One question that a lot of folks in the developer community (especially theme developers) have been asking is, "Is the BlackBerry PlayBook capable of using themes?". Well, today during the Research In Motion webcast for the PlayBook, RIM confirmed that at this time there will be no BlackBerry Theme Studio coming for the BlackBerry PlayBook. But RIM didn't close that door to developers, there is still hope. During the webcast, it was mentioned that if demand for this was high enough that it would be considered for after the intial launch. So, theme developers that's your queue to head on over to the BlackBerry developer forums and start requesting that it be made available to you. We know it won't be there at launch but later is better then never. What do all you theme devs out there think about this news?
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