Advanced Features

BlackBerry Theme Studio v6.0 features

Using BlackBerry® Theme Studio v6.0, you can create themes for a number of BlackBerry smartphones, including the BlackBerry® Torch™ 9800, BlackBerry® Style™ 9670, BlackBerry® Pearl™ 3G, BlackBerry® Bold™ 9650 and BlackBerry® Curve™ 8910 smartphones.

BlackBerry Theme Studio v6.0 includes a new version check feature. When the software loads, it will inform you if there’s a newer version of BlackBerry Theme Builder available. To use this feature, you must have an Internet connection and access to www.blackberry.com/developers.

Version 6 also includes a new user interface that lets you click on any element in the preview and make changes on the Quick Edit toolbar, a Background Wizard for adding dynamic wallpapers to a theme, automatic updating of graphics and fonts, and easy export for BlackBerry App World™.

Download BlackBerry Theme Studio v6.0

Feature highlights

• Support for BlackBerry® 6 UI elements
• Support for additional smartphones running BlackBerry 6 OS, including the BlackBerry Style 9670, BlackBerry Torch 9800, BlackBerry® Bold™ 9780, BlackBerry® Curve™ 9300, BlackBerry® Curve™ 9330, BlackBerry® Pearl™ 9100 and BlackBerry® Pearl™ 9105 smartphones
• Support for Facebook®, Twitter®, BlackBerry® Messenger, tasks and memos in the Today screens
• Support for time-based and slideshow backgrounds with a new wizard interface
• Importing of existing themes to create BlackBerry 6 versions
• Batch import of graphics—process is completely automatic
• BlackBerry App World integration: automatically export themes in the proper compressed file formats to allow for BlackBerry App World upload

Key benefits of BlackBerry Theme Studio

Customize virtually every aspect of a BlackBerry smartphone theme
From the background wallpaper, color of message lists and fonts, to the layout of screens, information on the Home screen and applications that appear or the navigation path, BlackBerry Theme Studio gives you tremendous control over the personalization of a BlackBerry smartphone.

Bring themes to life with custom animation
Give an extra dimension to your theme by adding animated graphics to the Home screen and lock screen of a BlackBerry smartphone.

Easy to use graphical interface
BlackBerry Theme Builder and BlackBerry Composer are easy to use tools that enable designers, developers and hobbyists to easily design themes for BlackBerry smartphones.

Compatible with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Flash
Use existing images and animations designed in Adobe Photoshop® and Adobe® Flash® with BlackBerry Theme Studio.

Create themes for almost any BlackBerry smartphone
Create themes for BlackBerry smartphones ranging from the BlackBerry® 8700 Series to the latest BlackBerry smartphone models, including the BlackBerry® Torch™ 9800 and BlackBerry® Style™ 9670 smartphones.

Test your themes on a BlackBerry smartphone or computer with BlackBerry Smartphone Simulators
BlackBerry Theme Studio is compatible with BlackBerry Smartphone Simulators so you don’t need to have a BlackBerry smartphone handy to see how your theme is going to look on a smartphone. Download a BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator

Bring life to mobile websites and applications
Use BlackBerry Composer to design compelling animated graphics that can be used in mobile websites and apps.

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