The great thing about BlackBerries is that not only are they great straight out of the box, but that there are lots of ways that you can personalize and improve them, with themes being a perfect example. Basically, themes offer a way, along with BlackBerry accessories, to make your BlackBerry stand out from the crowd.
By installing a theme on to your BlackBerry, you can specify precisely the way that almost everything on it is displayed. As with the theme system that Microsoft Windows uses, with a BlackBerry theme you are just one click away from a whole new look and feel - which is needed every now and again after looking at the same display day after day.
There are plenty of great themes to choose from too. Visit an online BlackBerry accessories and application store and you’ll see that there are hundreds and hundreds to choose from. You’ll be able to find every look and style imaginable. From fun and quirky, to elegant and classy, everyone is catered for. On the other hand, if you consider yourself creative, why not create your own theme?
The software (BlackBerry Theme Studio v5.0) needed to create your own theme is easy enough to use and, best of all, it’s free. All you need is some creativity and some skill with graphics software. On downloading BlackBerry Theme Studio, you’ll see that there are two products contained within the suite - BlackBerry Composer and BlackBerry Theme Builder.
The BlackBerry Composer is the graphic creation and editing part of the suite, and it’s great for helping you craft images, whether they’re static or animated. It’s a useful piece of graphic design software that has the basic features of the standard graphics packages that most people have on their computer. You can use it to create all the images for your theme, though you can import them from elsewhere should you wish to do so.
BlackBerry Theme Builder is the theme design part of the suite. It lets you set which images get used for each part of the theme - like icons, background graphics and cursors. It’s also where you can decide what, if any, sounds and animations are used, which fonts to use, and whereabouts on the screen your menus and icons are displayed.
If you find making themes is something you like and are good at, then you can even make some extra money for yourself by selling your creations in BlackBerry accessories and applications stores. These online stores can also be used to get inspiration for creating themes. Browse through the list of top sellers and most sought after themes and you’ll have no shortage of ideas - you could even use them as templates for your own ones.
So, to summarize, having a theme, especially one that you have created yourself, and some cool Blackberry accessories, really helps make a BlackBerry truly your own.
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