I think you've really got to try them for yourself and decide. There are pros and cons to both. SPB MS is highly customizable, but Manila 2.5 provides a great interface too. Personally I'm liking the simplicity of Manila over SPB MS right now, but the fun is having the choice

RhodiumW is another name for the CDMA / World version of the TP2. Rhodium is the gsm-only version.

Manila is the user interface HTC added to its devices like the TP and TP2. It's a "Today Screen" replacement basically. It is also known as Sense/SenseUI although I always thought Sense was Manila 2.5, and not 2.1, but I may be wrong!

I was talking about your post on the 1st page of the "Post Your Touch Pro 2 Home Screen" thread. would you recommend Manila 2.5 instead of Spb Mobile Shell.

Also, I'm kind of newbie to hacking windows mobile devices, so excuse my ignorance. What is RhodiumW and Manila 2.5? Are these just names for the ROM and which one should i use?

║MightyROM.com║ ║Windows Phone®║ ║Sense UI 2.5║ now, but it depends what you were looking at when you say "I've been able to customize it". I had an older home screen layout posted, but that was when I was using Spb Mobile Shell. I've gone back and forth between that and Manila. I'm liking Manila 2.5 on Mike's latest ROM I just linked to.

what ROM are you using on your TP2? It looks like you have been able to customize it pretty well.