One cool thing about the Nokia N900 is the ability to customize how it looks. The device features 4 side-scrolling homescreens, each of which can have their own wallpaper. Themes are also supported, which will be able to personalize various other graphical elements, such as icons and that sort of thing. We’ve come across two great resources that should make it easier to do both to your Nokia N900.
First up, we already know that the Theme Maker application for previous tablets has been updated to support the Nokia N900. Andrew Black has also recently posted a great walkthrough to guide you, step-by-step, through the process of building your theme package so that it can be easily distributed to N900 owners through the Extras repository.
Second, for wallpapers, you have a few options. For starters, you can easily create your own. Simply crop your images to 800×480 pixels, and then stick them in the .images directory on your tablet. Alternatively, you can visit N900wallpapers.com, which has an awesome collection of wallpapers for you to choose from – all community-uploaded. The upload process at N900wallpapers.com has been streamlined, and now allows you to upload an image that is 480px tall and a multiple of 800px wide (800, 1600, 2400, 3200), and it will automatically split the image into the appropriate number of parts, based on the width. Definitely cool, and worth bookmarking on your N900.
I’ve gone ahead, for those of you who knew this was coming, and created a 4-pack of beautiful camo backgrounds for the Nokia N900, so that you can easily conceal your device and just look cool at the same time. You can download them at N900wallpapers.com. Alternatively, you can download and unzip Camo into your Images folder, and then choose the ‘Camo’ image set on your device to automatically set all 4 desktops to camo.
Have you already found a bunch of cool wallpapers for your N900? Please share the links in the comments, so we can all check them out! I’m personally really excited to see some themes coming out, specifically from the excellent Symbian themers like TehkSeven and others.
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