BlackBerry Theme Spotlight: Eros by Mobster Mobile Design

From Mobster Mobile Design comes a great, compact theme called Eros. It’s sleek, modern, and ridiculously easy to use and navigate. Here are the features from their website:

Features: 

Original OS6 icon set on all devices; properly scaled to eliminate icon distortion

Hidden Today area includes 5 entries for Calendar, SMS, Messages and Phone Calls

15 customizable scrolling icon dock on the home screen; includes one extra slot for your favorite App

Small file theme to keep it zippy on your Device

Wallpaper Friendly

ALL UPDATES ARE FREE!

Another couple of cool features I noticed are at the top of the screen. Instead of a battery icon and signal bars, this theme actually shows you the percentages for each. This is pretty handy and takes the guesswork out of knowing how long you have until your phone dies.

As with most themes, you can use one of your own images as the wallpaper, but the one that comes with the theme is pretty snazzy. The look and layout is clean and functional, and the scrolling dock and spot for your favorite app make everything easily accessible. Combine these with the small filesize (no phone freezing!) and the low price of $2.99, and you’ve got an amazing theme perfect for anyone!

Get it here in BlackBerry App World or scan the image below to download today!

TSR Theme Spotlight – HEDONEDESIGN V2.0 – FREE

 

What….??? A FREE theme? Unheard of! However…. to honor HedoneDesign’s 2nd birthday, they’re offering TSR readers their newest theme: HedoneDesign V2.0 ABSOLUTELY FREE!

DESCRIPTION: Whew! What a busy year we’ve had this last year! Before you know it, it’s time for our new FREE V2.0 theme in honour of another birthday here at HedoneDesign.

Much like, and, in the same breath, absolutely nothing like, the original V1.0 theme, V2.0 uses our now-famous “Scalpel” icon-set (having earned that name from it’s obvious sharpness). The home-screen layout, this year however, looks like something straight out of a Stanisaw Lem (Solaris) novel, replete with cream-white plasticine walls, touch-panels and questionable robots named “Maximillian.”

Here are some more screenshots of this great theme, which I will be running today on my BlackBerry:

 

 

So, what do you think? Going to jump in and pick up this great theme? Head on over HERE to grab a copy! Big thanks to HedoneDesign and a BIG Happy 2nd Birthday from all of us here at TSR!!!

 

Blackberry Theme Spotlight: BANdroid By Built By Request – 10 Copies For Giveaway!!!

Well now…look what we have here!!! The great Blackberry theme developer, Built By Request, has graciously allowed me to showcase his latest Blackberry theme, BANdroid. Let’s get to the details, eh?

An Android Based Theme to Style Your BlackBerry Storm with the Look of the Android UI. Ranging from the Google Search Bar, Weather Slot, Animated Sliding Screens to Bring in your Calendar and Messages. Quick Menu Access to 6 Static Icons to give you the ultimate user experience all on your home screen. User Dock Consists of 4 User Selected Applications. All of this tied together with Icons, Battery and Signal Meters based on the Android Operating System. Sounds too good to be true but it sure is!!!

Features:

* Animated Full Today Screens by Touching Device Screen
* Left will Slide in Messages
* Right will Slide in Calendar
* Quick Menu Access to 6 Static Icons (Alarm, BBM, Browser, Calendar, Messages and Music)
* User Selected Dock and Fonts
* Wallpaper Friendly
* Google Bar Displays: Owner Name, Date, Weather Slot (1st) and Functional Search Buttons (Search and Voicenotes Recorder)

This is one professional-looking theme…trust me on this!!!

Compatible devices are: BlackBerry: 9500 (Storm), 9530/9530T (Storm), 9550/9520 (Storm2)

You Storm folk must give this theme a try on your Blackberry. Clean lines, no lag, professionalism….what more do you want? Lol!

Guess what? (drum roll in background)…
Built By Request has allowed me to giveaway 10 copies of this great theme to you Blackberry Storm owners. All you have to do is leave a comment (with email address included) on this post. Easy enough, right? I’ll pick the 10 winners next Friday, 9/24/10.

You can pickup the theme right here at Mobihand for a more than fair price of $1.99. So, get crackin’ and enter NOW!!! Oh yeah…make sure you give a follow to Built By Request on Twitter right here.

Have a great weekend, folks!!!

BigTechTony

Blackberry Theme Spotlight: Paragon From AHazDesigns

Happy Sunday to ya, folks! Just wanted to give you all a heads-up on a great theme from AHazDesigns, Paragon. Big shoutout to the crew for allowing me to feature this theme on The Sauce Report. Business-like, smooth and professional describe this straight-forward and very functional Blackberry theme. Let’s get to the details, shall we?

Features:

* Today area (click in box above the signal and battery meters)
* Custom coded SVG for smooth performance
* Weather app spot in top right of theme (Link to iHazWeather [free download] included)

* *TrackPad/TrackBall Devices*
* Press “0″ for messages
* Press “$” for profiles

Yeah, you got that right! You get iHazWeather (super weather application) for free! Such a bonus! The theme is available for a wide variety of devices. Link will be included further below.

You can see in the screenshot above the homescreen with the blue highlight above the signal and battery meters. Click that area to provide the Today feature on the homescreen to include Calendar, SMS and Messages. Ingenious! Gotta love those OS 6 icons too!

Check out the Applications screenshot above. Clean lines and a smooth interface are revealed with this awesome theme. I enjoy using themes without a lot of clutter and that just work. Lag on this theme? Not here! I love the green signal and battery meters as well…really stands out but not overwhelming. Trust me…get this theme…you will love it! Give a follow to AHazDesigns on Twitter here.

Paragon is available at Mobihand here for $2.99 (save 25% right now). Thanks again to AHazDesigns for allowing me to rock this theme. It’s a mainstay on my Blackberry Bold 9650. Give it a shot and fire a comment at us to let us know how you like it.

Thanks

BigTechTony

Blackberry Theme Spotlight: AllStar From Basic Visuals

Hey Blackberry fanatics out there! The crew at Basic Visuals has allowed me to spotlight one of their newest themes, AllStar. This Blackberry theme is as comfortable and pleasing to the eye as your good ‘ol favorite pair of Chuck Taylors. This theme brings the goods!

With 10 small icons in a bottom dock and transparent banners, your favorite wallpaper can shine through, and hidden today for your calendar and messages will keep you on top of your day. Fun wallpapers on each screen, a simple font that’s easy to read, and versatile blue accents throughout the menus and lists will make this a theme you return to again and again.

Here are the features on this super theme:

* 10 small icons on home screen
* Hidden today for calendar and messages
* BlackBerry 6 icons
* Fun wallpaper on each screen
* Easy to use
* Icon set used: Blackberry OS6 OEM Icons Edited by awayu from bbthemelab[dot]com

Minimum Requirements:

* 480×360
* OS 5.0, non-touch screen

Display Dimensions
480×360
Operating System
5.0 Non-Touch

This theme was developed by Twitter user and awesome theme developer, @phishgirl3. I’ve been running this theme though the paces and I’ve really been enjoying it. Eye candy, smooth and no lag are the terms that come to mind with this theme. You will feel right at home rockin’ this bad boy!

Compatible devices:

BlackBerry: 8900 (Curve), 8910 (Curve), 8930 (Curve), 9630 (Tour), 9650 (Bold), 9700 (Bold)

I really like seeing the little blue indicator flag to let you know the exact application you’re pointed at. Check it out and see for yourself. The light blue accents blend quite nicely with the theme. It’s ok guys…it does not deter from being appealing to you all either. Lol! The mini-icons provide ample room for your favorite wallpapers even though the built-in wallpaper featuring the Chucks is good-to-go with me. Hidden today is included along with wallpapers on each screen.

Below is another shot of the applications screen and you can see for yourself how clean, crisp and cool (like an Autumn day) this theme really is. Thanks again to Michelle (aka @phishgirl3) for allowing The Sauce Report to feature this theme.

The theme is available at the Mobihand store here for a fair price of $2.99. Give it a shot and let us know how you like it.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Thanks

BigTechTony

Blackberry Theme Spotlight: Skeper By HedoneDesign

You know what? Excellence and variety are 2 of the words that come to mind when I think of Blackberry themes from HedoneDesign. The latest theme from the crew, Skeper, is no exception.

DESCRIPTION: Skeper is for all of You who search amusing, funny, different and in the same time functional. It will entertain You with something new and funny every time You look at Your Blackberry Smartphone.

Let’s have a look-see at this great theme that I’ve just downloaded. Thanks to HedoneDesign for allowing me to review this blockbuster theme.

Take a look at my homescreen above. Pretty darn cool, eh? You can see the smiley face symbol for the battery meter to let you know that you have a good charge. The blue signal is awesome and eye-catching as well. You’ll notice the little “this one” symbol below my Messages icon. This is the indicator to let you know what app/icon you’re pointed towards, which is another great addition from the HedoneDesign crew. The theme kinda makes ya feel young at heart, eh? This theme supplies the eye candy plus functionality as you would expect.

Above is a screenie of my incoming Messages and this truly provides a nice, simple and easy-to-read overview. Did I mention there is absolutely no lag to this theme? Trust me…NO LAG HERE!!!

Above is another capture of my Applications page where you see that all basic icons on your Blackberry are fully-skinned.
I could go on and on about this theme but you just need to give it a shot and experience some Skeper goodness for yourselves.

Below is a video of the theme in action:

You can read more about the theme here. It’s available for a wide variety of BB devices for $6.99 at this link.

Grab this theme asap and experience a whole new spin on your Blackberry! Let us know how you like in the comments.

Thanks

Tony

Theme Spotlight – OS6Like by HedoneDesign

Hey everyone, it’s time for a theme review! Thanks to the great folks over at HedoneDesign, we bring you the brand new OS6Like theme, and the name says it all. You’re getting a theme that is designed to look like a device running OS6!

I have been running this theme now for just over 24 hours and I can say that even BEFORE a battery pull, it was running as smooth as….well…. as a baby’s bottom. Zero lag at all! I personally run the Today/Today+ version of any theme I run across (IF it’s an option) as it showcases all that I need to see at a glance – email and calendar events, and these stand out PERFECTLY on the home screen. Very easy on the eyes.

Now let’s get into the specs on this theme:

This is BlackBerry6 replica theme for 4.x and 5.x BlackBerry OS. You will find 16 homescreen icons (12 user customizable) on Bold, Tour and Curve series and 20 (16 user customizable) on Storm series. To get more information on look and feel of this theme you may wanna check out the videos at the bottom of this page.

Theme is prepared in two main options:
- Zen (doesn’t include TodayPreview feature)
- TodayPreview (TodayPreview function included (when Messages or Calendar icon is hovered you’ll see future events or new messages on homescreen))

You can get an idea via the above picture just how clear the menu options are. That is a selling point for me. I have to be able to see what I’m doing, even in menus that I know like the back of my hand, as I’m sure this is how MOST people feel.

This is a very professional looking theme, and it looks great on ANY device! You can pick up this device as well in the HedoneDesign shop for just $6.99!  Head on over and add this to your theme arsenal!

Here are two videos for you to check out, showcasing the theme running on a Storm and also a Bold 9700, found on the official HedoneDesign page:

Hope you enjoy this theme as much as I do, and let us know if you decide to pick it up! Thanks again to the folks at HedoneDesign for letting us know about this great new theme!

Blackberry Theme Spotlight: Curtain Call By JSmurfy For BBThemesUnltd

Hey folks! I wanted to share a great Blackberry theme from my friend JSmurfy with BBThemesUnltd. The theme is called Curtain Call and it’s rock solid! I’ve had this theme running on my Blackberry 9650 with no lag whatsoever. So, what’s so great about this particular theme? Let’s get to the goodies!

Features:

* New Icons
* New Battery and Signal
* New Fully Skinned Look and feel.
* 12 Main Screen Icons
* With Sound Profiles
* Transition to and from Main and app screen

For Curtain Call 480×360
BlackBerry: 8900 (Curve), 8910 (Curve), 8930 (Curve), 9630 (Tour), 9650 (Bold), 9700 (Bold)

Hot keys: Alt x – Alt O
X — shows icons on homescreen
O — hides everything

Hidden today is NOT included as JSmurfy advised me it would make the homescreen too “sloppy”. Lol!

You can easily see that the icons are crisp, clean and professional to say the least. It’s very nice to have over 10 icons on your homescreen for all of your important applications and then being able to hide them with a flick of the switch to show off your favorite wallpaper. JSmurfy never fails to amaze me with his quality Blackberry theme designing skills.

You can pickup the theme from Mobihand here for the low retail price of $4.00.

Give it a shot and let us know how you like it. Thanks again to JSmurfy for allowing me to showcase this stellar theme.

Thanks

Tony

Theme Spotlight: Winbox Premium From BBThemeLab

BBThemeLab has allowed me to showcase the latest theme, Winbox. This theme is very thorough and reveals a great user interface.

Winbox is a Windows Seven (7) style theme. It features a box with a scrollable dock (10 icons), a minimize button, maximize button, and a close button and much more.

Features:

* Scrollable dock (10 icons)
* Hidden Weather Slot (* closes this slot and # opens it)
* Hidden dock/box. You can press the back button on your phone or click the red X at the top of the box to close it.
* + brings back up the box
* Minimize button puts the dock on the tool bar.
* Maximize buttons opens application screen.
* Click the arrow in the toolbar to bring up your today options. SMS and MMS, Calendar, and Messages.
* Hotspots for options, manage connections, and clock.
* Hover effect to the icons inside of the box.
* Backgrounds throughout – Windows 7 style!
* Watch Video
* OTA AND ALX AVAILABLE

It’s available for Blackberry devices 8900, 9600, 9650 and 9700 running 5.0+ OS. It’s very functional and you will really enjoy this theme. Thanks again to BBThemeLab for allowing me to showcase here.

Grab it at this link. Get on it!

Tony

Theme Spotlight! Infinity From Elicite Themes For Blackberry

The good folks over at Elicite Themes have graciously allowed me to showcase their latest release, Infinity. To say this theme is pure eye candy is an understatement.

The Infinity theme:

* Practical design
* 14-16 organized quick access icons
* 5-6 customizable icon dock
* Large “Today” preview area for Messages and Calendar
* Weather or Profile slot
* Bright, polished dashboard interface

The wallpaper will not be customizable to allow for a more interactive experience. The icons are smooth and you’ll have no problem with the visibility of this theme. Below is another screenshot.

The today preview at the botton of the homescreen on my Blackberry Bold 9650 is easily visible and eye-catching to say the least.

Similar to the Motor Trend Car of the Year award, Infinity received the Platinum BQC award for quality, functionality and experience. Berryfication gave Infinity a 9.9/10 BQC, the highest rating ever awarded to a BlackBerry theme to date, and said that Infinity “Looks and feels like the BlackBerry® smartphone has become a new device, reinvented.

What are you waiting for???!!! Grab this theme now!!! It’s available right here. Thanks again to Elicite for allowing me to run the theme through its paces. Let us know if you purchase the theme and how it works for you all.

Tony