Worse, e-mail is rarely the best medium for addressing the issues and opportunities at hand.

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And when I took a strong stand last week online and in FORTUNE magazine criticizing the Harvard Business Review's recent article entitled "IT Doesn't Matter, " many of you took to the glorious modern medium of e-mail.

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"It's a new medium, don't treat it like e-mail, " Tyler says.

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But the BlackBerry doesn't handle lengthy e-mail any better than the Palm VII--its smaller screen transforms even medium-length messages into marathon scrolling exercises.

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