SPB Mobile Shell

[rawintellect]

A screenshot of my device:




Get it here:

http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/pock...e/mobileshell/

A few thoughts:

(1) it seems to use less memory than TF 2.1. I used to boot up with 42% used memory after installing the TP tweeks cab. Now I boot with 39% used.

Yes the screenie below shows 41% used but as you can see I have screen capture active to take the screenshot. But it WAS 39% used prior to starting the screencapture utility.




(2) It seems less of a battery drain than TF 2.1. I'll confirm this by the end of the day.

(3) the interface is in my OWN opinion the best one going for windows mobile.

(4) it is compatible with WM 6.5...or so the devs say. lol!


As I greatly value the input of this forum I'd love to know your thoughts on this shell. Thanks

**** Confirmed the battery drain is lower. With stock TF 2.1 my drain was 205 mA. With stock settings on MS 3.5 the battery drain is 192 mA (screenie below)




Here is the youtube video review from pocketnow.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmvDr7wAPFQ


************Update 11/06/09*************************

The NEW version 3.5.1 beta is out. Get it here:

http://www.spbclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29539

Oh and the beta is of course free.

Some fixes they list:

SPB Pocket Plus close button makes Shell unresponsive
Set Ringtone doesn't work for Contacts
6.5: Theme shows incorrectly for Carousel and Tiles views
Added current conditions threshold for weather widget
Agenda: One day is shown twice, 25 осt date is the transition to "winter" time
3D SMS viewer: First word disappears after enter
Twitter issues fixes
Kinetic scrolling doesn't stop on Asus P565
3D SMS viewer: Picture is absent.
3D viewer: Date isn't shown for SMS and Email
3D email viewer: First account always shows
Birthday widget doesn't update itself when contact info is changed
New filter category is available only after MS restart
Task widget makes task sychronization with Outlook longer
Feature: introduced default action for weather widget (now choose between "Open forecast" and "Open conditions")

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* I also found the "reply" button has been fixed in SMS and MAIL.

* Happy to report bluetooth is still working lol!

* When I upgraded I did NOT lose my custom settings.


****************************Update 11/09/09********************************************

Bug found/fixed (well worked around)
Problem:

When you try to use Opera 9.7 beta while using SPB Mobile Shell the Opera splash screen comes up but Opera never starts.

Solution:

Use Sk Tools "Free Up Ram" prior to using Opera 9.7 beta. My guess (and yes it's a guess lol) is that 9.7 beta uses 3-d acceleration. See my previous post regarding trying to play games like xtract.

Here's some screenshots proving Opera 9.7 beta works using this method:





In short it seems that MS does not release the 3d-acceleration so you have to "force" it to release before playing games or using opera 9.7 beta. Hope this helps.

If it does...thank me! (click it kids lol)
***************************Update 11/10/09*********************************************

Want to add Skyfire or Opera 9.7 to the internet launch menu in Mobile Shell? Just edit the registry.

Use your favorite registry editor (I use PHM registry edit) and navagate to

\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Spb Software House 2\Spb Mobile Shell\Menu\Root\Internet

There you will see several keys Opera being one of them:




Create a NEW KEY under the Internet section called "Skyfire" like you see above or Opera Beta like you see above.

The fast way would be to just copy each value under the Opera key into the Opera Beta or Skyfire key.

My values look like this for Opera Beta:



Check will always be 1

File will be the path you have Opera Beta installed
(ex my path is \storage card\program files\Opera mobile\OperaL.exe)

Image path will have the EXACT SAME path as the File path:
(ex my path is \storage card\program files\Opera mobile\OperaL.exe)

Index defines the order of objects in your Internet Launch Menu. I have
Opera Beta set as the 11th item. Change yours to a number that doesn't
exist. For instance I had 10 items in my menu so I made this number 11.
If you have 8 items change the index to 9. 15 items change it to 16 and
so on.

MRU is 0

Text is Opera Beta

save and you're done. Now do the same with Skyfire or any other browser you wish to add to the Internet list. the result looks like this:



Enjoy.


***************************************Update 11/10/09 ********************************

Well it seems the folks at SPB are very active and on the ball with fixes as another release has come out today:

it's 3.5.1 RC as opposed to 3.5.1 beta

get it at:

http://www.spbclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29539