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		<title>Thank you Mr. Jobs, a personal story</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Apostolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t want to write a post about Steve after his passing, I felt it wasn&#8217;t appropriate. The web was —and still is— talking about him, writing thank-you posts, eulogies, opinions and all. Yet, here I am writing about for &#8230; <a href="http://apas.gr/thank-you-steve/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I didn&#8217;t want to write a post about Steve after his passing, I felt it wasn&#8217;t appropriate. The web was —and still is— talking about him, writing thank-you posts, eulogies, opinions and all. Yet, here I am writing <del>about</del> for Steve; a thank you through a brief story of mine.<span id="more-1573"></span></p>
<p>Since a kid I was hooked with computers. The first I used was a Compaq laptop, black-and-white screen running Windows 95. On the third grade I wrote my first website, on the fourth I cracked the password my dad entered for my PC because I was spending kind of much time messing with it. I remember seeing an ad with the first iMac, I loved the computer — I didn&#8217;t know what it was, what even Apple was. And only two years ago  switched to a Macbook Air and a 27&#8243; iMac (last summer).</p>
<p>This post though is not about me. This post is about a story involving Mike, one of my best friends and his new iPhone. Mike, and the majority of my buddies —except two of them— was never a tech savvy guy. While I was on the internets since 6, he only discovered it around 14. He never owned an iPhone or iPod before. He had a clunky PC (hopefully he has a new awesome Toshiba laptop now) and your typical Sony Ericsson cellphone.</p>
<p>Anyhow, he just got a new 8GB iPhone 4. He felt he didn&#8217;t need a 4S, unfortunately there wasn&#8217;t any stock 16GB iPhone 4 left so he went with the 8GB version — for which he is absolutely happy about. Long story short, we arranged a Skype call, he&#8217;s in Thessaloniki, I&#8217;m in Vienna, to explain him how to download apps, what iCloud is, how to use the phone, what iMessages, FaceTime and Viber are, the iTunes Sync thing, the Remote and many more cool stuff. Remember: he is not a geek, an enthusiast or whatever — just your plain typical user with a new iPhone which he only knew the basics through using our friends&#8217; and mine iPhones before.</p>
<p>The first great thing about this story is that explaining him all that stuff was easy. iOS, the concept, apps, iCloud/Messages/et al were all understandable. He was stoked with iMessages, FaceTime and Skype. The great thing about him is that with the new iPhone he also got a data plan with his carrier.</p>
<p>A couple of days pass, and today while entering the subway I received a Viber call from him. I swiped to answer the call and after the usual chit-chat he said to me: &#8220;Man, this is awesome. I&#8217;m with 3G, downtown or wherever else I&#8217;d wanted to be, and I can call you, in an another country, and it doesn&#8217;t matter where you are, you have 3G too and you can answer my call and we can talk and communicate freely with no roaming or whatsoever costs, be it voice or text, depending only on our phones, this is so awesome.&#8221;</p>
<p>And then came a moment of clarity. I understood 100% what Steve Jobs was all about. Not that I didn&#8217;t before but now I had a living example right from my life. Steve made what no other could do. Technology for the masses. And I&#8217;m completely thankful for that to him. See, before using Mac OS X I was a Windows user, then switched for 3+ years to Linux and for a little while back again to Windows. But Apple and its products made finally sense.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not about hardware anymore; having the fastest CPU or the best GPU. Technology alone is not enough. The end-user wanted something that simply works. People didn&#8217;t know that, Apple made it clear. And don&#8217;t get me wrong: hacking, Linux, choices, customization and all the rest are darn good things — I don&#8217;t ditch them, I like them, It&#8217;s simply  not what the end-user wants.</p>
<p>So after all this yada yada: Thank you, Steven Paul Jobs.</p>
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		<title>How To: AirPlay from Macbook/PC to iOS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Apostolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple won&#8217;t let you stream the AirPlay way from your Mac or PC to any other iOS device. Only the opposite and only if you have an Apple TV or an AirPlay-enabled device. However, Apple permits apps to stream the &#8230; <a href="http://apas.gr/airplay/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apple won&#8217;t let you stream the AirPlay way from your Mac or PC to any other iOS device. Only the opposite and only if you have an Apple TV or an AirPlay-enabled device. However, Apple permits apps to stream the AirPlay way for you.</p>
<p>And here comes a fine new (well, not so new) Mac and iOS app called <a href="http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/">AirFoil</a>.<span id="more-1232"></span></p>
<p>Simply to put, AirFoil is awesome. Awesome like, <em>(awesome)^e</em>. AirFoil sends audio to remote speakers including iOS devices, other computers, and hardware devices like the Apple TV and AirPort Express. Plus, it supports multiple audio—that is, you can send audio to multiple outputs around your house and not just Apple&#8217;s approved hardware, all in sync. Not only that, but AirFoil supports also DVD &amp; video playback, web-based Last.fm &amp; Pandora plus Spotify streaming, complete metadatas from your library and many more cool features.</p>
<p>Literarily, there&#8217;s no setup. Just download the Mac and the (free) iPhone/iPod/iPad app (it&#8217;s called AirFoil Speakers Touch, find it in AppStore) and you&#8217;re good to go. Yes, that&#8217;s the only thing you have to do. Here&#8217;s how it looks.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1233" title="AirFoil for the Mac" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/airfoil.png" alt="" width="364" height="334" /></p>
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		<title>Is Android really Open Source?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Apostolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an ongoing discussion on the internets which lately buzzed a lot. Is Android really Open Source as Google claims or is it really as closed as Apple&#8217;s iOS? Depends on which side you are methinks, but there&#8217;s a pretty &#8230; <a href="http://apas.gr/is-android-really-open-source/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s an ongoing discussion on the internets which lately buzzed a lot. Is Android really Open Source as Google claims or is it really as closed as Apple&#8217;s iOS? Depends on which side you are methinks, but there&#8217;s a pretty much solid objective side where normal people can discuss and not flame each other.<span id="more-1049"></span></p>
<p><em>[Disclaimer: I'm an iPhone and MacBook Air user. I like Apple, I don't think Apple as a religion. I can still work in Windows + Linux and I admit it openly (read: </em><a href="http://twitter.com/apas/"><em>Twitter</em></a><em>) when Apple is bullshitting at us (that is, quite often lately.]</em></p>
<p>I was actually discussing it in Twitter with @<a href="http://twiter.com/mperedim/">mperedim</a> and @<a href="http://twitter.com/nassod/">nassod</a> where I was the Apple-side dude, @mperedim was the Android supporter and @nassosd was the pretty much neutral one. We finally decided to go for a beer (a geek&#8217;s best solution to everything.)</p>
<p>Straight to the point now. Eric Schmidt basically said</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;You have to use their development tools, their platform, their hardware, their software — if you submit an application, they have to approve it — they have to use their monetization and their distribution. This is not Open. The inverse would be Open.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>And then might Jobs answered back,</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The iOS isn&#8217;t &#8220;closed,&#8221; but &#8220;integrated,&#8221; resulting in a better user experience.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>My guess is that both Schmidt and Jobs are talking about the same thing — from different prospectives. Because they&#8217;re the same open: <em>not at all</em>, open.</p>
<p>Yup, you&#8217;ve read that one correct. I don&#8217;t think that Android is open. Or at least 100% open. But even if it was, let&#8217;s say 70% open that&#8217;d mean basically the same thing. It isn&#8217;t open.</p>
<blockquote><p>See, the problem is that how does Google get away with the “open” claim when the source isn’t public until major releases, and no one outside Google can check in?</p></blockquote>
<p>That&#8217;s what Joe Hewitt <a href="http://twitter.com/joehewitt/status/27876055599">said</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>You can compare the Android “open source” model to Firefox or Linux if you want to see how disingenuous that “open” claim is.</p></blockquote>
<p>That&#8217;s also what Jew Hewitt <a href="http://twitter.com/joehewitt/status/27876257267">said</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>Until Android is read/write open, it’s no different than iOS to me. Open source means sharing control with the community, not show and tell.</p></blockquote>
<p>Guess what? That one was <a href="http://twitter.com/joehewitt/status/27878912110">told</a> by Jew Hewitt.</p>
<p>I totally 100% agree. Google&#8217;s and especially Android&#8217;s success was only because Android was open to the carriers. Carriers could can do whatever they want — just like HTC guys and the rest.</p>
<p>But hey, that isn&#8217;t open, is it? Otherwise Android wouldn&#8217;t even exist today. Where&#8217;s the public source tree and commiter privileges, huh? You&#8217;re right, there are none. Google offers only read/write &#8220;open&#8221; code (as Joew Hewitt said — gee, that can become a meme if I continue using it that much) instead of a full Open code like Mozilla or Canonical or Red Hat, etc.</p>
<p>Having said that, if you want to see real Open Source from Google you have only to visit Chrome OS. And Chromium/WebKit. Thats where real Open Source work is done and I respect it.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, we&#8217;re getting bullshitted by corporate guys when the real Open Source is out there waiting us to contribute to. We&#8217;re getting distracted by flaming each other about which is the best OS and why and how much more open is Android than iOS or Ubuntu than Mac OS X.</p>
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		<title>Quick thoughts on iOS 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Apostolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Apple gave us the iOS 4. Yesterday late night, I was testing it. Today, I&#8217;ll write about it. I updated through iTunes only after backing up my contacts and syncing them with Google. Now, I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll sync &#8230; <a href="http://apas.gr/quick-thoughts-on-ios-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday, Apple gave us the iOS 4. Yesterday late night, I was testing it. Today, I&#8217;ll write about it.<span id="more-871"></span></p>
<p>I updated through iTunes only after backing up my contacts and syncing them with Google. Now, I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll sync again with Google, because Gmail&#8217;s contacts are now mixed with my phone contacts. That&#8217;s silly. Really, silly. The positive is that now, I have backups from both Gmail and phone contacts.</p>
<p>The download of the new OS was fast enough and I didn&#8217;t have to wait that much. This is good. The installation took a little more than (I) expected, but as soon as everything&#8217;s okay I don&#8217;t mind it.</p>
<h4>First feel</h4>
<p>The first feel was like &#8220;superfast&#8221;. Give me speed. Yes, Apple give us more speed. When you swipe trough springboard &amp; the home screens you feel like it&#8217;s a brand new phone. It feels uber fast. There&#8217;s also this new homescreen and lockscreen background that adds to this feeling.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/apostolosp/4723881768/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-872" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/iosfour.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="480" /></a></p>
<h4>First changes</h4>
<p>First of all, Apple changed the icon graphics. Many of the icons have received very subtle tweaks that suggest Apple has done a complete re-drawing of the icon set, potentially for higher-resolution displays. The changes have in many cases added sharper lines to prior designs, such as the gears of the Settings icon and the rays of the Weather icon’s sun, but have also in some cases increased the color or contrast of small details in the icons.</p>
<p>Also, there&#8217;s this new dock that resembles the one found on the iPad, complete with icon reflections.</p>
<h4>Multitasking</h4>
<p>Probably iOS 4&#8242;s most awaited feature. I have to say that it&#8217;s awesome. With a double-tap of the home button the dock becomes a dock for already-running apps — whether you&#8217;re into another app or just swiping through your homescreens. There&#8217;s also this new fast app switching feature. It&#8217;s something like that: the “state” of the app stays in RAM but the app is technically suspended. That way it loads up faster than having to execute the app again from NAND Flash and loading to RAM and reading a saved state, also from NAND</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/apostolosp/4723249943/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-874" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/iosfour_multitasking.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="480" /></a></p>
<h4>Folders</h4>
<p>Yeah, Folders! Everyone was so super excited about this but me. Anyway, it&#8217;s pretty cool I guess. But, personally, I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll use it. Just tap onto an app, hold so they start bouncing and then drop the app onto another app. iOS instantly combines them into this folder and names it automatically with the category of the apps. Could become handy, but not for me.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/apostolosp/4723921282/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-875" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/iosfour_folders.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="480" /></a></p>
<h4>The iPod</h4>
<p>iPod has also changed; for the better. You can now add/edit/delete playlists right from your phone. The contents of albums are now displayed by the iPod application with extra duration, release date, and artist information, plus a shuffle button and album art.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/apostolosp/4723283017/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-876" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/iosfour_ipod.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="480" /></a></p>
<h4>Camera</h4>
<p>We&#8217;ve got digital zoom dudes &amp; girls! This is big news! You can pinch or tap-and-hold to activate the digital zoom feature, and a slider appears on screen to let you set the zoom level. There&#8217;s also tap-to-focus ability to video recording. This is whoop whoop! (click on the screenshot to see it&#8217;s real size — 768 x 1024, that&#8217;s big and I like it!)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/apostolosp/4723289049/sizes/l/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-877" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/iosfour_zoom.jpg" alt="" width="375" height="500" /></a></p>
<h4>Other cool stuff</h4>
<p>There&#8217;s been added Greek Voice control. That&#8217;s cool and I like it (though, haven&#8217;t used Voice control since the first day I got the iPhone). Also Location Services have been expanded to turn off or on specific applications’ access to GPS data. Additionally, Notes now supports wireless syncing with multiple accounts. Syncing appears to be supported for any IMAP-based Mail account, rather than being a MobileMe-specific feature. That&#8217;s also cool. There are also new features in the Photo.app. There is the Places tab, which show geo-tagged where you snapped the photos. People say that there&#8217;s also a Faces tab &amp; a rotate-photo option, but it seems that I don&#8217;t have them.</p>
<h4>Verdict</h4>
<p>Well, iOS 4 rocks big time. It feels like a new iPhone. It&#8217;s not just another update. It&#8217;s a whole new concept of the iPhone. If I were you, I&#8217;d stop by now reading this post and start updating. Despite I was with a jailbrake (only because of the SBSettings app — a cool home screen addon, like a dashboard), I updated and I do not regret it. You should do.</p>
<p>Update. Now.</p>
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		<title>Why I prefer the Macbook Air way more than my netbook</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Apostolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I got back my Macbook Air after a two and a half weeks of service. See, the monitor had something like dead pixels and then it evolved to something like a complete monitor failure. All was black. Anyway, everything&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://apas.gr/why-i-prefer-the-macbook-air-way-more-than-my-netbook/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today I got back my Macbook Air after a two and a half weeks of service. See, the monitor had something like dead pixels and then it evolved to something like a complete monitor failure. All was black. Anyway, everything&#8217;s fine now. Point is, that the past weeks I had to use my old netbook. I recently mentioned about <a href="http://apas.gr/2010/02/05/review-macbook-air-vs-any-netbook-air-wins/">why Air wins</a> the netbook but this time is different.<span id="more-844"></span></p>
<p>There are three core differences (except the price) that make me say, yet again, &#8220;Air rocks big time.&#8221;</p>
<h4>Reason 1: The Screen</h4>
<p>Bigger. Brighter. Clearer. Better. That is, the Air&#8217;s screen. It may be only 13.3&#8243; comparing to the 10&#8243; of my netbook, but may I say you that this is a BIG difference. It&#8217;s like using a 24&#8243; iMac or something like that. The feel after the transition between Air and netbook or vice versa is remarkable. It&#8217;s not a Retina display, I know, but it&#8217;s the feel that relaxes your eyes and your focus. More workspace. More happiness.</p>
<h4>Reason 2: CPU and the such</h4>
<p>2.13Ghz of pure Intel Core 2 Duo power. Versus the Intel Atom N270 1.60Ghz. I guess, Air wins here too. Mind the graphics too. The Air uses a NVIDIA GeForce 9400M whilst on the other hand, the Turbo-X notebook is making cool things with a Intel GMA 950 GPU. Nevertheless, the RAM plays a significant role too; 2Gb of RAM instead of 1Gb is also a good sign. Summing up, hardware on the Air rocks big time, for it&#8217;s size capabilities.</p>
<h4>Reason 3: Software</h4>
<p>I&#8217;m not gonna talk about iLife. We all know it&#8217;s a great software suite/package. I&#8217;m gonna talk about how smoothly every single program runs in Mac OS X. No crashes. No lags. No nothing. Even the OS is pretty much like a &#8220;rockstar&#8221; itself. Your work-flow is never stopping. Plus that you can find many great apps such as Coda, Tweetie, Things, Grapher and many, many more. Basically, it&#8217;s the UX (User Experience) that&#8217;s a solid &#8220;win&#8221; for everyone.</p>
<p><em><strong>Concluding</strong></em>, I have to admit that once you go Mac you never come back. It&#8217;s a whole different realm of computers and technology. Of concept and ideas. Of design and user experience. Despite that Steve may becoming sometimes an ass, you can&#8217;t deny that Apple, nowadays, makes the best machines out there. Call it iMac, Macbook, iPhone, iPad, iWhatever; it&#8217;s a fact. And I highly recommend you becoming a switcher soon.</p>
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		<title>Thoughts on Apple Universal Dock and Remote</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Το έψηνα εδώ αρκετό καιρό να πάρω ένα docking base για το iPhone μου. Τελικά, το πήρα χθες από το Apple Demo Center, εδώ Θεσσαλονίκη, που δουλεύει ο Αντώνης, φίλος και expert Mac geek. (Σημ.: πήρε ήδη το iPad.) Φωτογραφίες &#8230; <a href="http://apas.gr/thoughts-on-apple-universal-dock-and-remote/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>Το έψηνα εδώ αρκετό καιρό να πάρω ένα docking base για το iPhone μου. Τελικά, το πήρα χθες από το Apple Demo Center, εδώ Θεσσαλονίκη, που δουλεύει ο <a href="http://twitter.com/sigalakos">Αντώνης</a>, φίλος και expert Mac geek. (Σημ.: πήρε ήδη το iPad.) Φωτογραφίες στο τέλος του post.<span id="more-715"></span></p>
<p>Μπορώ να πω πως είμαι αρκετά εντυπωσιασμένος. Πρώτα απ&#8217; όλα, η συσκευασία. Κλασσική Apple. Κυρίως όμως, είμαι εντυπωσιασμένος για τα features του dock.</p>
<p>Μαζί με την συσκευασία περιλαμβάνονται και 5 ανταπτοράκια, ένα για κάθε μια γενιά iPod, iPod nano, Touch, Classic και φυσικά για iPhone. Το dock είναι μικρό, ελαφρύ, κομψό αλλά και στιβαρό. Η ποιότητα κατασκευής του είναι άριστη. Στην κάτω επιφάνεια είναι επενδυμένο με rubber υλικό, ώστε να μην κουνιέται και γενικότερα να μην είναι ασταθές όπου και να το αφήσει κάποιος.</p>
<p>Εκτός από το USB-out για τον υπολογιστή ή τον αντάπτορα για την πρίζα έχει και Line-out για τον ήχο. Αυτό με βόλεψε πολύ, αφού δεν είναι ανάγκη το iPhone να είναι συνδεδεμένο μόνο με τον υπολογιστή για να παίζεις μουσική, μιας και πλέον το καλώδιο των 2+1 ηχείων μου μεταφέρεται από υπολογιστή στο dock και από το dock στον υπολογιστή.</p>
<p>Αυτό όμως που με βόλεψε περισσότερο απ&#8217; όλα — και το θεωρώ key feature — είναι το <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Remote">Remote</a>. Το gizmo απλά τα σπάει! Δεν έχω λόγια να το περιγράψω. Μόνο για αυτό, αξίζει να αγοράσει κανείς το Apple Dock και όχι κάποιο άλλο άλλης εταιρείας. Επικοινωνεί μέσω IR (infrared &#8211; υπέρυθρες) με κάθε Apple συσκευή που έχει IR receiver. Πρακτικά σημαίνει με όλα τα Macbooks και iMacs και φυσικά και το dock.</p>
<p>Με το Remote μπορώ να ελέγχω το VLC όταν παίζει κάποια ταινία, το iTunes ή ακόμη να ανοίξω το Frontrow. Όπως στον υπολογιστή, έτσι και στο dock ελέγχω volume, next/previous, play/pause, fast forward/backward του iPhone. Χωρίς να είναι στο iPod.app, με το play, το ξεκινάει κατευθείαν και παίζει μουσική.</p>
<p>Το range του φτάνει τα — περίπου — 6 μέτρα.</p>
<p>Το μόνο πρόβλημα είναι όταν το dock είναι συνδεδεμένο με το Macbook Air. Εκεί το Remote μπερδεύεται και στέλνει σήμα και στα δύο. Έτσι όταν πατάω pause, γίνεται pause και στο Air αλλά και στο iPhone και μετά στο play αρχίζουν να παίζουν και τα δύο μαζί. Μικρό το πρόβλημα όμως.</p>
<h3>Συμπέρασμα;</h3>
<p>In the short shot, είναι best-buy. Ναι μεν, κοστίζει 49€ αλλά τα αξίζει μέχρι το τελευταίο cent, όχι μόνο για το design ή για το ότι είναι Apple αλλά κυρίως για το Remote. Όταν τα άλλα docks που είδα κόστιζαν 30+€ προτίμησα με 10€ περίπου παραπάνω να πάρω το Apple one — για πολλοστή φορά — λόγω το Remote. 2 στην τιμή του 1. Sounds like a fair deal.</p>
<h3>Photos</h3>
<p>(click για full resolution)</p>
<p><a href="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_0071.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-721" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_0071-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_0073.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-722" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_0073-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_0074.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-723" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_0074-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_0074.jpg"></a><a href="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_0075.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-724" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_0075-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_0076.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-725" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_0076-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_0077.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-726" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_0077-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_0078.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-727" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_0078-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
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<p>Και τέλος, το iPhone πάνω στο dock (not mine).</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-730" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dockiphone.jpg" alt="" width="335" height="500" /><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/icatus/3022468099/">iPhone 3G Universal Dock</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/icatus/">icatus</a>, on Flickr under Creative Commons.</p>
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		<title>How To: Remote access your computer from your iPhone</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Apostolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s great that iPhone can do lots and great things — and I don&#8217;t mean multitasking, folders and the such. I mean real, good and geeky things. Like, for example, accessing your computer remotely via Wifi, EDGE, 3G or even &#8230; <a href="http://apas.gr/how-to-remote-access-your-computer-from-your-iphone/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>It&#8217;s great that iPhone can do lots and great things — and I don&#8217;t mean multitasking, folders and the such. I mean real, good and geeky things. Like, for example, accessing your computer remotely via Wifi, EDGE, 3G or even GPRS and making it just like you were in front of your monitor using your keyboard and mouse. Believe me, it works.</p>
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<p><em>[This how-to is for Mac computers. If you have a Windows one, </em><a href="http://www.iteleportmobile.com/iphone/support/windows/step1"><em>click here</em></a><em> and follow (almost) the same steps as described. It won't be a problem. You can always check this and the iTeleport Windows how-to for any help you might need or anything else.]</em></p>
<p>All you need is to download buy the <a href="http://www.iteleportmobile.com/">iTeleport app</a>. It costs $24.99 but it sure does worth it. iTeleport is available on the iPad with the same price, too. After you downloaded it, follow these &#8211; really &#8211; easy steps to setup iTeleport and start using it.</p>
<h3>Step 1: Setup Screen sharing</h3>
<p>First you have to disable Screen Sharing or Apple Remote Desktop — if they&#8217;re enabled at all. Then, <a href="http://www.iteleportmobile.com/download/Vine 20Server.v1.1.app.zip">download the Vine-Jaadu Server</a> application and run it. Enter a secure server password, make sure it says &#8220;Server running&#8221; and leave it running on the background.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-697" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/vineserver.jpg" alt="" width="488" height="439" /></p>
<h3>Step 2: Install &amp; setup Jaadu VNC Connect</h3>
<p>Basically, Jaadu VNC Connect is a utility that runs on your Mac and autoconfigures port forwarding, dynamic DNS settings and also publishes your connection information over the local network so that iTeleport can auto-discover your computer. Download the app from the <a href="http://www.iteleportmobile.com/iphone/connect/mac">official site after accepting the licence</a> — or if you prefer, <a href="http://www.iteleportmobile.com/download/Jaadu 20VNC 20Connect.v2.0.4.app.zip">here&#8217;s the direct link</a>.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-700" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/vncconnect.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="360" /></p>
<p>Well, sometimes it just doesn&#8217;t work. Here&#8217;s an other (official) workaround to setup correctly all the required settings. This the way I did it. First, your iPhone needs to know how to reach your router and then your router needs to know how to reach your computer. That&#8217;s why we have to use <a href="http://no-ip.com">no-ip.com</a> (for to teach the iPhone how to reach) and setup a little of port-forwarding on our router (for to teach the router how to handle the iPhone request).</p>
<h3>Step 3: The other way [follow this only if VNC Connect didn't work for you]</h3>
<p>Visit <a href="http://no-ip.com">no-ip.com</a> and create a free account (it&#8217;s just under the login form). After you are a member of no-ip and logged in click on the &#8220;Add a Host&#8221;. This tool helps you by keeping track of your router&#8217;s external IP address no matter how often it changes — aka make the computer visible always on the iPhone.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-701" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/host.png" alt="" width="706" height="340" /></p>
<p>Just select a nickname for your computer — something like a username and then select a domain from the drop-down menu. I did select no-ip.org, simply because I think that the other names suck. Leave the other settings as they are and click &#8220;Create Host&#8221;. Download <a href="https://www.no-ip.com/downloads.php">the DUC client</a>. Now, simply add your no-ip account details, click refresh host and just tick the checkbox next to your hostname. That was it.</p>
<p>Now you&#8217;ve solved the first challenge — no matter what network you&#8217;re on, you can always connect to your router by entering your xyz.no-ip.org (or the domain you entered) address in Jaadu.</p>
<p>You have to port-forward now. The purpose of port forwarding is to take an incoming request from the external side (Internet) and <em>forward</em> that request to an internal computer in the network. You need to tell your router to forward port 5900 to your VNC server. If you do not know how, No-ip.com has <a href="http://www.no-ip.com/support/guides/routers/">guides for the other major routers</a> and so does <a href="http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm">portforwarding.com</a>.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s what you need to set:</p>
<ul>
<li>Internal / Private IP of your computer: [*Your IP address]</li>
<li>Port to forward from / Private TCP Port: 5900</li>
<li>Port to forward to / Public TCP Port: 5900</li>
<li>Leave any UDP ports blank</li>
</ul>
<p>Finally, visit <a href="http://canyouseeme.org">Can You See Me</a> and type in your forwarded port (5900).  See whether it is able to connect or not.  If so, then you should be good to go. If not, then your router isn&#8217;t correctly forwarding to your VNC server. (This problem is unrelated to no-ip.com.)</p>
<h3>Step 4: Configuring iTeleport on the iPhone</h3>
<p>After all these settings and configurations you are now, finally, able to click on the iTeleport app and connect to your computer.</p>
<p>But before this, just a tip. It&#8217;s better to set-up two &#8220;computer remote profiles&#8221; for your machine. One to work for your home/work Wifi and the other to work as the real remote one, like connecting from 3G or from a hotel or something. In the first you can set-up the really good (and fast) settings like the best color, the best mouse response, the best refresh rate, etc. On the later, you can set-up a really good and not so heavy on network demands profile for better remote access.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-703" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/iphone.png" alt="" width="203" height="377" /></p>
<p>So, for the first profile, let&#8217;s call it &#8220;your-machine&#8217;s-name home&#8221;, you just have to run the app and click on the &#8220;Discovered&#8221; app. Hopefully, your computer will appear there just because you&#8217;re iPhone and you&#8217;re computer are on the same network. At least, that worked for me but I think it won&#8217;t be a problem. Now, click on the blue arrow icon and set a name for this profile, through the Security menu enter your password you typed in Step 1. Finally, because this is the home/work profile as I said, click on Advanced and chose for Colors &#8220;Server Decideds&#8221; and for the Refresh rate &#8220;Fast Refresh&#8221;. Also switch the Touchscreen Mode and Invert Mouse from &#8220;Off&#8221; to &#8220;On&#8221; as well as Cursor Momentum from &#8220;On&#8221; to &#8220;Off&#8221;.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re good to click &#8220;Connect&#8221; now and enjoy.</p>
<p>But! Before that you have to manually enter the profile settings for the second profile the &#8220;real&#8221; remote one. Go to the main menu of iTeleport and click on &#8220;Manual&#8221;. Click on the &#8220;+&#8221; icon, set the name to, let&#8217;s say &#8220;you-machine&#8217;s-name remote&#8221;. Below that, enter your hostname for address (your-machine&#8217;s-name.no-ip.org — or whatever you chose) and, as previously, the VNC password you typed in Step 1. To test this you have to be on a different network (Wifi). Either disable WiFi and use 3G/EDGE, or use a different WiFi network.</p>
<h3>Recap</h3>
<p>By now you should have two separate saved servers. One will be used for external access (when you are on 3G or EDGE, or on a different WiFi network). It will not work when you are on the same WiFi network as your computer. The other one will be used for internal access. It will only work when you are on the same WiFi network as your computer.</p>
<h3>Back to Step 2</h3>
<p>If Jaadu VNC Connect did work for you, in order to connect to your computer you simply have to follow the steps in the &#8220;Discovered&#8221; tab (the home/work profile in which iTeleport finds automatically your computer). Basically it&#8217;s same procedure.</p>
<h3>Final words</h3>
<p>You&#8217;re good to remote access your machine now. Remember! The Vine Server app has to run in order to remote access, so do not quit it. I made it to run on-startup and always be on the dock.</p>
<p>I hope you enjoyed this how-to workthrough for iTeleport. If you have any questions, problems or just want to drop a few words feel free to write a comment!</p>
<p>Oh, and by the way here&#8217;s the final result. The first photo is with the home/work profile (all the good settings) and the second one is the &#8220;remote&#8221; profile with the not-heavy-on-network-resources settings. I chose to screenshot <a href="http://apas.gr/2010/02/05/review-macbook-air-vs-any-netbook-air-wins/">my Air&#8217;s</a> background so that you can feel the difference.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-708" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/remotehome.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="320" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-709" src="http://apas.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/remoteremote.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="320" /></p>
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		<title>8 must-have Mac apps, για κάθε νέο switcher και όχι μόνο</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Apostolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Πάνε 2 βδομάδες τώρα, που δουλεύω στο Macbook Air αντί για το αργό, βαρύτερο αλλά πιο μικρό Turbo-X Topnote netbook. Και δεν μετανιώνω καθόλου το switch από netbook σε laptop (και τί laptop!) και από Windows σε Mac OS X. &#8230; <a href="http://apas.gr/8-must-have-mac-apps-for-switchers-and-not-only/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>Πάνε 2 βδομάδες τώρα, που δουλεύω στο Macbook Air αντί για το αργό, βαρύτερο αλλά πιο μικρό Turbo-X Topnote netbook. Και δεν μετανιώνω καθόλου το switch από netbook σε laptop (και τί laptop!) και από Windows σε Mac OS X. Ούτε τεχνικά, αλλά κυρίως ούτε σε επίπεδο software! Στο software είναι που το OS X και η Apple κερδίζουν by far τον ανταγωνισμό είτε λέγεται Windows είτε Open Source Linux. Εδώ λοιπόν, είναι μια λίστα από τις εφαρμογές που πρέπει να έχει κάθε Mac user out there.<span id="more-688"></span></p>
<p>[τα links στον τίτλο κάθε εφαρμογής]</p>
<h3>Browser: <a href="http://www.google.com/chrome/">Google Chrome</a></h3>
<p>Στην αρχή δούλευα με Safari. Μετά βγήκε ο Chrome επιτέλους και στους Mac. Τώρα είναι ο παράδεισος. Πιο γρήγορος από ποτέ στην latest beta build του και σε συνδυασμό με καταπληκτικά extensions, ο Chrome πλέον μπορεί να περηφανεύεται πως είναι ακόμα και σε επίπεδο extensions πιο καλός από τον Firefox — γιατί σε θέματα επιδόσεων, ήταν ήδη εδώ και καιρό.</p>
<h3>Twitter client: <a href="http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-mac/">Tweetie</a></h3>
<p>Ο καλύτερος Twitter client εκεί έξω by far. Minimalism και usability στα καλύτερα τους. Multi-account και search support. Ιδανικός και για power-users παρόλο που δεν είναι columnized όπως οι ανταγωνιστές Tweetdeck και Seesmic Desktop. Το χρησιμοποιώ στην δωρέαν έκδοση με μία διαφήμιση στο timeline κάθε 1 ώρα περίπου (ποσοστό που αξίζει η free) ενώ κυκλοφορεί και στα $19.95.</p>
<h3>ΙΜ client: <a href="http://adium.im/">Adium</a>, <a href="http://skype.com">Skype</a></h3>
<p><strong>Adium</strong>: Multi-account support, απλός και λιτός. Με Growl notifications και υποστήριξη MSN, GTalk, ICQ, MobileMe, Facebook, tabbed &amp; of-the-record messaging, addons και άλλων πολλών και μέλος της Open Source κοινότητας, όλοι συμφωνούν πως δεν υπάρχει καλύτερος IM client.</p>
<p><strong> Skype</strong>: Τίποτα παραπάνω, τίποτα λιγότερο από το αγαπημένο Skype που όλοι ξέρουμε, απλά γραμμένο σε native Mac κώδικα.</p>
<h3>Media player: <a href="http://videolan.org/vlc/">VLC</a></h3>
<p>Βρίσκεται σε κάθε μηχάνημα κάθε χρήστη που σέβεται τον εαυτό του ως προς το media playback. Ο player που τα παίζει όλα και με πολλές άλλες λειτουργίες βρίσκεται και αυτός στην Mac-side of the game.</p>
<h3>FTP &amp; Filesharing: <a href="http://cyberduck.ch/">Cyberduck</a>, <a href="http://dropbox.com/">Dropbox</a></h3>
<p><strong>Cyberduck</strong>: Ένας powerful open source FTP client με πολύ απλό και easy to use interface. Κερδίζει τις εντυπώσεις από την πρώτη στιγμή χάρη των πολύ καλών features του όπως multiple connections, resumable downloads, recursive transfers, bookmarks, folder synchronizations και άλλα. Συνεργάζεται τέλεια με Mac και Spotlight, Bonjour, Keychain &amp; AppleScript.</p>
<p><strong>Dropbox</strong>: Με το free plan 2Gb <a href="http://apas.gr/2008/09/13/free-file-hosting-dropbox-on-amazon/">είναι ίσως το πιο δημοφιλές cloud file sharing service εδώ και καιρό</a>. Υποστηρίζει Windows, Mac, Linux και κάνει την διακίνηση αρχείων μεταξύ αυτών παιχνιδάκι. <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTM1MzYwOTk">Κάνετε λογαριασμό</a>, κατεβάζετε τον client και μετά απολαμβάνετε να γίνονται όλα μόνα τους.</p>
<h3>Code editor: <a href="http://www.panic.com/coda/">Coda</a></h3>
<p>Ο καλύτερος code editor που υπάρχει σε Mac, Windows και Linux. Παλιά, στα Windows-days χρησιμοποιούσα το Notepad++, εξαιρετικό, δωρεάν &amp; opensource — από τους καλύτερους, αν όχι ο καλύτερος, code editor στα Windows. Όμως, ο Coda δεν συγκρίνεται με τίποτα και κανέναν. Κάνει τα πάντα από FTP client, live preview, learning/troubleshooting books μέχρι κα custom CSS editor είναι λίγα από τα στοιχεία που τον κάνει έναν από του καλύτερους editor που έχουν υπάρξει ποτέ. Κυκλοφορεί δωρέαν ή αλλιώς ψηλά, στα $99.</p>
<p><em>For the Mac users: Ποιές εφαρμογές χρησιμοποιείτε και ποιές θα συστήνατε σε έναν νέο switcher στους Mac;</em></p>
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		<title>Apple iPad, πως μπορεί να αλλάξει τον κόσμο μέσα από την εκπαίδευση</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Το iPad είναι σίγουρα αμφιλεγόμενο. Πολλοί το κατηγορούν και άλλοι τόσοι είναι που το υποστηρίζουν.  Αν και εγώ ήμουν ανάμεσα στους πρώτους, προβλέποντας όχι την εμπορική του αποτυχία — ήμουν σίγουρος πως θα πουλούσε — αλλά ότι εν τέλει δεν &#8230; <a href="http://apas.gr/apple-ipad-how-it-can-change-the-world-through-education/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>Το iPad είναι σίγουρα αμφιλεγόμενο. Πολλοί το κατηγορούν και άλλοι τόσοι είναι που το υποστηρίζουν.  Αν και εγώ ήμουν ανάμεσα στους πρώτους, προβλέποντας όχι την εμπορική του αποτυχία — ήμουν σίγουρος πως θα πουλούσε — αλλά ότι εν τέλει δεν θα τάραζε τα νερά, I&#8217;m proven wrong. Η ιστορία για άλλη μια φορά επαναλαμβάνεται.<span id="more-630"></span></p>
<p>Η Apple επανεφεύρεσε τον προσωπικό υπολογιστή. Όχι για τα geek masses — εμάς — αλλά για όλο τον υπόλοιπο κόσμο, που ας μην ξεχνάμε είναι η μεγάλη και δυνατή πλειοψηφία. Δεν θα επεκταθώ άλλο σε αυτό, τα είπαν <a href="http://www.pestaola.gr/joe-hewitt-ethan-nicholas-apple-ipad/">πολύ καλά</a> ο <a href="http://www.pestaola.gr/why-apple-ipad-will-change-human-history-as-we-know-it/">Στέφανος</a>, o <a href="http://calebelston.com/is-the-ipad-for-dumb-people">Caleb Elston</a> και ο <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/31/ipad-moms-next-computer/">Ethan Nicholas</a>. </p>
<p>There is one more thing. H εκπαίδευση.</p>
<p>Το iPad μπορεί να αλλάξει τον κόσμο έτσι όπως τον ξέρουμε μέσα από την εκπαίδευση και το σχολείο. Και η γνώμη μου είναι πως πρέπει.</p>
<p>Το iPad μπορεί να γίνει το καλύτερο educational tool εκεί έξω, για τον Δυτικό κόσμο και τις αναπτυσσόμενες χώρες.</p>
<p>Φανταστείτε το απλώς.</p>
<p>Τα βιβλία θα μετατραπούν σε pdf ή ebooks. Οικονομία στο χαρτί και στα χρήματα. Eco-friendly &amp; economy friendly. Ευκολία ανανεώσης τους από τις συντακτικές ομάδες των Υπουργείων κάθε χώρας κάθε (μακάρι) ένα-δύο χρόνια, καθώς η γνώση αυξάνεται με αστραπιαίους ρυθμούς.</p>
<p>Ευκολία χρήσης. Ακριβώς αυτό που λένε οι τρεις που ανέφερα πριν (Στέφανος, Caleb, Ethan). Δεν είναι όλοι οι μαθητές — ειδικότερα οι πιτσιρικάδες του δημοτικού και του γυμνασίου, το ίδιο εξοικοιωμένοι με τους υπολογιστές. Μέσω όμως της touch screen και όλης αυτής της &#8220;magic&#8221; εμπειρίας σε λειτουργικό και λειτουργικότητα &#8211; user friendliness, θα αλλάξει αυτή η κατάσταση.</p>
<p>Wifi connectivity. Το iPad μέσω Wifi σε κάθε σχολείο και τάξη θα κάνει την κατάσταση &#8220;σχολείο, παράδεισο για τους μαθητές. Θα αναγκάσει στην δημιουργία WLAN εντός όλων τον σχολείων — δημόσιων και μη. Emails με ερωτήσεις προς τους καθηγητές όταν θα είναι εκτός τάξης, ανταλλαγή αρχείων, εκπαιδευτικού υλικού κλπ <a href="http://www.pestaola.gr/apple-islate-tablet-one-last-wish">με τον τρόπο που έγραψε the other day ο Στέφανος</a> και γιατί όχι δημιουργία ενός κοινού Dropbox για την κάθε τάξη.</p>
<p>Βάρος και portability. Είναι μικρό, ελαφρύ, κομψό και χωράει σε κάθε σχολική τσάντα. Πλέον δεν θα χρειάζεται να κουβαλάει ο πιτσιρικάς του δημοτικού παραπανίσσια κιλά στην πλάτη του, παραμόνον ένα slick iPad. Και θα απολαμβάνει περισσότερα features και καλύτερη μαθησιακή εμπειρία.</p>
<p>Ξεχάστε τα OLPC και custom Linux distros. Την ανάγκη για funding. Είναι όλα έτοιμα πλέον — η τεχνολογία υπάρχει, οι πόροι υπάρχουν γιατί η κρίση πέρασε (οκ, στην Ελλάδα τουλάχιστον όχι, αλλά αν ήμουν εγώ Πρωθυπουργός θα έλεγα χαλάλι ας μπούμε και άλλο μέσα, η εκπαίδευση είναι ένα must — δεδομένης και της κατάστασης που επικρατεί).</p>
<p>Αν η Apple και η Υπουργός Παιδείας δουν αυτό το άρθρο και έχουν την θέληση — έχουν και τον χρόνο και τα χρήματα να την υλοποιήσουν. Το μέλλον είναι εδώ, γιατί να καθυστερούμε;</p>
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		<title>Review: Macbook Air vs. any netbook, Air wins</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may know, I love portability, because – especially in winter, I travel a lot. That&#8217;s why I bought a netbook last year. It did the job great. It is small, lightweight, portable, the battery lasts pretty much long &#8230; <a href="http://apas.gr/review-macbook-air-vs-any-netbook-air-wins/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>As you may know, I love portability, because – especially in winter, I travel a lot. <a href="http://apas.gr/2009/04/15/why-you-should-buy-a-netbook/">That&#8217;s why I bought a netbook last year</a>. It did the job great. It is small, lightweight, portable, the battery lasts pretty much long and is comfortable to travel with. When I am at home, I plug it to a 19&#8243; Samsung monitor and I feel like I&#8217;m using a normal desktop PC or just a more powerful laptop. But why did I change my mind now, almost a year after using and evangelizing netbooks?<span id="more-612"></span></p>
<p>Did you notice the word I used in the first paragraph? Powerful. Indeed, netbooks are ultralight, small and all that great stuff, but they miss something very important and since I was using one of them for a year, as a desktop replacement – it did all my work, let me tell you that. They miss power.</p>
<p>Power in both CPU and GPU.</p>
<p>Last week, my dad got a Macbook Air as a gift. Such a geek I am, I took it and tested it someway. The results are pretty much obvious for me now.</p>
<h3>Lightweight &amp; Ultraportable</h3>
<p>Let&#8217;s face it. Macbook Air is the lightest and slimmest computer out there. It&#8217;s thin like an envelope and can travel with you everywhere, due to these two characteristics. Air may be not that small, like a netbook but the weight and portability provide a huge advantage.</p>
<h3>OS</h3>
<p>Mac OS X definitely owns Windows 7. Not only the GUI is better but also the backend. I&#8217;ve been using Windows XP and Windows 7 in my netbook and now Mac OS X and I can clearly see the differences. Speed, design, architecture. Every Mac is fully featured with a ton of greatful tools, like Finder and Airport – the greatest Wifi app I&#8217;ve ever used.</p>
<h3>Battery life</h3>
<p>4 hours. 4 hours of being of the cable. With the lightest laptop ever made. Priceless. And when you need it, the magnetic power cable is priceless, too. Boy, do I love this.</p>
<h3>Power</h3>
<p>By power, I mean both CPU and GPU power. I used my netbook for movie editing (doh!) for a little project called <a href="http://fighttheline.tumblr.com">Fight The Line</a> and it was laggy and slow as hell – in XP and 7. I wasn&#8217;t able to watch 720p HD movies in Youtube or Vimeo. That was a giant loss. Instead, in the Macbook Air everything runs smoothly. I can edit (and watch of course) even 1080p true HD video straight from my Toshiba S10 videocamera. </p>
<h3>Conclusion</h3>
<p>I&#8217;m totally convinced now that netbooks are not anymore worth buying. Macbook Air wins them all. I prefer to give some money more, but to take back in quality, hardware, community, software and total user experience. I need power. Netbooks can&#8217;t give any power. On the other hand, they give portability, slimness, lightweight – all things ideal for traveling. But the Mac gives power too among all these factors. For sure I prefer the Mac.</p>
<p>Do you have and use or planning to buy netbook? If not, why? Or do you still prefer the big, classy laptops?</p>
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		<title>Laptops, netbooks, Apple iTablet και η νέα αγορά</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple iPad Tablet Concept by Photo Giddy on Flickr Η αγορά είναι γεμάτη από laptops και netbooks αυτόν τον καιρό. Συσκευές μικρές, φορητές και εύκολα συνδέσημες στο internet. Όχι μόνο αυτό, αλλά πλέον κυκλοφορούν πολλά iPhones, Nokia N900, Android-based HTCs &#8230; <a href="http://apas.gr/laptops-netbooks-apple-itablet-and-the-new-market/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<span><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12905355@N05/4293966039/">Apple iPad Tablet Concept</a> by Photo Giddy on Flickr</span></span></p>
<p>Η αγορά είναι γεμάτη από laptops και netbooks αυτόν τον καιρό. Συσκευές μικρές, φορητές και εύκολα συνδέσημες στο internet. Όχι μόνο αυτό, αλλά πλέον κυκλοφορούν πολλά iPhones, Nokia N900, Android-based HTCs και Windows Smartphones. Συσκευές που μπορούν να συνδεθούν από παντού στο internet. Και έρχεται να προστεθεί ακόμη μια συσκευή, το iTablet / iSlate / iWhatever από την Apple στις επόμενες μέρες. <span id="more-591"></span></p>
<p>Θα είναι όμως ικανή να αλλάξει την αγορά η Apple όπως έκανε παλαιότερα με το iPhone και iPod, με ένα μηχάνημα το οποίο προσφέρει τα ίδια ακριβώς χαρακτηριστικά όπως και όλη η υπόλοιπη αγορά αυτή την στιγμή; Πιθανώς ναι, πιθανός και όχι.</p>
<p>Εγώ δεν βλέπω κάποιο λόγο όπου το iSomething μπορεί να ταράξει τα νερά. <a href="http://www.pestaola.gr/3-reasons-why-we-need-apple-tablet/">Ο Στέφανος όμως, βλέπει</a>.</p>
<p>Δεν πιστεύω πως η αγορά είναι ώριμη-έτοιμη ακόμη για το νέο αυτό θαύμα της μαμάς Apple και του θείου Steve. Έναν φορητό υπολογιστή χωρίς κανένα περιφερειακό, παρά μόνον δυνατότητα σύνδεσης στο internet, κάποια usb, (ίσως) firewire και ο έλεγχος εξ&#8217; ολοκλήρου να περνάει από τα δάχτυλα και την αφή μας.</p>
<p>Υπάρχουν ήδη πολλές και ίσως φθηνότερες λύσεις που καλύπτουν τις ίδιες ανάγκες διαθέσιμες για τον μέσο καταναλωτή. Του οποίου ίσως δεν του φανεί πρακτική η ιδέα touchscreen και laptop μαζί. Laptops και netbooks &#8211; τα οποία είναι και σχετικά φρέσκα &#8211; ακόμη πουλάν σαν τρελά.</p>
<p>Αλλά και πάλι, η Apple είναι ικανή &#8211; όπως μας το έχει αποδείξει επανηλημένα στο παρελθόν &#8211; να αλλάξει για άλλη μια φορά την ιστορία των υπολογιστών και της τεχνολογίας.</p>
<p>Υπομονή λοιπόν μέχρι την Τετάρτη 27 Ιανουαρίου για το keynote και το &#8220;One more thing&#8221; του Steve Jobs.</p>
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		<title>How To: jailbrake στο iPhone 3G/3GS</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[iPhone vs. iPhone 3G by Ricky Romero on Flickr Με έχει ρωτήσει ο @arkoudos πως στο καλό γίνεται το jailbrake σε iPhone που τόσο πολύ ακούγεται τον τελευταίο καιρό, ειδικότερα μετά το 3.1.2 update της Apple είπα να γράψω έναν &#8230; <a href="http://apas.gr/how-to-jailbrake-iphone-3g-3gs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><font size="-2"><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickyromero/2672913333/">iPhone vs. iPhone 3G</a> by Ricky Romero on Flickr</span></font></span></p>
<p>Με έχει ρωτήσει ο @<a href="http://twitter.com/arkoudos">arkoudos</a> πως στο καλό γίνεται το jailbrake σε iPhone που τόσο πολύ ακούγεται τον τελευταίο καιρό, ειδικότερα μετά το 3.1.2 update της Apple είπα να γράψω έναν οδηγό. Του είχα στείλει έναν step by step οδηγό μέσω mail αλλά δυστυχώς γι&#8217; αυτόν και ευτυχώς για όλους εμάς η διαδικασία άλλαξε με το πρόσφατο 3.1.2 OS update χάρη στον @<a href="http://twitter.com/geohot">geohot</a> και το Blackra1n.<br />
<span id="more-540"></span><br />
Η διαδικασία είναι πάρα πολύ απλή &#8211; και πλέον κρατάει 3 λεπτά περίπου (μαζί με το unlock για όποιον θέλει). Οποιοδήποτε iPhone μπορεί να χρησιμοποιηθεί (το έχω δοκιμάσει με iPhone 3G και 3GS).  Ο @<a href="http://twitter.com/geohot">geohot</a> έκανε απίστευτη δουλειά και γι&#8217; αυτό πιστέυω αξίζει το donation του ώστε να συνεχίζει να βγάζει και άλλο αξιόλογο software.</p>
<h3>Βήμα 1</h3>
<p><a href="http://blackra1n.com">Κατεβάζεις το Blackra1n</a> και το αφήνεις στο desktop σου.</p>
<h3>Βήμα 2</h3>
<p>Συνδέεις το iPhone (iPod touch, κλπ) με το PC σου και ανοίγεις το iTunes. Από εκεί όταν εμφανιστεί το update iPhone OS dialog, πατάς Yes και συνεχίζεις την γνωστή διαδικασία Accept στα ΤοS και τα διαδικαστικά. Μετά από 10 περίπου λεπτά θα τελειώσει το download του update (ανάλογα την σύνδεση σου, φυσικά) που είναι πάνω-κάτω 300Mb και αρχίζει το installation. Εδώ τα πράματα κυλάνε πιο αργά οπότε πήγαινε φτιάξε κάναν καφέ, δες λίγο τηλεόραση και έλα ξανά πίσω να δεις το κινητό σου με 3.1.2 OS installed.</p>
<h3>Βήμα 3</h3>
<p>Αφού λοιπόν εγκατασταθεί επιτυχημένα το φρέσκο OS, τρέξε το Blackra1n και έχωντας συνδεδεμένο το iPhone με το PC (ακόμη), πάτα το μαγικό κουμπί <em>Make it rain</em>. Το iPhone θα κάνει reboot/restart όπως θες πέστο και μετά θα είσαι επισήμως με 3.1.2 OS jailbroken! Τόσο απλό. Η όλη αυτή μικρο-διαδικασία δεν θα πάρει πάνω από 2,5 λεπτά.</p>
<h3>Βήμα 4</h3>
<p>Συνδέεις το iPhone με κάποιο Wifi ή στο 3G και ανοίγεις το Blackrain app που θα υπάρχει σε μία από τις οθόνες σου. Εκεί αν θες και unlock πάτα το σχετικό κουμπί και μετά install. Σε κάποια δευτερόλεπτα θα μπορείς να βάλεις οποιαδήποτε SIM θέλεις! Anyway, τώρα είναι η σειρά να κάνεις install το Cydia. Ίδια διακασία με το unlock &#8211; μόνο που παίρνει περισσότερη ώρα αφού έχει να κατεβάσει ολόκληρο το Cydia ξανά.</p>
<p>Τέλος λοιπόν με το jailbrake &amp; unlock του iPhone σου. Ελπίζω όλα να πήγαν όπως πήγαν και σε όλους μας.</p>
<p>Μην ξεχάσεις να κατεβάσεις το must-have SBSettings μέσα από το Cydia, το καλύτερο utility που θα βρεις.</p>
<p>Επίσης, μην ξεχνάς να επισκέπτεσαι και το iPhone Hellas όπου θα βρίσκεις πάντα έγκυρη ενημέρωση και νέα σχετικά με τον κόσμο του (jailbroken και μη) iPhone.</p>
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