The iPad could be the ultimate device for presenting on-stage, solving many problems I have blogged about before:
- It can create a dual-screen view: the presenter sees a different screen than the audience (timer, next slide coming up etc.). Now only PowerPoint and Keynote support this with dual monitors. The iPad can create it instantly for any application, including Adobe Reader, enabling presenting from PDFs
- It can create a non-lineair presentation interface (like Prezi). On your iPad are all the slides in thumbnail view, and you can pick them on the spot without disturbing the audience screen.
There is a real jungle out there of iPhone/iPad presentation apps and none of them get it right. None of them have the thumbnail slide mode, and no one has found a good way to work around the iPad’s font limitations (images instead of text?).
This last point is essential if the iPhone/iPad moves from being a remote control directing a computer to becoming the device that powers the project itself.
Has anyone found the ideal iPad presentation app?