Spb Mobile Shell 2.0 - The Must Have User Interface for Windows Mobile

windows · 03-03-2008, 08:10 PM

St. Petersburg, Russia — Spb Software House, the world's leading Windows Mobile software vendor, upgrades its outstanding Spb Mobile Shell software to version 2.0. Spb Mobile Shell is an application that completely overhauls the innate Windows Mobile user interface, making it more direct, logical, and slick.
The software first hit the market in 2007 and quickly gained recognition among end-users and mobile device manufacturers. By the end of 2007, Spb Mobile Shell became the best-selling Pocket PC application in the world, was named the best interface/menu improver by Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine, the Best Evolution Application by Handango, and the Best Program for PDA’s by the Shareware Industry Awards. Spb Mobile Shell turns the Windows Mobile device into a better phone: gives access to crucial information at a glance, enables one-hand navigation, minimizes the number of taps to launching programs, changing settings, making calls. The new Spb Mobile Shell offers a great choice of haptic animation, it is more futuristic and practical in design, yet it is lower in memory consumption.

“The application is deeply integrated and fits well with the operating system,” – comments Yaroslav Goncharov, the Product Manager of Spb Mobile Shell. “The software has become the accepted Windows Mobile interface for many: people buy devices with Spb Mobile Shell preinstalled and use it, believing the software to be an inherent part of the Microsoft platform.”
Top Spb Mobile Shell Features

NEW All functionality in one tabbed window
NEW Full screen dialogs for Weather and Time
NEW Animated transitions
NEW Navigation with gestures
NEW Quick panel selection with taskbar gestures
Now Screen: the most important information in one screen
Spb Menu: phone style menu
Weather forecasts
Photo speed dial
World time
Launcher
Color based themes
Spb Contacts: smart contact search

Pricing and Availability

Spb Mobile Shell is compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC or higher. A free, 15-day trial can be downloaded, or Mobile Shell can be purchased for 29.95 USD from www.spbsoftwarehouse.com. Users of any 1.x versions of Spb Mobile Shell are welcome to upgrade to Spb Mobile Shell 2.0 for just 14.95 USD. According to Spb Software House upgrades policy, all Spb Mobile Shell users who have purchased the product within the last 90 days, are invited to exchange the previous version of software for the newly released one, for free.
Further Information and Downloads

Further information regarding Spb Mobile Shell can be found at Spb website:
Spb Mobile Shell web page
Spb Mobile Shell downloading page

About Spb Software House (www.spbsoftwarehouse.com)

Spb designs software to enhance the experience of using Windows Mobile phones. It is an international company with presence in Germany, Hong Kong, Russia, and Thailand. Spb combines a unique line of consumer products, with servicing such leading enterprises as ASUSTeK, BenQ Siemens, E-TEN, Fly, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Gigabyte, HTC, O2, Optimus, Palm, SingTel, Swisscom Mobile, T-Mobile, and VimpelCom.

El Mariachi · 04-03-2008, 05:06 PM

I've been eagerly anticipating this! Time to give it a go!

boz · 04-03-2008, 06:06 PM

Let us know what you think.

El Mariachi · 05-03-2008, 02:40 PM

I've been using it for almost a day now, and overall, it's alright...but I wouldn't say I'm blown away! You have very similar functionalities to previous version (which were very good), except there is a slightly different SPB Menu which incorporates animation and finger gestures. Apart from this there's not much difference so I'm not blown away. It's definitely not as snazzy as Pointui Home, but does have perhaps more functionality. The other thing is that I'm finding it is a lot slower than previous versions, but that's probably because my Trinity is getting a bit out of date now

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mackaby007 · 13-03-2008, 11:07 PM

You might want to check out this thread over at the xda devs site:

SPB MOBILE SHELL 2.0 custom icons - xda-developers

It's a lot more configurable than most may have thought, but it does require knowledge of xml! Not my strength unfortunately, but some really great changes taking place that makes MS 2.0 not only much more aesthetically pleasing, but also much more functional.

You can pretty much configure your screen any which way you want...if your good at xml, otherwise wait for the finished results of the 'enhanced' development of this app. Glad I bought 2.0, it's turning out to be exactly what I hoped for and IMHO is considerably better than PointUI (of which I was a staunch supporter until Spb MS 2.0 was released).

See here:xda-developers - View Single Post - SPB MOBILE SHELL 2.0 custom icons

here:
SPB MOBILE SHELL 2.0 custom icons - xda-developers

and here:
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...to see the potential of MS 2.0