Back in 2008, during the Pocket PC days, SoftMaker Office suite had a huge fan following, because it gave a mobile user the flexibility to use a powerful desktop on the handset. Today, the company is all geared up for releasing a public beta of SoftMaker Office for Android devices.
As the popularity of Android smartphones and tablets continue to grow exponentially, the launch time for releasing a powerful mobile Office client, seems good. The company has few existing solutions – ThinkFree Office, Quickoffice, and Documents To Go, but if this new SoftMaker product is anything like their previous Windows Mobile product then it should definitely be able to compete.
Based on the screenshots, it looks like SoftMaker Office for Android will have quite a bit of formatting and layout functionality. They also claim they have optimized it for the touch interface and that it works on Android 3.0 devices as well.
I’m eager to test it on my Android device, and will update you, once I get something more concrete.
