Using A Smart Phone Like The HTC Thunderbolt For PowerPoint Presentations
The HTC Thunderbolt is an Android-powered device with some of the hottest features currently out. Our objective is to turn the PowerPoint presentation into something usable by our phone. Some presentations can be a real pain to work with because of the effort and the amount of time that they require. Thus, an ideal solution would be to convert our presentation into one file.
The decision was made to convert our sample presentation to video. A number of tools are available to accomplish this, such as WonderShare PPT2Video (a pay product) or E.M. Free PowerPoint Video Converter. Most tools available will convert narrations recorded in the presentation, as well as animations and slide timings. To ensure that video comes out in the best quality possible be sure to make it a MPEG-4 file. Once our presentation was converted to video, we copied the file to the phone. The Thunderbolt can be connected directly to a computer.
Now that the video was on our phone, we tested playback to ensure it was free of issues. Once the video has been tested you can then connect the phone to a TV or to a projector. The Thunderbolt is one of the few smart phones out there that have an HDMI capability that allows them to connect to a T.V or projector like device. In addition to HDMI, some phones support DLNA. DNLA-based devices can display video over Wi-Fi. DLNA support is always preferred because of the convenience it has over connecting to an actual device with a cable. If your television or projector does not support DLNA, adapters are available. Briefly searching for HTC Thunderbolt accessories on Google can bring up a long list of websites that sell HDMI cables.
The HTC Thunderbolt case can sometimes allow an even easier way to connect to HDMI playback. Lastly, we connected the HDMI cable to the television. After a few quick taps on the HTC Thunderbolt screen protector, the presentation was playing perfectly. We then disconnected the HDMI cable so that we may test out the DLNA features. After connecting the phone to the television, playback worked flawlessly.
The easiest way to carry all of your presentations is by turning the mobile. After assembling all of the pieces together, converting the first presentation, testing, and ensuring all the pieces fit, displaying a presentation from your smart phone should be easy.