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An email account integration is deleted from the BlackBerry Internet Service account but the icon for that integration is still present on the BlackBerry smartphone.

Cause: The service book for the particular email integration is not removed

Perform a hard reset of the BlackBerry smartphone by completing the steps outlined in KB02141. The icon, as well as the service book for that integration, will be removed.

Orange, O2 and Vodafone have all collaborated to develop a mobile broadcast system, capable of delivering data-intensive services. The new system means users will soon be able watch TV on their handsets.

The multi-operator pilot, which will run for three months commencing in October 2010 in central London and Slough, will assess how mobile broadcast services can be deployed using shared network infrastructure.

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For information on how to use the browser on your BlackBerry smartphone, see the usability video. Depending on the service provider and integration option (BlackBerry Enterprise Server or BlackBerry Internet Service), more than one browser may appear on the BlackBerry smartphone. continue

Apple will launch iPhone 4, the thinnest smartphone in the world with the highest resolution display ever built into a phone on 24th June.

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Recycling and waste management firm Biffa has awarded Vodafone UK a £1.75 million, three-year contract to provide it with mobile communication services.

Vodafone will enable Biffa to relay information between its 1,500 refuse collection trucks and the Biffa head office in High Wycombe via a secure, dedicated data link across Vodafone UK’s network so that Biffa can capture information like proof of collection more efficiently. It will also be able to identify vehicle locations. Vodafone will provide Biffa with a total of 3,100 devices, including BlackBerry smartphones, as part of the deal. continue

Vodafone today announced that nearly 450,000 Vodafone customers have signed up to its music subscription services since it signed DRM-free deals with all four major labels in 2009. This customer base gives Vodafone stewardship over the largest number of paying music subscribers in Europe.

In the month of December 2009 over 100,000 customers signed up to one of a range of music services offered across the 8 largest Vodafone markets in Europe. Growth in customer subscription numbers is being driven both by great value monthly bundles as well as unlimited access subscription services.

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Vodafone are set to offer a subsidised version of the Nexus One after winning the right to become the first operator to sell the new handset in Europe. It is however a “non-exclusive agreement”, meaning other networks could also offer the phone soon. A Vodafone spokesperson stated the Nexus One will be available “in the coming weeks”.

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RIM has released BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.1 MR1 which officially adds support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.

From the Release Notes:

• To support Microsoft Exchange 2010, verify that your organization’s environment includes Microsoft Exchange 2010 Update Rollup 1.

• To support Microsoft Exchange 2010, on the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, install MAPI client and CDO 1.2.1 version 6.5.8146.0 or later.

View the Release Notes here.

Download the Maintenance Release here.

Google is setting up to compete with mobile phone providers with its own brand handset, and a phone service providing free calls.

Google has already launched its Android operating system, but this handset will be the first official Google phone bearing the company logo.

Google will continue working with HTC to make the new handset, which will be one of the most sophisticated smartphones in the world when it is released. continue

O2 UK’s 3G HSDPA network currently covers around 85 percent of the population and it plans to make substantial improvements. O2 UK has invested half a billion pounds in its 3G network over the last two years and has now scheduled a further investment of hundreds of millions of pounds over the coming years.

The 3G network growth and investment will accelerate growth of the 3G network and make sure its 3G mobile phone and mobile broadband customers have adequate mobile data bandwidth.
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