PlanMaker for Handheld PCs is now in public beta testing

[bkbroil]

Anyone who has used Softmaker's Textmaker know that their software is the ONLY solution for creating documents on the PPC and seamlessly transferring them to your desktop machine without loss of formatting. Now they have accomplished this same flawless functionality with spreadsheets in their new application PlanMaker. It is still in beta, but you can be a part of the beta testing and download a copy today.
Note: This is for Handheld PCs...The Pocket PC version will follow shortly
Nuernberg, Germany -- March 17, 2004 -- Another important step for
PlanMaker 2004, the new Microsoft Excel-compatible spreadsheet:
PlanMaker for Handheld PCs is now in public beta testing.
Anyone can download both the Handheld PC and the Windows beta
versions from the manufacturer's web site at www.softmaker.com
The remaining versions, for Pocket PCs and Linux, will follow in
the coming weeks.

PlanMaker offers the feature set and ease-of-use of a modern
high-end spreadsheet application - not only under Windows, but
also under Linux and on Pocket PCs and Windows CE-based Handheld
PCs. This means that PlanMaker is the only spreadsheet worldwide
that is available for four different popular operating systems
and offers the same feature set on all of them.
One of the major design goals in PlanMaker's development was
the seamless conversion of Microsoft Excel files. PlanMaker
reads and writes any file from Microsoft Excel 5.0, 95, 97,
2000, Excel XP, and Excel 2003, and renders all of them
faithfully.
PlanMaker not only offers a vast collection of more than 320
calculation functions - including support for complex numbers,
statistics, financial maths, and data analysis - but also enables
the user to create attractive presentations by providing a
fully Excel-compatible AutoShapes drawing engine (on all platforms,
even Linux and Pocket PCs!) and a fully Microsoft Excel-compatible
charting module that offers 70 different chart types in 2D and 3D
- color gradients, fill patterns, and trend lines included.
PlanMaker carries a suggested retail price of US$49.95 or EUR 49.95
and will be available through resellers and directly from SoftMaker.
For additional information visit: www.softmaker.com

[knelson]

that is what Microsoft should have done in the first place. Pocket Word and Pocket Excel are disappointing ... I like Docs to Go on the palm better.