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Dotsisx over at Symbian-Guru has started a new weekly focus, spotlighting a themer from the S60 community each Friday. This past Friday was one I hadn’t heard of, DhanuSaud. I really like him cause he uses Flahorn’s icon pack, which you may remember I go ga-ga over for my E71. DhanuSaud also uses SVG backgrounds, so that they look great no matter what size or orientation your phone’s display is in - this also means they’ll work great on the Nokia E71!

His best one, in my opinion, is called Alpha, and he’s just updated it to fix a few text input fields that weren’t working quite right. I’ve got the version with Flahorn icons loaded up on my E71, and as you can see, it even addresses those pesky GPS and Media folders! Brilliant!

You can download Alpha v1.1 for FP1 devices here (both default and Flahorn icon packs are included).

There’s no better way to start the week than with a fresh new theme for your phone, and today is no exception. I’ve come across Lithium, from PiZero, who has recently started using Flahorn’s icon pack in his themes! Lithium is a blue-tinted theme that looks somewhat like the Matrix screens.

Unfortunately, Lithium doesn’t replace all of the system folders on the E71, such as the GPS, Communication, and Office folders, as well as the Download! app. Other than that, the theme looks great, and nearly completely rids us once again of those horrific default icons.

You can download Lithium for free from PiZero’s great looking new site here.

Great apologies for the lack of posting. I’ve spent the last several days poring through various forums around the interwebs, desperately seeking themes for the E71 that use the Flahorn Icon Pack, which looks really close to the older S60v3 default icons, instead of these ugly grey things.

I spent the better part of a week installing and uninstalling themes from the Nokia E71, to bring you only themes that I’ve tested and approved. Without further ado, here are 6 themes for your E71 using Flahorn’s AWESOME icon pack.

First up, from ICEman, is basically the default Eseries theme, only with Flahorn Icons. This is the most complete one, as even the GPS and Office folders are changed.

You can download this here.

Another great one is called Symbian OS 9x by k1slenko. Unfortunately, the GPS and Office icons (as will be the case with the remainder of the themes) are not changed. However, if you delete these, and recreate them manually, you’ll be rid of those ugly things once and for all!

You can download this one here.

Next up is the default S60v3 FP2 theme, with the updated icons. This one is straight from P@sco, a great themer who also blogs at jaspp.net.

Download this one here.

Another classy theme is called ‘ilikediswayFP1′ by Dhanu. This one looks really good on the E71, particularly.

You can download this here.

Mauikek B is another theme directly from Flahorn himself. The icons are colored, but designed the same as the others, and it looks really good on the Nokia E71’s display.

You can download this one here.

The last theme I found with the excellent Flahorn icon pack is called Calm, by Ahmed.

You can download this one here.

I also found the Haze by Bandez theme, which looks like the theme shown off in the S60 Touch previews on S60.com. The icons on this look great, too.

You can download this one here.

In case you’re wondering about my menu setup, I used this awesome walkthrough/setup from Symbian-Guru, which works really well and has everything in a logical place.

Vaibhav at The Symbian Blog has put together a list of three themes which fit well on the Nokia E71. Noting that a great theme can make or break the handset’s overall appeal. Vaibhav went to task to find the best themes to fit with his grey steel E71.

All three use custom icon sets that actually serve to somewhat hide the terribly ugly new default icons on the E71. Since the rest of the icons in each theme are dark in color, and somewhat drab, they fit nicely, which is rather nice to see. The three themes are below:

BabiNokia’s Dark in Grey: Download

BabiNokia’s White Brown: Download

Giambi’s Stylish: Download

With the Nokia E71’s 2.4″ QVGA display set in landscape mode, it’s important to find themes that look good. The funky new icons that are the default on the E71 make this a daunting task, since they don’t necessarily match with every theme. Not to worry, I took the afternoon off to go theme hunting for those lucky few who already have their devices.

I picked out four themes that I think you’ll like, and that should look awesome on the E71’s landscape display. I tested the themes on the E66, and confirm that the look good. Without further ado, here’s the themes:

The first is Abstract6, from Phil The WebSurfer. You can check out his whole collection here.

Download Abstract6 by PTWS

Next up is a personal favorite, called Mask, and again from our friend Phil The WebSurfer. *Note that to install Mask, you’ll need to set your phone’s clock back to anytime in 2007. Once the theme is installed you can set your clock back to the correct date.*

Download Mask by PTWS

Another blue theme, Blue Oil by Taieb. You can check out his other themes at TaiebThemes.com, as well.

Download Blue Oil by Taieb

Last but certainly not least is one that I found over at Symbian-Guru.com, called Relax by a themer named Travis.

Download Relax by Travis

Enjoy the themes, and be sure to let me know what other themes you find that work well in the forums!