Wheres the Kitchen Sink?
I had my hands on the review copy for a few days before the documentation caught up with me so learning Mobile Shell 3.0 was somewhat of an adventure into the unknown. Every finger swipe revealed a new window or feature that it wouldn’t have surprised me if I stumbled upon a kitchen sink. And it all starts with the Carousel Tab. The Carousel tab (to the bottom left) pulls up a carousel view of the various SPB pages as well as the home pages and pages accessible via the home page icons (contacts and launcher). Essentially it is a one stop shop for the various panels/windows of Mobile Shell 3.0. The carousel is touch navigable and once you find your page, tap on it for it to go full screen. You can also switch to a tile/panel view. This view reminds me of the panels Sony uses on the Xperia. One can only hope that SPB opens Mobile Shell up for additional panels just as Sony did with the Xperia. The Weather panel can be set to a specific city and displays the current conditions and four da
