Leave your laptop behind and use BlackBerry® Presenter to deliver Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations - directly from your BlackBerry smartphone. Simply plug BlackBerry Presenter into a projector or monitor and select “Present” from the wizard on your BlackBerry smartphone.


Compatible BlackBerry smartphones
  • BlackBerry® Bold™ 9000
  • BlackBerry® Bold™ 9700
  • BlackBerry® Curve™ 8500 Series
  • BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900
  • BlackBerry® Storm™
  • BlackBerry® Tour™
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  • Loop Mode: Set the time between slides and leave BlackBerry Presenter running as you deliver your presentation.
  • Support for PowerPoint effects: Accurately show most of the slide animations and transitions from Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2003 and 2007.
  • Freeze mode: Freeze a slide on-screen while you browse through the rest of your presentation on your smartphone.
  • Bluetooth® connection: Roam up to 10m from your Presenter for a truly dynamic presentation.
  • Single button operation: Use the button on top of your Presenter to put it to sleep, wake it up, or show a new presentation.
  • Compatible with multiple video formats: Travel overseas or at home and present in NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) and PAL (Phase Alternating Line) formats.

To use the BlackBerry Presenter with your BlackBerry smartphone, you must first download free desktop and smartphone software.

  • Intel® compatible-computer running Microsoft Windows XP® or later operating system with an available USB port that is compliant with USB 1.1 or higher

  • BlackBerry® Device Software v4.6 or later

  • Video output device and a VGA cable or an S-VIDEO cable

Enjoy hands-free calls and music streaming.

Hear and be heard with the crystal clear sound using Bluetooth technology.

Play music on your BlackBerry through a home stereo system.



Geek.com Review

Review: BlackBerry Presenter

BY  03.04.2010 :: 3:46PM EDT


Research In Motion, maker of BlackBerry handhelds and services, has added one more device to their lineup that may finally allow you to ditch your laptop for good. Looking at a BlackBerry you’ll notice that if you have need to do a presentation there’s not exactly a port on the handheld that you can plug into a projector or television. That’s where the BlackBerry Presenter comes in.

The BlackBerry Presenter is about the size of a deck of cards and comes with a nice leather travel case which allows it to take a bit of beating in your travel bag. The device comes with three connections including one for VGA, S-Video, and USB power. USB Power can be supplied with a power supply or USB cord (both included) when connected to a device with a USB port like a laptop. Looking at the ports you’re probably asking how the BlackBerry connects to it. Well, that’s the cool part.


Your BlackBerry transmits video to the device using Bluetooth. By not being tethered to a projector or television your BlackBerry becomes its own remote allowing you to move through a presentation wirelessly. Microsoft PowerPoint files can be accessed for presentation through an email attachment or by browsing the internal memory of your handheld or an attached external memory card. No other file formats are supported at this time, though the BlackBerry Presenter does accept firmware updates by downloading the BlackBerry Presenter Manager software. That could make support for other file types possible in the future.


Some gotchas before you consider buying the BlackBerry Presenter is that it is currently not supported by the BlackBerry Curve 8300 and BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8200 series. Other than those models the device needs to be running BlackBerry Device Software v4.6 or later. If you’re handheld meets those requirements you should be good to go after downloading and installing the BlackBerry Presenter software and pairing the BlackBerry Presenter with your handheld. When installing the software on your handheld you have two options. You can download it to your computer and use the BlackBerry Desktop Manager software to install it or you can access the software directly through the RIM website through your BlackBerry Browser.

Once the software has been downloaded you can access a PowerPoint presentation through the presenter software or through an email attachment. If it is an email attachment you simply view the PowerPoint attachment and hit the Menu key to get the option “Present”. Clicking “Present” will bring up the presentation on the display through the BlackBerry Presenter. From that point on you use your BlackBerry to move through the presentation.

One concern I had when testing the device was that there would be a delay between sending a command (like advancing a slide) and the BlackBerry Presenter responding in a reasonable period of time over the Bluetooth connection. When tested I found the responsiveness to be the same as using a remote with a laptop computer. Unlike a laptop though you don’t have to worry about lugging anything more than your BlackBerry and the BlackBerry Presenter when making a presentation.

Another obvious concern would be if you use speaker notes while creating presentations. BlackBerry Presenter has you covered there as well. During a presentation you simply hit the Menu key on your BlackBerry and click on Show Speaker Notes. The speaker notes will then only appear on your BlackBerry and will not be shown on the external display. Presenters also have the ability to hide their presentation on the external display, pick specific slides and loop a presentation as needed. These are common features you would find using a laptop with PowerPoint that are now at your fingertips through your BlackBerry.

The BlackBerry Presenter retails for US$199.99.

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