[gsibble]

Well, I emailed RIM and asked them about themes. Here is their response:

Hello George,

Thank you for contacting BlackBerry Development Support. The next release of the Content Developers Kit (CDK) will allow you to create custom themes for your handheld. The 4.0 CDK is expected to be released in the new year. If you do not like the default T-Mobile theme you can change to the other theme that ships with the handheld. The default (List) theme.

Thank you,
Michael
Software Engineering Consultant

So, good and bad news........

-GPS

[bfrye]

That's awesome news. Hopefully it will work for more than just the 7100

[sempai]

It should work for any 4.0 device.

From what I've seen of 4.0 (the only builds we have of 4.0 are ones for use with a BES) it has the ability to do some branding and customization - not quite to the extent of the 7100 but hey.