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Pre-configured Java-based push POP3/IMAP email options are offered for Yahoo!, AOL, AIM, Hotmail, Comcast, Earthlink, Juno, MindSpring and NetZero. There also are pre-configured settings for AIM, Windows Live and Yahoo!

In a massive oversight, there's no pre-configured option for Gmail, and there doesn't seem to be a way to add an email domain not on the list, such .Mac for Apple or any other personalized domain.

You can set the phone to alert you when new mail comes in.

Texting is eased by the QWERTY keyboard, although the space bar is a little small. You can address messages to up to 10 recipients. Text conversations are threaded but with no delineation between sender and sendee, just line after line of plain white-on-black text with a right caret at the start of the line of a received message.

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Samsung Propel A767

2.2" display 220 x 176 pixels
1,000 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Hardware Text Keyboard

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