The great thing about BlackBerries is that not only are they great straight out of the box, but that there are lots of ways that you can personalize and improve them, with themes being a perfect example. Basically, themes offer a way, along with BlackBerry accessories, to make your BlackBerry stand out from the crowd.<br><br>When you install a theme, which is simple and easy to do, it can change the appearance of almost everything on your BlackBerry - the backgrounds, the screens, the home screen, the icons and even the menus. They work in much the same way as the theme system used on Microsoft Windows - literally one click gives a totally different look and feel.<br><br>There?s a range of unique themes available to suit your tastes and interests - some being free and needing to be paid for. Visit an online BlackBerry accessories and application store and you'll see that there are hundreds and hundreds to choose from. Whatever you're looking for, you'll be able to find. From fun and quirky, to elegant and classy, everyone is catered for. On the other hand, if you consider yourself creative, why not create your own theme?<br><br>The software (BlackBerry Theme Studio v5.0) needed to create your own theme is easy enough to use and, best of all, it's free. All you need is some creativity and some skill with graphics software. On downloading BlackBerry Theme Studio, you'll see that there are two products contained within the suite - BlackBerry Composer and BlackBerry Theme Builder.<br><br>The BlackBerry Composer is the graphic creation and editing part of the suite, and it's great for helping you craft images, whether they're static or animated. It's a useful piece of graphic design software that has the basic features of the standard graphics packages that most people have on their computer. You can use it to create all the images for your theme, though you can import them from elsewhere should you wish to do so.<br><br>The actual designing of the theme is done within the Theme Builder. It lets you set which images get used for each part of the theme - like icons, background graphics and cursors. As well as choosing the images, it?s where you can adjust the fonts, change the position of objects on the screen, and set what, if any, sounds and animations are used, and they when they play.<br><br>If you fancy making some extra money for yourself, and there is even the potential to make some seriously big money, then you can sell the themes that you create on BlackBerry accessories and applications stores. If you're stuck for ideas on what to create, then just visit an online store that sells them, make some notes on the themes which are the bestsellers, combine the best elements of each, and then put your own spin on them.<br><br>To summarize, if you're someone that wants to make your BlackBerry truly your own, then installing a theme, to go along with some cool BlackBerry accessories, is the way to go.