2007-09-26: Version 1.25 released
- Expanded date space in banner on Pearl versions
- Added 8300, 8800, and 8830 Today versions
- Added 8700 Icon, Zen, and Today versions

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I created this to get myself reacquainted with Plazmic after a long absence. I know there are a lot of iPhone themes out there, and I don't know if mine is any better, but I thought I'd whip one up. Except for 7 or 8 icons directly from the iPhone, I created all the indicators, home screen icons, and buttons from scratch.

Desktop and OTA download links are here: RogersMJ.com: bPhone



OLD UPDATES
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2007-09-20: Version 1.21 released
- Removed folder from 8100 Icon version
- Added 8100 Today version
- Added 8800 Icon and Zen versions
- Added 8300 Zen version
- Minor tweaks to banner on 8100 Icon version to try to center the time/date better

2007-09-18: Version 1.2 released
- Added 8300 Curve Icon style
- Tweaks to header and menus
- Adjusted focus overlay for 8100 Zen style
- Redesigned 8100 Zen tabs
- Added Bluetooth Setup icon
- Fixed browser dialog typing bug

2007-09-14: Version 1.1 released
- Tweaks to Icon version (revised header, new buttons, larger clock)
- Fixed Google Maps menu bug
- New menu color (light gray instead of dark)
- ZEN style

This is a icon theme and not a Zen theme correct?

^ That's correct. It is an icon theme.

Ever think about making a Zen theme? Some people myself included like the Zen better so the wallpaper can be changed for pictures

Sure I could probably do that. I'll post it once I'm done; probably won't be able to get to it until later this week.

Any other suggestions for the theme are welcome.

Sound good, when I get home I'll download it and see if there is anything I would suggest but from the screen shot it looks pretty good

You Mean Zen Like this theme on my website?

And I like MRoger's style...like that Dimension Icon stlye...great looking theme!


PS...website is open...

Image was not available...darn hotlink protection!

nice i like it. very clean and smooth.
waiting for zen versions in 8100 and 8300 formats :D

best iphone theme out there to date :D

WOW!, just when i thought it couldn't get any better. Great job on the theme as your first inspiration. Can't wait to see the dedication. Very clean just the way i like it.

P.S. Yeah, can't wait to see it in Zen also.

Great, can you also do a Today theme ?

Looks like I'll be doing some other versions ;) Thanks for the compliments. I'll do Zen and perhaps a Today version as soon as I can.

great news indeed....

This theme is totaly awsome !!!! Great work man !!!!!

I can't seem to download the theme thru CPU. Any ideas???

?? Do you mean you're trying to install it via the desktop manager software and it's not working? Or you actually can't download it from my web site? Please be specific with the problem you're having.

Can't downlad from website.

download.

Your theme looks very nice! I would love to see it for the 8700.

Cant download either. When I click both the desktop download or OTA through by BB it takes me to the top of the page. No download.

That's odd, I can see from my logs that lots of people are downloading without a problem. Can I ask what browser you're using? The download helper does pop up in a new window, so if you're using a non-standard popup blocker you may have to allow my site.

Anyway you could make the same theme using this background?

^ Sorry, I really don't have time to make separate builds of the theme with a bunch of different backgrounds. Can you just set that as your wallpaper? The next version that I'll release shortly replaces the fish background on the lock and phone call screens with a Mac OS X-style metal grille look.

Almost done with the Zen theme, guys! Just a little more bugfixing to do. Having to make those Zen icons so tiny is annoying.

Actually its cool. That is what I did is set a black background. I did find a bug though. If you have Google Maps the menu does not stay on when menu button pushed. It simply flashes and goes away. I tried this with other themes and it is ok. I even tried unistall and re install while using the bphone theme. Other than that it is the best one I have seen.

I noticed that too, it's a damned odd bug. I'm not sure what's causing it. I need to do some experimentation I guess.

Also, I want to post here some of the things I keep getting messages about:

- There have been a lot of requests for a bigger top banner with bigger time display and the date underneath it, like the iPhone. I initially didn't do this because it is impossible to actually set the date and time text to center (they are left-aligned in their respective boxes), but for the next version I have arranged them like that and eyeballed it, hopefully making it look centered most of the time.
- No, I will not hide the carrier name. I don't even think I can; as far as I know, items cannot be added or removed from the banner area, only moved around.
- Buttons: although more glass-like buttons would be cool, the way the theme editor works with repeating backgrounds for dynamically sizing the buttons leaves you extremely limited. I will try to dress up the buttons a little bit more, but not a lot can be done.

Look for a new version soon, along with a Zen release. If you're having trouble downloading it from my site, please describe exactly what the problem is, what browser you're using, and if you have a popup blocker enabled. Thank you.

I got it to work at home. I was trying at school and it wasnt working. Thanks for the theme.


Okay the reason the menu flashes in google maps is the transparent banner on the homescreen. slmoney had the same problem with one of his themes, contact him and he should give you some tips so that doesnt happen.

Mrogers

I've found on my berry and Themebuilder that if I set the left edge of the one on the time and align it between the a and c on the blackberry logo on the phone it is really close to centered for the 3 digit times of the day. Also. I thought the same about the carrier until someone told me how to do it. All you do is make the font size for the carrier or whatever it is you want to make *disappear* and set it to 1 and use the eye dropper to set the color of the don't to whatever the color of the background you want to place it and poof. You won't see it. And last but not least I have some glass buttons that would look amazing with your theme that I currently use on my own and they look really good. Just like the answer and ignore buttons on the iPhone except a little more squared. Let me know if you want to use them.

Another suggestion is make the menu the same as the dialog box except with a deep deep grey cursor

Another suggestion would be to make the menu the same as the dialog box except with a deep deep grey cursor. Almost black

Sorry to be another "requester", but........
any chance of a today style for the Curve??

getting excited!
hopefully my curve will also get some loving also *hint*

Man the broken javascript and HTML in this forum is annoying. Multi-quote doesn't work, the quick reply display is broken, the edit return render is broken...

We'll do this the old fashioned way.

@teamjordan23:
Thanks for the tip about Google. I'll see what I can find out.

@spike:
I'd appreciate the buttons and the margin settings you use in your theme just to see how they look. I bet they look cool, but the thing is I don't want green and red buttons everywhere...that's really bad from a usability perspective, because you're often presented with choices that aren't analogous to "yes" and "no", or "stop" and "go", as red and green are often used for in user interfaces. It wouldn't really make sense to have red and green buttons every time the user sees a button, and unfortunately you cannot localize the button styles, as I'm sure you know. I'm a user interface designer by profession, so I do want to keep the theme adhering to HCI principles.

@ikasen/@muck:
After the Pearl Zen theme is done (it's 95% of the way there), I'll do a Curve Icon/Zen. I probably will only get to the Today themes after the Curve and Pearl Icon and Zen themes are totally finished.

Anyone:
I'm having a strange problem in the Zen theme. When I go to the full application screen by clicking the bottom tab on the home screen, the top 2 pixels or so of what used to be the top icon on the home screen remain "stuck" in place on the application screen. Does that make any sense? It's definitely some sort of visual glitch, I'm just not sure what's causing it. I think it may be the banner causing problems again, but I thought I'd check to see if anyone has experienced this before.

Yea, the Zen problem you are having is cause of the banner, you need to make the banner alittle smaller or bigger, I can't remember which I had problems with this to on some of the themes that I made as well...

Also forgot to mention that I have a couple slightly different looking banners. They are all very iPhoneish. Email me if you want them.

your the man mrogers :D thank you for your effort :D

Can you please port this out for an 8830 (export as 8800 series with OS 4.2.2 when you export) please.

The only problem/bug im having with this theme is that the top portion of a menu window whn i open JiveTalk is cut out. I think it has to do with the transparency of the menu window you used. Other then that awesome theme but if you can correct that then it's great.


P.S. What's up spike, still using the theme you gave me, lol.

I downloaded the theme to my pearl but I cannot get it to work. Could some one assist me please, it would be appreciated. It is in my apps but not in my themes options. Thanks once again

^^ You try and reset your Pearl to see if it will show up?

Okay, I'm feeling really stupid. I can't get this to download from the site through either the desktop or OTA links. In my browser (IE6), they both go to the same link, which just reloads the page. Am I missing something? I've tried turning the popup blocker off, disabled anitvirus and firewall, still with the same results.

Can someone post a direct link to either the desktop or OTA download?

you should make one for the 7100 series