SPB Software has launched SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 for Symbian, a customisation and personalisation tool for touchscreen user interfaces. With recent Gartner statistics showing that Symbian smartphones are the fastest-selling mobiles in the world, SPB says it is catering to the huge demand for customisation and personalisation on Symbian platform-based devices. SPB has also joined the Symbian Foundation, the organisation which manages the open source Symbian platform, to ensure its applications can meet its users’ and community’s needs.

“Up until now, there hasn’t been a good user interface for Symbian, despite the number of users out there,” says SPB CEO, Sebastian-Justus Schmidt. “Our aim is to bring our experience with Windows Mobile users to Symbian (and other OS) enthusiasts. Last year, we launched six projects for the Symbian platform and partnered with Nokia, StarHub and MTS, customising and helping implement the products for Symbian. The simple implementation process means manufacturers and mobile operators can easily customise the products on a variety of platforms to offer the same capabilities to all users.”

SPB Mobile Shell was initially launched in 2007 and has picked up several awards and shipped across millions of  devices from more than 15 manufacturers. SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 for Symbian works on Symbian-based touchscreen devices (Symbian S60 version 5 devices onwards) now for $29.95 (£21). There’s also a 15-day free trial version. Both are available here.