Imagine waking up to the long awaited Socialscope update! Yes that’s how most of us started our day!  Alright I admit I was downloading it at midnight as soon as I got my email and I have to say I am LOVING IT!  It seems faster, smoother and less lag when scrolling through my timeline.  What do you use for twitter?

While we all went and got ourselves the 9800 Torch are we feeling the pain of no pretty cases?  Being such a case fanatic that I am, I am very dissapointed that there is not many cases out there for my new pretty 9800.   What are you  using?  While the Crackberry Store has some variety with hard cases, are we all hoping for some Ebay goodies?  Let me know what you think.

Hope you all had a great weekend, it definately flew by too fast.  Now I have to share the theme that I have been using.  It is Hello Kitty Skater by Tenacgal.  I am a major Hello Kitty Fan and lately there is a ton of cute Hello Kitty Themes around, however this one has really caught my eye.  The Skater kitty wallpaper is super cute, plus the color of the icons and underlays make it a bright and cheerful theme.  The font is easy to read and the theme flows together quite nicely. What I also like about this theme is that its fun!  You can easily match up all the pretty cases you have with the different colors in the theme.  Tenacgal has been themeing for a while as I used to have her themes on my 8310 and 8900 as well.  Check out her site for more Hello Kitty cuteness!

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I bet you are all excited with the release of the Torch.  Let’s see some pictures of that beautiful Blackberry!

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Another Monday is upon us, the weekends goes way too fast in the summer.   This morning I am trying out a theme by Hedone Design called “Sense”  it is available at Themes4bb premium store for $6.99 .  It is the kind of theme that makes me sit here and want to play with for hours to try to figure out how the heck did they do this?  I am pretty impressed at the way the  Homescreen is set up, three icons on the bottom dock for Profiles, Phone and Manage Connections.  Four Icons above that are user customized and when scrolling to the right eight more icons appear.   Scrolling to the left on homescreen gets you to a white window with Messages, Calendar and SMS . Also it was pretty easy to change the wallpaper to the ones I have saved. It  has hidden today option as well. Green underlays and Menu selections are featured through out the theme.  However the only fault I can find with this theme is that on the BlackBerry Messenger screen you are not able to see the status of the conversation unless it is highlighted, I am the type of BlackBerry Messenger user who looks at the status of my conversations a great deal through out the day and not being able to see it is frustrating.  The theme flows exceptionally well, no lag whatsoever on my Blackberry.  I would suggest to try their themes, they are very well done.

Good Morning

For this weeks review I decided on www.cuteblackberrythemes.com second theme called “Moofia”.  I have to say by far this is one of the best TokiDoki themes I have ever used on my Blackberry.  One of the reasons I love it so much it’s BLUE, yes I have alot of pink, purple, greens but this lovely Blue theme is perfect.  It features 6 Mini Icons on the homescreen, clickable clock and calendar, love the cow print icon underlays, its those little touches that make this theme very complete. Fonts are very clean and easy to read.   I also have to say that the whole themeclub format is very different from regular themeclubs it has a members only forum, every third month includes access to previous themes and different walls.  Check out their website for more information as I think it is a worth while investment for the Blackberrychicks!

I thought I would do something different this Monday.  It seems to be the rage right now to join themeclub’s and they seem to be popping up all over the place.  I would like some feedback from all of you, what are the pro’s and con’s of a themeclub?   What makes you want to come back month after month to that certain designer and which designer is your favorite? How many themes do you expect for the fee? What are your favorite types of themes?  Would you rather the themes to be exclusive or have it set up as a site that you can join? 

please drop me a quick email to tips@blackberrychick.com  and let me know what you all think

I am very excited to show you all this theme called “Tempe” By Yuki.  It is  very wallpaper friendly with 8 icons as a hidden dock.  I have seen alot of the wallpaper friendly themes lately and decided to give it a try with various free themes from different designers, but found this one of the cleanest most efficient.  The default wallpaper is grey and basic but the user can switch it up with their favorite wallpaper, if you a fan of pink like I am there are hints of pink through out this theme such as the focus icons, menus and notifiers, fonts are clear and a good size.   I think as new designer she did a fabulous job.  Check out her blog at http://yukidesignz.blogspot.com/ for more fantastic themes.

Hope you all are having a great day.  A couple of weeks ago I was given the application TAWKON

to try out on my Blackberry.  For those of you who don’t know the App its where it measures the levels of radiation on your phone.  Given the articles that have recently been published about radiation and health risks I thought to give it a try.  I have to admit that I was shocked at some levels of radiation just in my apartment,  the application is also neat because as I was on a call the phone kept beeping to let me now that the level was high.  I noticed at the Mall or at offices it was extremely high as well.  The application also gives the user the option to switch to speaker or handset for calls as it is safer.  When I went out of town during the drive, it kept beeping between green and red levels of radiation.  I have to say that this application taught me alot about cell phone use and I was glad to see that my Blackberry 9700 is not among the top 20 for high levels.  I would encourage all my readers to try out this application as it can be very important to your health.

Find it in Mobihand HERE or App World HERE

View the full vendor description after the jump

Vendor Description:

tawkon provides a smart, practical solution to mobile phone radiation, with minimal disruption to normal phone usage.

tawkon monitors and analyzes your mobile phone radiation so you can “talk on” as usual and receive smart prompts to avoid radiation just when you need to.

Mobile radiation constantly changes; tawkon is the only application that recognizes when radiation exposure has increased, alerts you when radiation levels cross a predefined threshold, and provides simple, non-intrusive suggestions to reduce exposure to radiation. Suggestions are based on your real time environment and usage factors.

tawkon operates in Prediction Mode (while not on a call) and Call Mode.

* Prediction mode – map your home, office or neighborhood to identify low, moderate and high radiation zones (indicating the expected level of radiation during phone calls in that location with your specific device)
* Call mode – talk on as usual while tawkon monitors dynamic radiation levels and alerts you just when you should take precautionary measures to minimize radiation exposure

tawkon is based on patent-pending RRI™ (Real-time Radiation Indication) technology that collects and analyzes your phone’s dynamic SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) levels, location, environmental conditions and phone usage at any given moment.
tawkon technology was developed by cellular experts and tested by a leading RF laboratory to comply with the most stringent cellular standards worldwide.

Features:

• Real-time indication of high (red), moderate (yellow), low (green) exposure to mobile phone radiation
• Action prompts (subtle suggestions with visual, audio or vibration alerts) to minimize radiation in real-time
• Feedback – confirming whether a recommended action was effective in reducing radiation exposure
• Statistics to monitor actual and avoided radiation over the last call, day, week, month and six months