Nov 25, 2010

Torch 9800: T+

The T+ series was designed to give you a very simple and user friendly Today style homescreen while focusing on the theme being as functional, feature packed and efficient as possible.
There are 2 versions:
•Messages & Calendar
•Calendar Only



Features:

Top area has 4 large buttons:
•Profiles icon
•Click on the time to open Clock
•Click on the carrier/date to open Connection Manager
•Click on the battery/signal meters to open Options
(Custom battery meter also shows battery percentage)

•Bottom area has your top 5 icons

•There are 3 quick key shortcuts as well:
•Press Spacebar to open Messages
•Press 0 to open Calculator
•Press $ to open Text Messages
•Full Trackpad support. Not just touchscreen like most Torch themes

CalendarOnly version:
•Calendar Today area showing your 10 upcoming appointments

MessagesAndCalendar version:
•Calendar Today area showing your 7 upcoming appointments
•Messages Today area showing your 2 new messages

Screenshots:


Messages And Calendar homescreen:

Calendar Only homescreen:

Download link: T+
It is highly recommended that users use an application to lock their homescreen in portrait mode.  There are many apps to do this, but The Theme Zone reccommends the Free app: Six Tools.  Direct download link:  http://wap.shao-soft.com/shao/SixTools.jad

Nov 24, 2010

Torch 9800: iNspired Today

The iNspired series is not just another iPhone clone. That has been done many times before, and if you wanted something exactly the same as an iPhone you would just get an iPhone.

No, instead of just trying to copy the iPhone, iNspired improves upon the look and functionality of it.

And with the iNspired Today version you get a fully functional Today screen.

Note: the iNspired series are the first and ONLY iPhone style themes that actually allow you to use your trackpad to navigate the homescreen. So if you like having the ability to use your trackpad, as Blackberry intended, then the iNspired series are the Only ones for you.
Features:
  • All custom icon set inspired by the iPhone
  • EVERYTHING has been themed. All screens, all boxes, all popups, etc.
  • Full touchscreen And Trackpad support (Almost all  torch themes lack this).

  • Your main 5 icons are shown at the bottom
  • Above them you have a Calendar Today area showing your 8 upcoming appointments
  • Next you have a Messages Today area showing 2 new messages
  • When you highlight any part of your today area the whole Today section gets a transparent grey background so you will never have any problems reading your appointments or new messages

There are 5 icons in the top banner:
  • Profiles
  • Options (click on the Battery)
  • Clock/Alarm (click on the Time)
  • Manage Connections (click on the Signal Meter)
  • Universal Search (this is a Real OS6 Universal Search icon, not the old search icon all the other themes have)
There is also 3 quickkeys:
  • Hit 0 for Calculator
  • Hit Space for Messages
  • Hit $ for Text Messages
Screen Shots:









Download link:  iNspired Today

It is highly recommended that users use an application to lock their homescreen in portrait mode.  There are many apps to do this, but The Theme Zone reccommends the Free app: Six Tools.  Direct download link:  http://wap.shao-soft.com/shao/SixTools.jad

Nov 22, 2010

Torch 9800: iNspired

iNspired is not just another iPhone clone. That has been done many times before, and if you wanted something exactly the same as an iPhone you would just get an iPhone.

No, instead of just trying to copy the iPhone, iNspired improves upon the look and functionality of it.

Features:
  • All custom icon set inspired by the iPhone
  • EVERYTHING has been themed. All screens, all boxes, all popups, etc.
  • Full touchscreen And Trackpad support (most torch themes lack this).

  • Your main 4 icons are shown at the bottom. To show 16 more you simply scroll up or touch anywhere in the middle area.
  • To hide those 16 icons simply scroll back down or hit escape.

There are 5 icons in the top banner:
  • Profiles
  • Options (click on the Battery)
  • Clock/Alarm (click on the Time)
  • Manage Connections (click on the Signal Meter)
  • Universal Search (this is a Real OS6 Universal Search icon, not the old search icon all the other themes have)
There is also 3 quickkeys:
  • Hit 0 for Calculator
  • Hit Space for Messages
  • Hit $ for Text Messages
Screen Shots:








Download link:  iNspired

It is highly recommended that users use an application to lock their homescreen in portrait mode.  There are many apps to do this, but The Theme Zone reccommends the Free app: Six Tools.  Direct download link:  http://wap.shao-soft.com/shao/SixTools.jad

Nov 13, 2010

Torch 9800: Dimension Slide

Dimension Slide takes my popular custom Dimension icon set and combines it with a unique, single touch, double slide homescreen animation, to give you a one of a kind but highly usable theme like no other.


Features:
  • Scroll Up, or touch anywhere on the screen, and your main 16 icons will smoothly slide into view. Half will slide in from the left and half will slide in from the right
  • Scroll down, or touch above or below the icons, and the 16 icons will slide back out of view. Half slide away to the left and half slide away to the right.
  • 5 more icons are always visible at the bottom of the homescreen (which makes 21 total apps that you can easily launch right from your homescreen).
  • All custom Dimension style icon set.
  • Everything has been themed in the matching Dimension style. Menus, call screen, popup boxes, unread alert icons, etc.
  • Full trackpad & touchscreen support.





Download link:  Dimension Slide

Note: It is highly recommended that users use an application to lock their homescreen in portrait mode.  There are many apps to do this, but The Theme Zone reccommends the Free app: Six Tools.  Direct download link:  http://wap.shao-soft.com/shao/SixTools.jad

Nov 6, 2010

Torch 9800: Vivid - OS6

Overview:

This theme is based on my very popular Vivid series. The only difference is that this one is for those that prefer the new Blackberry OS6 style of themes with the sliding tabs.

This is not just another homescreen replacement like almost all themes out there, nor is it just a homescreen with a few extra added elements. This is a Full theme. Absolutely everything that is possible to be themed has been themed. All icons, All images, Call screen, Text messaging chat screens, etc

Features:
  • All custom Vivid style icons.
  • Everything has been themed in the matching Vivid style. From the call streen to the BBM chats to the unread alerts icons. Everything.
Screenshots:





Download:

Vivid - OS6

Oct 28, 2010

Torch 9800: Vivid (hidden today)

Vivid (hidden today) is based on my original Vivid theme.  The only difference is that instead of the fixed today area on the home screen it has a hidden today area.

This is a Full theme.  Absolutely everything that is possible to be themed has been themed.  All icons, All images, Call screen, Text messaging chat screens, etc.

I wanted to get away from the basic mostly black and white look and feel of Blackberry OS6 and give something bright, bold and vibrant.  I hope you like it is much as I do.

Here's a quick walkthrough of some of the features starting with the Homescreen:
  • 4 custom icons across the bottom
  • A Hidden Today that will show up to 10 Calendar appointment and new Messages
  • When you scroll over the Hidden Today area you get a large shaded underlay under your whole Today area so no matter what wallpaper you are using you will never have any difficulty reading your appointments or new messages

At first glance the banner area is very minimalist, just the battery and signal meters and the time, but there is much more there than is first visible:
  • There are 2 hidden icons that instantly appear when you scroll up to your banner area
  • Hidden icons are:  Profiles and Weather
  • Select your battery meter to open Options
  • Select the time to open Clock/Alarm
  • Select your signal meter to open Manage Connections

In addition to the 9 homescreen applications already mentioned there is also 3 hotkeys:
  • Hit spacebar to open Messages
  • Hit $ to open Text Messages
  • Hit 0 (zero) to open Calculator
As you have already seen above Vivid uses my own custom designed icon set.  Here are some screen shots of the main All Applications screen and inside some of the folders so you can see the icons:



Next here is a few images of the call log and call screens (areas that most themes don't cover at all):



Next here is some images of the messaging list and a Text Messaging chat:




And now since I don't think I have posted quite enough screenshots yet  ;)  here is a couple more:




And finally here is the Download link:  Vivid (hidden today)

Note: because Theme Builder 6 does not currently properly support landscape mode (or the ability to disable it) it is highly recommended that you use an application to disable landscape mode.  The app that The Theme Zone recommends is Six Tools.  Click Here for a direct OTA link.

OS6 - Perfected (Torch & Storm)

OS6 - Perfected is what I feel the default Torch OS6 theme should have been.


Overview:
I started with the oversized banner. First I thinned it down to a more reasonable size, next I rearranged the items and added a percentage meter to the battery. Next I added 3 separate links for Options, Clock and Connnections instead of having them lumped all together like it was. I kept profiles the same, but made hitting the notification area go straight to messages rather than opening a dropdown that you need to click a second time to open your messages. I kept the usefull Universal Search icon. Note: This a true OS6 Universal Search icon, not the old legacy search icon that all other themes are using (Torch only, Storm has a user selectable icon instead).

Next I did away with the annoying tabs and replaced them with one dock showing your top 5 applications. I then added the ability to easily hide and unhide that dock to keep your homescreen uncluttered and your wallpaper visible (Simply click or touch the down arrow above the icons to hide the dock, and click or touch the up arrow at the bottom of the screen to unhide it).

Features:
  • Click on the battery meter to open Options
  • Click on the signal meter to open Manage Connections
  • Click on the time to open Clock/Alarm
  • Dedicated Profiles icon
  • Universal Search icon (Torch only - Storm has a user selectable icon instead)
  • Click on the notification area to open Messages
  • 5 user selectable icons at the bottom
  • Click the area right above the bottom icons to hide them
  • Click the bottom area of the screen to reshow the icons
  • All icons and theme elements are in custom created official OS6 style
  • Press Spacebar to open Messages (Torch only)
  • Press 0 to open Calculator (Torch only)
  • Press $ to open Text Messages (Torch only)



Download Link: OS6 - Perfected
Note for Torch users: Because landscape mode is not currently supported by RIM in the Beta theme builder it is recommended that you use an app to disable landscape mode.  Some apps that do this are: QuickLaunch, TiltLock, and my favourite and the one I recommend Six Tools

Oct 26, 2010

Torch 9800: Wallpaper Max

Wallpaper Max is The best theme there is for being able to view your wallpaper. However it is not just about your wallpaper as you can Easily open 36! different applications right from your homescreen. Wallpaper Max also gives you a full 12 line today area!


Features:
  • To start off you have a completely bare homescreen, nothing but a very minimalist banner area. Great for viewing your wallpapers.
  • But then simply touch anywhere on the screen and you get your top 30 applications. Also your wallpaper gets greyed out so you can see your icons better.
  • There are 3 hidden banner area buttons:
  • Click the battery for Options
  • Click the time for Clock/Alarm
  • Click the signal meter for Manage Connections
  • Also there are 3 hotkey application links:
  • Press Spacebar for Messages
  • Press 0 for Calculator
  • Press $ for Text Messages
  • Also when you rotate your phone to the left or right you get a second today style homescreen with room for 2 new messages and 10 calendar appointments.




Download Link:  Wallpaper Max

Oct 24, 2010

Torch 9800: No Text

No Text is a stock OS6 style theme with only 1 change:  No Text under the icons.



Download link (OTA):  No Text  (Note: You Must do a battery pull after installing this theme)

Oct 23, 2010

Torch 9800: Wallpaper popup *VARIATIONS*

This posting is for variations on my Wallpaper Popup theme that I have done by request.  For the original theme click HERE.

My first variation was PINK  <----click there to download

Changes:
  • Pink & purple colours used thoughout (dialogs, highlights, buttons, etc)
  • Tiny fonts
Homescreen screenshot:


The second variation was ALL USER SELECTABLE  <----click there to download


Changes:
  • All 16 icons in all 3 popups are user selectable
  • Landscape mode shows Messages instead of Calendar


The 3rd variation was RED  <----click there to download


Changes:
  • All Red throughout (Buttons, Highlights, etc)
  • Hit any of the edges to hide the popups (or you can still hit escape as well)

 
The 4th variation is CUSTOM BOTTOM   <----click there to download


Changes:
  • The bottom popup has been changed to: Text, BBM, Facebook, Twitter
  • All 3 popups were changed to a light black colour
  • Unread alerts were moved to the top


5th variation is ALL SELECTABLE LIGHT BLACK   <-----click there to download

Changes:
  • All 16 icons in all 3 popups are user selectable
  • Popup backgrounds are an almost clear black colour


All themes are completely free but if you like them please consider donating  :)