The BlackBerry 10 devices utilizing OLED screens have a native dark theme. BlackBerry redesigned a few of the native applications to make use of the dark theme. One of those redesigned apps was the native clock. The dark clock looks pretty sleek. Besides the color inversion, the only other change is the timer has been redesigned. Have a look at the only ‘black clock’ you’ll find ... »
BlackBerry will be introducing the first-ever dark theme for a BlackBerry 10 device. The BlackBerry Q10 will be the first official BB10 device to offer a dark theme. The reason behind this is due to the Q10, and future BlackBerry 10 devices, use OLED screen. Whereas, the BlackBerry Z10 uses an LCD screen. The idea behind a dark theme is for lowering power consumption. Thus, resulting in better bat... »
When we first broke the news on the BlackBerry 10 L-series and N-series, it was shown that RIM would be using OLED technology for the touchscreens. In these slides, RIM describes why they’ve chosen OLED for BlackBerry 10 devices. We have copied the information verbatim. The absolute blackness of the OLED display can create a powerful illusion of screen and hardware blending. Use pure black w... »
Have you been wondering what BlackBerry Messenger on BlackBerry 10 could possibly look like? Now you get the very first glimpse ever! BBM in BlackBerry 10 will be taking full advantage of the OLED screen. How will it be doing that you ask? According to the internal slide, RIM will be opening up BBM to themes for a very special reason. RIM has been and always will be about saving battery life. By u... »
