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March 17th, 2010, 03:20
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It's no TouchFLO or SPB Mobile Shell, but it turns out you will be able theme Windows Phone 7 Series (http://www.engadget.com/tag/windowsphone7series)... a little. Although we've only ever seen the classy "dark" theme with the black background, Microsoft just demoed a "light" theme with dark text on a white background. Earth-shattering, we know. Both themes also have selectable accent colors, but don't expect to go crazy here: your choices are red, orange, green and blue. We're hoping all of these options will be expanded over time, but for now it's not looking like a customizer's dream come true.
Gallery: Windows Phone 7 Series will have themes... sort of (http://www.engadget.com/photos/windows-phone-7-series-will-have-themes-sort-of-0/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/2010-03-16theme2-6_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/windows-phone-7-series-will-have-themes-sort-of-0/2807410/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/2010-03-16theme2-5_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/windows-phone-7-series-will-have-themes-sort-of-0/2807411/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/2010-03-16theme2-4_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/windows-phone-7-series-will-have-themes-sort-of-0/2807412/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/2010-03-16theme2-3_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/windows-phone-7-series-will-have-themes-sort-of-0/2807413/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/2010-03-16theme2-2_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/windows-phone-7-series-will-have-themes-sort-of-0/2807414/)
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It's no TouchFLO or SPB Mobile Shell, but it turns out you will be able theme Windows Phone 7 Series (http://www.engadget.com/tag/windowsphone7series)... a little. Although we've only ever seen the classy "dark" theme with the black background, Microsoft just demoed a "light" theme with dark text on a white background. Earth-shattering, we know. Both themes also have selectable accent colors, but don't expect to go crazy here: your choices are red, orange, green and blue. We're hoping all of these options will be expanded over time, but for now it's not looking like a customizer's dream come true.
Gallery: Windows Phone 7 Series will have themes... sort of (http://www.engadget.com/photos/windows-phone-7-series-will-have-themes-sort-of-0/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/2010-03-16theme2-6_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/windows-phone-7-series-will-have-themes-sort-of-0/2807410/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/2010-03-16theme2-5_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/windows-phone-7-series-will-have-themes-sort-of-0/2807411/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/2010-03-16theme2-4_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/windows-phone-7-series-will-have-themes-sort-of-0/2807412/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/2010-03-16theme2-3_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/windows-phone-7-series-will-have-themes-sort-of-0/2807413/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/2010-03-16theme2-2_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/windows-phone-7-series-will-have-themes-sort-of-0/2807414/)
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