes your time is UP!

I have been wanting to blog abt this for quite a while.. and its been eating my head away. So finally am glad its out from my system. Looking forward for some new tactical, formational changes.. and yes hell of a good SEASON!
VISCA EL BARCA!!!