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Time: 23 Jul 2009 10:57:35 Category: Software Reviews Post Views: 626 Your say: 1 comment
Switching on my Windows Mobile Samsung Omnia for the first time, I was quite impressed with the Today Screen. Samsung has made an effort to make things easy to use. Most of the settings were within button or buttons away but accessing programs was less impressive. There came an enhanced Today Screen available in the latest Samsung Omnia ROM after just a few days of me owning Samsung Omnia. More widgets were added and the overall performance of Today has increased dramatically.

However, Samsung Today is not for me. Windows Mobile original interface is worse.

SPB Mobile Shell 3.0 came to the rescue and it worked better, if not, one of the best. It is touch-friendly and users can customise the layout with widgets and shortcuts. With SPB Mobile Shell Skin application, users will have the ability to change the clock design, icons, weather icons as well as additional widgets.

Preview
SPB Mobile Shell 3.0 places itself into one of the startup applications. Essentially, it replaces the whole Windows Mobile interface while it still allows users to go back to Today screen with a touch of a button. SPB Mobile Shell 3.0 comes installed with several quick access screens and quick access buttons for programs, weather and contacts.

Quick Access Screens

  • Home Lifestyle Panel
  • Professional Panel
  • Contact Carousel Panel
  • Call Log Panel
  • Launcher Panel
  • Weather Panel

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Time: 17 Jul 2009 15:26:00 Category: Software Reviews Post Views: 2593 Your say: 2 comments
Original Samsung Keyboard
On Samsung Omnia, the original on screen Samsung Keyboard looks fine but still, it has some weak points. The touch screen itself is already not very sensitive and imagine having to flip to another screen to find symbols such as brackets, pound sign and the @ sign which are commonly used. One of the more frustrating things was that the keyboard will automatically popup when going into SMS application or other similar typing applications. Well, that was solved by changing the registry. But Samsung Keyboard cannot be changed just by fiddling the registry.

FingerKeyboard2
Hence, the quest for a ‘new’ keyboard was on. Erm… It was not really a quest because I came upon FingerKeyboard2 a few days ago and have been using it without searching for other keyboards out there. I must admit that it has a clean interface and it is an easy to use keyboard compared to the original one. In addition, it seems to be more responsive than Samsung Keyboard. Since having FingerKeyboard2, I am able to minimise my typing error and the shortcuts have gradually reduced the typing time.

The developers are so confident that they provide the screenshots for anyone to download and make comments on FingerKeyboard2. Indeed, I would be very proud if I were one of the developers of FingerKeyboard2.

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Time: 16 Jul 2009 15:24:58 Category: Software Reviews Post Views: 458 Your say: 1 comment
Sometimes, it is really hard to decide which software is the best for your mobile. Reading forums and looking at screenshots may give some good idea but sometimes, things do not seem to happen the way we would like it to be. SPB Pocket Plus is a simple software but with complicated features. You are most likely to install it and leave it as it is without running it frequently. It is designed to run in the background of your Windows Mobile and makes you comfortable navigating your Windows Mobile device.

Since I got my Samsung Omnia, I only had my Today screen up and running for a few days. The customisation was limited and in matter of no time, I upgraded the ROM. The new and improved Today screen has more widgets and the touch screen has better responses. However, I was still not satisfied with the things I could do with Today. SPB Mobile Shell is the answer but SPB Pocket Plus is another answer to get the most out of Windows Mobile.

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