BlackBerry Pip-Boy theme: a post-apocalyptic nightmare world in the palm of your hand

Look, there's really nothing special going on here -- it's just a theme for BlackBerry devices. A totally, totally awesome theme for BlackBerry devices. So awesome, in fact, that it makes our corporate-issued / controlled phone seem somehow cool again. What are you waiting for? Go get it.

[Via Gizmodo]

Update: Sadly, it seems the theme has been removed at Bethesda's request -- because, you know, this is obviously bad PR for the Fallout series... or something. Thanks, Behzad!

[MarcusMaximus Posted Apr 20th 2009 12:51PM]

That pip-boy is very iphone-like.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 2:52PM]

Say what? By no stretch of the imagination can I picture that.

[ahha Posted Apr 20th 2009 3:26PM]

"That pip-boy is very iphone-like."
...said a troll who forgot to set her profile private.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 3:37PM]

I'm about 95% sure he was joking

[MarcusMaximus Posted Apr 20th 2009 3:46PM]

rippinhonda, you would be correct. Funny how everyone gets upset about this obvious joke/rip on engadget for saying every device known to man is iphone-like. Oh and go ahead and read my profile, I don't really care.

[ahha Posted Apr 20th 2009 4:14PM]

"Funny how everyone gets upset about this obvious joke/rip on engadget for saying every device known to man is iphone-like."
ok ok, i just laughed. now i know it's a joke
/sarcasm

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 12:51PM]

Holy crap someone needs to make this for WinMo......

[Hackettman Posted Apr 20th 2009 12:54PM]

YES!!!!!!!!!!

[Kerensky97 Posted Apr 20th 2009 1:11PM]

They already did about 7 months ago and Bethesda shut it down.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=491422

All blackberry owners, get a copy now before it's gone!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 12:53PM]

My friend is having trouble getting this to work on this blackberry.

[Joshua Topolsky Posted Apr 20th 2009 12:54PM]

Do they have 4.5?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 1:19PM]

Thanks for the reply Josh.

He has model 8220 and I think this is meant for 83xx+. So it's not showing up in order to apply the theme. I guess he's SOL.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 12:52PM]

This is win. Especially if the theme 'bzzt-bzzts' between each screen.

[iLoveApple Posted Apr 20th 2009 12:53PM]

Holy shizz! YOU LINKED TO GIZMODO! WTF?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 1:14PM]

we're all friends here.

[barry99705 Posted Apr 20th 2009 1:55PM]

They're practically the same site anyway. One usually has the same story a couple days after the other.

[UchihaSasuke Posted Apr 20th 2009 2:10PM]

I don't know why, but it brings a smile to my face whenever I see Gizmodo and Engadget linking to each other.

[Stantoni Posted Apr 20th 2009 12:53PM]

This is Karma for giving up my BlackBerry earlier this year.

[Hackettman Posted Apr 20th 2009 1:02PM]

This is my karma for strictly being winmo......

[Alan Strangis Posted Apr 20th 2009 2:53PM]

@ Hackettman: no, it's your karma for being Windows Mobile user who didn't see it on XDA Developers before it was yanked... ;)

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 1:02PM]

I have this theme on my Storm.

I like it well enough, but wish that the font color was not green in applications away from the home screen.

Light-green text on a light-blue background (i.e. WeatherBug) makes things almost impossible to read at times.

[derspiess Posted Apr 20th 2009 1:14PM]

Dang, I want this for WinMo.

[James Posted Apr 20th 2009 2:28PM]

It came out for winmo shortly after fallout 3 was released. I remember i had it on my tilt to try it out while I was still playing the game.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 1:18PM]

I am rockin the green right now... the dl and install for both blue and green went fine on my 8310.

[Ryan P Posted Apr 20th 2009 1:22PM]

I like the way it looks, but it's a bit harder to use than my previous theme.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 1:23PM]

DLed this a couple days ago. Threw the dude a couple dollars via paypal, because he did a good job. There are a couple weird issues but all of these theme have something you don't like. Fallout 3 ftw! :)

[Grape Drink Posted Apr 20th 2009 1:46PM]

He needs a stimpack on his arm!

That's the coolest theme I have seen on a phone!

[tonythetigerx2 Posted Apr 20th 2009 1:35PM]

Heck yeah! I just bought a 8900 (awesome phone). I hope this theme works for it.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 1:35PM]

I'm incredible envious!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 1:36PM]

drool.

[geniusofthecrowd Posted Apr 20th 2009 1:43PM]

There was an amazing Pip Boy 3000 theme for ThrottleLauncher which works on Windows Mobile but Bethesda shutdown the theme with a cease and desist letter which I am sure will happen with this theme also.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=491422

[BigD145 Posted Apr 20th 2009 1:54PM]

IT'S JUST A THEME.

/goes back to sleep

[Gaucho85 Posted Apr 20th 2009 1:57PM]

I've been waiting for someone to make a Pipboy-3000 iphone/ipod touch app for a while. :(

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 2:03PM]

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/new-skins-themes-launches/570291-ipip-pipboy-3000-theme.html

Iphone/Ipod Touch devices are coming out with this theme as well

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 3:34PM]

There's already an OK one for Winterboard up on Cydia, not as good as this, but not too bad either.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 2:24PM]

Can I win?

[superhobo Posted Apr 20th 2009 2:27PM]

Ok, now I want a blackberry.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 2:46PM]

so much win

[Felipe M Posted Apr 20th 2009 3:28PM]

any chance of a motorola l7/razr version of this? it would be fun to have a variant of this for my l7c.

[cardfan Posted Apr 20th 2009 3:35PM]

Looks stupid.

[ahha Posted Apr 20th 2009 4:13PM]

"Funny how everyone gets upset about this obvious joke/rip on engadget for saying every device known to man is iphone-like."
ok ok, i just laughed. now i know it's a joke
/sarcasm

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 4:23PM]

That is awesome on so many levels! (Radiation levels that is!)

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 7:06PM]

hey everyone.... Demetrios here...

sadly to say Bethesda reported that crackberry take down their link to my Pipboy 3000 theme..

now i dont know what im suppose to do... for now the only thing i guess is to check other blackberry theme sites... still around there till they cut them down to....

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 9:53PM]

Did u find the theme

[Guibs Posted Apr 21st 2009 10:22AM]

Well, I'm glad I was able to download it before it was taken down. It's currently rocking my 8830 and I like it a LOT.

thanks!

[isamisis Posted Nov 6th 2009 6:02PM]

Would anyone who has this theme be willing to email it to me? I arrived late to the party and the theme has been taken down. I'm not a cop or any enforcer of any kind - I just think the theme is awesome and I want to try it out. Thanks for your time.

[robochris Posted Apr 20th 2009 7:39PM]

Fallout 3 for the Xbox SUX! It's full of bugs that will do nothing but piss you off.
I was half way through the game when a bug made the right thumb stick stop working.
The only fix was to start over.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 10:04PM]

after this happening tomorrow im going to sell it back at gamestop.... lol

[Quikboy Posted Apr 20th 2009 11:03PM]

If Engadget is going to talk about themes, they should really mention the new themes the some people have made for Windows Mobile 6.5 that are pretty good, including an Ubuntu and Heineken theme.

http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090418/windows-mobile-65-personalization-themes-titanium-plugins/

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 21st 2009 12:03PM]

I downloaded this theme via BlackBerry, but could not figure out how to activate it. It's not listed in the themes even after I removed the battery and restarted.
I downloaded the OTA when Crackberry had it up, never done a custom, theme any help would be appreciated.