Yep. Just spend some time playing with the device and you'll learn a WHOLE lot about it. I have had two BBs and most of the functionality of those is available on this. But other features, like swiping to the left or right while viewing messages will take you to the next or previous, depending on where you are in the list of messages. Tons of cool little tricks, just stay at it and you'll find them all.
There's also a thread on here that highlights some of the features; I believe it's a sticky.