Email app poorly designed

I'm seriously disappointed with the email app usability. It's seriously limited, which really is surprizing given Apple's usual attention to UI details. My biggest beef so far is the lack of intuitive design, especially with adding attachments. Seriously, it's not intuitive at all!!! Secondly, the lack of integration between the my contacts and any third party; yes, I know there are apps for this, but for all Apple's hype their solution is weak. Come on Apple is this the best you can do??!!!

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Hey mishi,
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I appreciate the feedback on the seperate email application. I will pass on this feedback.
In the meantime BlackBerry Hub is used to send and receive emails and i'm not sure if there will be a seperate icon in the near future.
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