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TF2D (Manilla2D)

Posted by Kraize on Sunday 21st September 2008 at 13:06First of all, I'd like to say hello to everyone here at touch-innovation. I'm a new staff member and today is my first day. I'm going to be giving you a brief summary on Manilla2D.

How many of us have been waiting for that really nice interface called TouchFlo3D to be ported from the HTC Diamond to our QVGA devices? herg62123 worked hard on trying to port the Manilla interface to QVGA, but it was not a functional version. But, just in time came TF2D. From HTC too! It was their version of TouchFlo that did not require as much memory and did not have the fancy 3D features of it's older brother. TF2D will be releasing with the new QVGA devices such as the Touch 3G and the HTC Opal/Jade. A leaked rom was found and as soon as it was found, Manilla2D was created. So for those of you with a QVGA device that are in search for a simple user-interface, go for TF2D. I'd like to thank HTC on a job well done.

Review:
Basic TF3D tabs if you know about TF3D
Has the basic Home, people, messages, mail, internet, pictures, music, settings, and programs. The tabs can be easily removed or moved via the Manilla2D Customizer created by mpenguin14. Found here:
>> Click here to download
Anyways, this version of TF comes with the analog clock. Personally, I prefer both clocks. To me it looks elegant and simple. It is also very skinnable. Very simple to use and smooth as butter. Goes nicely with every other Thumb-friendly app you have. I've used ThrottleLauncher and this is nowhere near as customizable as it was, but it is far more smooth. I have enabled SecondToday and use both. It might not be as smooth on low memory devices as it as a memory hog. It does not worry me as much since my Kaiser still has 41mb of memory left. The following are really the only downside I found to Manilla2D:
Memory hog
Needs a lot of programs to run (which take up memory also)
No animations (Thus why it's called TF2D)

I find that the smoothness of it makes up for these downsides. It may not be for you, but I suggest you give it a shot.

Grade: (0 to 5)
Looks: *****
Functionality: ****
Memory: **
Ease of install: **
Ease of skinning: ****


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