Want to make your Berry a more literal expression of your inner being? Cases and skins are cool, sure. But nothing is as dynamic and customizable as a custom theme for you Berry. Besides, changing organized pairs of 1′s and 0′s on screen is many times easier than changing some piece of stick on paper or molded plastic.
Meet Elecite’s new BlackBerry theme “Keen”. Featuring a more transparent and glassy look, this theme is best served by an equally impressive wallpaper. Beyond the background, Keen features 6-8 customizable icons, 4-5 locked “quick access” icons, and a small preview/today area beneath.
Personally, I don’t have any need for a quick preview/today area but can certainly understand the draw and reasons why many do. To each his own. Personal opinions aside, no one can argue with the fact that Keen is sleek and gorgeous to lay eyes on. For $6.99, any modern Berry rockin’ OS 5.0 can get in on the action.
- November 25, 2009 11:46 am
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…?
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- November 18, 2009 8:45 am
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?
- November 10, 2009 10:45 am
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?
- 5 Customizable Dock Icons
- 5 Today Items Appear on Icon Rollover
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.
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