Despite the crisis RIM (BlackBerry manufacturer) has been
facing in the last year it came up with a new tablet computer- the BlackBerry
PlayBook. It is the company´s equivalent to the iPad but offers some additional
features which could make it a serious competitor for the iPad in the Event
industry.
You can not only create and edit presentations on your PlayBook
but you can also plug it in to a monitor and remote control it from your Blackberry
phone. This allows you to add slides to the presentation directly from your
phone. In the same way you can change the colour and the theme of the
presentation… and everything within only a few minutes, but find out yourself:
BlackBerry also developed an innovative concept to share
documents in meetings. The PlayBook is able to sense where other PlayBooks are
in the room and makes it possible to share files between different PlayBooks. With
the PlayBook paper hand-outs will be a thing of the past. Check it out:
Another feature that could be very useful to event planners
is the PlayBook calendar. It gives users a very clear overview of their day. It
shows them when they have a meeting and with whom. As event planners are
usually quite busy people who meet a lot of other people they tend to forget
what they once knew about these people. Therefore the BlackBerry PlayBook does
not only show the contact details of the person you are meeting with but also
links you to the person´s latest updates on twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Check it out:
As others have already blogged about the opportunities
coming up with the Near Field communication (NFC) we only want to say that
BlackBerry has already integrated several functions into their devices. You can
for example hold your phone to a touch point or advert and it will link you
directly to a website or a voucher for a free coffee. It could be used for
conventions and exhibitions for example. RIM (Blackberry) is developing it
further every day so it is worth keeping up with the news.
And here comes the best thing about it:
It is a lot cheaper than the iPhone. In our opinion iPads
are more a fashion device that everyone wants and it probably offers more
applications (including games etc.) than the Playbook, but for a business
person or a company a Playbook can make more sense concerning both price and
functionality. What is your opinion on that?
We think it´s worth signing up for a YouTube account and
keeping an eye on the further development…
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