Gizmodo: presentation

Prezenter PSR Two-Touchscreen Laptop: Travelling Sales Pitches Go High-Tech

Kit Eaton — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:57:00 EDT

I've never encountered a traveling salesperson, so I've not had someone trying to push a "revolutionary" product on me from the comfort of my home. But if the Prezenter PSR is anything to go by, traveling sales is about to get high-tech. It's a custom notebook PC, designed to fold so that a 14-inch screen faces the ~~victims~~ audience, while a 7-inch touchscreen faces the seller. The small screen controls the presentation, and the audience can draw stuff on their screen. Apart from that it's a standard laptop, with 3.5 hours of battery if you're using Wi-Fi, and it's on trial in the US market. When it's for sale, it'll cost you $1,800: presumably you won't have to watch a two-hour sales pitch to buy one. [Cnet]

Steve Ballmer's Presentation Laptop is a Strange Choice

Haroon Malik — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:10:00 EDT

"You do it to yourself, you do
And that's what really hurts."
— Radiohead. [Flickr]

Editor's note: nothing to be surprised about here. Even if he was using a MacBook for his presentation, who cares? Macs run Windows just like any other PC laptop, and also PowerPoint for Mac OS X. Probably Ballmer doesn't give a damn about what computer is running his presentation, as long as it runs Microsoft's software. —JD

Google adds a PowerPoint clone called Presentation...

Jason Chen — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:30:48 EDT

Google adds a PowerPoint clone called Presentation to its stable of online Word and Excel clones. Whether an online-only, browser-based presentation suite will be nearly as powerful as a native application is yet to be seen, but our guess is no. [Google]

Kensington Wireless Presentation Remote has Range, Not Much Else

Travis Hudson — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:05:12 EDT

Kensington has released the Wireless Presentation Remote. It is really an average USB wireless remote that can click through your slides about TPS reports with ease. It does have one thing going for it—range. The remote will work up to 65 feet away, which could be really useful in the awkwardly laid out auditoriums. It is available for $45 or so. – Travis Hudson

Kensington Wireless Presentation Remote [ubergizmo]

Sony VPL-EX3 Projector

Charlie White — Thu, 04 May 2006 12:10:55 EDT

Here's Sony's latest entry-level projector, the VPL-EX3, a 1024x768 unit which the company says can brighten your day with 2000 ANSI lumens of shiny goodness. There's a couple of D-sub inputs in the back, along with composite and S-Video, but too bad there are no DVI inputs. Probably the best thing about this unit is its price—retailing at $1,220, it'll probably be a lot lower than that on the street soon after it's available later this month.

Even though this is not a full-fledged HDTV projector, this resolution still does a great job in the home theater. Take it from us—1024x768 looks a lot better than you might think, and the screen can be oh-so-big; this EX3 can project an image that's 300" diagonal.

Sony's "entry level" VPL-EX3 projector [Tech Digest]