Ran across this article today discussing a very promising launcher that will be coming to tablets. It's a kickstarter campaign atm but I'm definitely excited to give it a try when released. Hopefully by the time it's released I'll be rockin a nexus tablet on jellybean
Enjoy
http://androidcommunity.com/chameleon-launcher-gives-early-access-to-kickstarter-donors-20120516/
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looks pretty nice, I am going to bung 5 bucks their way
Nice find, 5bucks is a bit too much for me though. I spent money in other launchers but I always go back to a MIUI kind of experience.
Also nice Sergio Leone signature
I pledged. Seems like a cool project.
Eric
DBBGBA said:
Nice find, 5bucks is a bit too much for me though. I spent money in other launchers but I always go back to a MIUI kind of experience.
Also nice Sergio Leone signature
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5 bucks is cheap compared to spb shell. Gosh I regret ever buying that launcher when it first came out.
Thanks! I enjoy my westerns...especially the Sergio Leone ones
I've pledged too. It looks pretty good. I think the main issue, as with standard launchers is the widget support.
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I there a nice iPhone Theme available?
Free of charge of course ;-)
An iPhone theme for your Android device?
No.
Brakelseboer said:
I there a nice iPhone Theme available?
Free of charge of course ;-)
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Go buy an iPhone.
lol~~ lmao~~
LOL! talk about an instant beatmove!
in all seriousness. if you have a htc desire or a google nexus one, have a look for the rom called miui if your looking for some heavy customization. if your looking for just an app, there is an app called app4desk which is worth a look at
There's an Iphone theme but you have to pay like 1000 to get it because of the Apple Membership Card Fee.
So yeah.
Android Fanboys are so annoying and immature. He asked a simple question and the peanut gallery just had to chime in.
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Android Fanboys are so annoying and immature. He asked a simple question and the peanut gallery just had to chime in.
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While I agree especially considering there IS an iPhone theme. Apple fanboys (well any "fanboy") are no better and IMO more often worse. There is a fanboy for just about everything. The problem is they usually are wrong and regurgitate bad info
Personally I feel apple gets a reputation for innovation by simply taking something that already exists polishing it up to look nice and locking it down so it runs smooth. Then they sucker everyone in with the next version that has features the original should have had and other manufacturers already have.
At least when it comes to the mobile devices
Sure they are good and often better than others. But far from the best and not innovative
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Or just use desktop visualizer and hit up deviantart or search here for iphone icons.lol
everybody has diff tastes. and 9 times outta 10 people who use iphones, want say htc themes. or vice versa. No diff than windows mobile people wanting android like themes. etc.. A question is a question why not try to answer and be nice instead of throwing out harse remarks.lol
Blasphemy.
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Miui.... best of both worlds.
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lol. Try MIUI its great but you might have to worry with your battery life with that Rom lol
Oh, if you have a HTC Desire you could try this one www.miui-au.com which uses a different kernel, and to me, it has a better battery life it might work on N1 too
nalakrub said:
Go buy an iPhone.
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It's extremely annoying when some people say this. Just buying an iPhone may not be an option if you're not in a position to do so (I wanted an iPhone but could not use AT&T due to contractual obligations with Sprint). Answer the question or move on if you can't. Some people enjoy Apple's aesthetics--deal with it!
That said--I'll reiterate what others have posted--try the MIUI rom, it's reminiscent of an iPhone's interface. Another thing you can do is to download iPhone screen shots and get some widgets that match the clock and some of the icons and wallpaper, it's going to take some work though. The iPhone's icons are out there, I've seen them but never downloaded them. Use something like Launcher PRO or ADW to replace icons. Download the iPhone sounds from the market--I have those.
The wonderful thing about Android is it's dynamic and flexible interface capabilities. You can essentially make your phone look like any cell phone interface you like, WinMO, iOS, Blackberry, etc... Ejoy this device!
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It's extremely annoying when some people say this. Just buying an iPhone may not be an option if you're not in a position to do so (I wanted an iPhone but could not use AT&T due to contractual obligations with Sprint). Answer the question or move on if you can't. Some people enjoy Apple's aesthetics--deal with it!
That said--I'll reiterate what others have posted--try the MIUI rom, it's reminiscent of an iPhone's interface. Another thing you can do is to download iPhone screen shots and get some widgets that match the clock and some of the icons and wallpaper, it's going to take some work though. The iPhone's icons are out there, I've seen them but never downloaded them. Use something like Launcher PRO or ADW to replace icons. Download the iPhone sounds from the market--I have those.
The wonderful thing about Android is it's dynamic and flexible interface capabilities. You can essentially make your phone look like any cell phone interface you like, WinMO, iOS, Blackberry, etc... Enjoy this device!
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Well said.
iClone is a launcher that looks like an iphone. u can find it in the market for 0.74€.
check out inexus
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853544
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iClone is a launcher that looks like an iphone. u can find it in the market for 0.74€.
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I just installed this. Seems a bit twitchy but nevertheless a nice interpretation of the iPhone--best one I've seen, Thanks!
iClone
Try out iClone:
http://www.androidpit.de/de/android/market/apps/app/com.kingyo.iClone/iClone-iPhone-Theme
isnt it a bit laggy? i mean the iclone?
Has anyone tested this SPB Shell 3D launcher (the final version) with our Fascinate phones? Is it worth the $15?
Check it @: http://spb.com/android-software/shell/
Let me know what you guys think? Will customizations be coming??
Looks way too fancy for me. I think the "neat" factor would wear out pretty quick. But that's coming from someone who used to use HelixLauncher. Besides, $15 is a bit outside my budget for an Android app, especially when it offers no additional productivity.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=994809&highlight=launcher
There are a few people in this thread that have tried it.
Tried it with the setup in my sig. No luck, blank screen then fc.
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I used the beta for a bit, it was alright - definitely not worth 15$ in my opinion.
I like having an app drawer and just 3 homescreens to keep things clean and simple.
The coolest things in it were the animations/graphics and adjustable widgets. The novelty wears off pretty quickly and I went back to good old launcher pro after a few days.
Fc
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I tried the beta for an hour or so. I thought it was kind of neat that you could reorder home screens pretty easily, but mostly to me it seemed like eye candy only. I do remember SPB being the bomb for other folks in my Omnia days, but that was comparing it to Winmo...
LauncherPro + is $3. SPB is $15. Hmmm...
$15.... and does not make coffee? Thats a shame.
Too expensive for me plus im sure its loose its flavor in a few days or weeks like everything else.
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adw ex is a much better option and you could buy it 4x over
or use free launchers
its neat but at $15!?! that screams steal me on 4chan or something
I'd rather put $15 toward helping a dev hack it. I used the beta and it looks cool but...
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Spb will cash in on the former winmo user base though. Not from me though.
good day.
I used the beta for a few hours. It was pretty cool but got old fast. There is no way I would pay $15 for it though.
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I used it on my Omnia 2 in my winmo days. With so many good alternatives available now in android, no desire to use it in my droid days.
Not very good app.
First load is very slow. take very long time.
Really cool, but not $15 cool. Maybe if it were $4.99.
Alternative agenda..
Everything I've read points to the fact that they are hoping to get picked up by a manufacturer as a UI like Sense, Blur etc. This may be more of a feeler effort to see what the community thinks. But the $15 price tag is a bit over my beta testing tolerance lol. I mean really...15 dollars? (not to mention most people around here bellyache over apps costing a dollar or two so I don't understand their reasoning as far as pricing goes.) It is "pretty" but as far as increased functionality I don't see any benefit and all that prettiness has to be a resource gobbling monster. I'll stick with LPP does all I need and more.(especially when fede is doing a complete rewrite to LP )
pretty cool, no where near being worth $15 imo. The fact that you cant delete other screens as far as I can tell is really a deal breaker for me. I have no need for more than 1 screen though.
Guess I'm the only sucker who bought it. lol.
They made a lot of improvements over the beta. You now have 5 buttons on the bottom, two are changeable. There is an app drawer finally, and they fixed the screen reorganization and renaming issues. They also added a few more widgets, and the boot time is faster.
There's a lot I like about it, and a few I don't care for. Will be interesting to see what improvements they make from here.
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Guess I'm the only sucker who bought it. lol.
They made a lot of improvements over the beta. You now have 5 buttons on the bottom, two are changeable. There is an app drawer finally, and they fixed the screen reorganization and renaming issues. They also added a few more widgets, and the boot time is faster.
There's a lot I like about it, and a few I don't care for. Will be interesting to see what improvements they make from here.
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From what you said, I can not imagine how slow the beta version is, as the release version is still too slow!
http://gizmodo.com/5802658/if-android-looked-like-windows-phone-7
It would be really cool if someone got that launcher and ported it to Android. I'd love to use that.
Looks nice
There are a couple of custom roms that do make the Galaxy phone operate and look like WP7.......... don't know about other phones but the Vibrant has 3 out right now.
Yuck! Too busy
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I feel like those huge icons would annoy me after awhile
Looks like a fun and useful UI, I'd use it...assuming it doesn't have a big hit on battery life..
Umm... here is your answer
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Umm... here is your answer
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...wow thanks that was really helpful! /sarcasm
This is different, it's not just a launcher that looks EXACTLY like WP7, it has some elements of it's own and the ui looks altered a little. I think it's better than just the WP7 launcher.
The project is officialy DEAD due to the lack of interest. If you would like to continue the source is on github.
A few people asked for it so download is here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7692676/android/One.apk
Based on work by Thiago Silva
Pretty slick looking. A little too iPhonish for my personal taste but it looks really sharp. Like the color scheme too. Excellent work.
Love that, please keep on it
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Beautiful man. I used UberMusic and would defiantly love to use this theme.
cant wait id love to use that theme
Nice Nice Nice!
Can't wait for release!
Great theme!!!
WOWWWWWW!!! That is simply beautiful. If you need help testing it on an MDPI screen, I would be more than happy to do it. This blows out any theme I've seen for UberMusic.
I don't know hor far you're going with apktool, recompiling and this hacky stuff, but if you're good with this, you might find powerAmp a better app to start with.
Basically it has all or almost all features you need, so it would be a matter of rewireing the actuall app to the new ui you want to implement with a skin.
More complicated than making an ubermusic skin, but also more rewarding.
Thing is, nobody really likes reading bytecode, I guess.
Try with the UM skin first. I'll gladly try it. +1 for testing volounteers.
MDPI HTC Hero GSM, btw.
Ah, and btw, you might wanna try apk manager.
thats dope good work bro
Really nice brother i hope test it soon now
Nice! can't wait to see this... I've been using the metro skin for the whole time, and had (cubed) before that. It would be great to see a lighter skin
Very nice, will be watching for its completion.
Any release date for this??? im actually kind of tired of the skins they have for this in the market..not a wide variety of choice yet.
Man That's awesome!
Good Job..
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I WANT IT! XD
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Pretty slick looking. A little too iPhonish for my personal taste but it looks really sharp. Like the color scheme too. Excellent work.
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I think it looks "iPhonish" because the tabs are on the bottom. If people want it I will make one with tabs-on-top.
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I don't know hor far you're going with apktool, recompiling and this hacky stuff, but if you're good with this, you might find powerAmp a better app to start with.
Basically it has all or almost all features you need, so it would be a matter of rewireing the actuall app to the new ui you want to implement with a skin.
More complicated than making an ubermusic skin, but also more rewarding.
Thing is, nobody really likes reading bytecode, I guess.
Try with the UM skin first. I'll gladly try it. +1 for testing volounteers.
MDPI HTC Hero GSM, btw.
Ah, and btw, you might wanna try apk manager.
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I had a look at poweramp: it would be really hard to implement this interface. Playerpro has all the elements in it that are needed for this look (minus the letter separator but that's not a biggie). Anyway I finally figured out what was wrong with recompiling. I used apkmanager. That was the problem because it's bundled with a horribly out of date version of apktool, I updated it and now it works. Beta is coming soon so watch this thread
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Any release date for this??? im actually kind of tired of the skins they have for this in the market..not a wide variety of choice yet.
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It will be out in 2-3 weeks at last. It depends on the feedback from the beta that will be announced later this week.
I like it, a good skinned widget, unless it can't be themed, and I'm in anyway
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I like it, a good skinned widget and I'm in
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Widget? Okay I seriously forgot about widget skins Any ideas?
This is very nice, I use Ubermusic and looking forward sporting this skin when it becomes available, keep it up my friend
So i am sharing this cause i am very very tempted to buy it haven't yet but look absolutely amazing someone buy it and tell us how it is.. Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYzYQ6YtepU&feature=share
market link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.tsf.shell
That is a sweet launcher, I'd like to know if anyone has tried it since it's rather pricey. A few reviews mentioned it didn't have all the features that the video showed.
yah for what it does 16$ is a little much i mean it kinda reminds me of SPB shell but SPB shell does something very nice by organizing all of your apps and stuff into separate areas to make it easier for you.
i wonder if this new launcher does that too...
I bought it... It's not up to par yet. Has bugs and no swipe to next screen, it's all in the bottom left icon... Will be great if devs continue to release
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yah for what it does 16$ is a little much i mean it kinda reminds me of SPB shell but SPB shell does something very nice by organizing all of your apps and stuff into separate areas to make it easier for you.
i wonder if this new launcher does that too...
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Yes similar to sbp however this is much smoother and more features invougjt as well
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