I am sure that you have seen the launch of the ever popular SPB Shell 5 for Android platforms. This old timer has finally made its way from the world of Windows Mobile all the way to the little green guy’s door step. However, we are all very much used to seeing paid apps in Android that are in the US$1 to US$3 range. SPB seems to have been left in time because they are charging roughly the same as they used to charge for the SPB MS Windows Mobile versions (close to US$20 in case you were wondering). You want the nice 3D effects, the smooth scrolling, and all the different goodies that this UI has to offer, don’t you? Well, XDA member syrenz has pointed us to a very nice alternative that will give you all the 3D goodness that you (and your device) can handle. Regina 3D is a new UI for Android devices that offer widgets, 3D transitions, task manager, new drawer options, and much more. An interesting option is that you can give each one of your screens a different background, which is a nice alternative in case you are tired of the scrolling background that Android normally offers. Best of all? The UI is free!
The main homescreen features a slick flip clock (hello, HTC!) and weather widget. The bad news is that the weather widget might not include your town (yes, really) and to add it manually you need to know some sort of region code. Which I don't know. And I'm not going to bother looking up. And it gets a little worse -- to use the weather feature at all, you have to install the Regina Weather and Regina Weather Server apps in addition to the launcher. And then I still have to look up my region code? No, thanks.
We're starting to see homescreen and launcher replacements settle into a groove. Nice UIs, smooth transitions, and the Regina launcher fits nicely in that space. It's the same basic principle: You have five home screens on which to flip around and place apps, widgets, shortcuts, folders, etc.
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