Large, tactile buttons control basic operation, menu and media management.

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In short: you no longer have a pull-out settings menu, but the basic settings -- brightness, geotagging, white balance, flash, and digital zoom -- are along the right-hand side of the viewfinder.

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From the second you select the Twitter for BlackBerry icon from the main menu, it's apparent that RIM is focused on basic functionality.

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The UI reminds us of a simplistic feature phone geared toward the basic user, with six icons on the front screen including an app menu.

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