Free BlackBerry Today Plus Theme For BlackBerry 8300
Okay I am going to need some help with this theme. I remember seeing it on mobile.blackberry.com a few times since it just showed up earlier this month. I just am not sure which devices the theme is available for since RIM does not tell you outright. I have checked and it worked with an 8300 but I am not sure about the 8100, 8700, or 8800 series devices.
![Bbtodayplus[1]](http://www.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/wp-contentuploadsbbtodayplus1-small1.jpg)
![Bbtodayplus[2]](http://www.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/wp-contentuploadsbbtodayplus2-small.jpg)
The today plus theme is actually one that people have been asking for since it showed up on certain 8100 series devices. The idea of a today plus theme is that it has both a Today screen and if you scroll right you get a Zen Menu. Pretty cool if I may say so myself.
The theme has a real crappy background so I changed it to something I like better. The only major complaint I had with the theme is that the top bar has white text and the today screen items have gray text which makes choosing a background very difficult. Since a dark one would make the today section hard to read and a light one would make the title bar hard to read.
![Bbtodayplus[3]](http://www.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/wp-contentuploadsbbtodayplus3-small.jpg)
![Bbtodayplus[4]](http://www.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/wp-contentuploadsbbtodayplus4-small.jpg)
Otherwise the theme is quite nifty and I am currently using it. The Zen menu bar just shows the top 5 icons in your homescreen so you can change them around. The other thing you will notice is that when you activate the theme it will automatically hide quite a few icons such as you messages icon and profiles icon. You just need to un-hide them by clicking menu>show all. I can’t wait until developers get their hands on a template that will allow them to create themes like this one.
You can pick up the theme for free by going to mobile.blackberry.com from your BlackBerry browser. You then click on the new themes available link under the “What’s Hot” title and accept the agreement. The Today Plus theme will show up in the next page for download.
Please let us know if you find that the theme is compatible with more devices.
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March 26th, 2008 09:54
I have the 8820 and it works great on it ….
March 26th, 2008 10:07
I have the 8830, works great…..looks best with with a dark background
March 26th, 2008 10:17
What application is the greater/less than symbol on the yellow background icon?
March 26th, 2008 10:24
Thanks for the feedback guys. Nathan that application is the simulsays blackberry application for their voicemail transcription service. Expect a glowing review soon. The service is awesome yet expensive
March 26th, 2008 11:42
I have the 8130 and can’t find it, so outta luck on pearls
March 26th, 2008 11:56
is there any way someone could download this theme then host the files so that non bis/bes users can have access to this? thanks!
March 26th, 2008 16:19
The theme is great, but apparently is not available for 8100 Pearl. Is not fair! I used to have it, but my device was swapped when they removed it from mobile.blackberry.com.
March 26th, 2008 19:23
I use it every day on my VZW 8830.
Tried from my wife’s VZW 8130 and no joy. She prefers the ‘Today L’ theme anyway.
March 26th, 2008 21:34
I’ve had it a while now on my 8320.
I like the combo today-zen style, but I’ve got so many other themes I rarely use it. Hope it’s available for developers to use soon. ;^)
March 27th, 2008 01:33
Yeah, I’m not finding it either. Tried to download it using my 8310 and 8800 on rogers, and I’m outta luck
seems it was available before, but not now
March 27th, 2008 06:31
I just checked the Blackberry website and found Today Plus and 3 other themes under the “What’s Hot” title. The link is called “New themes available”.
March 28th, 2008 00:44
found this link for a direct link, type in browser and will allow you to download, worked on 8130 alltel pearl
http://mobile.blackberry.com/resources/theme_catalog/themes/TodayPlus_240×260.jad
April 10th, 2008 22:50
is there a today plus theme for the 8130 pearl. I want it to be the same as the 8830 at the top of this string.
I know there is this one
http://mobile.blackberry.com/resources/theme_catalog/themes/TodayPlus_240×260.jad
but I want one that has the icons on the right side NOT at the bottom.
thanks
April 10th, 2008 23:26
guys..here you go. some deductive reasoning and viola
8130 zen today plus theme..
http://mobile.blackberry.com/resources/theme_catalog/themes/net_rim_theme_bbdimension_today_plus_240×260_422_b.jad
everyone keeps saying go to mobile.blackberry.com
well..news for ya..depending on your carrier, you are limited to what you see..lame i know…
after hours and hours of searching to no avail..it just came to me to try changing the screen dimensions in the link..
April 11th, 2008 13:01
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May 2nd, 2008 10:13
I don’t see this theme as a download via mobile.blackberry only aqua and pink…I am running a beta of 4.5 is that why?
July 15th, 2008 11:52
I just upgraded to os 4.5.0.52 on my 8300. If I perform a battery pull or soft reboot, the icon arrangements I’ve made onthe home screen (that drive the Zen Menu) are lost, and the icons revert back to the original arrangement. Is this a compatibility issue because this theme was designed for 4.2 or lower os? Is there a way to correct this? Thanks.
July 15th, 2008 11:57
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August 12th, 2008 23:37
Where has the BlackBerry Today Plus Theme For BlackBerry 8300 been moved to? I can’t find new themes available link under the “What’s Hot” title.