Nuernberg, Germany - August 18, 2008
Windows CE did not die with the old Handheld PCs but experiences a
roaring revival with 99 Dollar laptops, modern cell phones, and
mobile internet devices (MID) such as NVIDIA's Tegra platform. No
surprise then that SoftMaker Software GmbH, makers of the
multi-platform office suite SoftMaker Office, did not abandon
Windows CE, but remains staunch in its support of Windows CE.
SoftMaker announced the public beta of SoftMaker Office 2008 for
Windows CE today.
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There is a market for mobile computers apart from the regular Windows
notebook computers, and a new battle is shaping up between mobile
Linux and Windows CE there. SoftMaker intends to play an important
role in the market for mobile office software as it is the sole
provider of a fully Microsoft-compatible office suite for Windows CE.
SoftMaker Office 2008 for Windows CE comes with the Word-compatible
word processor TextMaker 2008, the Excel-compatible spreadsheet
PlanMaker 2008, and the new PowerPoint rival SoftMaker Presentations
2008. All three programs are designed as drop-in replacements for
their Microsoft Office counterparts and are able to flawlessly read
and write the Microsoft Office file formats.
"Up until now, manufacturers of Windows CE computers could not
provide an office solution to their customers that had the ability to
seamlessly create and edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files without
losing formatting or content, nor have customers had access to an
office suite that provides feature-for-feature compatibility with
Microsoft Office. SoftMaker Office 2008 for Windows CE is changing
all of that," said Martin Kotulla, CEO of SoftMaker Software GmbH.
Effective immediately, SoftMaker is making a free-of-charge beta
version of SoftMaker Office 2008 for Windows CE available from the
company web site at
http://www.softmaker.com
About SoftMaker Software GmbH:
SoftMaker has been developing office software products including word
processing, spreadsheet, and database applications since 1987. Their
flagship product, SoftMaker Office, is available for a wide range of
operating systems including Windows, Linux, Pocket PCs, and Windows CE.
For more information, go to
http://www.softmaker.com
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