Blackberry Presenter Review

The Blackberry Presenter is a small device that plugs into a projector or monitor. Then the user is able to display a PowerPoint presentation wirelessly via Bluetooth from their Blackberry smartphone. This device is definitely meant for the mobile professional that is looking to carry less in their bags. Not that a professional on the go would leave their laptop behind but this device allows you to do just that.

It is definitely a very eye-catching device. It comes with everything you need to get going except for S-video or VGA cables. The Blackberry Presenter is actually very simple to setup. If you have ever connected a PC monitor or a projector then you should have no problems hooking this up. There is a free application that you must download for your Blackberry phone first. Once you have installed this application, all you do is open the app then load any PowerPoint you would like to present. The user options are very similar to the user options of the actual Microsoft PowerPoint application on your desktop.

Once you are up and running, the Blackberry Presenter allows you to navigate presentations, view speaker notes, loop presentation slides, and even reference info on one slide while viewing another. And you can do all of this on your phone from up to 30 feet away from the device. The specs of this device are fairly simple as well. It supports NTSC and PAL video formats. You connect the device using an S-Video or VGA cable (not included). The power connection is a micro usb connection, which is basically what RIM is using on all of their devices now. 640×480 (vga), 800×600 (svga), and 1042×768 (xga) are the display resolutions you are capable of presenting in. And of course it is Bluetooth 2.0 compatible. Blackberry Presenter costs around $200 USDs.