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.

Britney Spears' Headpiece

Ok, so here's the deal. I really wanted Britney to make a comeback. Not in the musical sense, but more in the image department. When she dumped Kevin and appeared on Letterman, she was primed for it. Looked great, seemed happy and ready to step back into the limelight. She never really went anywhere, but over the last year or so, she continued to tarnish her image with all the tabloid stuff. If the average person were to play word association with her, you'd have heard "white trash", "Cheetos", "cigarettes" and "bad mom". Today, just literally weeks after the divorce announcement, you'd hear "train wreck", "nervous breakdown", "rock bottom" and "total mess". Her face, hair and weight have all fluctuated over the last month or so. Pictures of her girl parts were all over the Internet. People are wondering if she has had plastic surgery. She seems to be begging for an intervention or severe makeover. This brings me to the point of this post. With her recent head shaving, I'd say she has just about done everything short of a suicide attempt for attention. I don't know the reason for it. Heck, she might not even know it. I think it is gonna be a long time, if ever, that someone takes her seriously. She needs to literally disappear for months, grow the hair out, and start acting like a mom. She is more than welcome to grow into a fine MILF if she wants. She might not want to make music or movies anymore. Ok, maybe a CD a year or more down the road might not be the worst thing. She should drop the pop image if she can. Move into the realm of an actual artist if she has any real talent.

Ok, let's talk about the hair, or lack thereof. How do I think it looks? At first glance, hideous. I don't know if it would have come across differently even if we knew in advance that she was doing it for a movie role like Natalie Portman. Time will tell if it looks better even in publicity shots. We'll see I'm sure. She might look good if she toned up, quit smoking, and started acting responsible. The idea of a short, curly haired Spears does not turn me off. Everyone knows she wears weaves, wigs and/or extensions. This is a perfect opportunity to grow it out for real and have a style. Keep it one color and start growing it. Oh yeah when she does make her comeback, I wanna see Playboy. Not gonna lie, I've been pining for it since her debut. If I am gonna see her lady bits, at least let them be airbrushed and color corrected.

5 Words to Sum it Up: Shame. Only up from here.