Disqus
RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis coyly hinted at what was called the BlackBerry Wireless Presentation solution in his day 1 keynote at WES 2009. In his brief mention, it was described as something that would display Powerpoint presentations right from your BlackBerry. There’s already a little something called ShowMate, but it’s a fairly awkward, hardware-based solution. I would hope the one Lazaridis is talking about here would involve some smooth Bluetooth pairing, failing that or hey, maybe even using some handheld pico projector.
Another mystery is, who’s making it? “Wireless Presentation Solution” is a name that reeks of the usual generality RIM puts on their earlier software before giving it something a little snazzier, but Mike mentioned it right after Vocera, a third party voice product for the medical sector, so it’s equally possible the Wireless Presentation Solution is being worked on by a separate software developer. A solution like this is a natural extension of the Documents to Go PowerPoint editing that’s currently available on BlackBerry, but it may be awhile before we get any more details…
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
