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Derek Kessler Wed, 03 Mar 2010 4:52 pm EST
Welcome to Round Table, which is in fact not a table at all. Round Table is a continuing series on PreCentral where we pose a question to the staff and they provide their thoughts and insights. The question could be something simple like “what’s your favorite webOS app?” or something a bit more complicated, like “why did Palm choose the creepy lady?” Or maybe we’ll just end up chatting about our favorite version of Law & Order, you never know. Today, however, we're taking a more personal look at ourselves and our devices and putting our wallpapers on the line. Check it out, after the break.
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 Craig: I am using the Shaun White wallpaper from the U.S. Olympic Medalists thread. The black background looks great on the black phone. I especially like how it look with the clear launcher and icons from the iPhone Black Launcher. The icons seem like they were designed for this background but it is just a coincidence. Typically I use the dark wallpapers from the Music Player (Remix) Wallpaper Gallery because they look so good with the iPhone Black Launcher theme.
But this Shawn White photo is a special case!
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 Derek: My wallpaper is a tribute to my geekiness, especially as a Star Trek fan. If you follow me on Twitter you've likely seen me post an occasional 3D render of a model I'm working on - the Akira-class starship. Yeah, I'm an editor on a website dedicated to a niche smartphone and a Star Trek fan that tinkers around in Cinema 4D making spaceships. Derek Kessler: Übergeek, at your service. This is an at-warp render of the ship - at this time the model wasn't exactly super-detailed, so stretching into zoom-fast warp speed made for a quick dynamic background for my laptop, and eventually my phone. 3D modeling is something I do in my spare time when the mood strikes me, and while I'm nowhere near as proficient as those that are paid to do this, I do enjoy it and am proud of the progress I've made with my modeling since picking it up a few years ago. Plus it makes up for the fact that I'm too much of a klutz to try and build a physical model of this thing.
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 Dieter: My wallpaper is my great great grandfather on my mother's mother's side. His name was Nels and he's pictured here doing his job as a blacksmith - grinding a plow. I like it because it's visually striking but not too distracting (I prefer my wallpapers dark). Actually, I like it because it reminds me of my heritage of Nordic work ethic.
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 Jason: Up until a while ago, I had the dark "I Can Haz Pre" PreCentral wallpaper, as a testament to how incredibly long I had waited before I got a Pre. My current wallpaper is this nice textured Canadian flag. As my friends will tell you, I love Canada, and I thought this specific wallpaper fit well. The textured red and white looks great with the quick launch bar over it, and most importantly, it doesn't make the lock screen clock look bad. In addition, the red bars on the sides gives a nice framing look to the device's screen and when cards are minimized.
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 Jonathan: I tend to rotate among pics I’ve taken with my Pre’s camera, often of low-flying aircraft. In this case, this is a pic that I also managed to crop directly on my Pre, by zooming in the pic viewer and then taking a screenshot. I like the colors, as well as the way the gull in the upper-left corner appears to be the same size as the landing airplane.
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 Robert: I dig cityscapes - my current background is downtown Portland Oregon viewed from the east side of the Willamette at night - alternating between those kinds of pictures and ones that I take with the phone. This particular background makes the phone, and the lock screen especially, look cool with its darker, subdued tones.
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 Chuq Von Rospach, Developer Community Manager, Palm, Inc: I’ve created a set of wallpapers that are free for people to use; this is one of the first; I’ll be doing more down the road. The first set is designed to help promote a cause I’m supporting, Images Without Borders, where photographers can donate images for sale to raise funds for Doctors Without Borders and their work in Haiti. I've put a post on my blog explaining the whole thing. I currently have five images available through Images Without Borders, and five wallpapers of those images available for free use from the links in that posting.
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I rotate out a bunch of wallpapers, mainly going for whatever I am in the mood in. I currently sport Darth Vader on Napoleon's horse, that famous painting.
I also frequently rotate out pictures of wolves because I like wolves and think we can learn a lot about ourselves through them.
I also use the ECO standard wallpaper from the ECO theme. That one is great.
My daughter dominates my wallpapers. Nothing comes close for me. :)
Wallpaper Switcheroo for me.....never know what picture will come up next. :)
I use the P! theme found from the theme feed. I've been looking for a better FLCL wallpaper but really nothing is as elegant or as simple as P! It also lets me have an anime based theme at work. As much as I love my Mithra crop wallpaper or an anime based wallpaper, I'm always a little embarrassed when I unlock it among coworkers.
Mithra wallpaper:
http://www.everythingpre.com/palm-pre-wallpapers/anime/3879-mithra-final...
hahaha, so true.
Redditor?
Ha, that looks like the stairs and escalator at CES in Vegas.
Can you provide the source for this? Just wondering who created it...
I used to rotate through a bunch of nature and other shots, but now my fiancee is my permanent background. I have a great pic that she sent me of her doing a kissy-face and I love looking at it. 8^D
Wallpaper Switcharoo for me, too. I have about 1500 pictures, of which about 1400 of them are pictures of my daughter who is currently 16 months old, and the pics range from birth thru today. Then I have about 100 pics of just "funny" pics or cool wallpapers I have collected, may from precentral forums!
I use WallRevolve from the App Catalog set to search on the keyword "river" on Flickr.
I also like striking dark black and white wallpapers, but also use the top bar scrim patch and the hide launcher bar to get the best from my pics.
Ever wish you could minimize all your cards so you can see that wallpaper you love?
Well, forgive me for making a shameless plug here, but every time people get excited about great wallpapers, I would like to point out ClearCard.
Check out ClearCard Free to get an idea of how it works, but it allows you to keep your wallpaper nice and visible without closing all the apps you use all the time.
I really like the Shaun White one. Thanks for sharing.
Haha shameless plug indeed, but I think Clear Card is pretty great. I love keeping cards open and being able to see my nice backgrounds.
There's an image I found buried in WebOS.
It adds a psuedo speed to the phone when the cards are minimized. And the new awful launcher is doing it's thing.
I don't spend much time looking at the wallpaper so the blur, which would annoy me on a desktop, works.
I'm currently sporting the wet, green leaf that comes stock. At one point, I had a picture of some random woman sitting on a bench at the mall, just cause I was amazed how well the random shot came out. I think I lost the picture, though, which makes me very sad.
I use the Alex Ross Superman found here:
http://supermantv.net/art/data/media/28/Alex_Ross.jpg
I like the primary colors combined with the black background and like Jason's it makes the lock screen/clock look great!
Wanted to make a black/red wallpaper to match it with my Vaja case and have it for a Prestyle for multi-tasking :) I have the dock hovered a bit because I always have something in my notification bar, mostly weather dashboard and tasks.
C:\Documents and Settings\ward\My Documents\My Pictures\Pre Screenshots\Better screen shot_antelope canyon.png
Trying to post mine...
You should upload to the Pre wallpaper gallery that way you can show it in here.
Trying to post mine...but I have no html talent it seems. Mine is a shot from inside Antelope Canyon in Arizona...a slot canyon in beautiful red sandstone, with a shaft of sunlight streaming into the center of the photo. I hope to visit one day...looks like a place to get inspiration.
I can't even seem to insert a link, but here is the 'text' of the link:
http://forums.precentral.net/attachments/palm-pre-wallpapers/42491d12671...
Here you go, to post images you can use (img src=Html address) but replace the () with
and sweet photograph, almost looks like a painting :)
Thanks for the info. I've edited my post like 5 times. Oh.. and I totally saw your pic in the forums and snagged it for myself. So Thanks twice!
Your welcome :) Always glad to help out, its one of our fish downfall:( lol, j/K :D ahh, glad you like! Thanks for that.
Thanks LupeValenz! I'll try that...
Your welcome! and it's fine calling me Lupe :D.
I use any of these 2 photos I took in japan last summer:
Asakusa?
I used to switch between photos of my cats acting stupid (which they excel at) but now I use some of the wallpaper apps to find some more creative stuff. I don't love how a lot of the stuff I find is photoshopped until it just looks rediculous (a car parked ON the ocean?) but you can findsome real gems, even using the free wallpaper apps.
I'm a huge fan of Mega Man & Street Fighter 4 and currently use this wallpaper I've designed below.
Feel free to use it, share it and Follow me SpeedBrkr on Twitter!
I use a nice color rendition of an Orion's Belt Hubble photo. I used to use various photos of beautiful women, but my ex-GF (and current friend) complained about it constantly, so I caved. For now.
in my experience exes staying friends generally ends badly. Especially when you try to return to your "manly" (for lack of a better term) roots.
Oh man that is killer!!
I rotate through alot of comic book characters I find when I search google images. Currently is a close-up of the right eye of the Iron Man mask, I kept that one for now cause my wife made fun of me for going through four wallpapers over the weekend. Also because I learned how to change the palm boot logo so I have a picture of Iron Man with his chest glowing.
OK...give details! How do you get Iron Man with his chest glowing during boot up?
http://forums.precentral.net/webos-patches/187400-change-palm-glow-color...
Just resized a picture from google. Left one the same and did glowing circle on the chest one the other. The boot screen just fades between two pictures I just replace those and it does it all itself. At first I forgot to resize to fit on the pre's resolution. So make sure you do that. When I figure out how I will post a vid of it.
I like the wallpapers from Vladstudio
http://vladstudio.com/
You can get the wallpapers in 320x480, too.
I rotate through alot of comic book characters I find when I search google images. Currently is a close-up of the right eye of the Iron Man mask, I kept that one for now cause my wife made fun of me for going through four wallpapers over the weekend. Also because I learned how to change the palm boot logo so I have a picture of Iron Man with his chest glowing.
I use switcharoo
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+1
Switcheroo(Free) all the way. Because I like my own wallpapers. Currently cycling through the stock images, a lot of Marvel, Danbo and b/w architecture. Here's one of my faves:
i have about 120 images of various zombies and other zombie related images. Switcharoo keeps them moving along every hour...... :)
I've got the Palm Logo (with a wedge cut out to resemble Pac man) gobbling up ghosts (Apples) that I found on Prethemer. Added PacMan game sounds for ringer, notifications, events. My personal rebellion against that Apple phone.
http://www.prethemer.com/Anti_Apple_Pac-Man-wallpaper119.html
My kids love when i use my Muno Wallpaper.
but most of the time i use this one:
Hey, it's a LifeDrive! :) {Jonathan}
I cycle through a bunch of different Eboy wallpapes. I'm all about showing off the Pre's vibrant screen.
Would you mind sending me those wallpapers? Ever since the engadget review I've loved that type of pixel art.
billybennett(at)gmail.com
I use the zombie wallpaper app from the app cat. It has AWESOME pics and who doesn't like zombies. I currently have the one with the kid right now but it's about time for a change.
I cycle through about 70 blue macro/artsy wall papers. This is one of my favorites:
I like my papers, dark, rough and/or relatively minimalistic most of the time.
Switcharoo mostly... but I always end up coming back to this one...
http://www.everythingpre.com/palm-pre-wallpapers/abstract/2696-my-coffee...
"Coffee is a heavenly cordial."
I use almost all eboy wallpapers, or cool space ones. Like, a planet earth with a nice black background.
But mostly eboy. Here's a bunch of them:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ctieman/sets/72157621251921888/
I'm using this picture i took in Frankfurt last year:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dx-fotografie/3811162585/
I use a photo of HAL 9000, with the words: "Just what do you think you're trying to do, Dave?"
Or, my daughter. Or something stupid I find on the net. Gotta switch it up!
I'm a huge letch, and like artistic photos... so usually an artfully taken nude photo of a model of some sort. So, yeah, nude chicks strategically posed.
Everyone that knows me knows that along with my love for technology, I'm a huge anime fan. My wallpaper usually varies from different animes that I like. Currently I have Naruto as my wallpaper.
sweet!!!!! i also use naruto pics for wallpapers, iam currently using this one here
of course i have others dat i switch out from day to day!
Right now, loving the dark wallpapers. This one comes from Threadless.
Mine is an ode to the best vid game ever (or until Switcheroo does its thing):
OMFG!!! where did you get this and how do i find it?! :D
I rather enjoy this setup as well for some reason.
Not sure where the background came from....
But the icons must have come from some GNOME theme, similar to Gartoon. I wouldn't mind knowing which theme those icons are found in...
Fractals...google image fractal
i switch between wallpapers and themes when i'm at work but right now it's on madara with his mask on from naruto showing his one sharingan eye with the red and white theme
This is my background:
I do photography. It's hard to justify not having a picture you like as your desktop background.
Mine is the logo for left 4 dead 2 (a game I play alot). You can get it from preware or prethemer (http://www.prethemer.com/Left_4_Dead_2-theme1530.html)
hahah Derek is such a geek.
I love it.
I use one that came with a theme I used to use (credit to the designer of the theme - don't remember the username)
It's simple, but I like the colors
Dieter and Chuq:
You can't honestly use the contacts app??? What's the point? You have (or I should say I assume) you open it and type the contacts name, just like you would with universal search.
They've got the default set-up for the dock - guess a recent doctoring is the fault.
http://idesigniphone.net/wallpapers/54579.png its the pre lady!
It's the cover from the last MURS album:
just looks cool, dark but bright at the same time.
I love the Star Trek geekiness. My main wallpaper was the Voyager communicator on my Army ACUs (camoflage uniform).
I use PLAIN BLACK. It is "supposed" to use the least amount of power.
I searched for some wallpapers from Cross Game, my favorite new anime series. Since I found none the right size, I tweaked some myself. Then I put them online. If you Google "palm pre" "cross game," it is now the first hit, heh.
I've been a big fan of Adachi Mitsuru and his manga and anime since the 1980's.
I am currently using this one:
I was thinking of making a theme to go with it. Maybe some day.
The rest are here:
http://www.anysize.org/~ashi/mobile-wallpapers/
This is my custom homescreen background =) That is my beautiful fiance whom graces my Pre's screen with her tranquil beauty.
...and everyone goes 'gah gah' over Androids customization traits? webOS can play along just as well >=]
I use this pic of my two kids from a 3d show in Disney. It is so funny when you turn on the Palm Pre Plus and Collin's face comes up - it's like he's saying "What the hell do you want now?"
I use my personal one, taken right outside in front of my door: