Being is sales, I would like to have a device that I could connect to a clients projector or tv for presentations and remain wireless from my ipad to move freely. That being said, I would rather not haul an apple TV with me in hopes that I can connect to their wireless network, or my mac book, otherwise i could just sit at my macbook and give the presentation. Any thoughts?
iPad 2
the lightening-to-hdmi connector cost waaay too much. When you visit offices with older projectors and have Apple devices with other ports than lightening, it is painful to have to bud all the pricy devices. My conclusion was to carry an Apple TV around with me
<Edited by Host>I'd very much like to see the same thing. I'd like to see a dongle of some sort that plugs into an HDMI or VGA port on a projector that would allow me to send a Keynote presentation wirelessly from my iPad to the dongle and projector. I could see so many uses for this, particularly if it allowed me to keep presentation notes up on my iPad while sending the actual slides to the dongle.
Apple makes two cables for just this purpose...
Lightning to VGA: http://store.apple.com/go/product/MD825
Lightning Digital AV Adapter: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD826ZM/A/lightning-digital-av-adapter
30-pin to VGA: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC552ZM/B/apple-vga-adapter?fnode=3a
30-pin Digital AV Adapter: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD098ZM/A/apple-digital-av-adapter?fnode=3a
We're looking for an easy "wireless" solution. These cables don't work for that. Sorry.
Did you ever figure out a way to present wirelessly from your iPad? I'm searching for options now.
Connect an Apple TV to the projector but this requires a shared WiFi network. Those are your options.
There are a couple projectors I've seen that claim to wirelessly connect to iPad or iPhone although I have yet to purchase or try one. For example, here's one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0085ZJTAE/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1394128008&sr=8-2 . Also, there are dongles which advertise the same thing. Here's one of those: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00H2D3N0M/ref=mp_s_a_1_9?qid=1394128008&sr=8-9&pi =AC_SX110_SY165_QL70 . I haven't seen one of these with great reviews, yet. So I haven't made the leap to purchase, yet. But, I'm seriously considering it. Anyone else try anything similar that they would recommend?
apple tv to a projector with an hdmi input is the easiest and most reliable way. but a lot of in house projectors that you will find in customer's offices will not have hdmi inputs - so you may be forced back to calbles unless you bring your own.
I have though about a small briefcse with an apple tv ($99), a set of cables in case you need them, and a cheap router ($39) so you can create your own network where ever you are. You do not need internet - just a local wifi network. You could also use your phone for a hotspot - apple TV can grab that as well.
Wireless presentations with iPad
