The comprehensive guide to presenting from your pocket

by Chris Ziegler, posted Sep 16th 2006 at 8:01PM

It's no secret that a combination of software and hardware can turn virtually any smartphone into a serviceable PowerPoint viewer, but tracking down the necessary bits and pieces can be a tiresome exercise. Comptuerworld's done us all a favor, throwing together a guide detailing the steps needed to get a slide deck fired up and shot out to a projector via BlackBerrys and Treos (both Palm and Windows Mobile-based models); iPods are also covered, but being that we're Engadget Mobile, we're going to claim ignorance and pretend we've no idea what an iPod is. Running $250 and up, the suggested hardware isn't cheap, but for the road warrior who can't be bothered to tote along a legit PC, $250 may be a small price to pay.

[Via The Raw Feed]

Filed under: Peripherals, Software, Palm, RIM

Tags: blackberry, palm, powerpoint, present, presentation, rim, treo

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Owen @ Sep 16th 2006 8:37PM

whats that in the picture?

Another option:
samsungs for t-mobile and cingular have a powerpoint viewer and tv-out most projectors I've seen accept the yellow composite input. $10 cable on ebay if your phone didn't come with it in the first place.

I've actually done this and it works well, you just lose the transitions and dont get wireless remote control but I still think its a fair tradeoff and especially useful when a situation presents it self that you have not planned for

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