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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have banned key BlackBerry features because the phone is too secure. The UAE will block email, Web browsing and BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) from October, while Saudi Arabia will stop people using BBM this month, Reuters reports. The security that’s made BlackBerry beloved by businesses is the issue that’s causing the Gulf governments grief. Because …

Apple has taken down videos from its US Web site that demonstrated antenna problems on rival handsets. Apple last month released a gallery and video demonstrating the signal problems occuring on a BlackBerry Bold 9700 and a HTC Droid Eris (among others), in response to criticism of the iPhone 4’s ‘Death Grip‘ antenna problems. Many industry watchers were not convinced, …