Blackberry User Interface Design - Customizable UI?

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Published on 2009-09-18T17:45:39Z Indexed on 2010/03/25 9:23 UTC
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I am trying to design a Blackberry Application and I am wondering if there are any resources on how to create custom user interface elements, skin existing ones and what other possibilities are there?

I have developed a few iPhone applications with custom UI and stuff, so not sure what BB world offers in terms of UI development.

Any tips, suggestions or ideas would be great.

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