Prezenter PSR makes presentations personal

Darius Chang | Jun 18, 2008

Presentations are easy when you have a large screen and projector setup, but what if you're a traveling salesperson? Should you sit next to your client with your laptop, and potentially make him feel uneasy? Or turn the screen away and hope you have memorized the slides perfectly?

The Prezenter PSR takes all these worries away. Unlike conventional laptops or tablet PCs, the PSR has two touchscreen displays. The larger 14.1-inch faces your audience while you control the presentation from the smaller 7-inch touchscreen. Both displays can be set on clone mode (where both show the same images) or dual mode (a little like an extended desktop setting). The client can also interact with the presentation, drawing circles or images to point out areas in question.

The battery lasts up to 3.5 hours (with the wireless radio on) and can hold its charge for up to 20 hours on standby. Like most laptops, it has three USB 2.0 ports, VGA output, Gigabit Ethernet and 802.11b/g connectivity. A 1.3-megapixel camera sits above the 14.1-inch display.

Though the company claims that decoding videos is not an issue with this machine, prior experience with the AMD Geode LX800 processor makes us doubt this claim. Low bitrate files may be smooth, but higher-quality videos may stutter during playback. The 512MB memory and 80GB harddisk don't make the Prezenter PSR a powerhouse, either. Fortunately, it runs on Windows XP Home Edition, which requires relatively fewer system resources than Vista.

The unit has a recommended retail price of US$1,800 and is currently undergoing trials in the US and Europe. Though the company is based in Korea, it does not retail in any Asian countries at this time, though the company is in talks with regional distributors to sell this product in Asia-Pacific markets.

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