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For a prefessional screen presentation, you need to have a small gadget
in your hands that allows you to switch slides without having to
interact with your computer directly (involving moving to the
presentation computer and searching and pressing the right keys).

Mika posted his
[[http://michael-prokop.at/blog/2008/05/23/kensington-wireless-presenter/][comments
on Kensington Wireless Presenter]] a vew days ago.

Our company got some [[http://geizhals.at/a134295.html][Logitech
Cordless 2.4GHz Presenter]] which I tested with Windows and OS X.

*** Hardware

The thing has a nice size, not too small but also not too big. It feels
smooth in my hand and every button seems to be at the right place.

[[http://geizhals.at/img/pix/134295.jpg"]]

buttons for

-  F5/esc (start/end presentation mode)
-  blank screen
-  previous
-  next
-  laserpointer
-  volume up
-  volume down
-  timer
-  reset

LC-display with

minutes left

percentage bar with 100%, 75%, 50%, and 25% of the speaking time left

battery level indicator:

-  full battery
-  low battery
-  replace battery

on/off slider

USB-dongle which can be stored in the presentation tool

built in laser pointer

two standard AAA-batteries

nice textile cover

timer can be programmed in multiples of five minutes and a vibration
alarm that goes off five, two and it vibrates twice at zero minutes
before end

signal range with fresh batteries: 15 meters or more (our company got no
bigger room *g*)

nice soft/shell for transportation

low power consumption: manual says that the two batteries last six
months when used frequently

*** Windows XP Pro SP2

Just plug in and everything is working.

Volume controls are able to control system sound level.

**** MS Powerpoint 2007

-  f5/esc: starts/ends the presentation mode
-  blank screen: blanks/unblanks screen to black
-  previous/next: previous/next slide

**** OpenOffice Impress v2.3

-  f5/esc: starts/ends the presentation mode
-  blank screen: blanks/unblanks screen to black
-  previous/next: previous/next slide

**** Foxit Reader v2.3

-  f5/esc: ends fullscreen mode when pressed twice (to start: Alt-2)
-  blank screen: nothing
-  previous/next: previous/next page

**** Adobe Reader v8.1.2

-  f5/esc: ends fullscreen mode when pressed (to start: Ctrl-L)
-  blank screen: nothing
-  previous/next: previous/next page

*** OS X v10.4.11 PPC

When the USB-dongle is plugged in for the first time, the system tries
to identify this new "keyboard": the user is asked to press the left
shift key (or similar) and fails because there is no shift key on this
device :-)

After a while the user is confronted with a window that suggests three
different keyboards where I chose the european ISO one. After that, the
device is set up to be used.

**** Apple Keynote v2.0.2

- f5/esc: does not start presenting mode but ends it when pressed twice
- blank screen: ends presentation mode
- previous/next: previous/next slide

**** Adobe Reader v7.0.5

- f5/esc: does not start presenting mode (to start: Apple-L) but ends
  it when pressed twice
- blank screen: does nothing
- previous/next: previous/next page

**** NeoOffice v2.2.1 Patch 0

- f5/esc: starts/ends the presentation mode
- blank screen: blanks/unblanks screen to black
- previous/next: previous/next slide

*** GNU/Linux

Sorry, I do not use Linux on a desktop these days, so please follow
[[http://michael-prokop.at/blog/2008/05/31/logitech-cordless-presenter/][mikas
blog]] :-)

*** Conclusio

From my point of view: this device is definitely worth a recommendation
:-)




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