LauncherPro Leaves Beta, Plus Version Launched for $3 With Sense-Like Widgets

• Quentyn Kennemer
• 14 years ago

LauncherPro has finally left beta and is ready to meet the demands of many would-be paying customers in the Android market. LauncherPro Plus doesn’t just drop the beta tag and adopt a price tag, it brings with it some compelling new features that most users would gladly pay for.

For starters, it comes preinstalled with a scrollable widget. Many launchers have supported scrollable widgets for a while, but LauncherPro Plus is the first to come with one out of the gate. The People Widget nearly replicates the one found preinstalled in HTC Sense devices as it shows a grid of your favorite contacts ready to be – well – contacted. Clicking one of your friends brings up the Quick Bar which will allow you to take action on any avenues of communication associated with them.

Here’s a list of some of the other widgets Federico – the developer – will be offering in future releases:

Bookmarks Widget – Quick access to your browser’s bookmarks

Friends Widget – Lists your friend’s status updates from Facebook and Twitter, and lets you update your own status too.

Calendar/Agenda Widget – Shows you a calendar you can scroll through to switch months, and also lets you see your agenda for any particular day right within the widget.

Messaging – Scroll through a list of your SMS messages or one by one. Quick links to delete messages, reply, etc.

Nothing revolutionary here, though, unless you have yet to use a Sense device. Updates will be coming over the next couple of weeks to add all of this and – presumably – more. For now, you can only get LauncherPro Plus by buying it through PayPal as his country has yet to allow paid applications in the Android market. For users willing to bite the bullet now, $2.99 is its “introductory” price, with the cost of admission expected to go up a little more after a while. Head over to the LauncherPro site to learn more.