The hip new e-mail app is an alternative interface for Gmail accounts (yes, it only works with Gmail).

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"The iPhone touch-screen interface is not as optimal as the BlackBerry interface for e-mail, " said Shahid Khan, a partner at IBB Consulting Group.

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Simple navigation, texting and e-mail are enabled by a refined user-interface and fast text input.

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Mail account because of its universal accessibility and convenient interface.

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Apparently you cannot comment on how poorly the interface works if you do not use Google Mail.

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Sadly, Pebble won't be making its way to backers by its original September estimate, but the design team wants you to know that it's hard at work, traveling the world to source components, running shipping tests and spending time refining the user interface in order to provide a top-notch experience once you do receive your device in the mail.

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Blogger has a simple interface for writing posts and uploading photos, which is similar to using a Web-based e-mail service to write an e-mail.

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That said, for users running Microsoft Windows and using Outlook as their mail client, Microsoft's MSN desktop search beats its competitors hands down, primarily because of a superior user interface that integrates better with other Windows programs.

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