Quick Tips: Color your BlackBerry trackball

by Jessica Dolcourt

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There's a not-so-secret secret that BlackBerry Pearl owners in the know have been using to impress the socks off those astute enough to notice the glowing neon ball at the center of the handset. And that it isn't glowing white.

The trick is owed to a little software application called ColorPearl, which beams out multihued lights from RIM's famous navigation pearl by taking advantage of...well, we don't want to spoil the plot. Tune into this Quick Tip video from CNET Producer Randall Bennett to see the amazing Technicolor sphere in action.

Topics:: Mobile Software

Tags:: ColorPearl,; BlackBerry,; Peal

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by coolkev May 22, 2008 5:41 AM PDT: this is a way cool feature, but i had a weird problem when i installed this on my pearl. After about a year of having this on my phone, mostly sticking with the darker color, when the phone was shut off, the ball wouldn't return to its normal color of white, it would stay dark. I dont know if this had to do with the phone or what. I no longer have the pearl as i have the 8320 now, but just beware that if you install it and you have the same problem, it might be the colorpearl program; Reply to this comment