Spb Mobile Shell

For those of you who know me personally, you'll also know that I have a T-Mobile MDA running Windows Mobile 5.0 as the OS. It's by far the best phone I've ever owned. I have no doubts whatsoever that WM 5.0 is the reason. The MDA has some of the best features a phone could have, including Bluetooth, speakerphone, digital camera, and touch screen. Alone, these are features that anyone ages 25+ should want in their phone. Add to this, expansion for Mini SD and the Windows platform, and now you have a device that everybody that age needs. I've spent many hours playing around with the phone tweaking it, installing software, and playing games. I started with messing with backgrounds, ring tones, etc. Gradually, I started getting into more practical applications like Spb Time and Spb Weather. You can integrate them into the today screen. Then, I was using Pocket Plus so that I was able to access everything I need from the main screen. What I began to realize after looking around at other software companies for Windows Mobile was that Spb seemed to put together the best looking, easiest to use, and most feature rich software. Last week I came across Spb Mobile Shell and it surpassed all other apps. This is the "killer app" to get right now if you have a Pocket PC.

What makes it so cool? Let's see. How about totally changing the menu system so that you can find programs or settings much quicker? Built in weather forecasts and time features that are enhanced if you have the other programs but not required. Photo dialing that mimics the T-Mobile "My Faves" as closely as they could probably get away with. Then you also get stuff like color based schemes and a neat contact search that is more user friendly than the one that comes loaded on the phone. Keeping consistent with all of their other software, it is very easy to use and fits right at home with the other programs. Everything can stay on the desktop so that you don't have to go "into" the phone to open programs or pull up settings. You can fully customize the phone to your liking. Personally, I've stripped mine down to a very clean today screen. You can opt to use the "NOW" screen rather than the tabbed one that might like familiar if you've installed any other Spb apps. I don't care much for busy desktops on my phone, but if you do, you can have EVERYTHING on the main screen. You can set the phone up to where you you don't have to click your window icon hardly at all. If your phone doesn't have many free shortcut buttons, that's alright. You can reassign the ones you have with Mobile Shell or just set up icons and tabs in a manner that you feel comfortable with on your "Today" screen.

Overall it looks very modern with great colors, icons, and functionality. I think that this program works well for two types of people. First, the person who has used their phone and WM5 for a while and is looking for a change. It's night and day difference without feeling like starting over completely. It just makes sense to rearrange stuff this way. The other type of person who'd get the best benefit is someone who has just started using their phone with WM5. Perhaps you're used to the Palm OS or Blackberry OS. This would be great for a new user to find all the features and functionality that Windows offers without hunting hard at all. Truth is, I'd recommend it to anyone. It makes the phone simple enough to get around that my mom or dad would figure it after a day or two. After all, didn't we get a phone with all these features so that we could use them efficiently?

5 Words to Sum it Up: Best Mobile App Out Today.