The present document relates to the presentation of visual data that is stored on a mobile communication device, in particular to the presentation of sequences of images such as slideshows that may further include animation sequences as well as static images. A method for displaying data includes: transferring visual data from a mobile communication device (100) to a rendering device (200) via a wireless communication link; transferring control data from the mobile communication device (100) to the rendering device (200); rendering the received visual data in the rendering device (200); and displaying the visual data, where the displaying of the visual data is controlled in accordance with the control data received from the mobile communication device (100).