In 2002 German developer SoftMaker conquered the mobile world, taking its users by storm and redefining what it took to create truly astonishing software for embedded platforms.

Five year on, and SoftMaker are still innovating. Having added PlanMaker to their product line in 2004, inexorably the company has raised its standard high and is focusing its targets squarely on Microsoft with the inaugural release of its flagship Office Suite, the aptly named SoftMaker Office 2006.

Clinton Fitch explores the Office 2006 release to see what this new bundle has to offer.

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