[bobby yarrow]

I own mobile shell 3 and of course have TF3d (running SSK's great VZW ROM).

Resources I notice no difference. Consensus view is the MS is lighter, I notice nothing.

I have no problems with either, in terms of stability and function. I expect the occasional hiccup in any windows mobile environment, but they're pretty rare and nothing a soft-reset won't fix.

The tricky thing is, each offer something the other doesn't in terms of function, and I haven't found any easy way of going back and forth.

Pros of MS3, for me:
- between widgets and launcher, I basically never have to leave my home screens.
- delete emails without opening them (seems small, is actually darn nice)
- facebook>contact thingy, which works reasonably well for me
- a contact can be a widget. My 'people' page doesn't work in TF3d, I have 2,500 contacts and it takes way too long to load

Pros for TF3d
- I like the slider arrangement
- The album feature works and remembers your favorite (MS3 doesn't remember)
- The weather feature works (for me)
- I generally think it's cooler looking. The slickest thing in MS3 is the carousel, which I find no use for.

I'm on TF3d today. Might be on MS3 tomorrow.