Anna themes work on 3rd Edition too, you know...

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This may seem like something you kind of knew already, but just in case... the mass of 'official' Anna themes appearing regularly in the Ovi Store (i.e. with all the new icons, animations, background and transitions) also work fine with many of the older S60 3rd Edition (i.e. non-touch-driven) smartphones. See below for an example.

Giving your smartphone a facelift by applying a new theme has always been a popular (and often free) option. With the change in official Symbian icon set for Anna, giving your phone the 2011 'look' has never been more appropriate. Even if your smartphone was created in 2008....

Publishers MMMOOO are perhaps the best place to start, since their themes are as official as you can get, being used in some of Nokia's product materials. I made a beeline for 'Glows Symbian Anna', since it looked like it was dark enough to work well on my N86's AMOLED screen and yet still have plenty of attractive colour to it.

Screenshot, Anna themes on 3rd Edition Screenshot, Anna themes on 3rd Edition 

Searching for 'Anna' in the Store client is a good start. Some S60 5th Edition models are mentioned but many 3rd Edition ones also work fine.

Screenshot, Anna themes on 3rd Edition  Screenshot, Anna themes on 3rd Edition Screenshot, Anna themes on 3rd Edition 

And here the theme is, in action. Anna on 3rd Edition does go. Well, the theme parts of it, at any rate!!

Screenshot, Anna themes on 3rd Edition Screenshot, Anna themes on 3rd Edition 

The theme also includes such items as backgrounds for use in certain applications, e.g. here in Music player.

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Steve Litchfield, All About Symbian, 23 July 2011