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Posted by RHoltslander Wednesday, Apr 06, 2011 412 days ago

I'm impressed with the ability to do two resource heavy applications being used simultaneously without skipping and stuttering. Something my desktop here at work has difficulty doing I'm annoyed to say.

 
 
Posted by Yousif Abdullah Wednesday, Apr 06, 2011 412 days ago

Good presentation of the multitasking capabilities and control of the HDMI output. What I am concerned about, however, is whether there will be (either an official or 3rd party) accessory / adapter that allows for VGA output as well. With a BlackBerry PlayBook I believe to be able to deliver much more interactive and richer presentations, but I have yet to see an HDMI capable video projector in the facilities I work in. As it stands, though, the BlackBerry PlayBook has extreme potential even without VGA output. Keep it up!

Peace,
Yousif.

 
 
Posted by SSaywell Wednesday, Apr 06, 2011 412 days ago

I guess there will be some sort of converter out there already if not one should pop up once the playbook is out and there is a market for them :)

I will want one when I get my PlayBook as well, seeing as the projecters we have only have VGA :(

 
 
Posted by ignites Wednesday, Apr 06, 2011 412 days ago

it is available on ebay but you have to do a bit of mcguiver tinkering

micro hdmi to hdmi adapter (male to female)
hdmi to vga (male to male)

or

micro hdmi to hdmi (male to male)
female hdmi connectors
hdmi to vga (m-to-m)

 
 
Posted by mattv888 Wednesday, Apr 06, 2011 412 days ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but HDMI is digital and VGA is analogue, so unless you have a box which can convert digital to analogue signals simply putting on things that will fit won't give you an image....

 
 
Posted by 07thking Wednesday, Apr 06, 2011 412 days ago

I am building my presentation to pitch to my directors from my playbook (when I receive it in 12 days :) , palybook will be an addition to my company's tech, I'll see to it!

 
 
Posted by InnerChild Wednesday, Apr 06, 2011 412 days ago

Looks more awesome with every video!

 
 
Posted by laa2004 Wednesday, Apr 06, 2011 412 days ago

Looks good ..I hope there is tight integration with PowerPoint ..such as an enhanced presenter view so i can walk around with the playbook and use it as a remote/telepromter

 
 
Posted by seb.hebert Wednesday, Apr 06, 2011 412 days ago

With every video released showing off the capabilities of this device, my desire for one increases. Looking good PB.... looking reeeeeeaaaallllll good!

 
 
Posted by Kuttysark Wednesday, Apr 06, 2011 412 days ago

I was there :)

 
 
Posted by allengeorge Wednesday, Apr 06, 2011 412 days ago

Ehh...I would have preferred a more useful demo. For example, while playing the presentation show how you could send the slides to an ad-hoc BBM group of everyone in the room, or receive comments on the presentation from the same ad-hoc group, etc.

Here's a free idea for someone (maybe even a team at RIM to implement):

Use the geo-fencing APIs in the PlayBook/new-gen BlackBerry phones to construct ad-hoc social groups, for example "everyone at this party", or "everyone attending this presentation", etc. Expose these groups via BBM and allow apps to tap into it. In this case the presenter could immediately contact or send slides to or share itineraries with everyone in the room without having to explicitly create a new group, add each person individually, etc.

I understand that they're showing off the multi-tasking power of the PlayBook, but what's much more compelling is how you can actually use that technical ability to help people use/enjoy their devices better.

 
 
Posted by sf49ers Wednesday, Apr 06, 2011 412 days ago

take a chill pill dude, I can think of over 100 use-cases that can be done as part of the presentation mode, it is just a demo and not a advertisement and what he has shown is pretty much convincing and one can understand how power the platform is.

 
 
Posted by the brother Wednesday, Apr 06, 2011 412 days ago

Is there Universal Search on the PB? Sure hope so! Eh?

 
 
Posted by Gamesdmc3 Wednesday, Apr 06, 2011 412 days ago

the game even looks good on the big screen

 
 
Posted by Kiddo2050 Thursday, Apr 07, 2011 412 days ago

No Skype :(

 
 
Posted by dgcurrie Thursday, Apr 07, 2011 411 days ago

huh? Why no skype?

 
 
Posted by digitalhomeboy Friday, Apr 08, 2011 411 days ago

Ahhh....I'm in your video! Front row beside the bald guy! lol

 
 
Posted by fourrings Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 410 days ago

Is the presentation mode not available for the browser? He, explicitly, mentioned video from the blackberry video app and slides to go. Just wondering if you could do presentation mode for web-based flash video.