Car Personalities (Visually Expressed)

For those of you who don't know, I've named my car Ifrit, after the Guardian Force from Final Fantasy VIII.
Yes, he appears in most of the Final Fantasy games, but that's where I liked him best.
Also, Ifrit is an Arabic fire demon.
Grrrr!

Mobile Wars '13

So, as I stated right at the end of my previous post, I recently got my Samsung Galaxy S4.
Of course, I have to quickly say that, even though I wasn't so keen on getting a touch-screen device, it's an incredible phone and I'm really happy that I got it.
I love Android already (4.3 Jellybean is the Operating System that I have) and I think that, although it's very user-friendly, it fulfils my techno-fiddling and retro-gaming needs.
Most impressive hardware features in my opinion? The gyroscope and accelerometer combination that I expected... but an unexpected IR blaster. What could be better than being able to control half the devices you use at work... from your phone? (Yes, I know there's probably many things that are better. Keep your comments to yourself. Or write them under this post. I don't mind.)

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So, anyway, the reason I started writing this isn't because I got a new phone (otherwise I'd have written this last week), but rather because I realised the silliness of a recent situation.
Everyone has been raving about Android recently, for good reason, yes, but it's also a lot of "I don't really understand, but I think it's way better than your 1930's phone!"
And, of course, iPhone users have been raving about Apple for ages - as if they are actually related to the late Steve Jobs.

Now, I've had a BlackBerry for a couple years and I've endured quite a few silly insults. I always laughed them off because I was happy with my phone.
Until this month, when I decided to point out something.

It's been the talk of the town: BBM is coming to Android and iOS.
Radio adverts, endless online discussions, scandals, leaks, the works.
"OH, THAT'S FINE. I'll just curl up in the corner and cry." - MXit
I might joke about MXit, but it was my most valuable application for probably most of my cellphone-using life.
Anyway, so I'm actually awaiting the BBM release myself.
What makes me laugh, though, is that everyone eagerly awaiting the opportunity to get BBM on their precious Samsung or iPhone had, just a month ago, been under the impression that I had a "stupid BlackBerry".
So why is everyone running after BBM now?
I fail to understand why everyone that ridiculed BlackBerry is signing up to be notified immediately upon an official release.
I know that I'm waiting to get it because I'll be able to chat to more of my friends from one device if I have BBM, WhatsApp AND Hangouts on it.
But is everyone just suddenly jumping on the bandwagon because there is one?
Pretty disappointing, guys.
But, hey. Maybe I'll be a douche as well, now that I've got an Android phone.
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Also, WHY THE HELL HASN'T POPCAP RELEASED PLANTS VS ZOMBIES 2 FOR PC AND ANDROID YET??
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Update:
I've been told by some Android and iPhone users that they don't care about the BBM app at all and that only people that previously had a BlackBerry (or own one as a second phone) would care.
Sigh... This further emphasises the "useless" part in the name of my rant.
What say you, blog post readers?
Also, I hope that people realise that I'm not talking about EVERY iPhone user or EVERY Android user.
I'm just generalising a bit. It was a rant. It happens.