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Welcome back to the weekly Geek Review of Blueroom Solution themes. If you have not stopped by the Blue Room to score some great free themes for your BlackBerry yet, I suggest heading over there to see what is available.

This week we are going to take a look at a theme called the “Zen Camo Theme”

In order to download the Zen Camo Theme fro your BlackBerry 88XX or 83XX model BlackBerry, you will have to sign up as a member at blueroomsolution.com and then navigate to this link: Zen Camo Theme (OTA and DM links).

Making your BlackBerry “Blend In”

The Zen Camo theme is a great theme to download if you are a fan of hunting. Hell, even if you are just a fan of the game Big Buck Hunter you will no doubt enjoy this theme.

The background image for the Zen Camo theme is nice birch tree trunk with a few scattered leaves thrown into the mix. The styling would fit right in with the type of camo gear you would wear out on a hunt. If you have a tendency to take your BlackBerry with you as you creep through the bushes then this theme will work well to not draw attention to your position. (assuming that is that you have disabled all alerts like a true BlackBerry Geek Hunter would).

The icon setup for the Zen Camo theme is as you would expect. A row of icons displayed vertically down the left side of your device screen. The time stamp and battery indicators etc are all packed at the top of the screen making most items of interest easily identifiable with a quick glance.

The application icons themselves are a slightly different matter.

Each application icon is initially set to a transparent blend that helps them “hide” amongst the camo leaves in the background image. This is a slight issue to me as the icons themselves are not easily identifiable. I mean sure I can pick out the email and BlackBerry Messenger icons quite easily, but I am constantly adding new applications to my BlackBerry and it usually takes me a while to get used to which icon is associated with each new app.

This issue compounds itself when you switch over to the full screen of icons on the main display. With 5 icons across the screen all only half visible, things tend to get a bit muddy and I have to pay more attention to what I am doing. This is in my opinion a negative as far as theme design goes. When I am trying to open an application, I want to be able to identify, scroll over and activate with no more than a glance.

One clever thing that has been incorporated into the Zen Camo theme is the replacement of the hour glass timer with an image of a running deer. This was a surprise to me once I loaded the theme and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised when the deer popped up =)

Overall Judgement

This is a great theme. I would not use it on my BlackBerry personally due to the semi hidden icon issue I mentioned before. This however, does not it will be unenjoyable to you. If you are a fan of hunting game, or even just dressing up in camo gear, this theme will make a great addition to your line up and give your BlackBerry some much needed styling =)

Download the Zen Camo Theme here.

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