I want to answer this
"I have SPB Mobile Shell. I like the editability of Winterface, but I like Moble Shell's home screen. Time, weather, calendar, appointments, system and message icons are the deciding factor. Thank goodness for trials. I would be kicking myself really hard if I had to by this first."

And this
"Yes, the editing bit is really nice (love those quivering icons) however the rest of it doesn't approach mobile shell... The extra menus, and access to calander, notes etc put mobile shell confortably in first place."

Ok, let's get to it. I will not let you confuse other readers, SPB Mobile Shell fanboys. With all respect to our rivals I suggest you and other Mobility Site readers see the screenshot from Winterface below:



The left one is the lock screen that always appears when you turn on the screen. It shows you the day of the week, time, date.
If you take a closer look at the top of the lock screen you will also see that the lock screen shows you the strength of carrier signal (+name of carrier), time (true, unnecessary dublicate and will be removed in coming versions), WiFi indicator, Bluetooth indicator, phone profile (ring, vibro or silent), and the battery charge. I can agree that you will say that these top indicators can be hardly seen. We will make them look distinct in the coming version. What I want to underline is that the functionality is already there.

Now, the second and more interesting screenshot. This screenshot displays the screen that appears immediately after you unlock the unlock screen and that is actually seen behind the transparent lock screen. You may have up to 10 of such screens where you can put any icons to applications, settings and contacts.
The screen has many icons of which I want to draw your attention to Clock - actually shows current time, Calendar - shows the actual date, SMS+Phone+Email - all show counters: new messages (text messages in SMS, emails in Email) and missed calls (in Phone). Now, the important thing is that these counters are visible at the lock screen because the lock screen is transparent. And we will either make them more visible or will bring to the actual front of the lock screen.

You can also place notes or any system settings on the first screen if you use them a lot. But frankly, and honestly speaking Settings is not something very often used, so it makes sense to put all necessary settings on a separate screen and access it with a slide of a finger across the screen to slide over to the next screen where you put only the settings you really need. Isn't it simply fantastic? And talking about SPB Mobile Shell - with all respect again to their work - I've spent literally 3 to 5 minutes to find File Explorer, and I'm an experienced user working close with developers. This is not what we at VITO call intuitive. One has to learn this (sometimes hard way), and with Winterface you do not need to learn and adapt yourself to this software, you adapt Winterface to yourself and you do it nicely and intuitively.

Now, lets see what I did not answer from the posts I quoted at the beginning: weather and appointments. Weather will be there, just as calendar or clock icon - showing the actual forecast. Appointments... you know it's funny how the guys from Microsoft got you hooked to the mess of Today screen when you get a clutter of tiny things on the screen and squeeze your eyes to see your next appointment. Is this not easy, is this not natural to tap this calendar icon on the first screen and see all the appointments in the native Calendar application?

I am also looking forward to getting the feedback on how better display appointments on the lock screen or on the screens. And, please, if you want to really communicate you message, spend some time in Photoshop and make a screenshot of what you want this look like in the program. We like practical approach. Thank you all for your interest in Winterface and for tremendous feedback VITO is getting through email and forum posts.

PS There is already Winterface 1.01 available. Issues we faced:

- lags in settings screen when adding settings icons on some devices
- dublicate icons of settings in the settings list upon adding on some devices
- contacts displaying only first names in the contact liist upon adding
- unlock bypass by gesture
- bluetooth icon indicator on lock screen not appearing