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I recently had the problem that the BlackBerry Enterprise server I am administrating was not able to determine the status of the device configuration of a user. The Configuration Status allways said Device State Invalid. A look into the POLC log file brought up the following lines:

Device contains various instances of module "GoogleMaps"
The current state for PIN 2100000A is not available.
{tom@anywhere.com, PIN=2100000A, UserId=2}RequestHandler::PollForMissingApps: GetHHCodePackages failed with the error: HHCM_NO_STATE_INFO_FOR_PIN.
RequestHandler::PollForMissingApps: Completed Poll For Missing Apps, elapsed time 0 seconds.
RequestHandler::DoWork - PollForMissingApps failed.

I found this entry in blackberryforums discussing the issue and this entry in the BlackBerry knowledge base. To resolve the issue I looked into the table SyncDeviceMgmtas described in the knowledge base and found two entries for GoogleMaps in the list for the user configuration that had the problem. After deleting the invalid entry and refreshing the configuration state in the BlackBerry Enterprise Manager the state could be retrieved again.

As I pointed out in my last post, I installed the officially released BlackBerry OS 4.5.0.37 on my BlackBerry 8800. Afterwards I had troubles with running my beloved map applications Google Maps for mobiles and BlackBerry Maps.

I found this post on blackberryforums.com discussing the issue. It seems that the software configuration I made on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server was the reason why Google Maps did stop to work at 90% of the initialization. The policy did not allow to read the cell information from the phone and this premission could not be changed on the device. I had to allow it in the software configuration or to remove my BlackBerry user from the software configuration.

To get BlackBerry Maps running again I had to remove the old service book entries from the device and to download and install an older version (v. 1.2).

Release dates of the BlackBerry Bold pop up around the world: Rogers release may happen on 25th of June and Vodafone’s current date is 30th July and has they have the Bold already up on their UK website. Lets see what this means for my carrier the Mobilkom Austria which is a partner of Vodafone.

This concept video of Firefox mobile looks promising. I hope the next generation BlackBerry devices will be able to run it - although the concept is focused on touchscreen devices.

A lot new information for us BlackBerry fans while the WES is going on. While the BlackBerry Bold was officially announced on the first day:

BG wrote about another BlackBerry device coming out this year: The BlackBerry touchscreen device (codename Thunder) many rumors this year already talked about. Although I am quite sure I would prefer the Bold against the Thunder I am very curious about how the Thunder will look and feel like.

Meanwhile the first “sepcial customers” get the Bold while rumors predict that the Bold will be available some when between October and December this year. This seems way to far away - I need one now!

Another two interesting things from the WES: There will be multiple battery covers for the BlackBerry Bold in different colors feeling like some sort of leather. Unify4Life shows some interesting kind of software for the BlackBerry that allows to control your home entertainment system.

Something funny at the end: I think this video of the RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie shows that he has a lot of humor:

Today Opera Mini 4.1 was released. This version comes with the following new features:

• up to 50% faster
• Find text within a Web page
• Auto-completion of URLs
• Download and upload files
• Save pages for offline viewing

As every former version of Opera Mini I already downloaded and installed it on my BlackBerry - go to www.operamini.com and grap it there.

Tonight the BlackBerry Bold (formerly know as BlackBerry 9000) was officially announced by RIM. Go here for the official press release and check out the new dedicated site. Previously the hard specs already were around on the web:

• Size - Length: 144mm, Width: 66mm, Thickness: 14mm
• Weight (with battery) - 133g (same as the 88xx series)
• Memory - 1GB on-board plus 128 MB Flash
• Battery - 1500mAhr lithium cell
• Est. Battery Life - Standby: 13 days, Talk Time: 5 hours
• Network Support - UMTS: 2100 / 1900 / 850MHz, GSM: 1900 / 1800 / 900 / 850 MHz, GPRS, EDGE and HDSPA networks
• Wi-Fi - 803.11a/b/g enabled
• Display - HVGA, 480 x 320 pixels, Transmissive TFT LCD, supports over 65k colors
• Media Player, Video Support - DivX 4, DivX 5 & 6 are partially supported, XviD is partially supported, H.263, H.264 and WMV3
• Media Player, Audio Support - .3gp, MP3, WMA9 (.wma/.asf), WMA9 Pro/WMA 10, MIDI, AMR-NB, Professional AAC/AAC+/eAAC+
• Media Player, Audio - BlackBerry Media Sync allows you to transfer your desktop iTunes music to your BlackBerry
• Camera - 2.0MP, 5 x digital zoom (with flash of course)
• GPS - internal GPS with extended ephemeris, BB Maps is standard
• Bluetooth - Bluetooth v2.0, all the normal stuff and Bluetooth Stereo Audio via A2DP and AVCRP
• USB Port - Enables charging and high-speed data synchronizations via USB “A” to mini-USB “B” cable
• Browser - HTML browsing, View Movies/Clips from websites built for mobile streaming, RSS feed support

My favorite features? Definitely the internal memory upgrade to 1GB, the new screen resolution and the possibility to synchronize iTunes with the BlackBerry (I am thinking about podcasts on my BlackBerry!).

Wow, it seems like a lot of “BlackBerry-things” are going on within the last days now that the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando is less than four days away.

Today I read on multiple blogs that the BlackBerry Unite software works with other carriers too. Until know it was just available for Bell. The BlackBerry Unite software is target at families and small teams. It is installed on a Desktop PC and allows to sync calendar, contacts and files from your PC over the air with up to five BlackBerry devices. It is also possible to sync and share calendars between users and manage the devices. The software comes without license costs!

Maybe I should do a test run of this solution … you can see a demo here.

Kevin from crackberry.com posted a first video tour through the OS 4.6 on his BlackBerry 9000 he purchased at ebay:

Wow, the device really looks fast.  A short review of the new browser show the cursor that is used to click on links and how youtube videos are automatically opened in the media player - with 3G it will be possible to experience streaming video on the BlackBerry!

Kevin from crackberry.com managed to get one of the three BlackBerry 9000 devices sold on ebay some days ago. He spent a crazy $828 and was lucky - yesterday his 9000 was delivered. Head over to his first post showing the “unboxing” of his new gadget.