SPB Software Updates Mobile Shell to 3.5.1 Beta

SPB Software has posted an update to their rather popular and highly customizable user interface, Mobile Shell, in their forums. It’s now at 3.5.1 Beta 1 (build 9666) and brings mostly bug fixes. In a recent poll on favorite interfaces among our readership, Mobile Shell took second place with over 700 votes (TF3D claimed 1st). Continue Reading to see a full list of changes, bug fixes and to get the download.

While SPB Software delivers with many bug fixes, they seem to have left HTC Touch Pro2 users in the dark again. It’s quite baffling because the TP2 is one of the most popular Windows Phones to date. Ever since the release of MS3.0 many months ago, Touch Pro2 users have been suffering from strange bugs specific to their device. If you visit the SPB software forums, you will notice many threads opened about these issues without any resolutions. In fact, they don't seem to be acknowledged at all.

Nevertheless, an update is an update and it should improve the experience to some degree for all; so view changes below and head over to the SPB Club forum for the download.

Update: 3.5.1 RC has been released. It has minor changes, but you might as well install it. Click the SPB Forum link above and scroll to the bottom of the page for the latest CAB or EXE.

Key bug fixes and changes:

- SPB Pocket Plus close button makes Shell unresponsive
- Set Ringtone doesn't work for Contacts
- 6.5: Theme shows incorrectly for Carousel and Tiles views
- Added current conditions threshold for weather widget
- Agenda: One day is shown twice, 25 осt date is the transition to "winter" time
- 3D SMS viewer: First word disappears after enter
- Twitter issues fixes
- Kinetic scrolling doesn't stop on Asus P565
- 3D SMS viewer: Picture is absent.
- 3D viewer: Date isn't shown for SMS and Email
- 3D email viewer: First account always shows
- Birthday widget doesn't update itself when contact info is changed
- New filter category is available only after MS restart
- Task widget makes task sychronization with Outlook longer
- Feature: introduced default action for weather widget (now choose between "Open forecast" and "Open conditions")