[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Willuknight:
i know there is a perfectly good topic here for recommended apps, but I wanted to make a list with screenshots and include apps that you buy as well as freeware :)

1) SPB Mobileshell with MobileSense

The interface of SPB Mobile Shell along with the beauty of Mobilesense really makes my phone an impressive and elegant sight. With these two packages, the ease of use bests the iphone and rivals android (we're not even going to mention Titanium).

2) SMS-Chat

The best chatting problem I’ve found - it makes it really easy to follow your txts as an actual conversation. The only downside is it takes a few seconds to start up - but the design and ease of use makes up for that many times over.

3) Comic Reader Mobi

I wasn't sold on Comic Reader. I used the 0.8 release, but it wasn't until I actually tried v2 on my phone that I realized how well the software worked to read comics. Possibly the best program on any platform - once you customize it to best suit your reading habits you won't understand how you coped without it. The only downsides are that it doesn't support gif images and the interface is a bit confusing to start with. I love the zip support and lens feature.

4) Mobipocket

Beating ubook, Reader and anything else I’ve found on the iplatform hands down, mobipocket is the best way I’ve found to read books. The library sucks, so use your file explorer to navigate your collection, but in terms of ease of use, rendering quality, selection of fonts and features you can't go past Mobipocket. It's free software and reads html, mobi, pdb or txt format.

You can get free ebooks here here or here (click CD Listing). If you know how to use mIRC, then check out this page for step by step instructions on finding awesome free ebook channels.

5) TCPMP

Better then any free or paid alternatives I've found for video playback - TCMP is THE Media Player Classic of phones. Easy to use, easy options to change, skin support, easy controls and codec support you can't go past it.

6)S2P - Slide 2 Play

Slide to play is a really awesome music app which integrates with S2U so you can control your music while your phone is locked. I really love the "exit on headphone disconnect" and "start on headphone connect" options.

7) Resco File Explorer

A great improvement on the included file explorer, this one lets you move and copy files, uncompress and compress with ease. As well as that, the interface is much better for thumb control.

8) S2U2 - Slide to Unlock

This is easily the most essential little app I've ever installed. Previously my phone was always calling people in my pocket and doing random stuff. Now, I never need to worry about that again! The lock controls provided by Windows mobile are inconsistent, unreliable and woefully inadequate.

UPDATE 7/07/10

9) SenseTasks

I never used the tasks app in Wimo, too tiny to use with my finger, too annoying to use with a stylus - I have always been wanting a finger orientated task app which will let me tap stuff completed and quickly and easily keep track of what I have to do. This app does it all.

10) Actionscreen

A quick pop up menu from holding down the power button which gives you access to handy toggles and shortcuts. Saves you exiting or minimizing a program to use something.

Pocket GBA

Plays gameboy advance and original roms. Worked perfectly on the Mogul (just the right amount of hardware buttons) but on the touch pro2 there aren't enough buttons to play. Working on finding an alternative method.

Project Android - Eclair

A working port of android on your phone. There is a tiny bit of slow down compared to WiMo, but it's definately enough to get a taste of the OS and let you form an impresson of Android. I'm not too sure if you'd want to run this permenently, but almost everything is working including wifi and the phone function, so it's a great representation. You can even download and install apps from the marketplace.

GWatch

Great to have on your phone, just incase you ever need a stopwatch or countdown timer

Rhodium Keyboard Controller

Essential for any Touch Pro2, this app lets your remap most of the limited butons avaliable on the TP2 as well as assigning multible actions for double, triple and long presses!

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LOCKSCREENS:

S2U2 - Slide to Unlock

+Free

+Works really well, have never ever had any problems

-can lock a bit too frequently

-when security locked have to slide to unlock and then enter your pin

-doesn't show your today screen

PocketShield

+looks amazing (i haven't used it)

+lots of different skins, can show today screen

- slide to unlock + enter pin if pin enabled

- paid app

Throttlelock

+Shows today screen

+secure to unclock, no seperate number pad, based just on combination

-a little bit buggy, doesn't always lock, sometimes unresponsive for a split second.

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UPDATE 8/07/10

Browsers:

SKYFIRE

-doesn't work for anyone outside america

OPERA 9

+great page rendering and controls

-very slow

-youtube is broken on my copy

OPERA 5

+fast

-not as full featured as 9

IE

+youtube works

UZARD

+full featured

+youtubr works

-no minimize

-can't zoom all the way out

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Stuff I'd tried and it hasn't worked for me:

TaskFascade (wouldn't start from action button, crashed a few times, won't pop to the main windows when I click on the shortcut)