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Mobility

Image Gallery: Spb Mobile Shell 2.0

By matthewmiller March 3, 2008, 8:52 PM PST

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Spb Mobile Shell 2.0 About page

Spb Mobile Shell 2.0 About page

By Matthew Miller

The HTC Advantage and other Pocket PC/Professional/Classic devices are high-powered Windows Mobile products, but they are not always the easiest to use for quick data access. Spb Software House launched Spb Mobile Shell 2.0 that gives you quick access to key information, a page of customizable shortcuts, and a speed dialer that can be accessed with simple gestures from any application.

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Now panel

Now panel

The Now panel shows you your most common data that causes you to turn on your device, including weather, time, notifications, appointments, and profile selections.

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Detailed look at weather

Detailed look at weather

You can view more details of your local weather by tapping on the weather icon. A 4-day forecast is available for you to view on your device.

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Checking out a sunny day

Checking out a sunny day

You can view details for any of the next 4 days.

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Weather settings

Weather settings

You can select from degrees F or C and also select the city you wish to view weather for. With the Spb Weather utility you can also add multiple cities and more detailed weather information.

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Now screen settings

Now screen settings

The broad Now screen settings let you choose when the Now screen shows up and what the layout template (Professional or Classic) will be.

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Professional Now screen settings

Professional Now screen settings

You can select what alarm and calendar information appears on the Now screen.

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Now panel plug-in management

Now panel plug-in management

If you have other Spb plug-ins, like Weather or Diary, then you can manage them here to control how they work with the Now panel.

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Spb Now panel

Spb Now panel

This panel gives you quick access to most recently used applications, utilities, and settings with most of the display customizable to meet your needs. Notice the very large finger-friendly icons.

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Advanced settings tab

Advanced settings tab

You can customize the Spb Menu and Now panels using these advanced settings. You can also reset to the default settings on this tab.

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Customizing the menu

Customizing the menu

The tree structure lets you tap the check box to show the specific menu and contents.

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Menu options when customizing Spb Menu

Menu options when customizing Spb Menu

You can add menus, links to applications, or links to folders. You can move menus up or down, edit them, or remove them too.

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New menu settings

New menu settings

You need to name your new menu and then you can select an icon to be displayed in Spb Mobile Shell.

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Selecting an application

Selecting an application

You can choose which application to assign to your custom menus using this easy selector.

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Selecting a folder

Selecting a folder

You can also setup quick access to common folder that you use all the time. This can be quite helpful for making your device more efficient.

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Today screen settings

Today screen settings

Windows Mobile Professional/Classic devices have a Today screen and with these settings you can set how Spb Mobile Shell will work with the Today screen. You can also customize the left and right soft keys on your Today screen.

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Animations can be fun

Animations can be fun

The taskbar smart gestures let you quickly get back to Spb Mobile Shell from any application. Transitions can be animated and there are 5 types of animations to select from in the application.

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Tabs can be added and edited

Tabs can be added and edited

Different tabs can be used to show different plugins you have loaded on your device.

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Color theme management

Color theme management

16 different color themes are available for you to choose from. I used the Ocean theme for my review.

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A custom Spb Menu

A custom Spb Menu

This is what My Menu custom menu looks like on the first level.

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Second level of My Menu

Second level of My Menu

On the second level down you will see the applications that I assigned to the Office category.

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Spb Media Player menu

Spb Media Player menu

Spb Mobile Shell also changes a few of the default application menus to make it easier to manage and use your device. The Media Player menu give you quick access to your media.

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Spb Camera menu

Spb Camera menu

The Camera menu lets you quickly choose from a photo or video option with other settings available as well.

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Spb Pictures menu

Spb Pictures menu

The Pictures menu also has some quick settings and functions integrated by default. You can select which of these to show in your menu customization settings too.

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Speed Dial panel

Speed Dial panel

The third and final panel available in Spb Mobile Shell 2.0 is the Speed Dial panel. You have 15 custom speed dial slots available to setup.

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Selecting a speed dial icon

Selecting a speed dial icon

Selecting one of your speed dial icons brings you to another screen that gives you contact options like call or send text messages. You can also select to edit the contact.

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Mobile Shell 2.0 dialer

Mobile Shell 2.0 dialer

The 16th slot on the Speed Dial panel is for the phone dialer. As you start dialing contacts, the dialer filters your contact list using a smart filtering method to make dialing quick and easy on your device.

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Gesture access from any application

Gesture access from any application

A very cool feature of Spb Mobile Shell 2.0 is the ability to quickly access Spb Mobile Shell from any application with a simple gesture down from the top taskbar. You can then slide your finger or stylus over the panel you desire to launch.

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