The good thing with PiZeros works are that he really pays attention to the S60 Editions while making the themes. This way they fit both the newest S60 5^th Edition devices and the older S60 3^rd Edition devices very well.

Now let us talk about the actual theme. Solstice is very nature centric because of its background/ wallpaper. The background is a picture of grass and a blue sky with white clouds. The focus of the picture is on the grass and the sky is just blurred out. Not only are the colors sky blue and grass green present on the background but they can also be found in the menus.

There is no taskbar on the home screen. The main font color is white and the battery and status bars are also white but the battery icon is black since it wouldn’t be visible otherwise because of the white clouds. The secondary font color is in a sky blue just like the background of the pop-up menus. Icons in the menu are indicated by a white square field with rounded edges. There is also a secondary indication field which is grass green.

Like with all PiZero themes Solstice comes with a lite version. The theme fits both landscape and portrait mode very well which is pretty important since almost all the new phones have an accelerometer.

To get the theme just visit the PiZero website.

The theme background/ wallpaper represents broken grey and at some points almost black asphalt with neon green graffiti like patterns on it. Those neon green patterns look really nice and refreshing. Most of them are circles with white circle parts in them which then are placed very closely together. Around those circle patterns there are some color stains which are also in neon green. Near the bottom the asphalt fades to a pitch black.

The font color is white which is very well visible both in contrast to the background and the neon green. Of course the battery and status bars are also in white. The primary indication field is slightly transparent and in neon green like you would expect it to be. A stronger shade of neon green is also used as the secondary font color which isn’t transparent.

Flahorn also overworked the music player to fit Neon Noise better. The media buttons (e.g. play, skip, stop etc.) are now in green and white.

Overall this theme is a nice alternation to the themes that I reviewed so far. It doesn’t have a really innovative concept since the circle like patterns are known to many of us already but the integration and the colors used give this theme somewhat of an individual look.

Like with every Flahorn theme you can download it over at his Deviantart page.

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The Zen Series is a series of PiZero premium themes which contains three individual themes. The three themes included in this pack are Zen Fire, Zen Violet and Zen Aqua. The names derive from the main colors of the themes. Besides the colors the themes hardly differ from each other.

Let us start with the Zen Fire Theme. The color of the background image is a fierce red. On the right bottom corner the red is lighter. It looks like as if a light is emitting at that spot. Therefore the other side of the theme is in a darker red. The menu bar on the home screen is a silvery white just like the clock and the battery and status bars. This color is also used as the main font color. In the main menu the indication field is not surprisingly also in this color. The secondary font color is the same fierce red that can be found on the background image and pop up windows.

The Aqua is identical to the Fire theme. The only difference is the background color and secondary font color which is an aqua blue. The Violet theme has violet as its background and secondary font color and misses the silvery white menu bar that the Aqua and Fire themes have.

Overall these themes have a very professional look. All the themes of this series are very detailed making them look like an original Nokia theme. And that is exactly how it should be when it comes to premium themes. After all you have to pay €7,99 for these three themes. You can also buy these individually but then each one will cost €4,99. The Zen Series is available at the PiZero website.

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Deep Purple is created by Adelino who is one of the more professional S60 theme creators out there. He has created many themes for S60 3^rd Edition Feature Pack 1 and 2 but his themes also support the original 3^rd Edition (3.0).

Deep Purple has a very dark background which has a purple shade to it. The background looks like as if it shows steps. The clock on the home screen is square with round edges. It has a glossy black color. The battery and status bars are in purple. Each bar seems to have a slightly different shade of purple.

The font color used in this theme is white. There is no secondary font color since the white is visible both in the black and purple parts of the theme. This theme comes with over 550 3^rd party icons. They have the same design as the clock frame from the home screen. The icons are also glossy and most of them are only in the colors of black and white unlike the indication frame in the menus which is colored in purple. This purple has also a fading effect but the fading starts almost at the bottom of the frame. Deep Purple also changes the calculator button design so that they look more like the icons in the menus.

This theme looks quite nice but for me the deep purple has a too strong contrast in combination to the almost black backgrounds. To download this theme please visit the Adelino Themes Webpage.

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I already motioned that from now on I would review some premium themes from PiZero. This one is called Ruby v2. The themes name comes from its strong ruby red color which looks pretty awesome. Ruby’s home screen and menu background is ruby red with many lighter red wavy lines going through it. The lines are lighter in the middle and fade into the ruby red color of the background. Some other noticeable things on the home screen are the silvery battery and status bars and the simple analog clock. The main font color used in this theme is white which is very well visible because of the good contrast between the ruby red and white. Ruby red is also the secondary font color which becomes visible when you highlight icons, options, settings etc.

The secondary font color fits perfectly to the main color of the indication field which highlights the icons and such. Therefore the secondary indication field color is like the secondary font color. But the secondary indication field seems to have a darker ruby red. The scroll bar is also in the silvery white. Overall everything seems to harmony very well in this theme. It doesn’t have any complicated elements which gives it an unique look.

This theme is available at PiZeros website for 4,99€ which is a little too expensive for my taste since at the end of the day it still is a theme. If you really like the premium themes you should by one of the theme packs. This should save you some euros.

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Pac-Man is one of the oldest arcade games. Just like Tetris it didn’t loose its charm even after almost three decades since its release. Up until now it has been an immensely popular game. Most probably this won’t change for a long while.

Pac-Man is based on a very simple concept. The player controls Pac-Man who is in a maze filled with yellow dots. The objective of the game is to eat all the dots in the maze. To make the game challenging four ghosts enter the maze the same time as Pac-Man. They have the ability to “eat” Pac-Man but there is a way for Pac-Man to “eat” the ghosts. To do this Pac-Man has to eat one of the four special flashing dots called power pellets. “Eating” is done when the ghost and Pac-Man touch each other. If Pac-Man gets eaten you lose a life and points. If Pac-Man eats them you get points. There are 255 levels in this game. It was actually designed to have an unlimited amount of levels. But in the 256^th level there is a bug which turns the right side of the level in a mess of texts and symbols. Therefore it is impossible to finish the 256^th level.

I think the price of Pac-Man at 4.99€ is quite reasonable since the game is just plain fun. You can get it at the Ovi Store which by the way got updated to version 1.05. I didn’t notice any major differences but it could be that they changed some things in the background. You should get the update just by opening the app.

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The background image contains many shades of blue, violet, magenta and red. The colors create a shining effect just like an actual pulsar. At the top and bottom the image is pitch black. Overall the image looks very good especially if you have the screen brightness set to maximum.

The analog clock on the home screen is colored in a very dark grayish silver. Another interesting thing on the home screen is the pink battery icon. The main font color used is white and the secondary is black. The indicating field as well the scroll bar is colored in metallic white. Of course the theme fits both landscape and portrait mode very well since that has been the case with PiZeros themes for quite some time now.

The “full” theme costs 3,99€ and is available at the Ovi Store where PiZero Design is a premium publisher. You can also get it at the PiZero website.

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Here is another review of a Kimi theme. This one is called Music. The main colors used in Music are white, grey and black. This is a very nice combination since the colors complement each other just perfectly. Music comes with 130+ third party Touch Icons and 34 special folders. The default wallpaper shows a black electronic guitar which is surrounded by black patterns. Beside the guitar the word “music” is written in black and yellow with a 3D effect. The middle of the main menu background is white. From the middle of the background grey stripes are running in every direction. The guitar and the word “music” also have this background.

The main font color is black therefore the status bar and battery indicator is also in black but the bars are curved upwards and are not straight like in the most themes. The home screen clock is colored in a glossy black and white. The color of the main indication field is glossy grayish white. That of the secondary indication field is black. Besides the Touch Icons this theme doesn’t have much color but still looks quite well and the most important thing, everything is readable. Like PiZeros themes this one also has a lite version which is three times smaller in size than the full version.

You can get this theme and many more over at Kimis website. Kimi doesn’t only make S60 3^rd Edition themes but also Sony Ericsson, S60 2^nd Edition and S60 5^th Edition themes.

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If you read my previous reviews of PiZeros S60 themes then you should know by now that I am a big fan of his works. This is because his themes are plain awesome, some more than the others. This one which I’m presenting to you now is called Mono. I don’t like it as much as his previous themes because the main theme color is just not my taste. But just because I don’t like it much doesn’t mean that I will contain myself to write something about this theme.

The main theme color is somewhat of a “bluish grey” (don’t really know what to call it). The wallpaper has many thin lines going through it which seem to start on the middle of the left side and spread over to the complete right side causing a small visual illusion. Those lines are slightly brighter than the wallpaper.

The toolbar in the home screen is in an off white color. The same color is used as the icon surrounding and as the indicating color in the main menus. They all have a shadowy/ glossy effect.

A simple white serves as the main font color. The secondary font color is the weird “bluish grey”. The simple looking analog clock on the home screen is also in white as you would expect it to be.

This theme comes with PiZeros and Jandells icon packs. Like most of PiZeros themes this one also has a lite version with default icons and fits both landscape and portrait mode very well.

To download it visit PiZeros website.

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Here is another PiZero theme review. This one is called DarkStar. It is a dark theme with a beautiful background image/ wallpaper. The whole theme looks great once it is installed on your phone.

Let’s start with the wallpaper. On the bottom third of the wallpaper there are some silhouettes of houses (not too sure about it). A long tree without any leaves is seen in the middle of the image. Behind the tree is a huge “DarkStar” which looks more like an overgrown moon. Only a small part of the actual star is visible in the wallpaper. Aside from the “DarkStar” and the grey sky everything is black.

The clock on the homescreen looks really nice because of its grey color in combination with a glossy effect. Once you enter the main menu you will notice that there is somewhat of a blurred layer over the wallpaper. This way the icons are better visible. The icons included are Hybrid PiZero icons and the Touch icons.

The primary font color is white which is very appropriate for a dark theme. The secondary color is grey. The color of the indicating field is white. Everything is easily readable including the calendar. The background color of the calendar is a really dark grey with the digits and days being presented in white.

This theme has also a lite version. The difference between the full version and this is that the lite version has the default Nokia icons. Download it over at PiZeros website like usual.

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