Android Theme for BlackBerry Stormhttp://forums.crackberry.com/f131/android-e-storm-edition-162626/
I've come to love my Storm (aside from some strange 'phone not picking up when I press the answer button' issues, but I've recently received a replacement phone)...and as all other Storm owners are probably doing, I've been waiting for some themes to come out that replaces the current Zen offering.
Not that I hate the default theme, but it is a little difficult for me to differentiate between the icons on the screen since there are no colors associated with them. I can only imagine that this is the case for a number of other Storm users out there.
Also, I am opting out of trying to find the yawnable/obligatory iPhone theme for my Storm, and wanted something new.
Availability of themes
In the arena of Storm themes there's not been a lot out there for us Storm users...until recently. The Plazmic 4.7 CDK (theme maker) beta has been floating around out there on the Torrent sites, and we are starting to see a few themes surface - - some good, some definitely not so good...but this one is great!Of course, since the CDK is in beta, it should be worth mentioning that you shouldn't expect things to work flawlessly (although I suspect that this has more to do with creating the themes rather than using them). That being said, I've experienced no stability issues with this theme.
A member at Crackberry forums by the name of elycruz0102 has developed this awesome Google Android theme for the Storm.
The Google Android theme has offered me a breath of fresh air to my Storm, and as a result of installing it - I love my phone even more. The device even seems more responsive and allows me to find my apps a LOT faster, since they are colorful and distinct.
Most Storm default applications do have a themed icon associated with it - with exception to the app store and the installed Docs to Go apps - which is to be expected.
Problems?
I noticed that it moved my apps that I put into my 'Applications' folder into the 'Downloads' folder...not a big deal.
The only problem I saw with this theme is when I receive calls, the caller name is not centered on the screen quite right. Not a huge deal - certainly not enough of an issue for me to uninstall the theme.
***Update 3/14/09
My Talklock app didn't seem to want to work properly here, so my phone screen was still giving me the issue of hitting the mute button with my cheek while on a phone call. The problem here was that the 'turn off mute' button was then grayed out, and I couldn't press it again! Finally, I realized that if I hit the physical BlackBerry menu button, I could turn it off from there. I would consider this a notable flaw - this was in the AndroidX theme.
Variations
The developer of this theme has a few variations available, and they are all good, but my favorite by far is the android-X theme.
Check it out and let me know if you love/like your Storm just a little bit more after you use it.
Please be sure to throw a dollar (or five!) to the developer for this great theme.
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