Are you stuck with a BlackBerry at work but really want an iPhone? There's no magic trick to physically convert your BlackBerry into an iPhone, but you can install the free "bPhone for BlackBerry" theme and make your BlackBerry feel like an iPhone.

The theme will reskin your Blackberry icons with iPhone icons and even replaces the hourglass with the OS X spinning beach ball.

You can install the bPhone theme here if you are reading this on your phone right now or check out the author's website here.

Here's a step-by-step bPhone install tutorial:

1. open this link on your phone
2. Select your BlackBerry phone model (ie. the curve is the 8300).
3. Select the "Icon" theme
4. Enter in your BlackBerry email address
5. A download link will be emailed to your phone
   
6. Download the bPhone theme on your phone
7. Go to Prefs on your phone
8. Select the bPhone theme
9. Enable the bPhone theme
   

That's it!


But before you install the theme, please make sure your BlackBerry meets the following requirements:

• 8700 series: BlackBerry OS 4.2.1 or later. WARNING: You MUST have OS 4.2.1 or later or you may render your BlackBerry 8700 unusable! Go to Options > About to check your OS version.
• Pearl (all versions): BlackBerry OS 4.2.1 or later
• Curve (all versions) and 8830: BlackBerry OS 4.2.2 or later
• 8800: BlackBerry OS 4.2.1 or later

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