Its Sunday and time to disappoint all you SPB shell fans. Its Gone.
Just to recap, because of the need for working DRM I am on the 8/18 rom and because of the stability and speed I am using the Sense 2.1 version.
For those new, 2.1 is the version that your phone probably came with stock, but souped up by NRG. No program links on the home screen, but a seperate programs tab. Not a lot of play pretty's. Its as stripped as sense gets and therefor pretty fast. It appears NRG has stopped offering them.
Anyway I gave SPB shell a full 3 weeks shakedown and following is why it does not work for me. Mainly its has to do with my needs. I drive truck so I need my phone as simple and finger friendly as possible. I drive 500 miles day, twice a day over the 2 highest peaks on I-5. Chaining 30 or 40 times a years is normal. Now to it:
1. Weather. I use the current location feature all the time in bad weather and I can't find a good replacement in SPB.
2. City weather. I have 12 of the city's were weather is the biggest problem for me loaded in so I can get a idea of whats up, again I can't replace in SPB.
3. Email and text. In spb it will only bring up the inbox when you open it in 3D view. If I want to go to sent, or another folder you have to either shut down 3D view or go to messages in the start menu.
4. Phone dialer. SPB dialer is nice. I like it, but it does not replace the original, it just adds another step to dial.
5. Icons. Every time I switch home panels it takes time for the icons in my sd card to generate. I know this is probably because my card is C4, but I dont have the problem in sense.
6. Speed. The reason for most using spb is speed, but quite frankly running Sense 2.1, I cant see all that much improvement, if any (yes I am OC'd at 787.
So there it is TTFN untill next week
