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Review: BlackBerry 9670 Style

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Whether you're a corporate user or a Yahoo user, the Style handles Exchange, POP3 and IMAP4 accounts with no problem. Users can add up to 10 different email accounts to the Style. It can display HTML email, but the phone is fussy about downloading images for those emails. Options abound, and there are simple controls to perform actions such as replying, forwarding, and so on.

The SMS/MMS client now offers better threaded messaging. Messages are called out in text bubbles that help to visually separate the different sides of the conversation. Adding any sort of media to outgoing messages is a breeze. Content is nicely embedded in the text bubbles.

BlackBerry Messenger is on board, of course, to allow for PIN-based messaging. Using BBM lets users avoid SMS charges and offers tools such as received/read receipts.

If BBM isn't your thing, the Style also offers Yahoo Messenger, AIM, Windows Live, and Google Talk IM clients.

All of these messaging services (and social networking, too) are wrapped together in a master inbox and the notification bar. While useful, both can be overwhelming. Some people may want to exclude their Twitter @replies from their main inbox. That's the tack I'd take were this my personal phone. Same goes for some Facebook messages. You can hide the entire master inbox and retrieve messages each from its own account inbox, if you wish. If you have multiple email accounts, Twitter accounts, Facebook, and so on, arranging all these into a usable stream takes patience.

I'd rather see the social networking apps pulled out of the master inbox and aggregated in their own spot.

Lastly, the Style lets you read your messages on the exterior display. When a new message arrives, you'll see a notification on the external display. Using the volume toggle keys, you can choose to open up and read your SMS and MMS messages and see how many unread emails you have

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BlackBerry Style 9670

2.7" display 360 x 400 pixels
1,150 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Hardware Text Keyboard, Headphone Jack (3.5mm)

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