Spb Keyboard 4.0 Reviewed
So, three days ago SPB Released the newest version of one of their more useful products, SPB Keyboard, and three days ago was also the release of the Fuze which I’m sure you’re all aware of by now. I wanted to post this on the release date, but I didn’t want it over-shadowed by all of the hoopla over the Fuze.
This is more of a video review than anything, I’ve got a nice 1080i video for you after the jump and a couple screenshots along with the specs etc..
Specs are first up:
*** What’s New in Spb Keyboard 4.0 ***
* Three modes of text input:
Full-Screen, Half-Screen, and Standard modes are optimized for fingers, fingers or stylus, and just the stylus, respectively.
* New finger-friendly interface and skin engine:
The Spb Mobile Shell-like interface is skinnable and will automatically adapt to the current device theme.
* Built-in support of 35 languages:
Just the default skin supports 35 languages (including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean), plus many more possible keyboard layouts.
* Sliding Pop-ups:
The key pop-ups help to make sure the desired character is tapped, to dramatically decrease the number of misprints.
* Smart Gestures:
Gestures are available for ALL CAPS, Enter, Spacebar, and Backspace commands.
* Better Auto-complete:
In full-screen mode, the auto-complete offers a total of 3 word choices from the built-in and user’s dictionaries.
* Wise Memory Consumption:
For what it does, Spb Keyboard 4.0 consumes less memory and is more compact than earlier versions.
*** Pricing and Availability ***
Spb Keyboard is compatible with Windows Mobile Pocket PC 2003, Windows Mobile Professional 5.0 and higher; all Windows Mobile screen resolutions are supported. A free, 15-day trial can be downloaded, or Spb Keyboard 4.0 may be purchased for 14.95 USD, or upgraded from 3.x Spb Keyboard versions for just 4.95 USD, at www.spbsoftwarehouse.com. According to Spb Software upgrades policy, all Spb Keyboard users, who have purchased the product within the last 90 days, are invited to exchange the previous version of software for the newly released one, for free.
Next up are a few screenshots, it’s a keyboard after all so there’s not much too it:
Now here’s the video, it’s a little over 6 minutes long, so sit back relax and watch it!
To recap a bit, I do like SPB keyboard quite a bit, if I had to rate it it would be a 5 out of 5 score really, and even though it’s iPhone-esque looking I find it very useful and much easier than the stock keyboard to use.
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[...] permalink So, three days ago SPB Released the newest version of one of their more useful products, SPB Keyboard, and three days ago was also the release of the Fuze which I
Hopter Thanks for sharing, and for taking the time to film this.
Too bad it can only be used with the stylus, because of this I see no point in trowing away $ 14.95 when you already have the default SIP.
From what I’ve seen, the SPB keyboard also uses some considerable memory.
Good thing there are plenty of good keyboards on the market.
May want to include in the post that you don’t start using Spb keyboard until 3 minutes in.