The Blackberry Bold 9700 & Blackberry 9000 Review

Are You A Blackberry Info Junkie?

If you are, I’ve got an amazing theme software to show you! Don’t worry, I’m not knocking blackberry addicts in this post… This is more of a here you go!

The home screen even with the 18 icon home screen is probably not supporting enough instant updates and constant action to help you with the feeding frenzy of contacts and information flowing to your berry each day, is it?

Think about it…

• MSN Messenger
• Blackberry Messenger
• Skype
• SMS
• 4 different email addresses
• Gmail
• RSS Feed updates
• Yahoo messenger

If you wanna keep tabs on absolutely everything that might update, or that you might miss… You have to check this out. I’m trying to tone down my constantly checking blackberry self… It’s not good with social interaction and such and people get really upset by it… But this at least prevents digging thru your BBerry for all your apps which may be buried somewhere deep in that long list of icons when they could be on the home screen.

This is available for the Bold 9000 but I would imagine this would work fine on the Bold 9700 as well. It’s a little stroke of genius to have all that available to you in such a simple, elegant design.

Download Executive Speed Theme Now

Eminence – The Best Bold 9700 Theme

This theme at Mobihand is arguably one of the best themes available for the Bold 9700 (and of course a ton of other phones supported by it). And no, I’m not saying that just because I’ve gotten to know the creators of it, although I doubt I would have tried it or stumbled across it had I not met them in A BBM conversation.

What’s special isn’t just the looks that you see in the screencaps I’ve decided to post here on my blog… That’s really nothing. What’s wild and outstanding is the menu animations, the transitions and the transparency that make you feel like you’ve got a next generation blackberry in your hands. I can show you these screenshots all day long, but at the end of the day they won’t say much to you like installing it will.

So, I encouage you to download and try this thing.. I betcha that MobiHand (Aka Onlyblackberry) has a great refund program if you find you don’t agree with me (which I strongly doubt will happen) but what you’ll see when you start playing with this will blow your mind.

There are all kinds of little peculiar reasons you’ll love transparency… One classic example is when setting your alarm before you go to bed, or for a quick nap, don’t you often wonder… Wait… What time is it right now tho? How much sleep am I gonna get, when do i wanna wake up etc… Transparency lets you set your clock while still seeing the clock behind it. Transparency lets you have calendar updates that don’t annoyingly block what your doing. It’s weird to say, but Transparency on your Bold 9700 could change the way you think and use your phone. (strange? yep!)

I’ve run this theme now for about a month since when it went Beta and now is actually available for purchase, and I honestly love that it’s guaranteed to not slow down your blackberry. Speed is way more important than some junk fireplace glowing on your screen.. Ya, those impress your friends for a little while, but a real man values performance over looks.
Download Eminence From Only Blackberry Now

Also available for the 85xx Curve Series and 8300 Coming soon.

Features:

• *** QuickLaunch Shortcut added to SpaceBar***
• Weather Slot on Home Page (7th Icon in Applications’s)
• Hidden Today
• Custom Transparent Banner works with all wallpaper colors
• Transparent Menu’s and Dialog Boxes
• Custom Changing Icons (Folders Open and Icons move/change when Highlighted)
• Large Clock on Home Screen
• Smooth Transitions
• User Defined Font and Font Size
• User Defined Home Screen Wallpaper
• Custom Percentage Battery Meter
• Guaranteed Lag Free

Emotions and Your Cell Phone Purchase

It seems that a lot of people fight over the decision between whether to call themselves a blackberry user or an iPhone user. The camps are very entrenched like two different religious views.

When I wrote the top 10 things a Blackberry 9700 can do that an iPhone couldn’t, I wasn’t trying to knock the iPhone. I think the iPhone is a nicely designed gadget. However, I find it tough adding something like that to my daily life.

Something that’s screen smashes out when you drop it… Something that has no feeling when you type on it…

But phones are very much an emotional purchase unless your in business and require your phone for work. Your influenced by your friends, the media, and all kinds of other external and internal motivations. Let me say that the screen on a Bold 9700 and the look & feel has now started to really reflect those of the iPhone, with the scrolling time setting in the Alarm and Calendar… The sleek touch of the track pad…

I had the privileged this last couple weeks of chatting with these underground blackberry theme creators and boy… There are now things a Bold 9700/Tour can do that really make it’s interface look BETTER than an iPhone and not just looks… but practicality.. Some guy at methberry named Chad making themes that really revolutionize what a Blackberry can do.. I’m sure the functionality was there all along, but they’re unlocking that…

Like transparency.. I mean I can actually see what time it is while I set my alarm, how practical and yet sweet looking is that? I think that theme is called Eminence.

And as soon as they give me the word, i’ll be letting everyone know about these innovations and more…

Daniel J Deyette

Valentines Day theme for Bold 9700

Are you ready for Valentines Day?

If your the type that gets right into the holiday in every way… Perhaps this new theme is right up your alley since February is not that far away. I honestly don’t get that much into that holiday from a theme perspective, but regardless this one is really cool. The graphics are amazing.

Download Valentines Day Theme for Bold 9700

GelaSkins – Special Blackberry Bold 9700 Skins

Blackberry Bold 9700 Skins With Matching Themes From GelaSkins

Probably nothing cooler than having something no one else you know in your circle of friends has! This would be one of those purchases. Not only does it make your unit much more unique than your next door neighbors, but it also protects the surface from scratches, and supports independent artists who design these packages. Very nice indeed! No blog about Blackberries would be complete without mentioning these interesting designs.

Keep in mind that this concept is a much wiser alternative to actually pulling apart your blackberry and putting custom colored plastic pieces on that void the warranty and ruin your resale-ability and wreak havoc on your chances of getting any repair by the carrier or manufacturer. These mods make you the coolest guy around and still protect your investment…  At $600+ USD, it’s not exactly something I’d go modding myself without considering the loss of that money.

You can browse their entire selection by visiting their website.

Missing the old Blackberry days? Make your Bold 9700 retro!

Funny how the years have passed when Blackberry devices didn’t have home screens with pretty graphics on them… They were just a pile of icons to navigate and a jog wheel on the left to find them with… I miss that some days because it really was convenient.

If you miss those days too, you might wanna give this new feature from Handango a try! Click on the image to the right and experience the 18 icon tool which lets you have no home screen and just a pile of icons.

Try it out! Download 18 Icon for Bold 9700 Today!

Question: my Bold 9700 won’t play an animated theme

Answer…

A. Most likely because it wasn’t designed for OS 5.0.
B. Because it was designed for a different device…
C. Because it didn’t install correctly.
D. Because you haven’t rebooted yet…

Try those and if your still having trouble respond on this post using the comment system and we’ll help you out.

Dan

FREE Animated Themes for Bold 9700

I bet you’ve been wondering where to get descent quality, really neat ANIMATED themes for your Blackberry Bold 9700 and maybe even some of those in the 9000 crowd too! I know I hunted for a long time, and ended up just buying the high quality ones at Bplay because I just didn’t like the corny poorly coded ones at other sites.

Here’s one free one that’s pretty awesome… Even during Christmas, this one really seems kinda “Vacation like…”

Youtube Link

This one is a Crackberry Forum exclusive and you can get this one and others by watching the Crackberry Forum for updates…

Some other sites that may have free animated themes…

BlackberryThemes.ca

OTAThemes.com

Themes4BB.com

Bplay Holiday Themes for Bold 9700 – Bold 9000

There’s nothing that quite gets you into the Christmas Holiday spirit better than holiday pictures and that yule log that’s played on TV stations accross the nation on Christmas morning. Cute story, my family has watched this TV show religiously since it first started airing and my brother has re-named it “The hand show” and they’d make a big joke out of when the hand came out to change the log on the fire…

Anyway!

The holiday themes are quite warming, one of my favorites is the Fireplace Animated Wallpaper theme from Bplay… Even when your waiting at a crowded bus stop, checking the time, looking down at that little fireplace burning away seems to warm you up at least 1 Degree… Well, maybe it doesn’t, but it does make your mood brighter!! Friends and family will definitely start to think your Blackberry is much cooler than those hip iPhones when they see themes like this exist… It totally sparks the neatest conversations.

I haven’t tested all of the themes from the holiday collection, but I can honestly tell you the Fireplace theme isn’t slow, doesn’t bog down your blackberry and won’t cause you much trouble. Just remember the Icons do look different than the regular set, so you’ll need a day to get used to them… AND they’re a bit difficult to differentiate one from another so it takes a little getting-used to… But a small price to pay for holiday cheer and friendly compliments…

Go ahead, show someone your blackberry screen and tell them to warm up by YOUR fireplace! haha!

Download Blackberry Fireplace/Yule Log From Bplay!

The Bold 9700 Christmas Themed Wallpaper Collection

Yes, I admit that I’m one of those guys who’s gone out and found some nice pictures and re-sized them. I didn’t design any of it and if any original author contacts me I will remove, or link to them as preffered. But who can blame a guy for wanting to share some blackberry holiday spirit?

Here’s some Blackberry Bold 9700 Desktop Backgrounds/wallpapers – I believe also would work on the Blackberry 8900 as well.

DOWNLOAD All of them in one zip file Here.