Toshiba has chosen Spb to improve Windows Mobile user interface for their Toshiba Portege G810 device. The solution includes:

• Customized version of Spb Mobile Shell
• Customized version of Spb Full Screen Keyboard
• Smart scrolling component from Spb Pocket Plus
• Skin for Wireless Manager
• Skin for Dialer

User interface of all the included program is customized so that they look in Toshiba style and match style of the device hardware. You can watch a virtual tour that give impression about device user interface in action. The strong combination of a powerful platform and functional hardware, complemented by a set of usability tools from Spb, make Toshiba's Portege G810 a very fast and intuitive smartphone.

Today Screen

Why do you turn your device on? Most often you turn your device to check the current status (current time, presence of new text messages, emails or missed calls, and so on). Therefore, you would like to make this status check at the first glance. The Now Screen appears every time you turn your device on and gives you an uncluttered status screen.

Menu

Pocket PCs have Windows Start menu which looks like a hold-over from the one we enjoyed so much in Windows 95. Great concept for that time, but is it still appropriate for today's modern mobile device? To help answer this question, we can note two obvious shortcomings: the menu is flat and it doesn't contain any actions, only programs. Spb Menu adds a fast and convenient way to navigate through your device. It is designed for one hand navigation.

Dialer

We have changed dialer skin to make it better optimized for fingers and consistent with overall device look-and-feel.

Keyboard

Spb Full Screen Keyboard is a unique text input tool for Pocket PC. Unlike other input methods it covers the entire screen area and has keys large enough to be typed with finger-tips rather than with a stylus.

Contact

"We designed the Portege G810 as a stylish touch screen Windows Mobile phone, ideal for both mobile-working and socializing, as it combines a powerful operating system with an incredibly user-friendly interface," says Bertrand Issard, Head of Product Planning & Strategy, Toshiba Information Systems (UK) Ltd. "We turned to Spb Software, with their extensive Windows Mobile software and usability expertise, to support us in creating a highly intuitive user interface for our Portege G810," he concludes.

"Microsoft is committed to support a vibrant partner ecosystem and always delivers opportunities to create solutions that meet a wide range of Windows Mobile customers’ needs," comments Fabio Falzea, acting as Mobile Communications Business Lead, Microsoft Central & Eastern Europe Area. "The Toshiba - Spb synergy is one good example of the rich benefits the Microsoft ecosystem secures to the market, where partners are able to complement each other’s strengths and deliver new innovative and rich experiences on Windows Mobile platform".