Posted on July 21, 2008, at 7:10 AM .
The latest version of the Plazmic Content Developer’s Kit has been released, available for free download right over here. The biggest change in this version is that theme developers no longer have to have the BlackBerry Java Desktop Environment installed, which eould make it much more viable for Mac users (who can’t install the JDE) if a Mac version of Plazmic were released. This also seems like convenient timing, what with the highly innovative Crossbar theme just being rereleased last week…
(via BerryReview)
Plazmic CDK 4.5 changelog behind the jump…
Posted on July 3, 2008, at 9:32 AM .
Hooah, that’s a sale, alright. Punch in the coupon code JULY30 at checkout and get 30% off deals at Bplay – that includes, themes, ringtones and games. Feeling patriotic? Why not grab the Stars and Stripes theme, or O Canada? Maybe looking for a more political angle? Democrat and Republican themes are still up. If games are more your bag, Call of Duty 3 and Whitehouse Rumble are both in the 4th. of July spirit. Looking for ringtones? Bplay has a whole category of patriotic ringtones for ya. If you’d rather save your coin, check out Astraware’s free Fireworks app, so you can get all warmed up for the real thing.
Of course, not everyone’s the flag-waving type – maybe you’d rather just get a good deal a slick iBerry theme. And hey, if you’ve got the Wallet application loaded, Bplay can now get all your payment info from there.
Posted on April 22, 2008, at 1:09 PM .
Hey folks, we’ve got a survey up for anyone who wants a snazzy free icon theme. The survey should take 10-15 minutes to complete, and asks a few basic demographic questions, a few questions about your BlackBerry and how you use it, and finally your thoughts on BlackBerry Cool. We’re hoping to cover all of the bases with this survey, and share the information with some of the big players in the BlackBerry world so they can better tailor their products to you. It’ll also help us here at BBCool to provide better coverage for the topics you care about. At the end of the survey, you’ll be given a link to download a new theme with an icy blue design.
NOTE: The downloads are in a RAR format, which is a compression method like ZIP. You need to nab a program like WinRAR to open them. We’ll try to get a ZIP version up soon, since it’s a little more well-known. Our themes page gives a quick run-down on how to install themes once you’ve downloaded them.
Screenshot behind the jump…
Posted on April 15, 2008, at 7:14 AM .
You might be wondering what Bplay, a game and theme publisher, is doing at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium, but hey, suits like games too. The most recent addition to their catalog is, of course, Guitar Hero, but they’ve also got games like Leisure Suit Larry: Love For Sail, Surviving Hollywood, Star Wars: Battle Above Coruscant, Caesar, and the upcoming Texas Hold ‘em King 3. Bplay is the primary outlet for Magmic‘s games, but another portal, Winplay, offers their Windows Mobile ports. Outside of games, Bplay offers themes in droves, of course. As a gamer myself, I can’t wait to see what they have on offer at WES.
Posted on March 27, 2008, at 2:18 PM .
BPlay just opened up a whole new category of themes for Zodiac signs, so you can answer the age-old “what’s your sign?” pick-up line in style. All the signs available across Zen, Today, and Icon styles, but it would be cool if the backgrounds fit the signs a bit more – you know, a big ol’ bull for Taurus, some scales for Libra, that kind of thing. My question is when are they going to start porting over themes to the Crossbar style?
Posted on February 4, 2008, at 8:16 AM .
Research in Motion has patented a process whereby a BlackBerry’s theme can be changed from a remote source, reports ZDNet’s BlackBerry Beat. The patent, entitled System and Method for Adaptive Theming Of A Mobile Device, could be used by carriers or other third parties to change a user’s themes based on something like the season, geographical area, etc. It sounds like a fantastic idea, especially for theme makers, but I worry about potential abuse. The patent describes various methods of identification between BlackBerry and the third party, so security isn’t an issue, but there’s no guarantee that the service will be opt-it rather than mandatory.
