Theme Review
Jun
22
iV3 (iVista3) Theme Review
iV3 (iVista3) Review
RaT Rating = 93.74%
By: Z Man Designs Version 1.0IVista3 is another great theme created by Zman Designs. This theme is the continuation of the iVista line of themes and is by far the best. It gives your Blackberry the true Vista look with “My Computer” and “Network” icons. It also has gadgets that you can add or remove from the home screen.
The theme is 1.3Mb, which is an average size for a theme. The theme is very detailed so the size isn’t too bad.
The theme runs smooth and runs without delay with everything except for one thing. The one thing that has a little delay when using it is the media gadget. When trying to get to pictures, music, or videos through the gadget it is slightly delayed but it works.
The memory is very stable for the first 24 hours of running the theme. After the first 24 hours the memory leaks slowly.
IV3 doesn’t affect the battery at all. It doesn’t put any extra stress on the battery and will not cause the battery to drain more then usual.
The Graphic User Interface (GUI) is very nicely layed out on this theme. It definetly gives you the Vista look look on your blackberry. Every part of this theme has serious thought put into it and the time for detail is also there.
There is nothing buggy about this theme. Everything works as its suppose to in both portrait and landscape mode.
The storm version is very responsive to the touch screen and everything is very accurate when using the touch screen on all aspects of the theme.
IV3 is going to be priced at $5.00 which is a good value for the amount of time and detail put into the theme.
The theme does exactly what it claims, it gives your Blackberry the look and feel of Windows Vista.
The theme is easy to navigate. All the home screen icons work and are clearly there. There is no hidden spots or unclear icons. There is 12 icons on the home screen that are all customized by the user. There is 2 locations for your network options and access options from the home screen as well.
All the fonts fit the boxes and windows perfectly. All the fonts are also perfect sizes. They are not too small or too big.
This is with both Gadgets open
There are a couple extra functions that stand out to me. One is the “Gadget” option on the home screen. You can show or hide the weather icon and the media panel depending on what u want. Another extra function is the power button in the application menu changes color when you have it selected. When its not selected its green and when you have it selected it turns red. There is also a icon on the homescreen “Today Info” which has your calendar with a hidden today and your message folder.
My first impresstion of this theme of this theme when I loaded it and activated it was “wow”. To point out a couple things that really stand out to me is the home screen colors. The bottom bar is kind of translucent and it takes the color of the picture you set for your background. So this theme is wallpaper friendly. Another wow factor is the amount of time that was put into the color scheme of the theme, everything fits perfect. Also the amount of detail put into the icons. There is not one stock icon and every icon is highly detailed and customly made.
Mar
17
Berry, My Hero Theme Review
Berry, My Hero
RaT Rating = 93.o3%
By: Z Man Designs Version 1.01ZMan went all out with Berry, My Hero theme. This is the closest Blackberry theme that I have seen imitating the HTC Hero. This theme can be purchased from the CrackBerry Store for $5.00 and works on both OS 4.6 and 5.0. It is available for the Storm 1, Storm 2, Curve 8900, Tour 9630, Bold 9000, and Bold 9700. It has a huge analog clock on the home screen, hidden today with messages, compose, and calendar. From the home screen you have a quick access menu for sound profiles and manage connections along with a hidden menu with five (Curve 8900, Bold 9000, Bold 9700, Tour) or six (Storm 1 and 2) choices. Unfortunately, the hidden menu cannot be customized. The last thing available from the home screen is a hidden lock feature. When the lock is engaged you have the option to power down your device. The hidden lock is on available on the touch screen versions.
The theme is a big file to download at 1.7 MB. However all the functions that the theme offers and the amount of detail that ZMan put into making this theme you have to expect to give up some memory.
The theme runs very smooth with the exception of one thing. When I open the hidden menu on the home screen the menu doesn’t open smooth. When you close the menu it doesn’t close smooth either.
There is a small memory leak with the theme. A small memory leak is to be expected because all customs themes leak memory.
This theme does not affect the battery at all. To be absolutely honest it actually increased my battery time when using this theme.
The graphic user interface (GUI) is very nice with this theme. There is so much detail in every aspect of this theme. The icons that are used in the theme are customized to look like the HTC Hero.
I have not had one buggy experience with this theme, everything runs perfectly.
The Storm version of this theme runs perfect with the touch screen. Everything is very responsive when you touch different areas of the theme.
The theme is $5.00 which is kind of high but you get exactly what you pay.
The theme does what it claims it does. When you press the left side of the home screen on the storm version, the lock engages. When the screen is locked, you touch the right side of the screen and it unlocks the screen. When you touch the right side of the home screen you get the hidden today with messages, compose, and calendar. When the hidden today is up and you touch the left side of the screen it closes the hidden today. The quick access menus for your profiles and manage connections works perfectly.
The theme is very easy to navigate and if you’re not sure of some of the features ZMan posts videos to show everyone how the theme works.
The font fits the theme perfectly. The fonts are not too small so that you can barely see the words. The fonts are not too big so that you only see half the word in the dialogue boxes. The font follows the user font sizes.
There are plenty of extra functions such as the hidden lock and the hidden today. There is also a spot on the home screen for a weather application right underneath the big analog clock. All the icons on the home screen are user defined.
There are many WOW factors to this theme. Two wow factors that stand out the most to me are when you are making a connection, the connection arrows on the top right hand side of the screen customize to the color of the window you are currently in. The second wow factor is when you highlight the icon “manage connections” it moves the icon to “on” and when you do not have the manage connection highlighted it goes back to “off.”
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