HTC Bold Crossbar Edition Theme by ElyCruz

[mdlissner]

HTC Bold Crossbar Edition Theme by ElyCruz
Over the past 48 hours I have had the pleasure of getting my hands on the early release of the HTC Bold (Fuze) theme from themer extraordinaire ElyCruz. We Blackberry users are an odd bunch, we love our devices and are addicted to them, but have an unhealthy obsession of making them look like the other hot phones on the market. I am totally guilty of this as an owner of themes that make my Bold look like an iPhone, Android Phone and now an HTC Fuze.

The main home screen of the device consists of a fixed six icon dock of: Browser, Messages, Contacts, SMS/MMS, Media and Calendar. I know many of you are saying fixed icons – ugghh! But when you view the beautiful animation that you get on the home screen when you migrate from Icon to Icon on the fixed dock of the most used applications on the Blackberry you will see why this is not an issue.

Main Home Screen with Browser Selected is the first picture below. Other screens are shown with all the different fixed icons shown.


There is a “Green Dot” that follows your navigation from Icon to Icon and the big Icon in the middles of the screen slides in/out as you navigate. You can see the YouTube Video put together by the developer at: YouTube - HTCBoldCrossbar

The Messages, SMS/MMS and Calendar provide a today plus preview feature. I am showing this below with the calendar with some of my personal info blocked out in the sixth picture attached.


In addition to the six fixed icons, the first six icons on your main 18 icon screen show up when you scroll across the bottom dock, giving you a total of 12 icons available for the user on their home screen. A picture of this is below with my six icons of Pocket Day, BIS Email1, Blackberry Messenger, BIS Email2, YouMail and TeleNav. You can choose your own. This is the last picture attached.

One of the coolest features of this new theme is its integration with QuickLaunch. The Start button at the top left of the theme provides access to QuickLaunch, giving the user quick access to most any area of their blackberry. A picture of the QL integration is shown below with the start menu highlighted and the QL menu active. The QL team should be giving ElyCruz a cutback on all the new sales they get to integrate with this theme.


Other features of the theme are the profile icon on the main screen. I nicely done clock, custom notification icons, and authentic Fuze icon styling throughout the theme. With the cost of most themes in the market ElyCruz has priced this very reasonably at $3.99 at the CrackBerry store at: HTC Bold Crossbar Edition - Themes BlackBerry Apps - Crackberry BlackBerry Software Store .

You can link to thread on this theme at: http://forums.crackberry.com/f130/ht...-ecruz-218389/
If you ask a question you can get it answered by the developer or some of the beta testers.

I wholeheartedly believe this is the most functional and unique theme I have ever had my hands on and the bar has been set very high for the other developers!

[Tlynnsmith]

I agree....and yes, it has set the bar higher. Premium themes are slowly inching up to almost $10, and I'm going to be a lot more picky about theme purchases, after this one.

[mdlissner]

Originally Posted by Tlynnsmith

I agree....and yes, it has set the bar higher. Premium themes are slowly inching up to almost $10, and I'm going to be a lot more picky about theme purchases, after this one.

I definetly agree that the climb from $4 to $7 for themes is a bit rough. This theme is the top one for me so far. Developers
get your creative juices flowing.

Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com

[Tlynnsmith]

Originally Posted by mdlissner

I definetly agree that the climb from $4 to $7 for themes is a bit rough. This theme is the top one for me so far. Developers
get your creative juices flowing.

Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com

Yeah...I just recently gave away $7 for a simple "black" theme, that doesn't even display correctly on the homescreen. Since there aren't any refunds, I'm out of luck. The developer tried to figure it out for a hot minute, and I haven't heard back. That's only happened once, but...you best believe I'm not just jumpin' on the latest themes, anymore.

Elycruz never disappoints, with his free themes, so I knew this one was good to go. Plus, I got the chance to demo it and was sold.

[mdlissner]

Yeakh -t would be great if themes could be trialed. It is hard to decide from a few screenshots, or even a YouTube
video if a theme is right for you. I have tried a few that have been shelved immediately.

Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com

[mstibby]

This is one of the BEST themes I've seen. I've purchased plenty and have sometimes been very disappointed. This is not one of those cases!! It is excellent!

[Tlynnsmith]

Originally Posted by mstibby

This is one of the BEST themes I've seen. I've purchased plenty and have sometimes been very disappointed. This is not one of those cases!! It is excellent!

Isn't it? I love it!

[mdlissner]

Just got the update ElyCruz - Awesome - Awesome - Awesome.

[Tlynnsmith]

Originally Posted by mdlissner

Just got the update ElyCruz - Awesome - Awesome - Awesome.

Update?

[elycruz0102]

nothing new just mdlissner was running the old version the initial beta version.

[mstibby]

Originally Posted by Tlynnsmith

Isn't it? I love it!

I've got a SERIOUS theme addiction and this is just the best. I can always find little stuff that bothers me about themes, but I am thoroughly happy with this one!

[Tlynnsmith]

Originally Posted by mstibby

I've got a SERIOUS theme addiction and this is just the best. I can always find little stuff that bothers me about themes, but I am thoroughly happy with this one!

Me too...it's bad! Yes, like you, I always end up finding something "wrong" with a theme. This is one of TWO (2) themes I've loved EVERYTHING about, from day one.

[brownberry70]

I've lost track of how many themes I've gone through, some good ones, some bad. There was always something that would throw off the balance to make the theme "perfect" in my eyes. This one I believe finally has achieved that balance. I love the animation of the icons on the main screen, the font when viewing some menus is not too small, and that dreaded memory leak/battery drain seems to have finally settled.

Overall, great work! (this is now my second theme from this developer and he never disappoints!) I foresee keeping this theme for a long time!

[molski]

Here you can find some cool themes: onThearm.com mobile site


p.s. The background of the theme in this topic is from Windows Mobile

[Busta-B]

ElyCruz I'm glad you're back at it again... I'm still rocking your Android Bold theme... with the hidden dock... SICK!!! not to mention the ones that are up on BlueRoomSolution... my fav themes!!!