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Themes Officially Begin Appearing in BlackBerry App World

by Bla1ze on 7 Dec 2009 05:42 AM
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BlackBerry App World Loading Up On Themes

We've known for quite some time now that themes were to be arriving in BlackBerry App World. The news came actually came along with the announcement of Theme Builder 5.0 at the BlackBerry Developer Conference but was kind of overshadowed by its release. Research In Motion is now ramping up the process and has started letting developers know their offerings have began to be loaded up and are ready to roll.

At this time it seems themes have been loaded in no particular order and theme developers are being alerted they need to login and categorize their themes under the most fitting sections. You can expect a full roll out by December 14th, if not sooner. Some themes are already popping up among the different categories. Maybe Research In Motion will put a few in the new test center for us as well. What do you all think? Will themes in BlackBerry App World take off or does it seem like with so many themes out there, it'll just make App World messy? 

[ Thanks, Alex ]

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Posted by BBThemes Monday, Dec 07, 2009 797 days ago

good idea, but the price of the themes! madness, all because rim wont allow a $0.99 price point

 
 
Posted by webmastir Monday, Dec 07, 2009 797 days ago

it's ridiculous. other than that, great to see themes getting put up on there FINALLY!

 
 
Posted by BBThemes Monday, Dec 07, 2009 797 days ago

an thats why you can find most of my themes in the cb app store, as most are at $0.99 :)

 
 
Posted by Smiley88 Monday, Dec 07, 2009 797 days ago

Yes. they are even more than 3rd party applications. that doesnt sound right.

 
 
Posted by jsox78 Monday, Dec 07, 2009 797 days ago

I agree. The prices are definitely up there. They should make an exception for themes.

 
 
Posted by jds4000 Monday, Dec 07, 2009 797 days ago

I am fairly new to the BB scene and have downloaded and evaluated NUMEROUS themes for my 9700. I deleted EVERY downloaded theme within hours for the same two reasons. 1. They ALL result in performance drag on the OS, SIGNIFICANT performance drag, INTOLERABLE performance drag, and 2. They ALL cause the default system fonts to become so small that they are barely useful. SO my questios are, 1. Why the performance lag with added themes, and 2. Why do themes cripple the font customization option?

 
 
Posted by YourFriendWayneD Monday, Dec 07, 2009 797 days ago

if your looking for design and function for your device I suggest CANDi by WJD Designs pick it up at wjddesigns.com

 
 
Posted by dylanmail Monday, Dec 07, 2009 797 days ago

wjddesigns.com keeps freezing my IE browser. For some reason, the view is set to mobile by default even though I'm accessing it from my PC. Whether I try to change the view or click on any links, my browser ends up freezing.

 
 
Posted by pink2 Monday, Dec 07, 2009 797 days ago

I have the most recent version of app world and I don't have a theme option in categories - what's up with that?

 
 
Posted by bassplaya51 Monday, Dec 07, 2009 797 days ago

I hope people put some themes on there pretty quick because the ones they have on now are pretty lame

 
 
Posted by UPSTREAMMIAMI Monday, Dec 07, 2009 797 days ago

i dont see themes in appworld and i have version .24 ???

 
 
Posted by ladyc0524 Monday, Dec 07, 2009 797 days ago

there a few free ones that show up in app world..they show up in featured applications, where you have to scroll over to see the next featured app.

 
 
Posted by smoothwis Monday, Dec 07, 2009 797 days ago

the apps r lame

 
 
Posted by cenloe Monday, Dec 07, 2009 797 days ago

The $1.99 seems like the right price point for themes. RIM neds to wake up and let $.99 be the minuimum.

 
 
Posted by Tifoso Monday, Dec 07, 2009 796 days ago

some themes are as high as $29.99.

 
 
Posted by Nomad6677 Monday, Dec 07, 2009 797 days ago

i dont see the themes category at all...running version .24

 
 
Posted by RRomeog Monday, Dec 07, 2009 796 days ago

Love this!!!! Add more free ones though!!:)

 
 
Posted by storm83 Monday, Dec 07, 2009 796 days ago

One free theme per category. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
More FREE....

 
 
Posted by berry_golfer Monday, Dec 07, 2009 796 days ago

RIM needs to let the developers choose what price they want to sell their own products for.

 
 
Posted by BChydro86 Monday, Dec 07, 2009 796 days ago

doesnt anybody else hate how the themes cant match up with the screen? like how the top of the theme shows the phones wallpaper when using the contacts list or phone app?

it would be sweet if they could let u customize the parts of the theme that you want and use default settings for the rest

 
 
Posted by squane123 Tuesday, Dec 08, 2009 796 days ago

Love the idea for the Test Center. Hopefully RIM will listen to us. That would make sense. There is nothing more frustrating than buying a theme that doesnt really work on you device. Looks great til you go to landscapemode, then BAM!!! Game Over. So Sad...