Some people choose to copy and paste the icons from an email or saved BBM chat but this is much easier. You can find Picticons in the store at this link with a free 3 day trial.

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, March 10, 2010, 3:00 pm. | Picticons Provides 300+ Picture Icons and Smileys for BlackBerry Messenger 5.0 – 50 Free Copies! | 12 comments |

I believe this is a first review for me for one of JMal Design’s & Ahaz  Design’s themes. JMal and I connected on Twitter and I’m happy to say, I am finding this “Forge” theme to be very interesting indeed. The video above can give you an overall idea of how it works but this is definitely a theme for those that like lots going on in the home page. I tested it on my 9700 and scrolling with the trackpad displays a red square box letting you know right away what icon you are selecting. There are also slide out icon docks and other unique features. More information can be found at either of the above websites. Note that versions DO VARY between devices so it is important for you to check out the screen shots and description for your device to make sure you are getting the theme you want. Forge costs $3.99 and is available for the 8900, 9000, 9630, 9700 and 9500.

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Posted by Vicky for ©BerryReview, March 10, 2010, 1:00 pm. | New Forge Theme from JMal & Ahaz Designs | Leave a comment |

You can download the latest version at this link OTA

You can find a whole listing of the bug fixes after the jump.

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Explicit

What’s this? A theme that doesn’t have a hidden Today preview? What is TRW coming to? Normally I go out of my way to find themes with hidden Today sections — it’s one of my favorite developments for 4.6 and higher themes. This one, though, stood out despite — and perhaps because of — the lack of a preview. Functionally, Hedone’s Explicit theme is pretty basic. But it does add a twist with the design.

As you can see, the centers on a circle. In the center lies the clock. THe rung outside that is the battery meter, and the ring outside that measures the signal. The out ring is divided into 10 sections, in which you can place 10 of your most used application icons. So, when you think about it, Explicit acts like a normal Zen theme, except instead of having the icons in the bottom dock it has them in a wheel at the screen’s center. If you’re charging your device, a little B tab pops up, and if you have the alarm tab an A does. This, in my opinion, is much better than the tiny alarm that appears in most themes. Sometimes I can’t even see it.

You can get the Explicit theme for the normal Hedone price of $6.99. It runs on all BlackBerry models OS 4.5 and above. Though, if you do run it on an OS 4.5 device, the clock and meters will sit on top of the screen, rather than within the circle.

Clarion

One aspect of Elecite themes I’ve enjoyed over the past few months is that they stick major icons right on the home screen so you don’t have to waste your customizable ones on them. They always have your messages and calendar front and center, usually with a Today preview as well. This theme, Clarion, does invlude those features. Like the Hedone theme, it adds a design twist.

As with most Elecite themes, this one is sharp, using a purple and blue scheme as the default. The default? Yes, if you’re a Storm user you can customize the theme with your preference of colors. It means you can’t change the wallpaper, but as Elecite says, you won’t want to. Otherwise, the theme features customizable icons — 10 for non-touch devices and 12 for touch — a short preview, and a generally pretty design.

If you’re running OS 5.0 or above, you can get the Clarion theme for free. Yeah, we usually do premium themes in this space, but this is premium quality (and honestly, I didn’t even notice it was free until I finished writing this).

Dippin Dots

Right off the bat, I knew this theme was not up my alley. But this feature isn’t about me. It’s about you, the BlackBerry theme enthusiast. And who’s to say you won’t like a theme that has a crazy, sometimes difficult to read font, a bare-bones home screen, and tough to read captions on the applications menu? In fact, this theme is so far away from my liking that I’m sure plenty of you will eat it up.

Dippin Dots, to my study, does not much resemble the bead-like frozen treats you can buy at mall kiosks. Instead, it’s a bubble-gummy theme, featuring vibrant, colorful icons. The home screen holds just five icons, though they are customizable — and they bounce when you scroll over them. The applications menu reveals even more icons, most of which are unique to the theme. It wouldn’t be a BBGeeks theme review if I didn’t repeat my dislike of the font — I’m more of a straight forward font guy, but that doesn’t mean you are.

If the visual element of a theme is more important to you than the function, you can get the Dippin Dots theme for $5.99. It works on BlackBerry models running OS 4.2 and above.

This post originated at BBGeeks.com - home to all things Blackberry! Also a great source of info about AT&T BlackBerry.

Theme Review Wednesday: Explicit, Clarion

This post originated at BBGeeks.com - home to all things Blackberry! Also a great source of info about AT&T BlackBerry.

Theme Review Wednesday: Explicit, Clarion

Stitcher is also supported on the BlackBerry Storm, Curve 8300, 8310, 8320, 8900 and Bold 9000 and they will be slowly rolling out support to more devices. I am not sure how the Bold 9700 missed their list but hopefully it is coming soon.

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, March 10, 2010, 11:00 am. | Stitcher Streaming Audio App Now Supports Storm2 & OS 5.0 | 2 comments |

The app is totally free and could be a real boon if you fly Alaska Airlines or Horizon Air frequently. You can find it at this link in App World. Otherwise you may want to look at apps like WorldMate to manage your itinerary.

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, March 10, 2010, 10:00 am. | Alaska Airlines Releases Free App for Mobile Check-in & More | One comment |

As Twinkler explained to me:

In versions prior to OS 5.0, pressing the Mute key put the device into Standby mode, while pressing the Keylock key engaged the Keylock Function. Then came OS 5.0 … in some versions these original functions remain operational…. In other versions this function has been modified (we have confirmed this with RIM).

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, March 10, 2010, 9:00 am. | AddOnis Now Works With OS 5.0 Standby/Lock Function | 2 comments |

First, the 25 free copies of Tether. This is the same application that costs $49.95, though it is on discount for $30 until March 16. Even so, that’s an enormous giveaway on their part.

If you want one of the free copies of Tether, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post. The contest will run through the weekend, and will close on Monday when our first post of the week goes up, so around 8:30 a.m. Eastern (it’ll be daylight time by then). Again, we have 25 copies to give away, so in the event we get more than 25 comments we’ll choose the winners at random (Cory has a pretty good system for that).

If you want a chance to win one of their smartphones, just head to http://tether.com/contest and fill out the entry form. Again, these are tremendous giveaways.

Tether does have reason to celebrate. In the first 10 months of their existence they signed up 60,000 users, which is impressive on its own. But, between January and March they added another 50,000 to that total. That’s superb. I’d want to celebrate, too.

This post originated at BBGeeks.com - home to all things Blackberry! Also a great source of info about AT&T BlackBerry.

Win a copy of Tether, or even a new BlackBerry

This post originated at BBGeeks.com - home to all things Blackberry! Also a great source of info about AT&T BlackBerry.

Win a copy of Tether, or even a new BlackBerry

Download @ Hotfile

NOTE: Do not install this software if you do not know what you are doing. It may make your BlackBerry FUBAR or just plain angry. If you do not know how to upgrade your BlackBerry OS please start by reading this great step by step guide that Luis wrote up.  Don’t forget to delete the vendor.xml file located in c:program files>common files>research in motion>apploader to install it on a different carriers device.

Please confirm in the comments if this works for you! Thanks Tashanna for sending this one in!

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, March 10, 2010, 7:55 am. | BlackBerry Bold 9700 OS 5.0.0.545 Found Online | 7 comments |

Why keep your electronic devices tangled like this…….When it could look like this….

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