The ever creative folks at SPB have a new version of SPB TV available, and now everyone should be happy.

SPB Software now extends the mobile TV solution to feature phone users, offering 3G customers a free mobile IP TV solution with the state-of-the-art TV-like user experience. Mobile phone owners, no matter where they are, can now get easy and instant access to over a 150 subscription-free TV channels from more than 20 countries, using SPB TV on their phones.

· Live TV and video-on-demand channels

· Channels from more than 17 countries

· Integrated TV guide

· Picture-in-picture mode

Watch SPB WAP TV for free!

If you’re a Gamer, SPB has something for you to try on you iPhone or iPad. It is called AstroQuads.

SPB AstroQuads is a mobile game for iPhone and iPad. To win you have to reveal and mark as many as possible rectangles’ corners of the same colors in a field filled with colored astrostones. Besides the fun factor the game improves the pattern-finding skills of the player.

· Addictive game play

· Attractive graphics

· Finger-friendly interface

· Two game modes for different gaming scenarios

Get SPB AstroQuads for iPhone ($0.99)!

SPB TV has got a major update and now a new version SPB TV 2.0 is available for all Windows Mobile and iPhone users. The app goes free-of-charge and subscription-free and offers live TV streams along with video-on-demand channels.

• Live TV and video-on-demand channels
• Channels from more than 17 countries
• Integrated TV guide
• Picture-in-picture mode

Get SPB TV for Windows Mobile for FREE

Get SPB TV for iPhone for FREE

Free is awfully nice.

SPB Software has recently announced an update to their Symbian port of the Windows Mobile classic Mobile Shell.  The new update, version 3.5.5, brings several optimizations and new features to touch screen enhanced Symbian S60 v5 users.  The full press release with details is below:

The Bestselling Symbian App – SPB Mobile Shell – Gets Updated

June 17th, 2010 – SPB Software, a leading mobile software developer, announces the update of its major Symbian application – SPB Mobile Shell.

Being recently launched SPB Mobile Shell for Symbian got #1 best selling position world-wide one day after its initial release.
The new version of SPB Mobile Shell has optimized memory usage, which allows reducing RAM consumption by 10 Mb. Thus the range of the supported Symbian smartphones significantly grows.

The new version also includes a media player widget. Now the users can reach their player much easier and faster right from the home screen. SPB Software also releases 4 new free themes for Symbian. So the user interface can be more customized, depending on the tastes of the device owners.

Full list of new SPB Mobile Shell 3.5.5 features includes:

- Memory optimization (10M less RAM usage)
- Media player widget
- 4 free themes for Symbian
- Operator Name Widget
- Shortcuts to the most used files
- Autorestore of the settings
- New Memo/New Anniversary items in organizer menu
- Customized Call Button
- Landscape/portrait orientation control

Pricing and Availability

SPB Mobile Shell 3.5.5 for is available for Symbian-based touchscreen devices (works on Symbian S60 5th Edition and higher) from 17 June 2010. It can be purchased for $29.95 or a 15-day free trial version may be downloaded at www.spb.com. It is a free update for the existing SPB Mobile Shell for Symbian users.

Further Information

SPB Mobile Shell for Symbian touchscreens
http://spb.com/symbian-software/mobileshell/

SPB Mobile Shell screenshots
http://spb.com/symbian-software/mobileshell/screenshots.html

SPB Mobile Shell evaluation copy downloading page
http://spb.com/symbian-software/mobileshell/download.html

SPB Software’s Symbian Foundation member page
http://www.symbian.org/users/spb-software-inc

About SPB Software (www.spb.com)

SPB is a leading brand in mobile software, standing for a unique line of popular consumer products and partnerships with the world’s most innovative handset makers and wireless carriers. SPB’s software solutions deliver richer smartphone experiences and enable subscribers to do more with their mobile data connections. SPB Software is the maker of the world’s single number one bestselling mobile application – SPB Mobile Shell. For more information, please visit www.spb.com.

SPB Mobile Shell was named the best-selling Windows Mobile application globally in 2007, 2008 and 2009 by online mobile software store Handango. Several millions licences were shipped by more than 15 device manufacturers and in 2010 SPB Mobile Shell won the Marketplace Race to Market Challenge in the category ‘Most revenue made by paid application’.

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SPB Software announced on Tuesday the release of an updated version of their internet TV player, SPB TV 2.  With the new update coming in at the sweet price spot of FREE, it seemed like an outstanding time to take a look at the program.

Installation on my Touch Pro was uneventful, happily finding it’s home on the device’s microSD card.  First launch of the program displays a dialog asking the you to supply some simple demographic information.  I’m not completely sure the point of this, but in all it seems relatively harmless in what they were asking for.

I’d recommend that when running the software, you do so via your handheld’s wifi network.  A slow cellular network connection such as Edge or 1X is out, as the program times out.  Not having 3G in my area, I didn’t have the opportunity to test.  Suffice to say, I suspect that it will be the best on wifi networks as a lot of data is streaming.

After the channel list downloads from SPB, the channel browser screen displays.  Thumbnail icons appear at the bottom of the screen, with a larger preview of the current channel.

SPB TV 2: Channel Browser

Tapping the familiar play icon, the display switches to landscape orientation and fills the screen.  You may be greeted with an ad (hey.. it’s free, isn’t it) while the stream is buffering.  Once loaded, the TV show will start to appear.

SPB TV 2: Picture in Picture Display

Tapping the screen while playing provides options for customizing the experience, including switching to a high quality version of the stream, utilizing picture in picture or returning to the channel browser.  As I was playing with the picture in picture feature, I couldn’t help but reminisce a bit.  Rewind about 20 years ago, close my eyes and I’m in my grandparent’s house watching my grandfather show off the picture in picture feature of his new television set.  I know have the same functionality on my phone.  That to me was a bit of a wow factor.

In conclusion, SPB TV 2 is a well done application, providing a worthwhile service at a terrific price point.  I would recommend downloading it here and giving it a try!