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Since SPB Mobile Shell is one of the most used softwares for Windows Mobile ever, i think it deserves a nice look. Here is a new WM7-ish theme made by a proud member of the XDA-Developer's forums. This is a skin only theme for Portrait & Landscape modes and 240x320 QVGA Only.

This minimalistic theme has 4 main screens (Now, Programs[9 icon], Speed Dial[8 contacts and 11 in Landscape] and Shortcuts [12]), however there are only 3 main tabs, the Shortcuts screen is visible only in 2 ways: i) Sliding your finger from right to left after the Programs screen. ii) Using the right side soft key, also after the Programs screen. If you slide your finger from left to right or use the left side soft key you´ll never see the Shortcuts screen.
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After the rumors about the upcoming Windows Mobile 7 a talented designer at the XDA-Developers forum has managed to setup his Pocket PC to looks like the new WM7. He has used WM7ish today screen theme plus the rltoday which is a highly customizable today screen plugin. As you may see at the screenshot the results are impressive !

Here is a step by step HOW TO get this on your device:


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Big news today is about the Microsoft's development of Windows Mobile 7. According to them it will be the first revolutionary change to their mobile device operating system. As far as we know the first phones with Windows Mobile 7 will go on sale in 2009 but already now you can learn everything about it including that it will support multi-touch.

Nathan Weinberg from InsideMicrosoft has recently been given a document by a source inside Microsoft that details the touch and gesture plans for Mobile 7. This document is a confidential internal use only document, used to explain the plans for Mobile 7, and contains well over a hundred pages of designs, ideas, and changes to the way we interact with our mobile devices.


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