Telus this week supplied me a pair of devices from Alcatel. The one I was writing about today is the Onetouch Idol X+ smartphone. Now Alcatel is a name that you might not be familiar with. But Alcatel-Lucent is a massive French telecom company that’s a more of a player than most people realize. They have interests in networking hardware, IP technologies, software, and services. Oh, and they make mobile phones too.
Here’s what the Onetouch Idol X+ is running under the hood:
5” IPS 1920 X 1080 screen
2GHz 8-core processor
2 GB of RAM
16GB Storage expandable to 64GB via a MicroSD slot
802.11 A/B/G/N WiFi
Bluetooth 4.0
13 MP Rear camera
2MP Front camera
HSPA+
The Onetouch Idol X+ is plastic with a metal ring around the edges. It’s easy to hold for the most part and it looks classy and feels solid. The back does not appear to be removable. So the SIM card and the MicroSD card have to go into the sides of the phone. The protective flaps that cover those two card slots on both sides come with an unorthodox design. They are completely flush with the metal rim around the phone, with only a small “pimple” protruding at their upper parts. The phone comes with a tool that allows you to flip the flaps open. My suggestion would be to never lose it. The 5” 1080×1920 is pretty bright and has an anti-reflection coating. So when I used it outside, I didn’t get any annoying reflections. Though it did wash out in bright light. The display is also very sharp which is something that I did not expect.
Alcatel supplies a OneTouch Android interface overlay on top of 4.2.2 Jelly Bean with the Idol X+. It’s flat like iOS 7 and Alcatel’s changes are cosmetic and enhance the look of the user interface. There are also little touches like the e-mail setup wizard which is easier to use than most. It’s also fast. The 8 core processor is quick. The interface is fluid, and the phone ran any app thrown at it, including heavy 3D games. I was impressed. However, the phone is a HSPA+ phone. Which means that it’s not going to be speedy when it comes to mobile data. I got 5.61 Mbps downstream and 2.17 upstream on the Telus network which isn’t bad.
Now when it comes to the camera, it’s top shelf on paper. The rear camera is a 13 MP shooter which also does 1080P video. The camera interface allows one to customize the camera to suit their needs in a variety of ways. But it is still simple to use for someone who wants to point and shoot. To find out how well it works, it meant a trip out to Pearson Airport. So, here’s the still pictures for you to look at. Click it to see it at full resolution:
The detail level in the photo is exceptional. Now here’s the video. Set it to full screen and 1080p:
Although it did have auto focus issues, the video is sharp.
The Onetouch Idol X+ is a real winner on the battery front as well. I got almost two days before I had to recharge. That’s impressive by any standard. What’s even more impressive is the price. It’s $0 on a 2 year term and $350 outright which is an outstanding price. Alcatel has come to the table with almost the perfect smartphone. The lack of LTE connectivity is the only area where it falls short, but other than that, I cannot find anything negative to say about it. If you’re looking for a smartphone, and you don’t want to spend a lot, take a look at the Onetouch Idol X+.
Posted in Products with tags Kobo on August 26, 2014 by itnerd
My wife and I attended a Kobo press event tonight in Downtown Toronto that allowed us to get up close and personal with the new Kobo Aura H20 eReader. What makes this eReader different than anything else on the market is this:
It’s waterproof. As in IP67 certified waterproof. That means you can keep it underwater (no more than 1 meter) for up to 30 minutes with the port cover closed.
Here’s a look at it on dry land. The screen which is a 6.8” Carta E Ink HD infrared touchscreen with a resolution of 1430 x 1080, 265 dpi. I found it to be very sharp when I was reading The Hunger Games on it. It was also easy to read regardless of the lighting conditions. So I don’t think you’ll have a problem reading books on it indoors or outdoors. It comes with 4GB of RAM and it’s expandable to 32GB so you can store all the books you want. Plus it has 802.11 B/G/N WiFi as well as Micro USB so that you can add to your digital library. As for battery life, it tops out at two months. That’s not a misprint.
My wife and I both test drove it and we both liked it. My wife in particular who reads a lot and isn’t a fan of eReaders because she prefers the feel of paper books was quickly converted to the other side because of how light it was, how sharp the screen is, and the fact that it was waterproof. The latter was a big selling point for her as it meant that she could read anywhere. In the hot tub, on the beach, while taking a bubble bath among other places.
The Aura H20 will retail for $179 CDN online and in-store, starting October 1st in Canada, the US, the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, and Spain with more countries to follow. Beginning tomorrow, select retailers will offer pre-orders, and as of September 1st, pre-orders will be available at Kobo.com in Canada, the US, and the UK.
Posted in Products with tags Bell, ZTE on August 25, 2014 by itnerd
ZTE isn’t a phone company that you’re likely familiar with. But they aren’t small. ZTE is one of the top five largest smartphone manufacturers in its home market of China and in the top ten worldwide. They’ve come to Canada with the Grand X on the Bell network. Let’s see if they’ve come to play with the big boys like Motorola.
Here’s what it comes to table with:
Quad Core 1.2 GHz CPU
Android 4.3 Jelly Bean
5″ 1280×720 220 PPI screen with Gorilla Glass
1 GB RAM and 1.3 GB of storage which is expandable up to 32 GB via a MicroSD slot
5 MP Auto focus rear camera with flash
1 MP front camera
802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0
HSPA with a max speed of 21 Mbps
The phone is largely plastic. But it feels solid in my hands. The back is easily removable and so it the battery which is a good thing. It’s fairly thin and easy to hold in my hand. Though fitting it in your pocket may be a bit of a stretch. The screen is very sharp which is something that I didn’t expect from a phone that’s in the budget category. Neither is the fact fingerprints on the screen don’t affect the viewing quality. It comes with a largely stock version of Android Jelly Bean. Other than the addition of some Bell apps, it really seems that ZTE hasn’t done much to it. That’s a formula that will work for them. Just ask Motorola with the Moto G and Moto G LTE. Users will find it easy to adapt to. Plus with the quad core processor it is reasonably quick. However, because it’s a HSPA phone, it’s not quick when it comes to mobile data. Using Speedtest.net, I got an average of 4.45 Mbps downstream and 2.70 Mbps upstream on Bell’s network. However, someone who is buying a phone at this price point isn’t going to care. Plus, the’ll likely leverage WiFi as well.
Now when it comes to the camera, it’s a 5 MP shooter. The user interface for the camera is well thought through giving you a surprising level of control. You can customize ISO, white balance exposure and contrast among other items. That’s something that I wasn’t expecting from a phone that’s classified as a budget phone. It also does 720p video. So to test both out, I went to Pearson Airport to photograph planes landing. First, here are the stills. Click the picture to see it at full resolution:
For a 5 MP camera. It’s pretty good. Now here’s the video. Set it to full screen and 720p resolution:
It was pretty decent though it did have problems trying to keep the focus perfect when tracking the plane. Still, I think for most people, this will be fine as long as you don’t take action videos.
Finally there’s battery life. I got just over a day of usage which is very good as that’s what you want from a phone regardless of what price point it’s at.
What’s the bottom line? The ZTE Grand X brings a quad core processor and lean implementation of Android along with a decent camera and decent battery life to the budget phone market. It’s $0 on a 2 year plan or $149 outright. Clearly, ZTE is serious about playing in the budget end of the market and you should take a look of them if you’re in the market for a smartphone at that end of the market. Also, Motorola might want to keep an eye on them as well as ZTE is clearly going after their turf.
Posted in Products with tags Lorax on August 23, 2014 by itnerd
There’s a new app made by a Toronto based company that’s got my attention. Called Lorax, it’s a an app which is available for Android and iOS that allows you to leave your cash at home and instead use it to pay for your coffee or dinner.
Payments are completely secure as they use the Lucova platform which is PCI compliant. But it goes further than that. The other thing that Lorax does is gives participating businesses info about customers who use the app. When a Loraxcustomer enters a participating business, they are immediately identified by staff members, greeted by name and informed about their recent purchasing history with the business.
Plus these customers get access to exclusive offers. Talk about being treated like a VIP. The other thing that you can do with the app is use it to help discover all sorts of businesses in your neighbourhood that you perhaps didn’t know existed.
I test drove the iOS version of the app today and I found it to be very intuitive and smooth to use. Paying was very easy. After entering my credit card details into the app, I went to a restaurant that I found using the app. When it came time to pay up, the barkeep was able to charge me via the app. I got the notification on my iPhone and confirmed the payment. Quick and painless. You can’t ask for anything more on that front.
So far, a number of businesses in Toronto’s Fashion District have signed up with Lorax and the company will be expanding to other areas in Toronto soon. I look forward to that as I really think this app can be a game changer. I’d keep an eye on it.
Posted in Products with tags LG, Rogers on August 22, 2014 by itnerd
When I reviewed the LG G2 last year, I thought it would be competitive with the top smartphones out there. But it did have a few shortcomings with the camera being at the top of the list. But that was last October. Today we have the LG G3 which was supplied to me by Rogers. which as far as I am concerned is a big improvement over the G2.
LG has a absolutely beautiful phone in the form of the G3. It’s thin and light and has a stunningly gorgeous 5.5″ 2560 x 1440 IPS display. Having said that, it is very prone to attracting fingerprints though so you’ll need to keep a microfiber cloth handy. It also tends to wash out in sunlight. The back is removable and so is the battery which is a good thing. It feels very solid in your hand and is easy to hold. It may fit into your pants pocket, but I would suggest that you carry it in something such as a man purse or put it into a coat pocket. The rear volume/power button combination has returned on the G3. It works because your finger land naturally on them. They’ve tweaked the design though as each button has a more defined feel which is welcome by yours truly.
Here’s a quick look at the specs:
LG customized Android 4.4.2 KitKat
5.5″ 2560×1440 pixel IPS display
2.5Ghz quad core processor
3GB RAM
32GB internal storage expandable via a microSD slot up to 128GB
13MP rear camera w/ Laser Auto Focus + dual-tone flash
2.1MP front-facing camera
4K video capture
One of the cool things that LG has done is come up with a cool way to unlock your phone which is included in LG KnockOn. It allows users to use a combination of taps to unlock the phone with a PIN as a backup option. It’s cool once you get the hang of it. It also allows you to double-tap anywhere on the screen to cycle power, and on the status bar at any time to turn it off, even when in third-party apps. I’ll also give LG credit for having a flat (as in iOS 7) look for their implementation of Android. A couple of Quick-branded apps make an appearance such as QuickMemo+ and QuickRemote, are present. There are other tweaks as well that I think that you’ll like that Rogers has supplied. They’ve brought apps for Rogers One Number, City TV, My Rogers, Anyplace TV among other apps to the G3. One thing that you’ll notice is that this phone is quick. It is easily on par with the Samsung Galaxy S5 when it comes to opening apps and moving between them. Another area that you’ll notice the speed is on Rogers LTE network. It clocked in at an average of 56.07 Mbps downstream and 11.58 Mbps upstream which means that you will not be starved for speed when surfing.
The camera is improved over the G2 that I reviewed last October. On that phone, the phone auto-focused constantly when I tested the video functions. That’s gone on the G3 for the most part. But I am getting ahead of myself. I should show you what the still pictures at 13MP looks like. As usual, I took a trip down to Pearson Airport to take pictures and videos of planes landing. Click on the pictures to see them at full resolution:
The quality is very good and I will note that it has an autofocus function that is easily on par with the Samsung Galaxy S5. In other words, it was quick to focus. Very quick. Now the video was shot at 4K resolution. So you want to set the video to full screen and set it to 4K to see how good the video quality is.
Now I will note that there was some autofocusing, but it was not even close to being as bad as the G2 because it autofocuses very, very quickly. Kudos to LG for improving that. I should note a couple of things about the camera. First, the user interface for the camera is very simple and straightforward. Anyone can use that interface to tweak the camera to suit their needs. Second, if you’re into taking selfies, the G3 has a neat feature that allows you to take a selfie by using gestures.
Finally, there’s battery life. I got just over a day and a half of battery life before I had to recharge. The G3 does have a few tricks like screen dimming that will help to stretch this which is a good thing. But the bottom line is that the battery life on the G3 is right up there with the class leaders.
What’s my bottom line? The G3 is certainly an improvement over the G2. It’s got a great screen, good battery life, an improved camera, and lots of speed. It’s $79.99 on a 2 year plan or $599 outright at Rogers. That’s very competitive with most of its competition. Speaking of competition, the only competition that I can see for the G3 is the Samsung Galaxy S5. If you’re considering the S5, you need to take a look the LG G3 as well and you very well may end up going home with it.
Posted in Products with tags Avast on August 20, 2014 by itnerd
There’s lots of choice out there for Mac users who need a free antivirus product. Avast has a strong player with it’s free antivirus for Mac application. It’s simple to install once you download it. Once you install it, you’re not going to find a ton of security features like schedulers, junk cleaners, or backup utilities. Were talking about basic protection on a local, email, and browser level. Now that’s not a bad thing as Avast has clearly decided to make this antivirus app as simple and easy to use. This sort of thinking extends to the user interface. Status updates are kept to a minimum. Periodically, Avast Free Antivirus throws a notification at you via an unobtrusive pop-up in the top right hand corner. Any options to do anything interesting exist inside the app which you get to via the menu bar icon that gets installed along with the app. In terms of scanning, it’s not the fastest antivirus app that I’ve tested. It took about 30 minutes to scan my Mac and it did find a couple of PC viruses that I had planted to test it. Importantly, it did not affect the speed of my Mac which is important as you don’t want to have your antivirus app slow you down. One handy feature is that if you have an Avast account, you can expand it to monitor any device or computer that’s been registered with that account and it will display on your Mac.
What’s my bottom line? Avast Free Antivirus is clearly designed and developed as a no-frills, quick security solution for Mac users. If you’re not a power user, you should try it out. I think you’ll like what it brings to the table.
UPDATE: I no longer recommend this product as it uses a “Man In The Middle” scheme to protect you which is extremely stupid and risky. More details here.
Posted in Products with tags Canon on August 19, 2014 by itnerd
If you need a printer to print out 4″ x 6″ photos from your digital camera, Canon is the name that tends come to mind first. Their latest is the Selphy CP910 which is very small and doesn’t take up a whole lot of space. It shares its feature set with the CP900 which I reviewed a while back. But it has one significant feature that justifies a whole new printer.
Setting it up is dead easy:
Slide the dye roll into the side of the printer.
Load paper in the paper tray and insert the tray in the front. You should note that the tray adds about 7 inches to the printer’s depth. Plus you should leave some space behind the printer for reasons I will explain in a moment.
Pug in the power adaptor.
Flip up the 2.7-inch colour screen to make the display easier to read.
From here, you need to connect it to your WiFi network. This is where the significant feature comes in. The CP910 unlike the CP900 includes what Canon calls Access Point mode, which is the company’s proprietary equivalent to Wi-Fi Direct. You can print from your smartphone or tablet simply by turning the printer on, launching Canon’s Easy-PhotoPrint app on your Android, iOS, or Windows RT device, picking a picture, and giving the print command. You also don’t need a network with a Wi-Fi access point or a connection between the printer and a network. On top of that, the CP910 supports AirPrint which meant I could print directly from my iPhone 5S. If none of that appeals to you, no problem. You can connect it to your WiFi network so that any computer can share the printer or you can connect it via USB. Other options for printing include memory cards, USB memory keys, and PictBridge cameras.
I set it up on my WiFi network and I was able to add it to my MacBook Pro without having to use the CD that came with the printer. That was different than the CP900 which didn’t have drivers for Mavericks at the time I tested it. From there, I was able to print from iPhoto or from whatever else I wanted to. Like the CP900, it took about 60 seconds to print a photo and it was nearly silent while printing. The quality was easily as good as you’d get with the photo printing machines you get in your local drugstore. Also just like the CP900 is that when it prints, it pulls the 4×6 paper from the paper tray in the front, through the printer, out the back, and then reverses the paper back through the printer. Then it repeats that process a few more times before depositing the photo on the tray at the front of the printer. Thus you have to make sure there’s space at the back of the printer so that the photo doesn’t get crushed.
Now, just like the CP900, the CP910 has some options to make this printer more versatile. You can get an optional battery pack which allows you to print anywhere and that is $169.99. When it comes to supplies like ink or paper, a 108 sheet pack of 4″ x 6″ paper with ink is $44.99. The printer itself is $109.99 which isn’t any more expensive than the CP900. That’s a win as you get more functionality for the same price. If you need a printer to print 4″ x 6″ pictures, look no further than the Canon CP910 Compact Photo Printer.
I have had a unique opportunity presented to me this week. Both Fido and Telus sent me the Nokia Lumia 635 to review at the same time. At first I wondered what I was going to do, but my wife pointed out to me that I had ability to test not only the phones, but the networks that they run on.
This should prove interesting. Let’s start with the phone.
The Nokia Lumia 635 is a Windows 8.1 phone aimed at those who are budget minded. But that doesn’t mean that it is a cheap phone. On the contrary. It feels very solid in my hand and is also very easy to hold in my hand. There’s a removable back and you can get yellow, green, orange, white, or black shells to match your tastes. Though I will note that removing the back may break your fingernail while you remove it. The Power and Volume buttons are on the right side, headset jack on the top, and Micro USB on the bottom. Inside there is a MicroSD slot for memory expansion. The screen (4.5″, 854-by-480, 218ppi) looks a little fuzzy and it does attract fingerprints. But unlike some other phones that I’ve tested, they don’t interfere with you looking at the screen. The Lumia 635 allows you to connect to 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, but on the 2.4GHz band only. But it does have an interesting trick. It comes with Microsoft’s Wi-Fi Sense. This feature uses Devicescape’s database to find public Wi-Fi hotspots on the street and try to connect to them. It worked intermittently for me. Thus it’s a very good thing that you get LTE connectivity as part of the deal.
I mentioned earlier that the phone runs Windows 8.1 phone, and it is a simple and easy OS to use. Though there does seem to be a pause when you start apps which is something that I have not noticed with a Windows Phone before. You get the usual Nokia add ons including:
HERE Drive + is a navigation app that offers voice based turn by turn navigation. It works well enough, but the voice prompts will sometimes give you specific street names, or simply tell you to turn left or turn right. That can force you to look at the phone rather than focus on driving. One advantage that this app has over Apple Maps is that the maps are resident on the phone and you can have as few or as many maps as you want on the phone.
HERE Transit helps you to navigate from place to place using public transit. It fetches public transit schedules to give you an idea of how long your journey will take. I have no idea if this accounts for delays on the subway and the like, but it is simple to use.
HERE MAPS is another navigation app which takes into account walking and even shows you passenger rail options.
In terms of add ons from Telus and Fido, Telus seems to have kept the phone relatively stock. Fido on the other hand has added a My Account app to check your Fido account details. One note, the Lumia 635 comes with a very good FM radio. At the same time, it also comes with Nokia’s streaming MixRadio which is equally as good. Anything that I played sounded pretty good on the internal speaker.
The camera is the next thing on my list. The rear camera is a 5MP shooter that lacks a flash which is going to limit how useful it will be. But it does take pictures and video that aren’t bad. Here’s a picture of an Air Canada 777 landing at Pearson Airport.
Now the video which is shot at 720p:
As you can see it lacks image stabilization, but it’s pretty good.
Each of these phones gave me 12 hours of battery life which means that they’ll last you the whole day. That’s pretty good for those who need a phone that will go for as long as they do.
The only question that’s left to answer is how fast are these phones on their respective networks? That meant that I had to come up with a method for testing. Fortunately, my wife who works with cancer researchers had an idea:
Go to a minimum of five locations.
Have a mix of outdoor and indoor locations. Plus they have to be in a variety of geographical location in Toronto.
Average the three results to get a final result for both download and upload speeds in Mbps.
Make sure the tester doesn’t know which phone is on which carrier.
Now I should note that this isn’t about which network is better. I am not doing a test that could say that with any sort of validity. Still, this should be interesting to see what results we get. So, let’s see what we got in terms of numbers. I took the Fido phone and put a green back on it and left the Telus phone with the black back and sent my wife out to do the test and record the results after showing her how to use the Speedtest.net app.
Location #1: High Park near Bloor St. West and Quebec Avenue in Toronto, On
Fido
Telus
18.16
16.97
Mbps Download
7.3
13.6
Mbps Upload
This one was easy with no issues getting a LTE signal. The download numbers were close, but it is interesting that Telus got a significantly higher upload speed.
Location #2: Sherway Gardens Shopping Mall indoors in Toronto, On
Fido
Telus
5.46
26.04
Mbps Download
5.53
12.08
Mbps Upload
Now what was interesting about testing at Sherway Gardens was the fact that my wife had to work hard find a location to get an LTE signal on the Fido phone while she had no issue with the Telus phone anywhere in the mall. When she did get a signal, it wasn’t strong on the Fido phone while she reported to me that she got full bars on the Telus phone. That likely influenced the results. My guess is that Fido needs to improve the coverage in that area. As a means to validate this, I asked her to return with her iPhone 5 which is on the Rogers network to do the same test. She got similar results which didn’t surprise me since Rogers owns Fido and the networks are likely shared to some degree.
Location #3: Pearson Airport Terminal 3 departures level in Toronto, On
Fido
Telus
11.68
6.28
Mbps Download
10.66
14.32
Mbps Upload
This was another interesting result as the Telus had a faster upload speed relative to its download speed. I cannot explain this but according to my wife, it was repeatable.
Fido pulled in a download number that is the highest number of any speed test that I’ve recorded on any phone that I’ve ever reviewed. Clearly in this area, if you have Fido, you’ll be surfing at warp speed.
In this location, the Fido phone put up some really quick download speeds. But I should note that the numbers that the Telus phone got were not too shabby either. Particularly on the upload side of the fence.
Once again, Fido put up some stunningly fast numbers on the download side of the fence and their numbers of the upload side of the fence aren’t anything to sneeze at either.
So, these results generally seem to support what PC Magazine found last year when Rogers was named the fastest for mobile network speeds. But faster doesn’t mean better. The Fido supplied Lumia 635 seemed to have problems getting a LTE signal in one of the six locations that my wife tested in. After my wife told me that, I went to the same locations and found that the Fido supplied Lumia 635 did sometimes have a weaker signal in some of these locations when compared to the Telus supplied Lumia 635 which always seemed to have full signal strength. So if you value signal strength above all else, you might opt for the Telus network.
So what’s my bottom line? Regardless of which carrier you go with, the Nokia Lumia 635 is a good phone for those on a budget that has a pretty good feature set. If you choose Fido, you can expect to pay $0 on a 2-year Tab24 agreement on a Standard plan. $200 on a monthly plan only (no Fido agreement) or with prepaid service. If you go with Telus, it’s $0 on a two year term or $200 outright. What makes you want to choose one carrier over the other depends on what is important to you. If you value speed, Fido will be your choice. However, my testing found that Telus had better signal strength. Thus if that matters to you, Telus should be your carrier of choice. Either way, you will be getting a phone that I think you’ll like.
Toronto based StrypeBox is out to make life easier for you when you and your friends go out. Say that five of you want to go out and you want to split the bill. Most of the time it’s a bit of a pain. But that’s where StrypeBox comes in. It’s an add-on for online payment solution Stripe that allows people to pay each other.
There two ways to pay using Strypebox:
Users can collect payments directly from people who enter their phone number or email address into a “box” on the Strypebox site.
They can create a public “box” to allow people to pay them.
One advantage to StrypeBox is the fact that it’s a web based app that works on any platform. Though apps for specific platforms are coming in the near future. Another advantage is that no card reader is required to get paid. Finally, it uses 256-bit SSL security which means that you don’t have to worry about security at all. Payments are currently limited to Canadian credit cards and banks for now. You can expect to pay 2.9% + $0.45 per successful transaction.
I spoke to Sanjee Sathasivam who is the founder and CEO of StrypeBox and from our conversation, I can tell that he’s working hard to develop StrypeBox into a platform that people will want to use because it meets the needs of those who want to use it. It’s pretty early for this start-up, but I sense that their have something here that will appeal to people. I think they really need to start building a base of users that will allow them to expand both in scope and the countries that they operate in.
The potential is huge for StrypeBox. My advice would be to keep an eye on them as I think you’ll be hearing from them really soon.
You might not heard of Prezi, but if you’re in a business that requires you to make presentations, you’ll want to make use of their services. Available on browser, desktop, iPad, or iPhone, it’s easy to use and highly visual. You could consider it to what Power Point wants to be when it grows up and the results are that you get presentations that don’t suck.
Traditional presentation software requires preparing a linear story line using a storyboard approach. Prezi, on the other hand, allows for both a linear and a free-flowing presentation of a story line. The user creates a presentation on a large blank workspace called the canvas, where all the elements of a presentation are visible. A story line is then created by arranging the elements on the canvas. Various tools are used to connect these elements in order to communicate the presen- ter’s message. Like traditional presentation software, Prezi has the capability of integrating text, images, animation, audio, and video seamlessly into a single presentation. If you’re a visual person, you’ll love this.
I had a conversation with Drew Banks who is the head of international at Prezi and I discovered that this is a company that’s not only located in San Francisco and Budapest, but has a very interesting culture. For example, if you look at the team, you’ll see that it has a very interesting energy to it and dogs are part of the team. It’s that sort of energy that produces great products which makes it very important for me to look for.
Prezi has very scalable pricing based on your needs and has a very interesting roster of clients including BOX, TED, and Bristol Myers Squibb. Check them out if you want to kick your presentation up to the next level.
