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Making Mobile Presentations Without a Laptop?

Posted by timothy on from the mail-a-PDF-of-presentation-in-advance dept.

eggled writes "My boss makes mobile presentations fairly frequently, but is sick of lugging around his gargantuan laptop (a Toshiba A25-S207). It's fallen to me to see if I can solve this for him. I began looking at netbooks and such, but many of them are slightly high for our price bracket (being that he already owns a fully functional laptop; this will be a presentations-only machine). His current cell phone, a Motorola RAZR, is getting decrepit and the contract is up, so I figured I'd look at smartphone-style replacement, and let AT&T subsidize the cost of the new phone. What I'm hoping to find is a phone that can be attached to a VGA-input projector, and play Powerpoint presentations (PDF would work, too). Web access is a must, but I think I'd be hard pressed to buy a high end phone that won't have internet access, so I'm unconcerned on that topic. Anybody out there have experience with this sort of thing or have suggestions on what route to take?"

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  1. Real men... by whoever57 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Real men don't need a computer or even a projector. Real men just memorise the presentation and then just wave a laser pointer around fast enough to draw pictures (using vision persistence).

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    The real "Libtards" are the Libertarians!
    1. Re:Real men... by orasio · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, real men actually use two pointers, and cross the beams for 3d presentations.

    2. Re:Real men... by HomerJ · · Score: 5, Funny

      You shouldn't cross the beams.

      Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.

  2. Re:Low-tech alternative by clang_jangle · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, GIR! Take me to the equipment room, NOW!

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    Caveat Utilitor
  3. What's wrong with a... by sohp · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Chalkboard or Whiteboard?

    I mean really -- is Edward Tufte fighting a losing battle with his Criticism of PowerPoint, and we're already seeing people incapable of thinking outside of bullet points?

    1. Re:What's wrong with a... by daeg · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I have to present new features at my company's annual meeting this fall. The company marketing directors were shocked when I stated I had no powerpoint to provide them. I was then told PowerPoint slides are mandatory, so I will be presenting from a white slide with our company name in black text.

      Unfortunately, I think that will only work for one year. :(

  4. Simple by Turiacus · · Score: 4, Informative

    Any phone/pda with windows mobile and a usb/cf port will do.

    You just need:
    - A USB/CF VGA card
    - Microsoft Office PowerPoint Mobile