The iPhone (left) uses a familiar hierarchical folder list that you can navigate to and from easily. The BlackBerry (right) displays folders as well, but navigating among them is difficult, as is telling apart mail accounts. Also, when you move messages on your computer into a folder, the BlackBerry keeps a copy in your main inbox, keeping it cluttered. By contrast, the iPhone keeps folders synced both ways.

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