I love the new SPB mobile shell and believe they have really created the best user interface out there so far, but my only gripe with the program is that it is a program that you have to launch or go to first. I would love to do to things with this app that I was curious if anyone else has done:
1. Have this program or another program running on top of the Today screen or acting as the today screen.
or
2. Be able to press okay through all my programs and end up at SPB Shell instead of the home screen.
Either one of these two options would suit me really well. I love you guys, thanks for you help.
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Hey. I have just started using the trial version of SPB Mobile Shell and I really really like it!
First question, which is the best OS to use in collaboration with SPB Mobile Shell? At the moment I am using ROMeOS
Second, how can I change the bottom right tab in SPB Now screen which exits SPB Mobile Shell?? I've seen it in some skins
Before switching to TD2, i used SPB mobile shell and I was very satisfied about that software
TF3D is so much like an eye-candy, but for the way I use WM phones, I prefer having multiple functions on one screen, provided that we can put lots of things at the same time on a 480x800 screen.
I hope both companies can come up with new version of their software to perfect user experiences. I look forward for this to happen more than seeing WM6.5 or WM7
what do you think? and sorry about my english
If you say so, I think PointUI HOME2 is much better suitable for you. You can have different theme, different arrangment of the screen. And the most important, it is free.
Current version of Spb Mobile Shell (3.01) still has issue in Diamond2. You may refer to Spb forum regarding those issue. I just wait for a more stable Mobile Shell version, just like the ancestor stable verion 2.15, to run in my Diamond2.
The moment I got my D2, I disengaged TF3D and use SPB MS 3.0. TF has just too many gestures to get where u want. SPB MS makes it easy to access the applications.
IMHO....
TF3D is an extremely unproductive UI. Contacts and calendar are the two most important things for business and TF3D is configuration limited scrolling hell.
With the calendar I can see today and tomorrow. It has a gimmicky month view but in all not very useful at all.
The contacts themselves within TF3D are annoying as I have to scroll even when in a contact to get to the option to view the standard WM full details because TF3D does not display what I want to see. By default finding a contact in TF3D is like having to win a game of Teeter first.
SPB Mobile Shell 3.0 is also very unproductive. It does not integrate with SPB Diary (not today plugin friendly) and amazingly does not even integrate with SPB Phone (try to turn rules on and off from the Shell!!!). You lose weather views and the easy moving between cities even if you have a licence for SPB Traveller!
The contacts screen from Mobile Shell 2.0 is the best I have seen. It has "dedicated contact names T9 search for any part of contact string" (very valuable feature).
The HTC dialer on the Topaz offers non-T9 name search only from the beginning of each word (vastly inferior to SPB Shell 2. Contacts) but it is still quite usable.
In a choice of TF3D vs SPB MS3.0 vs no shell I would choose no shell.
Maybe install SecondToday. Put your calendar (something like TodayAgenda or SPB Diary) on the second Today screen. Put your calls/e-mail/messages, program launcher, music player and weather application plugins on the front page.
We should be able to use specialist programs for functionality that is important to us. The above 2 shells exclude the ability to mix and match what we want. For many people they will not allow a UI that suits their lifestyle.
Why did we want a WM phone in the first place?
We may as well be choosing above between Nokia and Motorola. These shell providers could do better and they should!
IMHO
I've had no problems with SPB shell 3. It works great. I have all the other spb shell apps and they all work great! It's nice to be able to have 2 different types of today screens. and the lifestyle today screen is great. one page for media, one for phone controls/tools and one for games and 'other'
it's much better than touchflo
Ich switched from TF to Mobile Shell and i think Mobile Shell delivers what i expected from TF...
I prefer shell than TF3D too. I usually get to what I want faster...
Mobile Shell 3 interfere HTC dialer
If you look at the following thread in Spb forum, you may find one of Mobile Shell issue in Diamond2:
http://www.spbclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25814
You just cannot tap the left bottom "Contact" button in the default (HTC) dialer to open contact.
Maybe we could all get back to the old and ultimate WisBar
Regards,
Carty..
SPB Mobile Shell 3 is better than TouchFLO
chch said:
SPB Mobile Shell 3.0 is also very unproductive. It does not integrate with SPB Diary (not today plugin friendly) and amazingly does not even integrate with SPB Phone (try to turn rules on and off from the Shell!!!).
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yes, this is very annoying to me. I like the phone suite for the sound profiles that you can set including the automatic. Why can't I put that plug in on a main screen of the shell?
I'm also very annoyed how the custom layouts get all messed up in landscape. for the most part sbp mobile shell 3 is pretty good.
Hi there anybody knows how to install all these applications on D2 and change using Today or a Panel? Spb Mobile shell get itself a primary position,and this the main problem I was trying using Second Today and ms3Togglersetup but it didn't work, for some reason I've got some sotware that is doing conflict ...it can be a pubba TFLO 3d Panel but I ' not sure. I don't want remove it because all Xperia panel will disappear. So! How can I change from Spb Mobile shell and TouchFlo 3d in one click and from TouchFlo 3d to Spb Pocket plus with another click and so on....It's not so easy. Can you help me please....any idea?
have you tried this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3789383&postcount=1509
Hi everyone,
I was wondering if it is possible to get the SPB mobile Shell 3.0.1 as a panel. I am currently using itje's Touch-it 13 and I downloaded SPB panel from sony ericsson website.
So I carried out an experiment: I installed spb panel and then when on spb panel I installed I installed spb mobile shell 3.0.1. I thought I did it!!
Nah it didn't work, I just installed spb mobile shell that's all, the spb panel was gone
So anybody thinks its possible?
If anyone is wondering why I want SPB mobile shell? It's because spb have better Facebook integration and also for this http://www.mobilecustom.fr/forum/index.php/topic,2398.0.html
Also is it possible to get winmo UI as a panel or the Touchflow Leo as a panel?
Thanks
There is an SPB mobile Shell 3.0.1 panel at sony ericsson korea. But its in korean.
See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=541280
Delete the file SpbMobileShell.txt in the installed path, it will become english version.
It's not that hard to switch the Korean version to English and well worth the effort. This is a huge improvement on the original SPB mobile shell panel and finally gives me a home screen I am happy to show off to people without loading any custom roms.
Here is another link that points to a fix for the SMS/MMS button problem, I don't remember if I found that fix in the panels & themes thread or on the following link. http://xperiancer.blogspot.com/2009/07/spb-shell-panel-30-for-xperia.html
Regards,
Iain S.
Thanks guys! It is really awesome to have both Touchflow and spb at the same time. I wish there was a way to get either leo or windows 6.5 UI as a panel. Anybody has any ideas about that?