Xperiancer

SPB has finally released Mobile Shell 3.0 and simply put, it is Amazing! Once installation completes and the shell is launched, you are taken to a sleeker version of SPB Mobile Shell 2.0 home with message information, notifications, calendar, and weather. This screen is known as the Professional Home screen. But wait! with the flick of a finger up the screen, the home screen is switched to the lifestyle home screen which provides a completely different look and feel. This lifestyle home screen is fully customizable allowing the user to place widgets and application launchers of their choice on the screen as needed. Apart from application shortcuts and widgets, the user can also add calendar entries, images, contacts, and more. Furthermore, the lifestyle home screen is split across three pages – flick to the right or left to change to the page – thus allowing you to manage similar widgets on the same page. Clicking on the lower-left button activates the SPB Carrousel – a 3D interfac

Gil Bouhnick at Mobilespoon has posted an in-depth review of SPB Mobile Shell 3.0 over at his blog . Check it out! Hope he doesn’t mind, but i thought I’d post an image from his blog here;

Yep! It is finally here and it is not a leaked version or a Beta release. I received a Press Release of the software and will be installing it in a few minutes. Expect to see a detailed post about Shell 3.0 in the next few hours. Meanwhile, watch the video below:

The leaked Growing Panel that we love so much… turns out it has a lot much more to it. As you can see in the screenshots below, the panel adjusts itself according to the time – The first screenshot is for Christmas with tree lights on the plants in the background and a slight layer of snow on the ground, the second one is for Easter (time to hunt down the eggs!), the third one is for Halloween, and the fourth one is… well all you beautiful people out there. :) The screenshots are courtesy of Sera_6969 at XDA Forums… unfortunately for me, when i switched my date to 12/31/2009 23:59:00 to see what it shows for New Year’s (which it does), a message box popped up saying that the Beta version of Windows Mobile 6.5 is to be expired on 7/7/2009, and that followed by a white screen with the text saying something like “This Beta version of Windows Mobile has expired…” And it closed down access to the phone – The start menu was displaying and all, but wouldn’t open. Tried soft-resetting twice

Update : It should be noted that the leaked SPB Mobile Shell 3.0 package is not the final version. It has a few bugs and hiccups but overall works really smooth. It is best that y’all wait for the final version to hit their website. SPB Software House is close to releasing SPB Mobile Shell 3.0 according to their website , but it seems a leaked CAB file has made its way across the internet which I, of course, installed as soon as i found it! Any Windows Mobile user should be familiar with SPB Shell for Windows Mobile. At one time it was the only software out there that allowed a great deal of customization to the Windows Mobile user interface, but now with the simple yet powerful and sleek looking PointUI, Touch Flo 3D 2, TouchWiz, etc. making their way into the market, does SPB Mobile Shell stand a chance? More importantly, does SPB Mobile Shell 3.0 deliver what was expected of it? In short – it does! Ok so the interface does look kind of plain (especially in comparison to TouchFlo

If you are an Xperiancer or use any other Win Mo device, then take note: Maple Douglas at XDA Forums recently completed an extensive guide for Xperia and Windows Mobile. It is by far one of the most useful guides available out there and he promises to keep it growing with time. A definite must-read for any Xperia newbie. I just wish he had written this when i had purchased my Xperia a couple of months back and was a newbie in the WinMo world, but i guess better late than never. Though i haven’t browsed it completely yet, it has already brought to my attention a fix for TouchWiz (Omnia’s Interface) for WVGA devices! Already added to the top of my favorite’s list, bookmark it now: http://geekedout.se/winmo.php

Using TouchFlo 3D 2 on your Xperia? If yes, then you’ll be happy to know that XDA-Developers have released a set of tweaks for TouchFlo 3D 2. The set includes: Ability to toggle enhanced notifications. Ability to toggle large menus. Ability to disable/enable rotation of TF3D. Ability to hide/show programs tab. Ability to toggle between classic and Touch Flo start menu. Though the tweaks were released for Touch Pro & Touch Diamond phones, they are working perfectly on Xperia. I used it to show the Programs tab in Touch Flo 3D 2 and to revert back to the original Xperia Start Menu. To download, head on here .