Guest UbaRolfey Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 (edited) Hi everyone, I don't know how many of you are familiar with this UI, it's been widely used over the years for windows mobile, but never android, now this latest addition is quite different to previous releases because they have a new graphics engine pushing it along, now this new engine is fast, I don't mean just a little bit suprising, I mean gobsmackingly faster than you though it would be. Most dev websites selling their latest product, especially the pay ones, show a really nice professionally made video of their latest and greatest UI running on the fastest phone known to man, then speed the framerate up a little bit for good measure, just to really blow you away, but I can honestly say with this version, it, on the blade at least really does run as fast as you would expect, it is without doubt in my humble opinion not only the fastest UI i've ever seen on the blade, but the fastest UI I've even seen on Android. Big statements I know.... I suggest you check out their corporate vid and see what you think for yourself > I would give you the link for the installer but don't want to break any forum rules, so I can only tell you the beta is out there, is that it runs very well on the blade indeed, from my experience so far I've not found many bugs either. At first the eyecandy seems a little overwhelming, and you think this is all too much, but just give the slider at the bottom a chance, it actually is quite a good way to move around. Mike Edited March 6, 2011 by UbaRolfey
Guest ezablade Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 (edited) Strange thing is, the SPB website says v3.5 is the latest and is only available on Windows Mobile. Android not supported yet. Totally contradiscts the video. Edited March 6, 2011 by ezablade
Guest UbaRolfey Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 Strange thing is, the SPB website says v3.5 is the latest and is only available on Windows Mobile. Android not supported yet. Totally contradiscts the video. Well officially, it isn't released on Android no, but I actually have it installed. but it's not on the market. Mike
Guest Mushroom_Lord Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 Hi everyone, I don't know how many of you are familiar with this UI, it's been widely used over the years for windows mobile, but never android, now this latest addition is quite different to previous releases because they have a new graphics engine pushing it along, now this new engine is fast, I don't mean just a little bit suprising, I mean gobsmackingly faster than you though it would be. Most dev websites selling their latest product, especially the pay ones, show a really nice professionally made video of their latest and greatest UI running on the fastest phone known to man, then speed the framerate up a little bit for good measure, just to really blow you away, but I can honestly say with this version, it, on the blade at least really does run as fast as you would expect, it is without doubt in my humble opinion not only the fastest UI i've ever seen on the blade, but the fastest UI I've even seen on Android. Big statements I know.... I suggest you check out their corporate vid and see what you think for yourself > I would give you the link for the installer but don't want to break any forum rules, so I can only tell you the beta is out there, is that it runs very well on the blade indeed, from my experience so far I've not found many bugs either. At first the eyecandy seems a little overwhelming, and you think this is all too much, but just give the slider at the bottom a chance, it actually is quite a good way to move around. Mike GREAT FIND. I have installed this myself and I loveit. Very snappy and smooth. 3d is very nice aswell, shame it doesn't make more use of it. Requires a data connection each time you open it (if you kill it with a taskkiller) To activate it. Runs parallel and acts as a launcher.
Guest Phoenix Silver Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 hummm give me a force close fibblesan rom 10b
Guest Mushroom_Lord Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 hummm give me a force close fibblesan rom 10b Interesting I also use fibblesan's R10b.... The file I used is here: download spb
Guest heavyduty00 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 Interesting I also use fibblesan's R10b.... The file I used is here: download spb thanks for link, works for me and i am also on fibblesan's r10b first impressions, very nice and cool! but i wish scrolling between homescreens was smoother since with launcherpro plus you didnt need to swipe so hard to change homescreens. but i think i will actually keep this as my default launcher, once i get folders sorted etc it will be very nice and my type of launcher!
Guest Phoenix Silver Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 Interesting I also use fibblesan's R10b.... The file I used is here: download spb with this one it worked thanks
Guest UbaRolfey Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 with this one it worked thanks Something I've just found out, is with FLB's rom it isn't as smooth, oddly with the CM rom it's glitch free, this is what I tried it out on first, it will outsmooth anything on that rom, but of course there are a few little niggles with the cm rom, this is why I just tried it out on FLB. Mike
Guest UbaRolfey Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 Something I've just found out, is with FLB's rom it isn't as smooth, oddly with the CM rom it's glitch free, this is what I tried it out on first, it will outsmooth anything on that rom, but of course there are a few little niggles with the cm rom, this is why I just tried it out on FLB. Mike Ok, after some more looking around, there appears to be a beta 2 around, with this installed on the 2.2 roms, it works much better, as smooth as the cm rom I think. Have a look around for the file SPB_Mobile_Shell_5.0_BETA_GEAR_SECOND_www.dl4all.com_.apk Good luck!! Mike
Guest Lee Black Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 (edited) Ok, after some more looking around, there appears to be a beta 2 around, with this installed on the 2.2 roms, it works much better, as smooth as the cm rom I think. Have a look around for the file SPB_Mobile_Shell_5.0_BETA_GEAR_SECOND_www.dl4all.com_.apk Good luck!! Mike WOW! works great for me on JJ9 Thanks for thsi post :( Edited March 6, 2011 by Lee Black
Guest Mushroom_Lord Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 (edited) Trust me to not be able to find the beta 2 release... I take it I require some program to open the torrents? Like armadillo...which I got rid of.... Edit..armadillo...wtf is happening to me!!...I meant armadillo ahhh Im guessing this is modaco blocking said word Edit2: downloading... Isnt that file exactly the same as the one I put a link to? Edited March 6, 2011 by Mushroom_Lord
Guest UbaRolfey Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 WOW! works great for me on JJ9 Thanks for thsi post :( I've not tried this out on jj9 yet, but I am a jj fan. I give it a bash :( Mike
Guest heavyduty00 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 can someone send me the link to the beta 2 spb shell 5 please?? thanks
Guest Len Ash Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 I've not tried this out on jj9 yet, but I am a jj fan. I give it a bash :( Mike Cool - high res and quick too. Playing with it on CM7 on spare TFT Blade. Nice find!
Guest agpoli Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 If you are not a beta tester, downloading and using it is warez...
Guest Big Don Vespa Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 Well I gave it a try on JJ9 and it's very smooth and works well, just a bit too fiddly for me but I'm sure someone will like it. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. :(
Guest That-Guy Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 Thanks looks great, gonna give it a try :(
Guest heavyduty00 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 is it just me or does this use up a lot of battery lol?
Guest UbaRolfey Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 is it just me or does this use up a lot of battery lol? I think everything uses a lot of battery on the blade, lol. the thing is with an interface like that, you aren't just going to do one quick thing and then leave it alone are you, your going to mess around spinning the carousel for no reason at all other than it being pleasing to the eye. then you're going to do it again, just to make sure it really did look as good as it did the first time :( that's the reason the battery is going down :( By the way I'm now using JJ9 as well, and the beta 2 does run well on it, not sure if the cyanogen is still better still, it could be!! as soon as the Cyanogen has the phone call issue fixed, I'm back on it :) Mike
Guest ropin Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 (edited) im using the beta 1 on cyanogen mod, and i run into a lot of problem, the screen goes blank a lot, a lot of screen freezes, is beta 2 much better? Edit: does anyone have a link for beta 2 Edited March 6, 2011 by ropin
Guest haxxbaxx Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 It looks good but in reality the novelty quicker wares off it runs well for me on lateest fob justgoogle the filename and u get a wares one at top that works easy. Summary looks good but no customization and is rather painful to get around
Guest UbaRolfey Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 It looks good but in reality the novelty quicker wares off it runs well for me on lateest fob justgoogle the filename and u get a wares one at top that works easy. Summary looks good but no customization and is rather painful to get around Im pretty sure there will be a lot of customisation, this is still beta, the older versions has loads, and many widgets to boot, it's early days yet :( I actually find it quite easy to get around, I like the idea. Spinning the thing around is harder, but if you use the scroll bar at the bottom I find it pretty good. Mike
Guest synet Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 Great news. Used to have this on my WinMo HTC Touch HD. Will look into this android version.
Guest Premkumar230 Posted March 7, 2011 Report Posted March 7, 2011 Awesome !! Its very smooth and superb... I am using JJ9 rom.. Check out my small video SF running SPB mobile Shell
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