hi I'm currently using spb shell 3.5 but I saw that there are very beautiful skin also for wad2. so my question is which is better between this two program??? i saw spb shell is more expensive than wad, but I want an opinion from those who have used their which is the most customizable? which is the lightest at the startup?
thanks a lot
I used both. Each of them can be customized and there are plenty of themes floating around for both of them (a bit more themes for wad). I sticked to spb mobile shell cause it seemed a bit faster on my device (HTC Touch HD WM 6.1) and i think it's more eye-candy than wad
THROTTLE LAUNCHER!!!!!!!!
keep going back to it every time!!!!
and check out my themes for it...
Trekfan422991 said:
THROTTLE LAUNCHER!!!!!!!!
keep going back to it every time!!!!
and check out my themes for it...
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THROTTLE LAUNCHER is too heavy... spb is much faster becouse my viva doesn't have the 3d graphical accelerator, the cpu have 264 Mh and little ram, so it work slow (very slow) but i really like it
zofox said:
THROTTLE LAUNCHER is too heavy... spb is much faster becouse my viva doesn't have the 3d graphical accelerator, the cpu have 264 Mh and little ram, so it work slow (very slow) but i really like it
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depends which theme you are running....
Trekfan422991 said:
depends which theme you are running....
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i'm using the default theme that i found when i downloaded the program from the web site but it's very slow.... it takes 5 seconds only to switch between windows, if you have a faster theme i will try it
Like I said... throttlelauncher.com. click themes.. find a nice n simple qvga theme... I suggest switchblade. I think it is for qvga
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Trekfan422991 said:
Like I said... throttlelauncher.com. click themes.. find a nice n simple qvga theme... I suggest switchblade. I think it is for qvga
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it doesn't exist :'( so when your theme (LACUNA 3.0 ) will support qvga version i will try it
In my opinion spb shell is absolutely the best...especially if you use it with a sense theme... but i've never tried throttle launcher
Willy89 said:
In my opinion spb shell is absolutely the best...especially if you use it with a sense theme... but i've never tried throttle launcher
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SPB MObile Shell cannot be customized very easily, and one cannot create new widgets. Throttle Launcher is very easy to customize and also new widgets can be created easily.
claus1953 said:
SPB MObile Shell cannot be customized very easily, and one cannot create new widgets. Throttle Launcher is very easy to customize and also new widgets can be created easily.
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going back to the main question: WAD is very good customizable but SPB mobile shell is faster.
I have been forced to live SenseUI free and have returned to some of my old skinning apps that I used pre-Sense. One of those is Wisbar Advance, made by Lakeridge who also makes WAD.
My recent experience with Lakeridge is they are dead. I made a few posts there and received no replies. My last post was a request for updated skinning info which has been there, unanswered, for more than a week. The forum is flat, there is no support there anymore and no one is skinning it anymore. Worse, all the links to old skins are all dead. Only a small pittance of skins that have been posted to Lakridge's forums are still available for it.
Because of this I created a skin myself, ironically enough. I actually released it today. Its here. Gratuitous plug: here is the promo flyer for it. But, I think no one is interested given the lack of activity around Lakeridge's site itself.
So a big caution with WAD. Its a dead end. Personally I've never liked WAD, I found it very buggy, but this was like 2 years ago. I have always liked Wisbar Advance though, and used it extensively before I got a HD2 and Sense.
That is not to say that SPB is any better, though. The difference is SPB abandoned their customers long ago, so nothing much is different. See the conversation I had with Vostradamus in his thread towards the end. Maybe because of this, the skinning community for Mobile Shell is very much alive here at XDA.
Now that I have been using Mobile shell for a few months, I have to say, thanks to the great artists at XDA, I find I like Mobile Shell far more than I like SenseUI. I will never be going back.
i like both...especially SPB mobile shell
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I want purchase one of these, which one would you say is best?
SPB 3.0 is a lot better
u can also try both, by going to there websites
point ui free edition
spb 3.0 trial
then buy the one u want
Yes, try them out before you buy one.
But Ganondolf is right,SPB 3.0.1 is much better. I even flashed my phone back from new WinMo 6.5 to 6.1 and installed SPB 3.0 because I missed so many features. Contact program is fantastic...so is everything and not at least the beautiful android screens.
[x] Spb Mobile Shell 3.0
I bought SPB 3
Hi,
I tried both PointUI and SPB 3 for a while and found SPB 3 to be much better.
While both are really good WM skins, I had annoying ? characters all over my contacts list when using PointUI and it would sometimes stop responding completely for a while - I assume because it was working stuff out
I had problems of some kind with nearly all the applets I downloaded from the PointUI Community website too at one time or another.
Not only did I find SPB 3 more stable, the more I used it the more I realised it could do and on top of the customisation you get by default with the Lifestyle Layout, there's also loads of tricks, widgets and themes out there that people have developed independently (just like for PointUI.)
SPB for X1i is free, just check out the thread in Software & Themes section. The panel version of SPB was released by SE in Korea i think.
Had a look at point ui, it looks graphically appealing, but there doesnt seem to be much to it tbh. Will use SPB, is it also a panel?
SPB mobile shell 3 is too complicated. Point UI pro is just fine its more touch friendly. If you want to have it for free just google it. Or buy it
I would not prefer sbp nor PointUi, only WisbarAdvancedDesktop 2 with much more possibilities and it is great stable on my X1
Great skins (called themes) you can find here: http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=60
I agree with PF. Have used SPBMS, PointUI2 and WAD2. SPB is WYSIWYG (too rigid for me); PointUI2 while looking very good is just too unstable on a WVGA phone, the most appealing applets are just too resource intensive. After looking around I found WAD2, brilliant, fast, stable infinitely customizable. I've installed fransberg's BlackberryHD theme and tweaked it a bit to my liking (http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=93920&postcount=16). Really, really nice. Again like the other two Lakeridge has a trial download to try.
I'm debating on making a UI ROM. This ROM would contain ALL the most popular UIs for windows mobile. I will try and customize the look of them if people want. Is anyone interested in this???
PS. Of course you know this may eat up a lot of storage memory. I'll try and minimize as much as I can.
Bxsteez said:
I'm debating on making a UI ROM. This ROM would contain ALL the most popular UIs for windows mobile. I will try and customize the look of them if people want. Is anyone interested in this???
PS. Of course you know this may eat up a lot of storage memory. I'll try and minimize as much as I can.
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Try the basic ones: iFonz+S2U2+S2P, Throttlelauncher+throttlelock, HS++, and of course, Manila!
Hmmm i was thinking more like FEWidgets, PointUI, SPB Mobile shell and TF3D. I'm really not a fan of throttle launcher cause its so freaking slow..
Depending on the performance.. I would love to give it a shot.
I would like to have:
Taskbar Icons,
Background for all Tabs,
Slider Icons,
New Icons set under Start - Like iPhone everything one size within a Sq template. (for WM6.5)
S2U2 cooked into the WM 6.1 ROM
If the ROM is smooth and stable with out any memory leaks and within acceptable RAM usage... I am sure a lot of people would love it.
My 2 Cents.
I would probably base the ROM on WM6.1 but I was going to put tweaks for the interfaces and some basic apps. This would be more of a Find ur UI ROM so u can test them all and to have them all optimized in one rom
I think this is a great idea, and would certainly be interested if it had a nicely set up PointUI with SenseUI suite (I've had issues with it running on my phone).
Throttlelauncher should be speedy enough on this device. It was quite fast on my old Herald, and that thing's ancient. I would probably prefer that there weren't any paid interfaces like Home2 and SPB, since not everyone has a registration for them.
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Throttlelauncher should be speedy enough on this device. It was quite fast on my old Herald, and that thing's ancient. I would probably prefer that there weren't any paid interfaces like Home2 and SPB, since not everyone has a registration for them.
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From what i've seen Throttle launcher is slow and laggy on every device.. I can try it on the TP2 and make a decision. SPB mobile shell is like rated one of the top interfaces for Winmo so i can't leave that out. It gives the people who do use that interface the ability to have a customized ROM for it. I'm personally not a fan but have like 10 coworkers that hate tf3d and love spb.
How about Moto Homescreen or UL for that matter!
Check this thread out try editing the manila 2.6 and making a landscape version and using the latest 2.5/2.1 to try and get it working correctly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=551813
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Check this thread out try editing the manila 2.6 and making a landscape version and using the latest 2.5/2.1 to try and get it working correctly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=551813
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I honestly don't believe that is possible but I can look into it. No one wants to share the Manila 2.6 Packages so there is nothing I can do there.
I'd like it but im sure it would be pretty hard to bundle all that together and still be able to hotswitch between the different today screens.
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I'd like it but im sure it would be pretty hard to bundle all that together and still be able to hotswitch between the different today screens.
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Well they are all like today plugins so you would switch between them the same way u add and remove today plugins...
This is mine....
SPB MS 3.5.3 Build 9885
Mobile Sense 3.5.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=604146
BattClock 1.6----- Bat, Ram and clock in one application
JWMD Icon Changer
OpenGL ES 3D v1----- carusell in 3D
http://www.modaco.com/content/i8000-verizo...tibility-layer/
Jmz Locksreen Changer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=523812
SPB Background.....
You can take every Picture with 1280x1024 resolution
Hey... Gr8 theme thr.. .. I also wanted to run SPB shell but then general opinion is that it is a big memory hog.. What about it..?? Do you experience any slow downs or app crahses while running it..?? I normally run 4-5 apps at a time ( max 6 ).. will this be a problem..??..
Currently i am using Condor GT Black running on WinMo 6.5.3..!!
Thisd is mine:
I tried SPB its quick but uses too much memory you are left with around 40 mb after spb + mods and can only run 2-3 apps at once (assuming one is a web browser)
Could you share the link to this? i like its simplicity
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Hey... Gr8 theme thr.. .. I also wanted to run SPB shell but then general opinion is that it is a big memory hog.. What about it..?? Do you experience any slow downs or app crahses while running it..?? I normally run 4-5 apps at a time ( max 6 ).. will this be a problem..??..
Currently i am using Condor GT Black running on WinMo 6.5.3..!!
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I tried SPB its quick but uses too much memory you are left with around 40 mb after spb + mods and can only run 2-3 apps at once (assuming one is a web browser)
Could you share the link to this? i like its simplicity
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I am assuming you are asking me ( ) .. lol..
Anyways, here is the link to the forum CGT Black Edition .. It's an awesome theme and i used it without any plugins for some time.. Looks absolutely gorgeous on Omnia 2's sexy display..!!..
The today plugin i am using is from Resco Explorer which also allows you to add as many shortcuts as you like on the homescreen, and defaults at showing the RAM, CPU, Battery and a Task manager..
The other plugin is of Lookout which is an Antivirus + Firewall + Cloud storage app..!!
Which version of OpenGL ES driver are you exactly using ? I didnt find any driver where carusell is running good.
Thx
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This is mine....
OpenGL ES 3D v1----- carusell in 3D
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Which version of OpenGL ES driver are you exactly using ? I didnt find any driver where carusell is running good.
Thx
flomitdreio said:
This is mine....
OpenGL ES 3D v1----- carusell in 3D
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the latest version 0.258 from modaco
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pavel12345 said:
Which version of OpenGL ES driver are you exactly using ? I didnt find any driver where carusell is running good.
Thx
the latest version 0.258 from modaco
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Still very slow :-(
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My Current Setup
PointUI w/ PointSense v2 Theme.
So much faster than SPB MS.
Not mine exactly but its 99% the same.
Mikroft said:
PointUI w/ PointSense v2 Theme.
So much faster than SPB MS.
Not mine exactly but its 99% the same.
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That is mine, ha ha.
I not using PointUI with PointSense quite a long time, that project seems dead already.
PointUI - pointsense is smooth if only you don't add too much widget and page, it still quite buggy actually, that the reason I stop using it, waste my money that time buying the PointUI, a dead product.
lol. I just noticed the weather and the carrier is the same as yours now. I just snagged it off a website as I was too lazy to screencap mine. ppl are still working on that theme. It works ok for me as I only have 3 pages. I was using spb ms with mobilesense but it seemed to take up way too much ram. I may jut got the chome today screen modding instead.
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That is mine, ha ha.
I not using PointUI with PointSense quite a long time, that project seems dead already.
PointUI - pointsense is smooth if only you don't add too much widget and page, it still quite buggy actually, that the reason I stop using it, waste my money that time buying the PointUI, a dead product.
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Something i done using WAD
Looks fantastic! Could you share this theme with us?
Thats mine:
Here Goes Mine..
Nothing special, comparing to you guys...a simple one.
Device: Samsung Omnia I8000
SPB Shell 3.5
ROM: Default
Taskbar: tsowentaskbar6v3.1(lite)
plzzzz give me the set up info or a cab for these theme plzzzz
u genius
seem that its more than wm7
gchris theme
S2U2 with center slider
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plzzzz give me the set up info or a cab for these theme plzzzz
u genius
seem that its more than wm7
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@sakiyo6789 - I dont know whom you are pointing at but my setups like this:
SPB MS 3.5.
Theme: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5402745&postcount=1742
and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5402715&postcount=301
Taskbar: forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-512971.html
great theme for 6.5.3
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gchris theme
S2U2 with center slider
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What taskbar are you using ?
I have only found a couple of themes for 6.5.3 version. that black with white icons you are using looks very clean really dig it
here is a link for those who like gchris's titanium mod http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=628746
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2NGWvO_XDU
First look at new SPB Mobile Shell 5.0
Do you know about release date?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2NGWvO_XDU
First look at new SPB Mobile Shell 5.0
Do you know about release date?
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I don't think there is a release date yet but i'm loving the new 3d features! It looks really good. Can't wait.
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I don't think there is a release date yet but i'm loving the new 3d features! It looks really good. Can't wait.
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all the 3d feutures are included in spb mobile shell 3.5 too, as i can tell the inly thing that is new in 5 is the animated contact tab and the change wallpaper in home tab. If u allready got 3.5 go to graphic settings and set "use hardware accelerator" to on, and if u have a g-sensor phone u can allso use that 2
hope it still supports windows 6.1
SPB has gone far ahead with this release. People are just loving it..looking forward
Guys,
Just in case if u didn't saw thsi official preview video explaining the new function then see this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bE7vkxJnKY&feature=related
Must watch excellent presentation i have ever seen.
i would like integration with RSS as some widget you can put on the first page.
i prefer all-in-one solution (facebook, rss, some photo contacts, agenda, some shortcuts... in one screen). At least we have 3,6" windows mobiles as HD2 with hi res.
I think Touch flo is step back,
Also it will be good to make easier widget change or resizing like Samsung's touchwiz or lot of different widgets.
I hope MS5.0 still support "free connection" update unlike Android or Touchwiz.
I just hope I won't have to work months to convert all my stuff lol
EDIT: oh, and I also hope they'll finally give a meaning to the currenly almost useless tasks widget
i didnt even know version 4 is out yet!
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i didnt even know version 4 is out yet!
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it isn't... it won't
they're going straight from 3.5.3 to 5.0... looks like in some eastern cultures the number 4 means bad luck, so they're skipping it
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all the 3d feutures are included in spb mobile shell 3.5 too, as i can tell the inly thing that is new in 5 is the animated contact tab and the change wallpaper in home tab. If u allready got 3.5 go to graphic settings and set "use hardware accelerator" to on, and if u have a g-sensor phone u can allso use that 2
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What's new in SPB Mobile Shell 5.0:
New 3D engine
Natural Interaction Engine
3D widgets
Tight integration with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social networks
SPB UI Builder 2.0
Multi-platform support: Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian
SPB really went in the right direction with the multi-platform support.
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all the 3d feutures are included in spb mobile shell 3.5 too, as i can tell the inly thing that is new in 5 is the animated contact tab and the change wallpaper in home tab. If u allready got 3.5 go to graphic settings and set "use hardware accelerator" to on, and if u have a g-sensor phone u can allso use that 2
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hi maybey you need to see this vid 5 has lost more then 3.5 huge differens evry panel in the carousel is a live panel
spb vid whit lots more info
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bE7vkxJnKY&feature=related
alive panels carrousel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2NGWvO_XDU&feature=related
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2NGWvO_XDU
First look at new SPB Mobile Shell 5.0
Do you know about release date?
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Erggh! So, apart from some useless 3D crap on the equally useless carousel it's just the same old, ugly as sin SPB Mobile Shell underneath
me 2222222222
hell ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Erggh! So, apart from some useless 3D crap on the equally useless carousel it's just the same old, ugly as sin SPB Mobile Shell underneath
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I noticed in the second youtube link in this thread, there is mention of the widget sdk. The description was kind of sketchy, but it could mean that developers will now have a platform to develop their own widgets (instead of just skinning existing ones) which could really open up the platform. It would be truly great to see what some of the developers here can do!
same old SPB only with 3D crap
i think its all marketing trick..
why "5"? you have only added 3D.. so.. why?
its not that you have developed new concept.
i think its the same old **** with only 3d cover.
kusiKUSI said:
i think its all marketing trick..
why "5"? you have only added 3D.. so.. why?
its not that you have developed new concept.
i think its the same old **** with only 3d cover.
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Me too Agreed
my phone doesnt have a g-sensor
kusiKUSI said:
i think its all marketing trick..
why "5"? you have only added 3D.. so.. why?
its not that you have developed new concept.
i think its the same old **** with only 3d cover.
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Well, for instance, if they add multitouch I may go back to SPB... otherwise, I stay with Sense.
meh where is it? i remember that release date was summer this year...I waiting for v5 so long..,Any news about rel date?
Guys i am waiting for the android to be rooted but till then experimentation of the ui with apps is under process !!
The excellent launcher i recently used unofficially is SPB Shell 3d .. got a link lying around somewhere (Google)
http://www.spb.com/android-software/shell/
Here's the official link ofcourse !! this app has a license as in if your wifi or internet is on this app will say that you need to officially buy the software !!
Basically when you install it with an apk !! and press the home button it will ask for htc sense / spb shell 3d in our htc incredible s and down will be a tickmark saying set as default .. check that tickmark and launch spb shell 3d !! and use it as full version with wifi and everything !! if you want to clear defaults it can be done from Settings->Applications->SPB shell 3d !!
This is just for usage and trial purposes !! if you like the app go ahead and buy it ! Njoy !!!
ive played with it allready and i dont like it at all....
it is not very user friendly, and it sucks up allot of memory...
and yes ive played with the full version...
IMO, sense is nicer than this! i have spb on all my devivces
even i lovee sense itself !! but its good to have a change sometimes
@nikhil007mmus, you should look at go launcher its nice and clean and has a lil more options than the regular one
@Hawkysoft Surely il try go Launcher !! thankss !!
Yeah... I tried too.. But HTC Sense is looking better comparatively, and moreover I found that on HTC 3D mobile, they have a 3D user interface which is much cool than SPB Shell.. If they release the same for Incredible S too.. it would be awesome...
May be I am day dreaming a lot these mean days...
htc sense is enoughfor me
i like MIUI's GUI,the others are just so so
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htc sense is enoughfor me
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Here the same. (I used spb shell on my last phone, blackstone)
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It is so tacky and cheesy. The 3d carrousel looks good but all the bezels for widgets and folders are just 10 years out of date.
seems very cool, have a try ~~~
If you want to see how good this could be been, and could have looked, look at sense 3 on the sensation or flyer.
using live wallpaper already take enough CPU time....and the 3D does not do any good
love the sense
I tried this, looks cool and doesn't lag but wished it had more customization capabilities, reverted back to launcher pro plus
I like sense 3.0 much better than spb
There is nothing as good as LauncherPro
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There is nothing as good as LauncherPro
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For its simplicity and speed only
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awsome!! it looks great, i like it.
thx 4 sharing!!
This used to be cool. Back when I had my N95 8gb but in my opinion they are just selling the same old over priced crap
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