The days of being able to simply change your wallpaper and calling that the end of your customizing rope are over. A new BlackBerry theme by Elecite takes a rather unique and exciting departure from the typical world of BlackBerry themes. Instead of merely having the ability to change your background and maybe move the icons a bit, Poser gives you a new, untold amount of options.
The whole concept of the theme revolves around customizing an avatar and yes, wallpaper too. The number of avatars available is pretty high with Stewie from Family Guy and a stealthy Ninja being two of my personal favorite. But the customization doesn’t stop there. With each avatar you choose you can further drill down in the options and change features such as the head, outfit, weapon, accessories — even giving the poor creation a pet.
All of this seems like it would cause the greedy theme dev to jack up the price. Thankfully that’s not the case. $3.49 and your’re out the door rockin’ your new theme.
**Super cool side note: If you think your poser/avatar is the coolest of the cool, take a screenshot and send it to [email protected] for a chance to win a top spot in the 10 best posers. The 10 best winners will receive a refund from purchasing the Poser theme as well as another theme of your choice free. What are you waiting for?!
Purchase Poser for BlackBerry devices running OS 5.0 or higher from Elecite for 3.49
BlackBerry users, especially those with an eye for customization and design have probably went through at least a couple of themes on the cherished Canadian born phones. One of the best premium theme designing sites located at Elecite.com have continually pushed the envelope of the BlackBerry theme world. Back when animations were just beginning to pick up steam and still helluva hard to incorporate into themes, Elecite was at the forefront weeding their way through. It’s hard work no doubt. I’ve been there. I used to design BlackBerry themes myself. Though that passion led to this passion (writing — don’t ask).
So here I sit today sharing with you one of my “top favorites” in the geek world. If you have a BlackBerry and either never have used custom themes or simply want something new for the end of year festivities, Elecite should be obtain at least a small part of your time.
Of course, to get everyone in the holiday spirit, besides a fresh face Elecite is offering up site wide discounts to the tune of 50% on all themes. No coupon codes are needed as it is automatically calculated in. Have at it. Go wild. Theme that Berry!
Though not everyone’s personal favorite, Android 2.0 is an often replicated UI. Even though it hasn’t really changed much from previous iterations of the OS, subtle differences in icons and other UI elements did receive a freshening up. BlackBerry users, especially those who love change are always looking for that next theme to get their fix on if only for a short while. If you fit the bill and are in fact looking for that “fix”, you’re definitely going to want to check out the “BeDroid” theme designed by AHAZ and Jmal Designs. True to it’s multitasking roots, the BeDroid theme allows 8 user customizable icons on the homescreen coupled with 16 more user customizable icons housed in a pull-out tab much like the Android pull-out tab. Picking up your own bit of Android flare is made affordable thanks to the relatively cheap $4.96 sale price. Be forewarned, that sale price is only good through November 23rd, after which the price will float back up to the $6+ range. Feel like riding the Android wave…?
While Corey over at VistoThemes has been pretty quiet for a while, it’s nice to see that he hasn’t given up BlackBerry theming for good as he’s freshed up a few of his older themes for the new BlackBerry 9700. Those themes include: BB OSX, Droid 2.0, and Docked. Back in the day (all of one roughly one year ago) when I carried a BlackBerry around, VistoThemes was one of my favorite theme shops. Hopefully Corey begins cranking out themes like he used to because he had quite some lookers. If you’re in the market for a quality made BlackBerry theme and top notch support, go ahead and give Corey’s themes a try.
HedoneDesign is somewhat famous you could say. They are one of the top premium BlackBerry theme designer sites, often pumping out great theme after great theme. Today, Hedone is adding another notch to their belt. Their new theme “GreenTech” however is more than just another notch. GreenTech is the first official BlackBerry theme to be relesaed using BlackBerry Theme Studio 5.0!
The overall design of GreenTech is — well, green — and easily read, crisp and clear icons. The text is easy to read. And best of all, those two big custom meters for both battery and signal status are top notch. Because of the newness of Theme Studio, the added features that can now be built into themes, and the overall higher quality that BlackBerry themes will now present means we’ll all have to pay ever so slightly more: $7.99 instead of the old $6.99 price. But there are ways to save. Purchase GreenTech before November 23rd and walk away with a brand spanking new 5.0 theme for only $3.99. Ya, that wet your whistle didn’t it?
It’s that time again. Time for another unique and interesting BlackBerry Theme. Today’s theme comes from a website that I don’t cover very often. Though don’t discount the theme developers because of it as they are quite talented. The site, Gemblock, has had some pretty cool themes come out from behind it’s digital walls in the past. The latest theme, “Luny” continues that tradition. What immediately got my attention were the two custom battery/signal meters. I love custom meters, even more so than icons and all of the other UI stuff. Why? No clue. I like what I like. And the meters in Luny are freakin’ cool. But meters alone can’t make an awesome theme. So what else is there?
2 WB Icon Placements
5 Customizable Dock Icons
5 Today Items Appear on Icon Rollover
8 Item Hidden Today
Intrigued? Luny is available for BlackBerry devices: Curve 8900, Bold 9000, Storm 95xx, and Tour 9630. At only $4.99 it’s a relative bargain considering the amount of work that the developer invested. Of course, the fact that most other premium themes go for $6.99+ doesn’t hurt either.
The BlackBerry Developer Conference kicked off today and RIM personnel didn’t waste any time getting to the goods. For starters, OpenGL ES support is finally coming to the BlackBerry platform (OS 5.0+). If you didn’t know, OpenGL is what gives modern smartphones such as the iPhone it’s amazing graphics in such small packages. But what good is powerful hardware without software? Again RIM answers, though this answer is somewhat a surprise.
Since the beginning of BlackBerry theme development started a few short years ago, the Plazmic Developers Kit was the one and only way to skin and theme your Berry. A couple months back RIM bought Plazmic which led many to believe that a more tightly integrated Theme Developer Kit was coming. I as well as many others I’m sure assumed that RIM would through in some a few more goodies and maybe a new name and call it a day. That isn’t the case however as RIM also announced today the BlackBerry Theme Studios 5.0. As you can see, RIM is really pushing customization and the whole consumer thing really hard. One interesting part about the new Theme Studio is the ability to add .PSD (Photoshop) directly cutting down on needlessly having to save those .PSD files as some other format such as .png before being used. Also, screen transitions such as zooming, sliding, wiping and fading can now be added much more easier than before. What this simply means is that instead of a few high-end theme makers having the power and know-how on how to make truly impressive themes, more hobby based and beginner theme builders will also be able to compete with the big boys. Nice job RIM!
The Developer Conference has just started however and there is plenty more to find out. Stay tuned.
It doesn’t seem like that long ago that custom “bottom dock” BlackBerry themes were the “it” thing with theme developers anxious over a UI layout that seemed rather simple. After watching the clip above, you can truly see how quickly BlackBerry themes have progressed in the relatively short time span of 1-2 years. The particular them showcased above was created by “Z Man Designs” and is titled “Transitions”. If you like the idea of organized and neatly arranged UI’s, you’re definitely going to want to give Transitions a look.
It’s by far the most innovative and unique BlackBerry theme to date. I’m really liking the animation effects as they do awesome job of covering up the aging qualities of the bone stock BlackBerry UI and OS. As far as organization is concerned, the theme breaks apps into four main categories: Apps, Messaging, Media, and Settings. As you scroll between the four categories, sub-categories and apps are displayed with crisp icons and smooth animations.
Given how cool this theme is, it comes off as a steal for only $2.00! I’d gladly give Zach a couple more dollars for a job well done. If you like Transitions and have your own unique theme idea, you may want to try your theme building chops in the “Transitions Contest”. It’s certainly worth your while as the winner will receive free Z Man Themes for a lifetime! An all around awesome deal from an awesome theme developer.
Disappointment for sure. It looks as if a nasty bug in the official BlackBerry 5.0 software renders custom BlackBerry Storm themes ugly and not quite so functional. The image above is from Kyle over at BlackBerry Cool and foreshadows a tidal wave of disappointment for all new BlackBerry Storm users who pick up a model with 5.0 pre-installed as well as those who have already upgraded.
In this particular issue, the phone in question is the BlackBerry 9530, second first gen storm. In portrait mode everything appears hunky dory. That is until you go all horizontal at which point a garish mix up of UI elements crop up on screen. Coupled with scrolling issues and certain UI elements and onscreen buttons being rendered useless, theme enthusiasts may be in for the ever common though much hated waiting game since such issues will most likely have to be addressed with Plazmic (now owned by RIM).
I’ll give Plazmic credit. They do some amazing themes with the BB theme software. But speed and “quickness” aren’t exactly their strong points. If it is a Plazmic issue, let’s hope they get it fixed. If it’s a deeper issue with OS 5.0, well, RIM best be on top of that like yesterday. With the Storm2 launching tomorrow, a whole lot of themers are going to be mighty upset. Stay tuned…
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The days of being able to simply change your wallpaper and calling that the end of your customizing rope are over. A new BlackBerry theme by Elecite takes a rather unique and exciting departure from the typical world of BlackBerry themes. Instead of merely having the ability to change your background and maybe move the icons a bit, Poser gives you a new, untold amount of options.
