When you take a look at previous Nokia N900 theme reviews you can see that most of them was changing background, color scheme and looks of interface elements. This time we have something more interesting in Black Plastic Theme Pack.

At first you can see glossy theme with dark elements, though it’s pretty clear with bright fonts, so nothing to complain about. Dashboard and menu icons are changed, not only recolorized as in most of themes I’ve mentioned before. Media Player and App  manager backgrounds are not so revolutionary but fit well in dark and glossy design of theme.

The most interesting, eyecandy element in this theme is the fact that it introduces ‘custom transitions‘. In simple words you will see some of the animations changed, like for the dashboard wallpaper isn’t blurred, just zoomed a bit, and for menu zoomed even more. Phone rotation animations are also little changed, but it’s harder to notice, it’s rather change in animation parameters.

I like this theme, I use it for a over a week now and I’m really satisfied. It doesn’t tire eyes, is clear and easy to use in every application, phone and conversations. Even fever-limited perception wasn’t obstacle and animations are really nice looking. It’s really good start for advanced theming with custom transitions.

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MJ