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This is long overdue! I moved a few posts from my personal blog over here and was reading them as I went. In one I mentioned that I was getting a Curve and that I would review it shortly, oops. I’ve now had the Curve for just over 9 months so this won’t contain any “new shiny” syndrome and should be fairly objective. There are several sub-models in the Curve family now so check the chart for the specs on the one you’re interested in.

In honour of the release of Google Chrome I thought I’d put together a quick tour and critique of the various icons for the top five web browsers currently out there—I’ll explain exactly why a little later. It is very important to create a visual brand for your product, we all know this and we see it every day in advertisements. We have become accustomed to the Firefox and Globe, the Internet Explorer Electron, the Opera Big O, the Safari Compass, and now the Chrome Thing-a-ma-jig. (Anyone got a better name for it?)

Figure 1. Chrome Thing-a-ma-jig

Today I just found a new theme on the Blackberry free stuff site. It is called Surreal and it looks pretty damn good which is quite shocking considering the fuglyness of all the other free themes available. Take a look at the screenshots from my device.