In April, the vendor unveiled , with a new Adobe Flash-based player for and Palm webOS devices, some changes to Brainshark's iOS app (launched in January), and more information about how end users view and work with a Brainshark video.

Slideshark lets an iPad user download and run the Brainshark-created conversions, without an Internet connection, just as if PowerPoint was resident on the tablet.

Slideshark is available now, as a free app via the iTunes App Store. Once downloaded, you set up a secure account at the , where you can upload PowerPoint files, and have them automatically converted. Then, using the Slideshark app, you can download the converted presentation and view it.

Though the app and service are currently free, Brainshark eventually plans to create paid, multi-user versions of the software, aimed at enterprise groups such as sales operations.

John Cox covers wireless networking and mobile computing for Network World.