I'm not very experienced with this app...is it free??
And is this something meant to be used WITH HTC Home or instead of it? Cause they seem to do some of the same things...
Thanks for the help
this is not free, but try the 14 day demo and try to figure out if it is worth it to you. there are some great aspects to it, such as the contacts page or the spb home plugin, but personally i feel you are better off with htc home
I currently use SPB Mobile Shell as my navigation software for everything. I like the functionality of the software however there are a few things that I dont' care for.
Weather is innaccurate
The program sucks up RAM after running for a while.
I don't have anything on my today screen of WM since i use SPB for everyting i just keep it open with spbwatcher. I am looking for something to replace mobile shell with that will run quicker and take up less RAM after running for a while. Any reccomendations from prior Mobile Shell users? Thanks in advance!
I used to use mobile shell all the time but found myself using the navigation system less and less realistically... I didn't like the amount of memory it takes either, and it was debatable whether or not it was actually causing some kind of a leak on my device... Also, one of my MAIN gripes for not using is it is the fact that it didn't show all-day events on the calendar and it really wasn't all that friendly to appointments and stuff like that...
I found myself going to the today screen most of the time so I ended up just finding tools to enhance that to the point where I had everything I needed.
I use this combo for navigation and functionality:
personal digital clock - PDC for the friendly clock..
quickmenu - the BEST way to navigate through your device and tons of other features.. a must have for sure
spb weather - very simple and clean weather app which works efficiently
resco today plugin - I overlooked this lil guy for a LONG time but realized its usefullness just recently.. i disable all the bars except the app launcher portion and find it easy to include pretty much every app I use on a regular basis to 1 row of icons... no paging around menus to launch something... 1 click and im off.
Just my personal preference.. u can see images of my today screen if you're interested if you click on my avatar and go into the gallery there is a larger one.
HTC Home for the win! Customize it with HTC Home Customizer from Emu and it's a no brainer (It will download the HTC Home for you).
Calendar Plus
and Slither's Cube with TouchfloSL
agreed
Give HTC Home, Home Customizer...and try Battery Status, Vista Hide Battery Gauge.
I definitely thought Mobile Shell sucked power, ram and didn't do everything I needed.
I'm a big fan of SPB Mobile Shell, but the weather inaccuracies have really annoyed me. I just like the functionality so much, though, that I can't quite get myself to kick it...
TurboFool said:
I'm a big fan of SPB Mobile Shell, but the weather inaccuracies have really annoyed me. I just like the functionality so much, though, that I can't quite get myself to kick it...
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Pocket Plus has all the additional features from shell that don't hog memory (at least for me) and I use HTC home for the shell feeling. Much slimmer than Shell and better looking IMHO.
throttle launcher
I am waiting for the next release of throttle launcher....it's a bit of a hog...but the feature set is amazing.
Qucik Menu ,UL and RLToday
sudermatt said:
I am waiting for the next release of throttle launcher....it's a bit of a hog...but the feature set is amazing.
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ditto...sortof.
I really like it, its almost exactly what I was looking for, but at the same time, its almost too much for the Titan, IMHO.
Personally I'd like to have a Throttle Launcher that functions more like a cross between HTC Home and SPB Mobile Shell.
What is the latest version of Slither's Cube? I am trying it now as a replacement for MS, but I am having issues with the screen going blank and nothing opening up. Not sure if I grabbed the latest one...Google had way too many hits
Also, is there an easy way to customise it? THe big thing I liked about MS was the ability to edit the menus, create a GPS button that had all the programs. I also like the analog clock..but I will fight with that later
Thanks for the Feedback
Thanks to all who have posted their feedback on alternatives to SPB Mobile Shell. I am not sure what route I will take next but this is certaintly helpful.
S2U2 fully replaces SPD MS today screen. Ultimate launcher 1.2 is excellent for program launching. SPD weather is great. SPD phone suite is nice for email sms etc.. notifications. SPD phone suite is also very good.
Obviously there is no "best" shell out there. The "best" one is the one that works for you.
I've been running spb mobile shell for a while now and absolutely love it. I've tried other shells and keep coming back to spb.
I've also never experienced any memory problems with it so I dont know what other people are complaining of. My guess is that its a combination of the shell and other stuff they have installed, and not the shell itself. But thats more of a M$ windows thing...
You may want to look into Winterface - interesting, but like I said, I ended up going back to spb.
I've also added spb phone suite and with the shell, provide me great business features without sacrificing performance.
deeznuts2 said:
Obviously there is no "best" shell out there. The "best" one is the one that works for you.
I've been running spb mobile shell for a while now and absolutely love it. I've tried other shells and keep coming back to spb.
I've also never experienced any memory problems with it so I dont know what other people are complaining of. My guess is that its a combination of the shell and other stuff they have installed, and not the shell itself. But thats more of a M$ windows thing...
You may want to look into Winterface - interesting, but like I said, I ended up going back to spb.
I've also added spb phone suite and with the shell, provide me great business features without sacrificing performance.
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I have to agree with deez. Any Memory issues I have had with Mobile Shell have come from other apps I have had installed with it. It is a hog, but I think well worth it.
i use the spb home tab along with the htc home plugin. this comes in handy with the 12 icons you can set with spb. also with the apps button on htc home it gives you 21 shortcuts from your homescreen.
the only other part of spb i use is the contacts page as most of my calls are covered by these 16 choices
I also have had no problems with memory issues with Mobile Shell. Love it to death.
I honestly don't think there are memory problems due to sbp mobile shell... it's moreso a memory problem in wm in general and the fact that you have appx 1.5mb less, due to having mobile shell loaded, is what makes people think it has a memory leak.
try not using it for a while and you'll see you still get your memory sucked dry... it's just a difference of 1.5mb
I've tried all the app launchers I could find. I found that they are all usefull in unique ways. The best one in my opinion is pointui. And, fortunately, it is totally free. I still chose however to remove them all and just keep the good old htc home. They all consume ram that is just too precious to the mogul. You are basically trading one struggle for another. Either you struggle with the stylus or you struggle with the ram loss. Instead I chose to just customize the appearance of my phone. The enlage start menu helps a bunch too. Now with dcd 3.2.4 I will settle the performance and patiently wait for the next titan replacement with the proper amount of ram.
I have an Alltel HTC Touch Pro, and decided to try the SPB Mobile Shell.I love it. Except for 1 huge detail: I don't like the windows media library setup.
I really actually enjoyed the touchflo3d audio manager, it was neat, versatile, and very FINGER FRIENDLY, unlike wmp...
Is there any way to use the touchflow 3d audio manager on SPB Mobile Shell?
If not, can anyone explain how to use the htc audio manager? It appears to be a usable substitute:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=308366
That forum is for the Wizard, and I don't see why it refuses to work for the TP. There is a CAB file for the software in that thread, and it appears to install correctly, with the program file in my program list, etc. However, even after a soft reset, when I click on the audiomanager program, NOTHING happens. It exits the program list, and simply goes back to SPB Mobile Shell.
Help?
Hi,
i'm very interested in this too. Is there any answer?
THX
kleiner
you can download this version which i modded to include Smartlyrics. If you get an error telling you to many people have download it than ask if someone can post it as i no longer have the cab.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=492816&page=8
Hmm, that is not a solution i think,
you still don't get a mediaplayer-like widget for audio manager.
Mkt does not know what works on MY dx2 as it says for SPB Shell 3D: "This app is incompatible with your dx2". But it works ***** great ****. I had to do the email buy.
Hi, i already downloaded the HP 48g graph calculator emulator for my android, but i'd like to know if there's is a Hp50g emulator.
same here
I have tge48g emulator also and have been looking for the 50g like crazy and haven't found any emulator for it, also I tried the ti89 emulator but to download apps into the emu is a paid in the ass so if you find any please share
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I have tge48g emulator also and have been looking for the 50g like crazy and haven't found any emulator for it, also I tried the ti89 emulator but to download apps into the emu is a paid in the ass so if you find any please share
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Don't know if you have already heard of this one, "go49g", I use it in differential equations and modern geometry on my tablet and it works pretty good!! It has the option of using the 49 or the 50.
Was searching around to see if there were any other apps for the hp50g without any luck - that one is good but some of the buttons aren't in the right place. Overall its a good app though!!