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Ah yes, the big leap away from the Apple ecosystem.. it was bound to happen sooner or later.

But wait, this doesn’t mean that I am completely leaving it.. maybe just their phone line? I recently bought a new phone, as an upgrade to my dying, uber slow, ancient, REALLY slow, irrelevant iPhone 3G.

I’d like to think that I was really patient with this phone that I was able to use it for 5 years, whereas most people would probably just upgrade whenever a new model came out. Well, not everyone has that privilege to purchase an upgrade, let alone a brand new model especially an Apple product. That’s when I started looking for other options.

It was a tough decision but in the end, I decided to try the Android OS for a change. Before, I wasn’t into the idea of even trying it at all, let alone consider.. but as I did my research, I realized that in some ways, it has more pros than cons versus an iPhone.

Say hello to my new phone, the LG Nexus 4!

Note: All comments beyond this point are based from my observations from using this phone. Opinions from using it personally. Just a heads up for anyone who might come across my entry and not agree.. I’m looking at you, serious Android and Apple fanboys/girls who feel the need to ALWAYS defend your chosen OS.

You wanna know what’s more embarrassing other than being a newbie iPad user? The fact that I’ve had an iPad for a YEAR but I’ve started using it just recently. =)) I haven’t found a use for it last year, and it just became paperweight most of the time.

See, I’m not really an iPad person. I prefer iPhones or the iPod Touch because it’s smaller, and easier to bring on the go. Plus more apps are compatible with it.. exhibit a: Have you seen how ridiculous Instagram looks in iPad? They’ve undergone so many upgrades and updates but they still cannot manage to develop an iPad version. Ridiculous!!

A little bit of background: The iPad was bought together with my laptop last year. Originally my dad’s but I guess he likes his phone too much to give this gigantic tablet a chance.

Until recently.. when I decided out of the blue to crack its insides open. Suddenly my iPad went from something IDGAF-about to I-have-to-have-this-with-me-at-all-times kind of item. I wish I have done this sooner to save money on the actual books that I’ve bought. :))

So yeah, for the past couple of days I’ve been exploring Cydia and Installous nonstop and since then I’ve filled my iPad with junk games. The first thing I did as soon as I got Cydia was to find the fix to hide that pesky Newsstand app. Bye bye, worthless iOS feature! Good riddance!

This is how my iPad looks right now. Lol I feel like I’ve lived under a rock for the past two years. Everything about it just looks cool to me right now.

Very neat and organized, just the way I like it. What are your current must-have apps on your iOS device? Preferably games. 🙂

Doing the necessary backups before finally saying goodbye to Snow Leopard and a big, big hello to Lion.

I hope I don’t chicken out again. Or maybe to chicken out is a good idea, since according to some reviews Lion isn’t that good at all.

Yup, I’m using Time Machine for the very first time.

There’s always a first time for everything