Update: SPB Mobile Shell 3

A few weeks agone we mentioned the pending release of SPB Mobile Shell three. And while the awarding hasn't gone live yet, it does have it'south own Web site, and a video presentation has surfaced on You Tube. Still no difficult a release date (Aprilish maybe?) but the updated version is beingness billed equally having such features as multi-home pages (howdy, Xperia X1 panels?), widgets, kinetic scrolling, 3D screen switcher, hardware acceleration support, Facebook integration and support for Windows Mobile 6.5.

Barcelona Bureau Chief Dieter Bohn was able to become his hands on the awarding at Mobile Globe Congress. Check in subsequently the break for his impressions and a few more pictures.

SPB Mobile Shell 3 appears to have dual modes; pro and lifestyle. Yous switch between the two by swiping up on the screen. Lifetstyle mode offers a very absurd widget system. You go three screens to populate with widgets. Widgets include time, weather, calendar, speed punch (where the photos are re-sizable), app shortcuts, and maybe one or ii others. Mobile Shell 3 also lets you connect to facebook to download pictures for all your contacts – you can practise it photograph past photo or run through your entire address book.

Professional mode is very similar to the current version of Mobile Trounce, except it no longer has three screens to swipe through. Instead, you hit a button to actuate a very absurd 3D carousel (it uses 3D acceleration) to switch betwixt the Pro screens. Off the top of my head there'south a home screen, a new app launcher with favorites and an "Most Recently Used" list underneath information technology, a speed-punch screen and a more than traditional SPB Shell bill of fare. The contact screen gives you the photo speed dial and also a list of contacts and call history.

All in all, the new version of Mobile Shell is interestin,g and nosotros look frontward to getting our hands on the utility to give it a proper test bulldoze.

An internet connection will soon be required when setting up Windows 11 Pro

UH OH

An cyberspace connection will presently exist required when setting up Windows 11 Pro

Microsoft has appear that later this year, users will exist required to connect to the cyberspace and sign-in with a Microsoft Account during the out of box setup feel on Windows 11 Pro. Microsoft has already been enforcing this requirement on Windows 11 Home since launch terminal October, and Windows 11 Pro is now expected to follow suit soon.