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Spb Mobile Shell 2.0 makes Windows Mobile more finger friendly
Ever since Steve Jobs explained how iPhone users don't need a stylus, Windows Mobile users who keep misplacing theirs have had a bit of no-stylus envy. So companies keep concocting finger-friendly application suites and program launchers for Windows Mobile. The problem is that the overall Windows Mobile interface is still designed to act like Windows, with a start menu and small icons that are easiest to access with a fine-tipped stylus. But the best finger-friendly applications, like Spb Mobile Shell don't make you look at the default Windows Mobile interface very often.
Spb has just released version 2.0 of its Mobile Shell, with a bunch of new and updated features:
- Tabbed window with access to all of the Spb Mobile Shell features
- Full screen dialogs for time and weather
- Animated transitions
- Gesture navigation
Spb Mobile Shell 2.0 is available for Windows Mobile 5.0 and newer devices. A full license will set you back $30, but existing customers can upgrade for half price. There's also a 15 day free trial available.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
chrisaroz said 12:40PM on 3-04-2008
I grabbed this yesterday when I heard about it (been using version 1.5 since it came out) and really like it. A better layout than Pointui, and really great response to gestures. I still wish someone would add the ability to scroll pages like the iPhone, but this makes accessing my stuff VERY quick.
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ipodrulz said 4:42PM on 3-04-2008
Easy on the fingers, killing on the eyes.
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someaudioguy said 8:24AM on 3-05-2008
For all the 3rd party improvements, MS's actual apps are still really hard to use with just touch screen.
I love how flexible the OS is, but it hasn't really changed since PPC2003SE.
Here's hoping for WM7, or it'll be time for me to grab a dumb phone and UMPC of some kind...
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mariegars said 7:58AM on 3-06-2008
Heyt guys I'm using spb mobile shell 1.5 on my tytn and i like it very much , Iwould likr to try the version 2.0 but the download file on spb website has a virus my NOD has found it. Can anyone tell which oter website Ican download trail version for it? cheers thanks....
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Yousif said 7:49AM on 3-08-2008
Hey please i just want to download windows live
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abul said 10:14AM on 4-13-2008
spb mobile shell good for my pda
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fuss bass said 5:31PM on 4-19-2008
Hey what phone is that in the video?
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