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I don't think this is much of an improvement over 2.x. Also, there are so many great custom skins out there for 2.x.
Good
*I like the new Professional layout.
*I think I like that lists are scrollable now instead of tapping next, next, next.
*I like that you can make contact photos on the favorite contacts page larger and smaller.
*The Facebook think is kind of neat but it's easier to just do this on the desktop if you sync your gmail contacts.
Bad
*I don't like that this takes over the Today screen. In 2.x you can hit the ok button to get back to the Today screen. Now you need to tap the right button, then tap "Show Today". Maybe if you could add items from the today screen as widgets in Mobile Shell, it would be ok.
*Adding widgets is a pain. They don't really snap well into place and overlap easily. You kind of need to pull out the stylus to get it just right.
*I'm not sure if the carousel is a good way for finding and choose screens or contacts or anything.
*I didn't see a way to add apps to the SPB Menu launcher. With 2.x I could add a bunch of "Internet" apps in the internet category; "Media" apps in the Media category, and so on.
Ugly
*Unlock still only uses the WinMo lock which is awful. S2U2 ftw.
*Call log does not integrate in WinMo nor the Phone Suite Call Log.
*I still don't get why dialing a contact requires extra taps. Tap contact > tap which # to dial. Let me just save which # for the contact is my favorite. Put a little icon in the bottom left of the contact photo so I know which # it is like you guys have for your Photo Suite app. Now it's one tap.
*Selecting a Phone Profile is also an extra tap. Tap profile > tap select. Get rid of the extra tap. Why is "edit" so close to "select" anyway? Get rid of the extra tap!
I cannot stress how annoying extra taps are on a screen that's unresponsive to begin with. An extra tap is sometimes 3 extra taps because of misfires or whatever the hell WinMo is doing that it can't register a tap.
I don't think it's worth upgrading from 2.x especially if you have it skinned.
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