It’s not only that beautiful skyline, though. The theme rotates every 10 minutes, featuring various sites from around each city. That should keep things even more interesting for those who like to change up their theme every once in a while. So if you’re looking for a new theme, make sure to head over to Bplay and check out their Embrace brand of themes. They’re $5.99 each.

Los Angeles
New York
London
Paris
Rome
Barcelona
Bejing
Berlin
Tokyo
Vancouver
Moscow
Washington

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A BlackBerry theme for every city

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A BlackBerry theme for every city

The first step is to download BlackBerry Theme Studio 5.0. You can do this at http://www.blackberry.com/themestudio. Unfortunately, if you’re a Mac user, you get the old school treatment from RIM. You’ll need Windows XP Professional or Vista to run Theme Studio, which is a shame for some of us. It doesn’t mention anything about Windows 7, but if it’s compatible someone please let me know. Otherwise the requirements are pretty straight forward. You’ll need BlackBerry OS version 4.2.2 or higher.

Theme creation is a long process. Thankfully, the folks at Inside BlackBerry have taken the time to write out a full tutorial. Check out Part 1, where they go over the different elements of theme design. This covers aspects like creating the different screens — home screen, applications menu, lock screen, incoming call screen, etc. — and how they work within Theme Studio.

Once you’re familiar with theme creation, read Part 2, which goes step-by-step through the creation process. After reading both of these articles, you should be well on your way to creating the perfect theme for you. And, while you’re at it, if you want to create the perfect theme for me (since I’m a Mac user), all I need is a two-row bottom dock, Today section for messages, and access to Clock, Profiles, Manage Connections, and Options through the home screen icons (signal, battery, time, etc.).

Anyone up for it?

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Create your own themes with BlackBerry Theme Studio

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Create your own themes with BlackBerry Theme Studio

GreenTech

I’m assuming most readers do not have OS 5.0 yet. It’s only officially available for certain devices, and since those are brand new it’s safe to say that most of us are waiting for our carriers to release it. Hedone Design — who else? — got ahead of the game recently, constructing the GreenTech theme. The first sentence of the theme description is enticing enough to draw in anyone. “There are number of features in this new theme, which so far we have not included or could not be done.” Previously unavailable features? No way I’m not checking this out.

Hedone has made this theme available in separate versions for OS 5.0 and OS 4.6 and above. This means I can’t really test the new features available for 5.0 users. As you’ll see, this is a disappointment. The Home Screen features six icons in the dock. If any of these are Calendar or Messages, a Today Preview is available. The battery and signal meters are conspicuously in the top right corner in the form of analog gauges. Below that is the Sounds icon. All of this is pretty standard. So what’s with the new features?

The only thing I notice in the description of “multifunction icons.” That appears to mean the clock and meters on the Home Screen. This, however, is not a 5.0-only function. It’s the same thing on Aliencology. The signal meter acts as the Manage Connections function, the battery icon brings you into Options, and the clock brings you into the alarm clock. So I’m still unclear as to what the new 5.0 features are. Too bad I can’t test that version for myself.

If you’re interested in this theme, you can get it for $3.99 until November 23, when the price will increase to $7.00. Again, you can get this for OS 4.6 and up, and maybe you’ll find new features on the 5.0 version.

Winter Wonderland

Hedone used BlackBerry Theme Studio 5.0 to create the GreenTech theme. Another new user of Theme Studio 5.0 is a BBGeeks fave, Cherri Chiodo. She also has a few new themes out, centered around the incoming season. People love winter for different reasons, whether it be the holidays or the snow. Today we’ll look at a theme for the snow people. Appropriately, it’s titled Winter Wonderland.

As with most of Cherri’s themes, the visuals rule Winter Wonderland. It’s a very basic theme from a functional standpoint, featuring eight Home Screen Icons, line up on either side of the screen, leaving enough free real estate for a Today Preview. Really, there’s no excuse to not include a Today Preview these days (that is, to not at least include it as a theme option). The whole theme has a silver and white theme, including the main graphic, a snow-covered pine tree, and the icons. I think it looks especially good against a black BlackBerry (before now I for the most part had silver Berrys, and I never knew how much the contrast between theme and hardware color mattered).

You can get the Winter Wonderland theme for $7.99. That’s the link to the Tour version. There are versions for all models running OS 4.6 and above.

Liquid Chrome

Ready for another OS 5.0 theme? This one comes from BlackBerry Theme Park, a subscription-based service that allows you unlimited themes for a one-time membership fee of $20. I’ve said it in the past, but that’s a great deal if you’re someone who gets sick of a theme quickly. The theme we’re examining today is called Liquid Chrome, which describes the wallpaper graphic. Given the yellow and black color scheme, all I could think of was Sprint Nextel.

Liquid Chrome features a hidden dock, which creates a cleaner Home Screen. Once you highlight the first item, the entire six-icon dock appears. This is, of course, fully customizable. I’d recommend putting the Messages and Calendar applications in there, though, because the theme features a seven-item Today Preview. On the Applications Menu the icons are easy enough to decipher, and some of them are downright cool. I’m a particular fan of the camera icon.

You can get the Liquid Chrome theme a la carte for $6.99. But, again, the subscription might be a better option.

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Theme Review: GreenTech, Winter Wonderland, Liquid Chrome

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Theme Review: GreenTech, Winter Wonderland, Liquid Chrome

VistaLike

I find it a bit odd that Hedone came out with the VistaLike theme right after the release of Windows 7, which is supposed to redeem Microsoft from the blunder that was Vista. Even stranger, Hedone already created a Windows 7 theme. So why go back to Vista? Because they can, I suppose. It came out a lot better than actual Vista, too.

VistaLike is a sharp theme, as are all the others in Hedone’s catalog. The bottom dock features four customizable options, plus a dedicated Applications Menu button. I’m not so sure I like that there — it seems a better use of space to let that be another customizable icon, since every BlackBerry has a Menu button built in. The theme also features various Today options. You can choose TodayPreview, which displays your Message and Calendar items when you scroll over the icons (which are lined up to the left of the screen). Then there’s TodayPlus, which will show those items all the time. Hedone also added Today versions for either calendar or messages, allowing you to display one without the other.

You can get the VistaLike theme for $3.49 from now until November 6. After that the price goes back up to $6.99.

Wood Work Pro

It’s been a while since we’ve reviewed a theme from BlackBerry Theme Park, though I have no idea why. They have a good selection of themes, plus a subscription model that can benefit those who change themes often. In fact, they’ve recently upgraded their subscription offer. It used to cost $19.95 for a one-year subscription, but they’ve now made that a lifetime membership. So for $20, you can get all the themes you want, forever. Not a bad deal.

This one is an update of the original Wood Work theme, which didn’t go over too well in reviews. This one, though, should please most BlackBerry users. The Home Screen features six customizable icons, pretty standard fare for modern BlackBerry themes, but this one adds a twist. The icons are hidden in tabs, so they only show up when you scroll over them. It also has a Today preview which features your seven most recent messages or calendar entries. There is also a dedicated spot for a weather application. The smiley face icon for messages is a nice touch.

You can get the Wood Work Pro theme for the Curve 8500 series, 8350i, Bold 9000, Tour 9630, and Curve 8900. It costs $6.99 a la carte, but again, you can sign up for unlimited themes.

Metalic

We haven’t totally neglected Gadgetbean, but it certainly has been a while since we’ve reviewed one of their themes. They’re back this week with Metalic, which, despite the poor spelling of the title, is a pretty excellent theme. It fits with my idea of an excellent BlackBerry theme: the more icons and information on the Home Screen, the better. Metalic packs as much as possible on the Home Screen, so you don’t have to navigate away very often.

The Home Screen features four user-customizable icons, though you’ll probably want your calendar and messages somewhere in there, because Metalic features Today previews. The far right icon can also be used for a weather application. So that covers information on the Home Screen, but just four icons? That seems a bit skimpy. Gadgetbean has implemented an excellent solution: 12 in 3. We saw this from Hedone in previous themes. The bottom dock features three sets of four icons, all user customizable. There’s a slider you can move over for the next set. So that’s 16 icons available right on the Home Screen. You may never click into the Applications Menu ever again.

You can get the Metalic theme for $6.00. Unfortunately, we just missed a $2.98 sale, but hey, maybe that’s still going on. It would make the theme that much more worth it.

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Theme Review Wednesdays: VistaLike, Wood Work, Metalic

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Theme Review Wednesdays: VistaLike, Wood Work, Metalic

Hedone’s Halloween

There are so many Halloween themes filled with grinning pumpkins and spooky fonts, but that’s not the case with Hedone Design’s take on the theme. This one is sleek and original, with more of a Tim Burton feel than a a traditional pop Halloween look. That’s A+ in my book. That there are more colors than just black,white, and orange is even better.

The Home Screen features five vertical pictures, all of which are customizable icons. They’ll be tough to recognize, of course, but there’s a handy text indicator just below each. The battery meter, tucked away in the lower right corner, is a spider web, and the signal meter is measured by a colony of bats. The Applications Menu is straight forward, featuring gray icons on a black background, with an orange burst when highlighted.

You can get the Hedone Halloween theme at their theme store for half off the normal $6.99 tag, from now through October 22. Just click that link, and when purchasing the theme make sure to enter the promotional code HD50BDAY09. After October 22 it will go back up to $6.99, so you can nab it at the BBGeeks Store.

Spooked Out

In our last theme review article, we covered Cherri Chiodo’s Day Of The Dead theme. It was vibrant with color, in the typical Cherri fashion that we’ve come to know and adore. But sometimes, you just need something a bit more…badass. Yes, I believe that’s the exact word I’m looking for. Thankfully, Cherri has created a few Halloween themes, and this week we’ll take a look at my favorite one, Spooked Out.

What I love about the theme is that it’s all black and white. Call me old fashioned, but the monochrome display just feels more dramatic — especially in HD, which is strange, because color is supposed to look better in HD. The monochrome style works especially well with this theme, and it’s evident by the skull and crossbones that haunts the center of the screen. Two columns of four icons each surround the jolly roger, as do all of the signal indicators. The Applications Menu features more monochrome icons in front of a castle and graveyard silhouette background.

(In fact, the only downside of the theme is that the Bluetooth indicator and red new message asterisk are in color. Even the email envelope icon is gray.)

Unfortunately, the theme is only available for limited devices. You can get it for the 8900, Bold 9000, Storm, and Tour for just $3 until November 1.

Halloween Theme

I realize that some people like pop Halloween decorations, so we’ll close this theme review with a more traditional one. Matt Ginsberg created a theme that incorporates a number of images and icons to create a Halloween feel. It starts off strong, with a silhouetted witch flying on her broomstick. It doesn’t get any more Halloween than that.

The Home Screen features the image, plus six customizable icons, all of which are Halloween related: ghosts, pumpkins, and skulls. All of the icons, even those in the Applications Menu, are Halloween-related, so you’ll need the help of the text indicator. Unfortunately, the text is in a crazy font, not something I’m a fan of. It does fit the theme, though. The calling screen, incoming call screen, and lock screen feature different Halloween images. My favorite is the incoming call screen, which features various jack-o-lanterns.

You can get the Halloween Theme at the BBGeeks Store for just $2.50. That’s a link for the Bold version. You can also get it for the Curve, the 8900, and the Pearl.

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Theme Review Wednesdays: Halloween edition

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Theme Review Wednesdays: Halloween edition

In our bi-weekly rundown of premium BlackBerry themes, Hedone Design is a regular. They create some great designs, and I often find myself gushing over them in reviews. We close this week with some excellent news. From now through October 22, you can get half off any Hedone Design theme. It’s in celebration of their first birthday, so stop by and check out the selection. Find what you want in their theme store and then enter the code HD50BDAY09. Enjoy the selection.

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Celebrate Hedone Design’s birthday with 50% off

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Celebrate Hedone Design’s birthday with 50% off

I love kicking off a TRW with one from Hedone design. They’re by far the most-reviewed outlet here, and for good reason. They create visually pleasing themes that offer plenty of functionality. Sometimes that’s basic functionality wrapped in pretty wrapping paper, and other times it’s a uniquely functional theme — such as their 9 in 3 scheme with TPXpert. Their latest theme, Rollin’, is as impressive as their others.

The color scheme is reminiscent of the 70s, a teal-orange-yellow-brown feel that comes together with the VW Beetle in the middle of the screen. Overall, the theme is more form than function. It features just three customizable home screen icons, while previous Hedone themes have featured a dozen or more. That doesn’t mean there aren’t room for goodies, though. The network, signal, battery life, date, and time are all set up on a street sign. The icons are all a bit different, mostly white and black inside the teal circles (orange when highlighted). The font is different, but very readable.

You can get the Rollin’ theme, on any OS 4.5 and higher, for $3.99 until October 10. In case you’re interested, they’ve also updated their Simple theme, for the Storm and 8300 series.

El Dia de los Muertos

After going through Hedone’s theme, I figured we should take a stop by Cherri Chiodo’s site to see what she has brewing. I’ve missed a few of her themes, so instead of reviewing just the latest, I’ve gone into her September archive and found a pretty killer theme: El Dia de los Muertos — which, for those who no habla Espanol, that’s Spanish for “The day of the Muertos.” (Sorry, that joke might have gone over everyone’s head — it’s “day of the dead.”)

Like almost all of Cherri’s themes, this one features vibrant colors and a usable design. The skull in front of the candles, pictured to the left, is simply a killer lock screen image. A similar one appears — with roses in its eyes — on the Home Screen. Four customizable icons run up each side of the screen. The icons themselves are pretty basic, but they all fir the color scheme. The font — an issue I’ve complained about in the past and which Cherri has addressed — is a bit much, but it’s only for the dialog text. For your messages and all other long-form text, it’s a pretty basic font. So a big plus for that.

You can get the Day of the Dead theme for $7.99. that’s a link for the Bold 9000 version. You can also get it for the 8300 series and many others.

Equilibrium

We round out our regular stable of theme developers with Themes4bb. It seems every time I stop by there, there are four or five really cool themes on the main page. I skipped over a few of them, including a curiously pink NFL theme, in favor of Equilibrium. Maybe it’s just because of the movie of the same title. Anyway, the Equilibrium theme is sharp and icon-heavy. That’s what we love in a theme here at BBGeeks.

One thing it’s missing is a Today preview, but that’s not the biggest deal. Equilibrium makes up for it by having a dozen Home Screen icons — though only eight on the Storm version. . They’re wrapped around a sharp looking image, which includes the network status/signal, battery meter, and a digital-style clock. The Applications Menu is also pretty basic, with the icons lined up over the background image, which is a bit faded so that there are no blending issues with the icons.

You can get the Equilibrium theme at Themes4bb for $4.50. That’s the price for the Bold, 8900, and Storm versions. The Tour version is $5, and the Curve 85xx version is $4.99.

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Theme Review Wednesdays: Rollin’, Day of the Dead, Equilibrium

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Theme Review Wednesdays: Rollin’, Day of the Dead, Equilibrium

Crimson

This one comes from the fine folks at BerryReporter. It’s called Crimson, and it’s one mean looking theme. Featuring a black jolly roger on a red background, the theme is as sharp as they come. For the aesthetically-minded BlackBerry theme user, it gets a high recommendation.

In terms of functionality, the theme is pretty basic. This is no knock: there are so many nonfunctional themes out there that we really do appreciate the simple ones. All of the icons fit in with the black and red scheme. It’s clear that visual pleasure is the foremost concern with this theme.

You can get the Crimson theme at the BBGeeks Store for $3.95 until September 25. After that it’s back up to its regular $4.95 price. Crimson is available for OS 4.5 and up.

In Words

The boys at BlackBerry Cool pointed me to this theme, and I have to say, it’s gaining consideration to be my theme for a while. Called In Words, the theme fits right with its title. Rather than the traditional icon, In Words goes with a complete textual interface. You’ll never confuse icons again.

While the theme is minimalist, it is also elegant. The black and white theme is easy on the eyes, even with the tiger on the wallpaper. I do like the text in place of the icons — it’s just easier to scroll around and see exactly what you want, rather than the icon for it. The theme features 12 icons on the Home Screen, plus a hidden menu with four more. The only downside I can see is that there’s not really room to change the wallpaper. If it’s not on a white background, the text won’t display properly.

You can get the In Words theme from the BBGeeks Store for $5. It is compatible with OS 4.6 and 4.7.

Mac OSX Mini

We’ve reviewed an OSX style theme before, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do another. This one comes from Themes4bb, and it’s the Mac OSX Mini theme. It’s quite like the OSXLike theme from Hedone, but it’s a bit more visually pleasing. That’s probably because of the default wallpaper, a cosmic scene that I can’t seem to take my eyes off.

Surprisingly, this is the only theme reviewed this week with the Today preview. Scroll over the calendar icon, which is the iCal one, for calendar events, and the messages one, the stamp, for messages. The theme features room for 11 icons on the Home Screen and is, as always, fully customizable. The Mac icons are always a nice touch.

You can get the OSX Mini theme at Themes4bb for $5.99. It is compatible with the Curve 8900, Bold, and Tour. Sorry, Storm users.

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Theme Review Wednesdays: Crimson, In Words, Mac OSX Mini

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Theme Review Wednesdays: Crimson, In Words, Mac OSX Mini

Simpsons

Have a conversation with me and I guarantee that at some point or other I will quote the Simpsons in a manner at least tangentially related to the conversation. Like many in my generation, I hold The Simpsons above any other TV show of the era, at least Seasons 1 through 9. Even now they have a good episode from time to time. So it’s with much pleasure that I present a sharp-looking Simpsons theme for you OS 4.6 and higher folks.

Very simply, the theme replaces the typical BlackBerry icons with Simpsons head shots. That might get confusing for some, though there’s always the text on the bottom of the screen to let you know what app you’re selecting. Plus, there’s a small icon in the bottom right of each head shot to help better explain its function. There’s everyone from Moe Sizlack to Martin Prince. Unfortunately, I did not see Ralph Wiggum in there. Oh well. Guess I’ll have to set my ringtone to “I bent my Wookie.”

You can get The Simpsons theme over at MobiMadness for free. Yeah, I usually highlight premium themes, but this one is as sharp as a premium theme, and I couldn’t resist. You can get it for the Bold, Tour, and 8900.

SummerSpirit

When Hedone Design comes out with a new theme, you know it. I got roughly four emails, some forwarded to me, about this on, and like the Hedone themes which have preceded it, this one is a winner. It comes a little late, as we’re watching summer fade away, but it’s still some nice eye candy in the winter months, when we long for flip flops and the beach.

Unlike the past few Hedone themes we’ve reviewed, there are no fancy gadgets in this one. The six icons you see on the Home Screen are all you get — no pop-outs for additional home screen icons. In fact, there’s not even a Today preview. It’s based around the serene environment of the beach in summertime. The signal meter is represented by floating butterflies, the battery meter is a flower, and the profile icon a butterfly. It’s cute, for sure, and there are three more wallpapers included in the expansion pack.

You can get the SummerSpirit theme for $6.99. That covers all OS versions 4.5 and up.

iSwirl

Our final theme this week goes from aesthetic to function. The iSwirl theme is one of the many available at Themes4bb, and it has a few features that I really like in a theme. For starters there’s a Today preview, which is always a plus. But what I really like is how the theme takes care of Home Screen real estate. It features some hidden icons, and the ones that are visible aren’t cumbersome at all.

Instead of having a picture icon for the main Home Screen applications, iSwirl features simple text buttons. This covers a static dock, consisting of phone, email, SMS, browser, address book, calendar, and media applications, plus a button to hit the Applications Menu (as if you couldn’t just hit the Menu button). To top it off, there are four hidden icons, two on either side of the screen (that’s six total, three on each side for the Storm). You can pick whichever icons you want to appear from the sides.

You can get the iSwirl theme for $6.99 at Themes4bb. That covers the 4.6+ models: Tour, 8900, Bold, Storm. And yes, we know that they spelled browser wrong in the interface.

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Theme Review Wednesdays: Simpsons, SummerSpirt, iSwirl

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Theme Review Wednesdays: Simpsons, SummerSpirt, iSwirl

Aliencology

The second I saw this theme, I knew I had to review it. It’s a futuristic-looking theme that takes advantage of many advanced OS features. Yes, this includes the Today preview, something I consider a near essential for themes on OS 4.6 and up. Even better, they don’t take up a spot in either dock. They’re set up in tabs along the left side. The bi-directional scrolling allows you to access them separately from the top and bottom docks.

Yes, there are two docks in the Aliencology theme. The first is your typical icon dock, fitting in seven customizable icons. Then up top it has spots for Options, Manage Connections, Profiles, and then two third-party applications. The clock integrates perfectly, complete with date. The battery, signal, and other indicators fit in perfectly with the theme.

If you’re a Tour, Curve 8900, Storm, or Bold user you can get the Aliencology theme at the Themes4bb store for $6.99. Mark my words, when I finally buy a Tour, I’m going to load this up immediately.

NeoBlue

We haven’t done a JC Designs – Gadgetbean review in quite a long time. This one is most certainly deserving of a look. It’s the NeoBlue theme, and it packs a lot of icons into the Home Screen, something we always review positively on TRW. It also takes advantage of the Today Preview. At some point or another, we’re going to just stop mentioning that, because every theme worth it will incorporate the feature.

NeoBlue features two sliding docks, one on each side of the screen. This way your Home Screen is free of clutter if you so choose it to be. Scroll left and you’ll have three icons: Messages, Calendar, and SMS. These will use the Today preview in the center of the screen. Scroll over to the right and you’ll see three customizable icons. Scroll down and three more will appear. There are nine in total, so a total of 12 icons on the Home Screen, plus Profiles. The icons are also neat, done up with a blue tint. The theme more than passes muster from an aesthetic standpoint.

You can get the NeoBlue theme at the BBGeeks Store for $6. That link covers the Tour, 8900, Bold, and Storm versions.

Accentuate

Finally, we come back to Cherri Chiodo for what promises to be a unique BlackBerry theme. And, as usual, she delivers. This one is called Accentuate, and it’s an aesthetically pleasing and functional theme. It’s tough to get the right balance of the two, but I think Cherri does a great job in this case. The custom icons, Cherri’s specialty, fit perfectly with the gray carpet background.

The newer versions use the Today preview, while the Curve OS 4.5 version — how many of those do we see nowadays? — uses a Calendar Today. Below the text there is room for seven icons, set by the user. Maybe it’s just the color scheme of the icons she chose for this particular screen shot, but I think it looks really sharp. The green of the battery meter and the blue of the signal meter go well against the gray carpet. And, thankfully, she uses a normal font on this one.

You can get the Accentuate theme at the BBGeeks Store for $5.99. That’s the link for the Curve 4.5 version. Here it is for Curve 8900, Bold, and Storm.

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Theme Review Wednesdays: Aliencology, NeoBlue, Accentuate

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Theme Review Wednesdays: Aliencology, NeoBlue, Accentuate