Silver Fox

[claidheamhmor]

The Silver Fox BlackBerry theme is ready and available.

There are versions for the BlackBerry Curve 8900, Bold 9000 and Bold 9700. A version for the Curve 8520 is in the works, but I still have a few issues with it.

They can be downloaded from the links below. The themes are zipped; unzip them into a folder and load them with BlackBerry Desktop Manager. I unfortunately don't have suitable webspace for OTA links.
BlackBerry Bold 9700
Blackberry Bold 9000
BlackBerry Curve 8900

Notes about the theme:

• It's a Zen-like custom theme, intended to improve the wallpaper-viewing look of the standard Precision Zen theme.


• Silver Fox uses an icon set primarily based on the Crystal set, with additions from other sources, and with some Mac-like icons. Melancthe sized and tuned the majority of the icons, and created a number of them entirely.


• Most dialogs/menus have been left fairly standard. The notification icons (battery, signal, etc.) are all standard as they work well with the theme.


• The general idea of the theme is the use of silver and brushed metal combined with black leather.


• There are a few icons I'm unable to change in the theme, like "Now playing..." and the Gmail mail icon. This seems to be a limitation of the BlackBerry Theme Builder.

If you have comments, suggestions, or problems, please let me know.

Here are some screenshots:

Comments

[luxeon.livejournal.com]

This looks awesome!
I am actually thinking of getting a Blackberry because my current phones have crap support for facebook/twitter, have you used the 8520 before?
I have only used my brother's Bold 9000 so if the 8520 is at all similar then I am sold.

[whitemeat.livejournal.com]

I have a 8520. It's my first BlackBerry, I haven't had any experience with them before this. I really like it, it's by far one of the better phones I've had.

[claidheamhmor]

melancthe has an 8520, and she really loves it.

Facebook and Twitter support is really good. Compared to the 9000, the 8520 has a 320x240 screen vs the 480x320, so not as sharp, it's got a slightly slower CPU, but has twice as much RAM, so in my experience, it seems more stable.

[whitemeat.livejournal.com]

That number for Patricia doesn't work :p

[claidheamhmor]

Doesn't work for you maybe... :)

[filialucis]

I didn't know you were a Chris de Burgh fan. :P

[claidheamhmor]

Surprise. :)